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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...
Oil contract: How US$300,000 will be used to train Guyanese
The petroleum agreement signed by the Government and ExxonMobil and its partners obligates the employment of Guyanese having appropriate qualifications...
Elevators for pedestrian overpasses in March 2018
The four pedestrian overpasses on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Road Corridor are expected to be completed by year-end, however,...
ExxonMobil contract released
The Government of Guyana today released the Petroleum Agreement between itself and Exxon Mobil, CNOOC Nexen and HESS. The full...
Area to land natural gas pipeline to be identified next year
Areas in Regions Three, Four and Six are being considered as possible sites to land a pipeline for the transfer...
Laser Tag arena opens in Guyana
A game of tag played with laser guns in an arena of fog and flashing lights, laser tag is a...
Local NGO receives US grant to conduct after-school activities in Corriverton
The Family Awareness Consciousness & Togetherness (FACT), a Corriverton-based Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO) has received $13,353,000 from the United States Agency for...
Public smoking ban takes full effect
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence has signed a commencement order, putting the ban on public smoking into full effect retroactive...
$99M Bagotville Bridge re-commissioned
Residents and commuters can now travel in and out of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara with ease following the re-commissioning...
The Economy: Budget 2018 – What’s good in it?
The budget debates have now come to an end and was approved without any amendments thereto – on December 15,...
US$14.8M project to revalue public lands, update maps of Guyana
The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission has received a US$14.8M fund from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund which it will...
GuySuCo has no monies to pay 4,000 redundant workers – GAWU
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has no monies to pay out severance packages to some 4,000 workers who will be...
First contract inked for REDD+ Readiness Process in Guyana
The Ministry of Natural Resources has inked an agreement with a local consultancy firm which is readying Guyana to Reduce...
2am curfew relaxed for holiday season
The Ministry of Security has taken a decision to relax the 2 am the curfew from December 22, 2017, to...
Rethink closure of sugar estates – PSC urges Gov’t
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it continues to be dismayed at the Government’s decision to pursue the closure of...
Woman power! Superintendent Stewart is best cop
A female police officer who has been toiling in the Guyana Police Force today emerged as the best police officer...
E-Networks offers 25% off Orange Box, one-month free channels in Christmas promotion
E-Networks, Guyana’s leading cable provider, has launched its Christmas promotion, offering customers up to 25% off the price of the...
IDB approves $US86.1M Country Strategy for Guyana
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved Guyana’s Country Strategy for the next five years to the tune of $US86.1...
Lands & Surveys to repossess misused lands, clear backlog dating back to 80s
By Devina Samaroo The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) is moving to repossess leased lands which are being misused...
