Business
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™,...
Additional 957 GuySuCo workers to be sent home
By Fareeza Haniff The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) plans to terminate 957 more employees in the near future, with 300...
Website developed to report sex abuse cases
A website has been created with the help of some organisations in an effort to encourage victims to report sexual...
Displaced Marudi miners get mining blocks
Displaced Marudi Mountain miners will have several blocks of mining lands, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced Friday. The Ministry...
US$15M project signed to tackle land issues
By Bibi Khatoon Under the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF), the Sustainable Land Development and Management Project was launched on...
Major int’l Oil Summit launched in Guyana
By Devina Samaroo The inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX) 2018 was officially launched on Wednesday, January...
Marilyn – the ‘Greens’ lady
By Bibi Khatoon “Giving away time, giving away time!” “Get your fresh greens, Fresh greens every day, fresh greens!” Those...
New Rubis Gas Station opens in Ruimveldt
Rubis Guyana Inc. has partnered with Ross’ Service Station to open up its newest state-of-the-art outlet at Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The...
Tanks-A-Lot, ExxonMobil donate to students
One hundred students from the Lusignan Primary School, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, received backpacks and other...
Suicide Prevention App in the works
By Devina Samaroo A young social activist is in the process of developing a suicide prevention app for mobile devices...
Environmental audit to focus on endangered turtles’ habitat
By Devina Samaroo The protection of the nesting ground of the four endangered species of turtles in Guyana is among...
Over $25M contract signed for Kitty Market works
One day after vendors of the Kitty Market protested the slothfulness of the market rehabilitation project, the Ministry of Communities...
Guyanese could get free cooking gas – Trotman
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman on Monday, January 15, 2018, announced that the associated natural gas discovered offshore can...
Fly Jamaica has to regain confidence of passengers- GCAA
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) recently met with Fly Jamaica Airways and expressed disappointment at the airline’s operations, delays,...
Carib Soca Monarch competition is back; $1.5M in cash & prizes to be won
As Guyana gets ready to celebrate its 48th Republic Anniversary this year with a grand Mashramani celebration, Minister of Social...
New airline joins domestic market
By Bibi Khatoon Four new planes will be joining the fleet of domestic air carriers within the next month as...
Financial & Investment forums, coaching clinics for sacked sugar workers
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) will be hosting its ‘Business, Financial and Investment Forums’ in the last week of...
High Court blocks M&CC’s move to lease Bel Air lands to Housing Developer
High Court Judge, Justice Gino Persaud had restricted the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the Town Clerk from leasing...
The Flaws of the Exxon Contract – Guyana has lost Trillions – Part 2
By Charles S. Ramson Attorney at Law Oil and Gas Consultant ExxonMobil is not the enemy and should not be...
