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14-percent VAT on domestic airfares sparks outcry among airlines, tour operators, miners
Flying across Guyana will from Wednesday- February 1, 2017- become more expensive for tourists, businesspersons and possibly residents, with the...
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Parking meter company, Finance Minister at odds over VAT
Smart City Solutions (SCS), operators of parking meters in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, Monday night said tax officials must charge the...
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Gold miners threaten to protest, reduce declarations in response to new tax measures
The majority of miners at a meeting of their Gold and Diamond Miners Association raised their hands in support of...
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Manganese mining in North West District to create hundreds of jobs, improved infrastructure
Pitting at the manganese project at Matthew's Ridge, North West District (photo by Reunion) The takeover of manganese operations in...
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No more parking meters outside schools
Industrial unrest by teachers in Georgetown was Friday averted after Smart City Solutions (SCS) and the Mayor and City Council...
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PM’s son-in-law searching for Guysuco investors
Tony Joseph (photo from Muscatine Journal) Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says his son-in-law is helping to find potential investors in...
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Environmental tax on water, beverage containers payable from Feb 1
Local and imported bottled water and beverages are likely to cost more from February 1, 2017 when the Guyana Revenue...
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ExxonMobil considers drilling more exploration wells offshore Guyana ; to shift support from Trinidad’s energy services
ExxonMobil's Country Manager, Jeff Simon delivering a presentation at the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference. That session was chaired...
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Time past for Banks DIH GYD$28 billion court case against GRA – Attorney General
Banks DIH Limited’s High Court action to claim GYD$28.4 billion in purported mistakenly paid consumption taxes and interest was Wednesday...
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Central govt approves parking meter by-laws
Georgetown's City by-laws governing the operation of parking meters have been approved by Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan, clearing the...
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