GUYANA – LATEST NEWS – 24 October 2015 – – Kaieteur News
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Government to slash free-for-all concessions – President Granger
OCTOBER 24, 2015 | FILED UNDER NEWS — Billions of dollars in tax waivers granted annually by the previous administration to largely businesses and others were highly unsustainable for the country. It will not continue in such an uncontrolled manner under the current government, promises President David Granger. Granger said that the $63B in tax waivers quoted in the report of the Auditor […]
New GPC still to deliver on four-year-old drug contract
OCTOBER 24, 2015 | FILED UNDER NEWS – New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC), the previous administration’s largest supplier of drugs and medical supplies, was still benefiting from large contracts, mere days before the administration’s last financial year came to an end. This information was laid bare in the audited accounts of Government’s expenditure. The accounts were tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday […]
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Down Liberty Avenue 3 – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Down Liberty Avenue 3 – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
The two ladies were struggling with the baby. It was raining and they wanted to get to the Lefferts subway station quickly. The baby gurgled happily but not for long. The lady holding onto the pushchair slipped and baby and pram came unstuck. This happens all too often at the Lefferts and Liberty Avenue subway and it’s another good reason to have the elevator.
At the ticket booth was a young man looking rather dazed. He approached the teller with a story. His mother was dying in a hospital in Rockaway Boulevard and he didn’t have any money to pay the fare. He would be grateful for a free pass. The teller looked at him long and hard and then shifted her gaze to me. I nodded. She clicked a button and let him pass. Continue reading →
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