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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™,...
Investors from India, Ghana could seal deal for Rose Hall estate in July
The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) set up to manage the sale of three sugar estates shut down by the Government...
More blackouts as GPL submarine cable de-energized
Several communities in Georgetown, the East Bank and the West Bank of Demerara are without electricity as the Guyana Power...
Housing Authority to partner with Food for the Poor to build homes for squatters
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is expected to sign an agreement with one of its partners –Food for...
Teni Housty is new Bar Association President
Attorney-at-law, Teni Housty has been elected the new President of the Bar Association of Guyana for the fiscal year 2019-2020....
Joint press released from JHI Associates Inc. and Mid Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc.
TORONTO, CANADA – 1 JUNE 2019: JHI Associates, Inc. (“JHI”) and Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas, Inc. (“MOGI”) wish to clarify...
$1.9B Diamond Water Treatment Plant 77% complete
The Diamond Water Treatment Plant on the East Bank of Demerara, which will provide improved water quality and level of...
Land Sales Committee set up for sale of sugar lands; largest transfer of State assets in recent years
The Government has established a Land Sales Committee to ensure transparency in the disposable of lands once used by the...
Gov’t meeting with private sector employers, unions to increase minimum wage
The Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department is currently engaging employers and unions to increase the minimum wage from the...
With Canawaima down, Gov’t considering ‘legal arrangement’ at backtrack route
With the M.V. Canawaima ferry vessel down and as an alternative arrangement is being worked out, the Government is considering...
GUYOIL commissions 10,000-gallon Jet Refueler
GUYOIL Aviation Services Incorporated (GASI) on Thursday commissioned a new 10,000-gallon Jet Refueler. GASI is a subsidiary of the Guyana...
PSC wants meeting with Ramjattan, concerned about ‘disturbing’ crime situation
The Private Sector Commission in a statement Wednesday says it is concerned about the “manifestly frightening and disturbing incidents of...
Guyana’s growth rate revised downwards
The Bank of Guyana has completed its 2018 annual report in which it predicted that the local economy will grow...
Wildlife Commission releases Jaguar, warns against future trapping
Following the capture of a Jaguar –Guyana’s national animal – by residents of Lima Sands, Essequibo last week, the Guyana...
M&CC terminates weekly $2M contract to remove garbage from Bourda Market
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in a statement Tuesday announced that “a majority decision was made to cancel the...
Region One grapples with shortage of fuel
By Bibi Khatoon Businessmen and women in Region One (Barima Waini) are being forced to pay between $8,000 and $15,000...
Man who captured Jaguar charging fee to visit
A resident of Lima Sands, Region Two who illegally captured a Jaguar –the national animal of Guyana – placed it...
Over 100 Guyanese stranded in Suriname
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure says that a replacement vessel for the Guyana/Suriname Ferry Service will be available from Friday,...
Guyana-Suriname ferry service suspended
The Guyana/Suriname Ferry Service has been suspended until further notice. The service was on Monday suspended, according to the Department...
