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Ten hours fly time to Brazil: Will Guyana make the cut as Latam expands into the Caribbean?
By Kurt Campbell Imagine flying north to go south. Few places illustrate the Caribbean’s connectivity challenges better than Guyana. Travelling from Georgetown to Rio de Janeiro this week for the 82nd Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), I found myself doing what many Guyanese travellers know all too well, flying in...
Guyana avoids airport congestion challenges as air travel accelerates
By Kurt Campbell in Rio de Janeiro kurt@newsroom.gy As aviation leaders warn that overcrowded airports and rising taxes are threatening...
Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Exclusively by ENet
Georgetown, Guyana — ENet announced today that it has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026™,...
Despite gains, gov’t & private sector agree more investments needed for food security goal
Though much progress has been made in achieving ambitious regional food production goals, government officials and private sector stakeholders agree...
New Miss Universe Guyana to be crowned on Sept. 2nd at the Marriott Hotel
After a six-year absence, Guyana is finally going back to the Miss Universe international stage. US-based and award-winning pageant director...
GAICO to set up US$12M fertiliser blending plant on the West Bank
Local company GAICO has teamed up with FERSAN of the Dominican Republic to set up a US$12 million fertilizer blending...
Conversation Tree road contractor Kallco unable to meet stipulations -Edghill
Already flagged for non-performance with the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street, Georgetown road widening project, and with no plan as...
Guyana’s LG Distributor Platinum Sales & Services ready for Building Expo 2023
Platinum Sales and Services, the authorised distributor for LG Products in Guyana, is about to show out at the 2023...
Gov’t to soon close deal on US$90M sale of Marriott Hotel
The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), a company wholly owned by the Government of Guyana, is preparing to...
13 persons better equipped to respond to needs of industrial sector following MACORP training
To respond to the needs of the industrial sector, Machine Incorporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) recently trained several persons with...
To temper high prices for sand, Gov’t plans to open more sand pits – Jagdeo
“We need all of our sand now,” Vice President Dr. Bhrarrat Jagdeo told reporters on Thursday as he sought to...
New $23M agro-processing facility in Linden to benefit 600 farmers, business people
Less than two weeks after commissioning an agro-processing facility in Karaudarnau Village in Region Nine, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on...
Torginol Paints returns as official paint of Building Expo 2023
Torginol Paints Inc., the leading name in Guyana’s paint industry, proudly announces its renewed partnership as the Official Paint Sponsor...
News Room team cops regional award
The News Room’s Vishani Ragobeer and Shatanand Anude won an award for the Advancement of Media and Information Literacy (Television)...
Six Guyanese youths chosen for US Youth Ambassadors Program
Six Guyanese youth, aged 15 to 18, as well as two program mentors, will be representing Guyana in the U.S....
Thousands of people to soon access house lots on EBD
Land preparation works are ongoing in several areas along the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) and once completed in November,...
Guyana needs 100,000 workers; Gov’t looks at incentives, revising immigration policy
Guyana is short of about 100,000 or more persons in the skilled and semi-skilled workforce and as they seek to...
Work on 44-acre Vreed-en-hoop shorebase project advances
Work on what is expected to be a 44-acre port facility in West Demerara is advancing, with the land reclamation...
West Coast Gas Ghana and e-Magic Inc sign historic JV to boost local content in Guyana
West Coast Gas Ghana, a leading technologies player in the monitoring and nomination services in the oil and gas industry...
Charles Ramson Snr dedicates new book to late Ashton Chase, SC
Retired Court of Appeal Judge and former Attorney General, Charles Ramson Snr. S.C, on Friday, launched his third book, Metrics...
Local Maritime School inks MOU with DR-based University to provide oil & gas, maritime training
See below a press release from the Atlantic Alliance Maritime and Offshore Training Institute (AAMOTI): Guyana’s premier maritime training school...
