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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™,...
Guyanese urged to support local as 2nd agro-processing fair launched
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Friday morning launched the second phase of UncappeD – an agro-processing fair aimed...
Several roads closed for second phase of Kitty roundabout project
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure Friday said the Kitty Roundabout project is ahead of the June 2018 completion schedule. According...
Indian funded ICT Centre to be in operation in April
The Governments of India and Guyana are collaborating on six projects which are nearing completion, in the areas of Information...
Kwakwani residents to get 24hr electricity supply
The Kwakwani Utilities Inc. (KUI) commissioned two new 260 kilowatts engines to meet the electricity demands of the Region Ten...
GPL says power to be restored in 45mins
(Department of Public Information) According to Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GPL, Renford Homer, there was a mini disturbance on a...
Modernised Arthur Chung Conference Centre for May 27th reopening
Repairs to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre are 85% completed, on schedule for its reopening on May 27 2018. The...
Oil will be ‘dead’ for Guyana if ExxonMobil contract is dumped – British Expert
The discovery of oil is the biggest opportunity for Guyana to rid itself of poverty and it should take the...
GRA working with World Customs Organisation to improve capacity
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is getting assistance from the World Customs Organisation (WCO) to improve its operations and implement...
Int’l expert urges Gov’t to transform oil revenues into assets
Sir Paul Collier, one of the international experts who met with Government ministers at a high-level caucus, urged the Government...
Travel needs to be cheaper, easier and faster to boost tourism – President Granger
By Bibi Khatoon As the 24th Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Tourism today opened at the Marriott...
Gov’t assembles team of experts for high-level meeting on oil & gas
Cabinet Ministers will be given the opportunity to engage “global thinkers and experts” on natural resources management on Wednesday –an...
Women to launch $4.6M fish processing facility
A women’s co-operative society will soon be launching a $4.6m salt fish processing facility at Stanleytown, West Bank of Demerara....
GWI dismantles fence encroaching on Lamaha Canal Reserve
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today dismantled a fence which was found to be encroaching on 66 feet of the...
Hand-in-Hand goes digital with motor vehicle insurance
Hand-in-Hand, one of the country’s leading insurance companies, has taken things up a notch with the launch of its online...
50%-60% profit, 1% royalty in oil contract with Tullow, Eco Atlantic
The Guyana Government stands to receive as much as 60% of oil profit in the Production Sharing Agreement it signed...
Large-scale oil palm investment likely for Guyana
A group of investors are eying Guyana’s arable lands to invest in oil palm cultivation, which can produce four tonnes...
Police probing burning of GWI bus in Buxton
Police are probing the torching of a minibus in which employees of GWI’s disconnection crew was travelling in on Thursday...
Employment rate below 50%- Guyana Labour Force Survey
The employment rate in Guyana is at 49.2% according to the Guyana National Bureau of Statistics’ (GNBS) Labour Force Survey...
