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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

GTM Fire Insurance records $324M taxed profit

The Guyana & Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Fire Insurance Company Limited has recorded a $324.8 million profit after tax for the 2018 financial year. This...

Region 6 could lose $600M to paddy bugs – RPA

…as farmers still awaiting GRBD’s aerial spraying Rice farmers in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) could lose more than half a billion dollars from the current...

Liza Destiny arrives in Guyana

The Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first oil production vessel has arrived in the Stabroek Block after traveling nearly 11 thousand nautical miles from the Keppel...

Mayor threatens to shut down city businesses over outstanding taxes

Even with an amnesty programme ongoing, many city businesses have failed to come forward to settle their outstanding taxes with the Georgetown Mayor and...

Local pharmacies caught selling substandard & falsified drugs

At least nine local pharmacies have been busted by authorities for selling substandard and falsified (SF) medication. The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD)...

Former Business Minister, Girls + Tech founder among Small Business Council appointees

Government has announced that the Small Business Council will now be headed by former Business Minister Dominic Gaskin, who stepped down from his post...

Tullow to push for Guyanese to be employed with company

…after Ghana Exec touts job opportunities for countrymen in Guyana Tullow recently found oil in Guyana, but it was the Managing Director at Tullow Ghana...

No buyout offer from Govt – BBCI

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has refuted claims made by Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, that government has offered to buyout ownership of...

GA-FDD intensifies inspection activities, closed several food establishments

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) after trumping up inspection activities on local food establishments following a survey conducted earlier this year...

ExxonMobil Guyana hosts safety management workshop for contractors

ExxonMobil Guyana has reemphasised its commitment to a culture of safety by staging a related workshop for contractors on Thursday at the Guyana Marriott...

Recent Articles

Over 3000 migrants enrolled in local schools, revised curriculum to include Spanish – Edu....

Over 3000 migrant children from countries like Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago are currently enrolled in Guyana’s School system, and steps will be taken...

Prisoner escapes during labour duties at Lusignan training school

Law enforcement officials have launched a manhunt for convicted prisoner, Jose Awad, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday after...

Legal, forensic training among areas for potential collaboration to fight transnational organised crimes –...

See below for a statement from the Attorney General's Chamber on a recent engagement with officials from the Europe-Latin America Programme of Assistance against...

“Quality and timely delivery” top priority as $963M in contracts signed to upgrade Police...

In a move to modernise law enforcement infrastructure, the Home Affairs Ministry has signed some G$963,829,709 in contracts to upgrade police stations across the...

Nigel Dharamlall being questioned by investigators at Cove and John over sexual assault allegations...

The Guyana Police Force has revealed that former Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall is currently being questioned at the Cove and...

13,000 to benefit from $11B in student loan write-off – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh has announced the commencement of phase one of the student loan write-off as was outlined during the 2024 budget...

Latin America, int’l community will respond strongly if Venezuela uses force against Guyana –...

Amid Venezuela’s continued provocative actions in relation to its border with Guyana, former Colombian President Iván Duque is of the view that the international...

MV Ma Lisha enters drydock 1 year after delivery

As part of the contractual agreement between the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) of the Public Works Ministry and the Garden Reach Ship Builders...

Berbice motorcyclist dies after colliding with donkey

Twenty-four-year-old Kumar Atmaram also called 'Shawn', a construction worker of Gangaram Village, East Canje Berbice died after he reportedly collided with a donkey on...

Update: Long Creek accident claims life of 5th victim

A fifth person has died in the fatal accident that occurred on Monday morning at Long Creek, Soesdyke Linden Highway. The fifth victim has been...