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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...
Less Flooding; Guyana inks $US4M Agreement with India for High Capacity pumps
Residents in Hampton Court and Devonshire Castle in Region 2, Den Amstel in Region 3, Hope and Nooten Zuil in...
ExxonMobil Announces 2016 Reserves; 20 billion oil-equivalent barrels
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today proved reserves were 20 billion oil-equivalent barrels at year-end 2016, inclusive of a...
Many brave weather to continue protest against parking meter project
Even with the threat of rain clouds, persons turned out in their numbers to support the weekly protest by the...
Digicel Group downsizing by 25%; Caribbean Market to be affected.
Digicel’s Group CEO, Colm Delves has announced that there will be a 25% cut in global staff in the next...
Guyana secures $US40M from IDB to improve Health, Agriculture, Business and Security sectors
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday signed four loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank to secure US$40 million in developmental...
GCCI joins call for revocation of parking meters
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday joined the call for the revocation of the Parking Meter...
Agreements inked for life-sized model houses for upcoming housing Expo
In May, the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CH&PA) will be hosting an event called ‘Housing Solutions 2017 and Beyond.’...
Detailed strategy needed for oil spending- British High Commissioner
As Guyana prepares to harness its wealth from the Oil Industry, British High Commissioner, Greg Quinn has warned that the...
Food and Drug Dep’t warns against selling food exposed to bacteria
The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) says it has observed that some caterers and vendors when delivering and/or selling foods...
Cabinet approves $5B for construction of duplexes, townhouses
Cabinet has approved the delivery and construction of 758 housing units in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and...
Motorists expected to honor current parking regulations until By-laws amended
Come Monday (February 20, 2017) when motorists will once again be required to pay for parking in Central Georgetown, Smart...
Business persons protest illegal importation of Shrimp, fish and chicken
By Royan Abrams Scores of persons rearing and selling poultry and seafood in Berbice are calling on the Government to...
Parking Meter Project to resume Monday despite legal challenges
By Mark Murray Despite three massive protests by a concerned group of citizens and two High Court orders against the...
Finance Minister to make statement on VAT on private Education.
Currently engaging the attention of Cabinet is the public’s response to the removal of Education services from the value added...
Opposition Leader, PSC raise fresh concerns with SARA Bill
Harassment, political victimization and impeding of business are some of the major concerns being raised by the opposition, People’s Progressive...
PSC expresses “lack of confidence” in Gov’t’s management of the economy
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it would like to see Government do more to increase the wealth of all...
Gov’t working to eliminate NIS cards, TIN certificates
62 Data entry clerks at the General Register Office (GRO) are being trained to enter births, deaths, marriages and adoption...
ExxonMobil Sets Record in High Performance Oil and Gas Reservoir Computing
SPRING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)- ExxonMobil, working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), has achieved a major breakthrough with proprietary...
