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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™,...
Businessman donates Steel Door to Sparendaam Police Station
Royston Wong, a businessman of Montrose, East Coast Demerara on March 23, 2019, donated a brand new steel door to...
Guyana gets US$50.7M debt write-off from Kuwait
The State of Kuwait has cancelled US$50.7 million in debt owed by Guyana from a loan taken in 1975, the...
70 agro-processors showcase products at UncappeD
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) held its fourth UncappeD event, at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday. This...
Fly Jamaica sends home staff
Fly Jamaica Airways has terminated the employment of staff, effective March 31, 2019. In a letter to workers, Chairman and...
No major disruption; economy grew by 4.1% last year – Finance Minister
Finance Minister Winston Jordan Friday said there is nothing to suggest that the economy has been stalled as a result...
UK Cruise Ship Docks in port Georgetown
Steel pan music with arts and craft vendors greeted passengers of the small MS Serenissima Cruise Ship at the Guyana...
Fly Jamaica customers protest for refund after promised deadline passes
Angry customers of Fly Jamaica assembled outside the airline’s local office demanding that the company make haste in its refunding...
National Youth Corps launched, 500 to start training in April
President David Granger in delivering a charge at the launch of the National Youth Corps at the Kuru Kuru Training...
Blairmont sugar workers strike over transportation woes, working conditions
Workers attached to the Blairmont Estate, West Coast of Berbice are on strike, claiming they are forced to work under...
‘Come for the Party’ – all set for Bartica Regatta 2019
The Regatta Organising Committee is anticipating a fun-filled event as it prepares for this year’s Bartica Regatta slated to be...
UG gets $2B Geotechnical Computer Lab
The University of Guyana (UG) is now equipped with a Geotechnical computer lab valued in excess of $2 Billion which...
Private sector says political uncertainty affecting investments
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) Wednesday said it was concerned about Guyana’s current business climate given “the political uncertainty facing...
Manufacturers urge ‘full respect’ for Court of Appeal decision on No Confidence vote
The Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GM&SA) has added to calls for “full respect” of the decision by the Court...
30 Venezuelans being kept at Eve Leary as Gov’t seeks accommodation
After one week, thirty Venezuelans are still being kept at the Guyana Police Force’s Eve Leary office, as the Government...
President denies business on the decline over political uncertainty
President David Granger does not agree with the private sector that business is on the decline as a result of...
Guyana signs agreement to secure exports to UK after BREXIT
Guyana has joined a list of CARIFORUM member countries to sign agreements with the United Kingdom (UK) which will govern...
71 young entrepreneurs receive $50,000 each to expand business
Seventy-one young entrepreneurs from the Upper Takatu-Upper-Essequibo Region, who benefitted from the first disbursement of the Stimulus Grants under the...
Search on at secondary schools for ICT interns
The Ministry of Public Telecommunication as is in the process of reaching out to five local high schools to generate...
