High fuel prices, rumoured royalty increase caused sand prices to increase – pit owner

High fuel prices and a rumoured increase in royalties are just two of the contributing factors that has resulted in pit operators instituting an...

Guyana’s seafood export to US dips following new shrimp legislation

Guyana’s seafood sector has seen a contraction in exports to the United States with the introduction of new legislations put in place to promote...

Boy, 15, knifed to death during wedding house brawl

A 15-year-old boy lost his life around 01:00 hrs this morning when he was stabbed to death at a wedding house in Soesdyke, East...

Massy Supermarket guards arrested for pointing gun at Minister Broomes

Two security guards attached to the Massy Supermarket in Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) were arrested last night for pointing a gun at the...

GRA was designed to make money for its officials–GRA Chairman

“With every instance of corruption we discover, it becomes clearer to me that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was never designed to improve the...

One year after Camp Street Jailhouse inferno, overcrowding still an issue

Following a presidential-ordered Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2016 Camp Street inferno, which claimed the lives of 17 inmates, it was recommended that...

Guyanese working in CARICOM States can now take dependents

Guyana is among six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that signed the Protocol on Contingent Rights last Friday. The Protocol, which has been in...

BREAKING…Mastermind in Stabroek Market multimillion-dollar heist arrested

Detectives moments ago made a major breakthrough in the Stabroek Market multimillion-dollar heist with the arrest of the alleged mastermind. Albert De Freitas aka Ulrick...

Truck operators bemoan increase in sand prices at the pits

Sand-truck operators are complaining about the imminent increase in the price for sand at the various pits located along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Several truck operators...

Govt. must address tax treatment for environmental issues before any other contract is...

Before any other contract is signed or revised for the oil and gas sector, Guyana needs to have in place an appropriate tax treatment...

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