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Updated: Environmental tax reintroduced; VAT to be paid on water, electricity; Old Age Pension increaesed
by Derwayne Wills Guyanese will now have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) on water and electricity consumption above a...
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Guyana unveils solar energy plan; Mabaruma to get first solar farm
Guyana will next year construct the first solar farm as part of a larger plan to reduce the country's fossil...
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Guyana records economic decline
Guyana's economy will record a 2.6 percent growth in 2016 due to a decline in some prices and lower growth...
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GTT’s Mabaruma phone service restored
After weeks of disconnected land-line and shaky cellular connection in Mabaruma from Guyana's only land-line provider, residents of Mabaruma, North...
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ExxonMobil gearing up to hire more Guyanese
ExxonMobil's Country Manager, Jeff Simons addressing the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association's (GMSA) 2016 Awards Ceremony. ExxonMobil has dismissed suggestions...
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ExxonMobil rules out oil refinery at current levels
ExxonMobil has ruled out building a refinery in Guyana because the amount of oil found here is too small to support such...
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Govt must go after money launderers to pass next FATF test – Jagdeo
Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall and current Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil...
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Nothing secret about D’urban Park project – company formed to fast-track completion because no cash was allocated – Granger
President David Granger Thursday said Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) was established solely to facilitate completion of the D’urban Park Development...
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Pay police, soldiers, public servants a one-month bonus- Jagdeo
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday called on government to pay members of the Disciplined Services and public servants a one-month bonus...
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Opposition Leader’s office gearing up to protest contracts at Public Procurement Commission
The Public Procurement Commissioners: from left: Mrs. Carol Corbin, Mr. Sukrishnalall Pasha, President David Granger, Mr. Ivor Burnette English, former...
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