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GRA suspends processing drivers, vehicle licences; pushes back tax payments to curb COVID-19 spread
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday announced that it would not be renewing or issuing first-time drivers and conductor...
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GRA waives all taxes on supplies needed to fight, treat COVID-19
FLASHBACK: A queue of people at Mike's Pharmacy for cleaning agents and vitamin C the day after a a woman...
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Republic Bank relaxes rules on late fees, loan repayments to help cushion impact of Coronavirus
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has started waiving late fees and other penalties on the repayment of credit card debts, loans...
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Coronavirus hitting businesses hard
The COVID-19 impact on Shanta's Puri Shop Fears over the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been taking a toll on Guyana's...
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Commercial banks cut back on opening hours due to COVID-19
Banks in Guyana will from Tuesday March 24, adjust their banking hours to customers as one measure to combat the...
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GTT makes COVID-19 hotlines toll free
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday confirmed that after interactions with officials from the Ministry of Public...
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Updated: Aruba Airlines gets approval to collect stranded Cubans in Guyana / Actualizado: Aruba Airlines obtiene aprobación para recoger cubanos varados en Guyana
Stranded Cubans outside the Cuban embassy in Guyana/Cubanos varados fuera de la embajada cubana en Guyana. Vea a continuación el...
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President issues wide-ranging anti-coronavirus orders to destroy property, curtail movement of people, spend emergency funds
David Granger President David Granger has issued sweeping powers that may include the destruction of personal property, compulsory hospitalisation, and...
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Coronavirus shuts down Guyana-Suriname ferry crossing
The Guyana-Suriname ferry service has suspended operations because that neighbouring country on Friday registered its first case of the novel...
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Caribbean Airlines quarantines crew on flight with Guyanese woman afflicted with coronavirus
In the wake of the death of a Guyanese woman from the coronoavirus (Covid-19) days after she travelled from New...
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