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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 growth across Latin America and the Caribbean, Guyana appears better positioned than many regional counterparts to accommodate future increases in passenger traffic. Speaking ahead of the International Air Transport Association (IATA’s) 82nd Annual General Meeting...
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™,...
Monarch Bay Phase One oversubscribed in two weeks
Georgetown, Guyana – Phase One of Monarch Bay, Guyana’s first Crystal Lagoons® community – the patented technology behind the world’s...
Garbage collection fee from February
By Bibi Khatoon In an effort to increase the revenue of the City Council, Town Clerk, Royston King will be...
CH&PA facing challenges in repossessing lands from private developers
By Bibi Khatoon Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), Lelon Saul said while the...
ExxonMobil announces sixth oil discovery offshore Guyana
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil Corporation announced today positive results from its Ranger-1 exploration well, marking ExxonMobil’s sixth oil discovery offshore...
City’s garbage contractors to resume services Friday
The two major garbage collectors contracted by the Georgetown municipality- Brothers Disposal Services and Cevons Waste Management – are expected...
Sophia squatters no longer need to relocate
By Bibi Khatoon The Department of Housing has acknowledged that it acted in a hasty manner when it forcefully demolished...
1,000 house lots allocated in 2017
As the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is looking to acquire more lands, it has already interviewed and qualified...
The Economy: An Overview of Guyana’s Draft Local Content Policy for the Petroleum Sector
Introduction The most important objective of having a Local Content Policy (LCP) in place, is to develop and support local...
Businessman pushes for city to set up used oil refinery
By Devina Samaroo A local businessman is hoping that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown accept his proposal...
Gold Board gets new GM
Eondrene Thompson has been appointed the new General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB), taking over from Lisaveta Ramotar,...
Caribbean sugar is close to a sticky end
[www.economist.com] – A century and a half after slavery ended, the plantations are closing. In its 18th-century heyday cane grown in...
Gov’t moving to disclose contracts in natural resources sector
One day after the full disclosure of its contract with ExxonMobil, the Government has begun informing companies of the need...
GWI wants to increase water rates
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is moving to increase water rates across the board in the New Year in an...
Vehicular, maritime traffic declines at DHB
For the first time in nine years, the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) has recorded a decline in vehicular traffic. General...
CJIA Expansion Project to be completed in Dec 2018
A new deadline has been set for the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project owing to...
‘Why clamour for more oil money?’- Trotman
It took a scandal over the US$18 million signing bonus to force the Government to release a 72-page document outlining...
‘We will not take advantage of Guyana’ – ExxonMobil
By Neil Marks ExxonMobil says the petroleum agreement with Guyana is a fair one and the company has committed not...
200 homes flooded in Canal No.1, CDC issues flood warning
Two hundred homes and farms are said to be affected by flooding in Canal No.1 on the West Bank of...
Guyana could get US$7 billion from first phase of oil production
ExxonMobil and its production partners estimate that Guyana could get revenues of US$7 billion from Phase 1 of production...
