Officials with unexplained wealth still escaping tax net- Ram
While the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seems to be making strides in improving its tax collection efforts, many financial analysts remain disappointed with the...
Gold to help weakened oil sector in keeping negative impacts of COVID-19 at bay
Early on in 2019, Guyana had received forecasts from several international agencies such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding unprecedented GDP growth in...
No need to import rice; there is enough for local and export market –...
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has assured that there is no need for Guyana to import rice as local production is adequate to...
Hastings-Williams recommends overhaul of part-time job initiative
The government’s part-time job initiative will better serve Guyana’s working class if it is repurposed to provide stipends to citizens desirous of enhancing their...
Private Sector bodies want Govt. to adjust Excise tax to cushion blow from increased...
As fuel prices continue to increase at the nation’s pumps, the three major private sector bodies have now joined the call for government to...
Drainage and Irrigation Authority gets $100M complex
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is now housed in a new complex comprising five renovated buildings in the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)...
City Hall implements new system to stop tax leakages
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has launched today, a pilot project which will see the old system of on-foot revenue collectors being disbanded....
$16B approved for GDF to buy helicopters, drone systems, and vessel
The Committee of Supply on Tuesday approved the sum of $16.2 billion for the purchase of two new helicopters, drone systems and an offshore...
House approves key tax measures to return $1.9B to mining industry
Miners are expected to experience significant tax relief with the National Assembly’s approval yesterday of the Fiscal Enactment Amendment Bill No. 2 of 2022...
Guyana secures US$30M IDB loan to strengthen public assistance programmes for pensioners, other groups
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on Wednesday that it approved a US$30 million loan to strengthen the protection of vulnerable populations in Guyana.
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