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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™,...
Gold price highest in eight years
The gold price in Guyana has increased to US$1405 per ounce, the highest the country has seen since 2011 and...
First FPSO vessel to set sail to Guyana
First Lady Sandra Granger on Saturday dedicated the first Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be used in...
First Lady in Singapore to dedicate first oil production vessel
First Lady Sandra Granger is in Singapore for the ceremonial launch of the Liza Destiny, which will be the first...
GuySuCo looks to produce 50,000 tonnes of white sugar at Albion
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is looking to supply the local and regional market with white sugar. The state-owned...
GRA claims ‘fair’ disposal of seized vehicles; $750M in revenue for this year already
Godfrey Statia, the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Friday morning said disposal of vehicles seized by the...
‘Brute-force’ attack on Republic Banks VISA OneCard: New measures block some online transactions
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited Friday morning said that new measures to guard against fraud involving its international VISA OneCard have...
Restaurant Week goes ‘green’
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Tourism & Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) on Thursday officially launched its first...
Beyonce’s publicist to headline Women’s Conference in Guyana
The third annual WeLead Caribbean Women’s Leadership and Business Conference will be held in September this year in Guyana and...
Fly Jamaica making efforts to pay sacked employees
Fly Jamaica Airways says it is making efforts to pay its ex-employees monies owed to them since November of 2018....
Bank of Guyana putting systems in place to operationalize SWF
The Bank of Guyana is putting measures in place to operationalize the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). Governor of the Bank...
IMF says Guyana’s medium-term prospects are ‘very favourable’
The International Monetary Fund, the IMF, has concluded that Guyana’s medium-term prospects are very favourable. It said the commencement of...
Every customer in Republic Bank fraud must be refunded in full – Bank of Guyana
The Central Bank on Monday said Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited is required to refund every customer who was scammed in...
Demerara Rotary Club installs new Board members
Members of the Rotary Club of Demerara gathered at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston Georgetown Friday to celebrate achievements and...
No corruption, offence in award of consultancy contract for Harbour Bridge – Police
The investigation by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) into the procurement of consultancy services for the feasibility study and...
Power producer says blackouts are a distribution problem, not power generation
The company responsible for power generation on Friday said that the problem of unscheduled blackouts has nothing to do with...
GPL meeting Monday to decide on new generators, buying power from Giftland
The Board of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) will Monday decide if to buy two new generators from...
After roasting from GuySuCo, PwC says it has been ‘factual’
Wilfred Bhagaloo, the man seeking investments for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the sale of other assets, has said...
CANU gets new $42M Headquarters
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Thursday commissioned its spanking new headquarters on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. Funded by the Government...
