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After more than a month of being absent from the public eye, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has returned to the public scene and is apologizing for a comment he made regarding the increase of salaries for Government Ministers. Harmon on October 6 had made it pellucid that he had “no apologies” to offer to anyone who felt offended by ...

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has revealed that the APNU+AFC administration has named a date for local government elections. Bulkan at a press conference on Friday, stated that LGE would be held on March 18, 2016. “Local government is about handing decision-making power to the people to enable them to efficiently and effectively manage their communities. With these facts in ...

A third person was Thursday arraigned for allegedly ambushing and robbing several money changers on America Street, Georgetown earlier this month. Thirty-four year old Calvin Johnson of 154 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown was charged with robbing Rayburn Fraser and Osafo Warde at gunpoint on November 3, 2015. Johnson allegedly snatched GYD$520,000, US$3,000, TT$2,000 and SRD$2,000-  from Fraser and GYD$400,000 ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is expected to commence the new motor vehicle registration series “VV” shortly, that licensing and tax agency said Thursday in a statement.  The Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, in his capacity as Chief Licensing Officer has given his approval for the new series to be introduced. The current “TT” series was introduced ...

Guyanese will Friday know when next year they will be going to the polls to elect local government officials for several towns and village councils. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan is expected to announce the date at a news conference Friday morning. His impending announcement came little more than one month after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced that the ...

The two St. Lucian women, who were caught with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport this week, were Thursday fined and jailed for being  in possession of that narcotic for the purpose of trafficking. Cosmetologist 38-year old Chermisa Wheeler and babysitter 43-year old babysitter, Andree Willy pleaded guilty to the separate charges. City Magistrate, Judy Latchman fined Wheeler GYD$79,200 ...

Guyana has asked the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help determine the pros and cons of re-establishing a development bank to provide soft loans to food producers and manufacturers, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced Wednesday night. “We have just requested CDB to commission a study to examine the demand for and the feasibility of establishing such a financial institution,” he ...

The Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin, has asked government for a two-year extension before it could begin value-added production but it first has to provide additional information before its request is considered, government said in a statement. “The Department has not considered the request and has requested information from the company about its proposed business plan and evidence of financing. ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan Wednesday night announced that construction of a hydropower station at Amaila Falls is back on government’s agenda because Norway wants to ascertain whether the project is feasible. Addressing the annual awards dinner of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Jordan said a new study of the almost US$1 billion proposed project could start very soon. ...

Citizenship Minister and Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix has denied being given information about a corruption scheme at the General Registrar Office (GRO) during the time that he was Police Commissioner. It is understood that shortly after taking over the reigns of the Home Affairs Ministry from Ronald Gajraj, Gail Teixeira would have received information about a birth certificate ...