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Guyana set to phase out Cabinet’s role in awarding contracts
Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma on Tuesday said government would soon increase the ceiling for contracts for which Cabinet must...
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Landmark legislation passed to liberalise telecoms sector; concerns raised about 4G quality
by Gary Eleazar Guyana will for the first time in its 50-year history as an independent nation operate with a...
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Godfrey Statia is new GRA Commissioner General
Public Accountant and Attorney-at-Law, Godfrey Statia has been appointed as the new Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA),...
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Parliament recommends new Head of Financial Intelligence Unit
by Gary Eleazar DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT-DESIGNATE: Matthew Edward Hugh Langevine. The Parliamentary Committee of Appointments has recommended...
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City Hall still searching for space to put Stabroek Square vendors
Vendors on the plot of land on Hadfield and Lombard Streets, Georgetown. City Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green on Sunday said the...
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West Demerara supermarket robbed of guns, cash
Armed bandits assaulted and robbed the owners of a supermarket at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, police confirmed Sunday. Divisional...
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City Hall has no legal right to impose shipping container tax; several cases withdrawn
Well-known Attorney-at-Law, Sase Gunraj said Friday that Georgetown’s Mayor and Councillors do not have any legal right to impose a...
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European bank to replace Bank of America as correspondent bank
by Gary Eleazar A European Bank has been identified to fill the void in the local financial system following the...
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UG students to pay graduation fee; lecturers to be punished for delivering late grades
University of Guyana (UG) graduating students will now have to pay a graduation fee, even as the administration of that...
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No Central Housing, City Council approval for 7th floor; owner to beg President
The building at the corner of Robb and Camp Streets where authorities have issued a cease-work order on the construction...
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