Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan has rejected calls by used tyre importers and sellers for government to scrap plans to ban used tyres from April 1, 2017. “This mass importation of used tyres- I don’t think will change. Guyana is a dumping ground for these,” he said whenasked by Demerara Waves Online News. He said government would, however, be will willing ...
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Police called in at Suddie Hospital to probe disappearance of drugs
Several persons have been implicated in the alleged disappearance of a large quantity of drugs that were allocated to the Suddie Public Hospital, Essequibo Coast, the Ministry of Public Health said. Divisional Commander, Superintendent K. Pareshram said two pharmacist assistants and one ambulance driver were arrested and subsequently released on GYD$20,000 bail each. He said searches were carried out on ...
Read More »Training flight crash-landed at CJI Airport
An Air Services Limited training flight Monday afternoon crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, a Civil Aviation Authority official said. “The landing gear was damaged on landing,” GCAA Consultant, Howard Mc Calla told Demerara Waves Online News. Neither the pilot nor the trainee was injured. Other sources said only the trainee pilot was aboard the Cessna 172 bearing registration ...
Read More »Integrity laws to guard against sleaze & malfeasance in public office…as PM declares ‘Oil money not for buying votes at elections’
by Gary Eleazar Guyana’s oil money is not for vote buying come election time by any administration in office. As such, the coalition A Partnership for National Unity, Alliance for Change (APNU-AFC) government is uncompromising in “the avoidance of sleaze and malfeasance in public office,” as evidence by recent proposals to amend the country’s Integrity Commission laws. Prime Minister Moses ...
Read More »US lists required features of Sovereign Wealth Fund; Guyana says draft law “has all”
The United States (US) on Sunday said Guyana’s proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) should be set up and governed in such a manner to ensure it is free from interference and cannot be violated- something government said it is well on its way to doing. Addressing the opening of the inaugural Guyana Oil and Gas Conference at the Marriott Hotel, ...
Read More »Digicel’s Guyana-Suriname link: Govt asks GT&T to prove it can provide high quality data
The Ministry of Public Telecommunications on Sunday said it has asked the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to prove that it can fully satisfy the country’s demands for data before Digicel’s data link between Guyana and Suriname is discontinued. “GT&T has been invited to submit relevant information and data to clearly demonstrate that they have the network capacity to ...
Read More »Manufacturers petition Govt. to remove VAT on forest products
The Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) has launched a petition against the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on Forest products—a move that has since increased the cost of production locally and causing local products to be unable to compete with imported products. The petition is currently affixed to saw-mills, lumberyards, community shops and GMSA Headquarters on Waterloo ...
Read More »Trinidad’s Petrotrin ready to refine Guyana’s oil
Trinidad and Tobago will be able to refine Guyana’s oil although the quality is different, contrary to a former Energy Minister of that twin-island country, a senior official of that Caribbean nation’s oil company. Vice President (Refining and Marketing) at the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin), Astor Harris told Demerara Waves Online News that Guyana’s oil can be ...
Read More »Fuel boat explodes at Mourca
A small fuel boat was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon at Moruca, North West District, police said. No one was injured in the incident that occurred at about 4 PM at Green Island, Moruca. The captain of the vessel, Mr. Lindo told investigators that he was offloading fuel containers when he heard an explosion and then saw the vessel engulfed ...
Read More »Guyana gov’t paying Republic Bank debt for owner of Marriott-branded hotel
The special purpose government-owned company, Atlantic Hotel Inc; which owns the Marriott-branded hotel cannot afford to pay its debt to Republic Bank, forcing government to pay more US$1 million every six months to prevent Guyana from losing the property, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said Friday. Jordan said the loan guarantor, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), also could not ...
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