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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...
Gov’t announces new fee structure for miners
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman has announced a new processing fee structure for gold miners, with fees from as...
Subsidies for new Demerara Bridge possible – Min. Patterson
By Devina Samaroo As government moves full-speed ahead with the establishment of a new crossing over the Demerara River,...
Drone users soon need permission to operate
All drones will soon have to be registered and its users certified as authorities move swiftly to regulate the industry,...
Interior shuttle ban continues for some airlines
By Devina Samaroo The majority of domestic airlines remain banned from operating shuttle flights as they have not yet submitted...
Guyoil increases fuel price
The Guyana Oil Company Ltd (Guyoil) has announced an increase in prices for petroleum products at the pumps with effect...
GBTI issues Bursary Awards to 15 NGSA students
Fifteen members of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s Early Savers Club who were successful at the recent National...
BK wins $8M contract to construct Well in Reg.1
BK International has been awarded an $8.75M contract for the construction of a Well at Koko in Region One (Barima...
Here’s how Apple’s new iPhone 8 and iPhone X compare to the top Android smartphones
(Business Insider) We won’t know exactly how Apple’s new iPhone stack up to the competition until we get them in...
20 Canadian companies interested in Guyana’s Oil & Gas sector
By Bibi Khatoon Some 20 Canadian companies are in Guyana looking to capitalize on the country’s oil and gas sector,...
Cockroach found crawling inside Bakewell bread
A Georgetown resident got the shock of his life Tuesday morning, when he found a cockroach crawling in a loaf...
GNBA’s fee demand of $2.5M was quashed by court order
A group of private broadcasters believes the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has no legal basis to demand them to...
President yet to assent to Broadcasting Bill; GNBA says broadcasters agree to amendments
By: Devina Samaroo While President David Granger is yet to assent to the Broadcasting Amendment Bill 2017, the Guyana National...
Gov’t to review processing fee for miners
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman has agreed to review the recently implemented processing fee of $2,500 per ounce of...
Region 4 trade fair aims to attract investors
The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four Demerara / Mahaica, on Friday officially launched its upcoming Regional Agricultural and...
Jagdeo supports penalties for housing developers in breach of contract
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has insisted that there was no shady deal in the sale of prime lands from Eccles...
GTT monitors fibre connection to U.S. as Irma attacks Caribbean
The Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT) said it has maintained international connectivity despite the disruption in the Eastern Caribbean Fibre system...
Trans Guyana Airways given green light for shuttle operations
Trans Guyana Airways can now resume shuttling operations as the suspension has been officially lifted from that airline by the...
Auditors must be alert for ‘dirty money’ slipping into legitimate businesses – GCCI Head
By Devina Samaroo Auditors are being urged to move away from mundane compliance checks and become more rigorous in their...
