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Thursday, April 18, 2024

New Thriving Restaurant’s Providence branch opens

... as President lauds vibrant Chinese investment President David Granger described Chinese investment in Guyana as vibrant at the launch of the New Thriving Restaurant...

Punitive parking meter measures, clamping vehicles, issuing fines suspended

... until further consultations held- Harmon Following the engagement with President David Granger on the highly controversial parking meter project, the Mayor and City Council...

T&T eyes opportunities in Guyana’s oil sector

President of the Trinidad and Tobago's Energy Chamber, Dr Thackwray Driver, has urged companies in that country to capitalise on the many opportunities now...

GPOC in collaboration with Swift Shipping launches Online Mailbox Service

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, today congratulated the Guyana Post Office Cooperation (GPOC) for taking steps to modernise its operations by launching its...

Anti-Parking Meter protest gains traction

The Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) held its second protest today and saw a much larger crowd of persons coming out in support of...

Movement Against Parking Meters to protest again today in front of City Hall

-President orders fees be reduced -MAPM says deal needs to be scrapped, mulling legal action The Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) has called for persons...

Intriguing that private firms interested in Skeldon’s “ticking time bomb” estate- GAWU

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it has taken note of various media reports highlighting that an Indian and Trinidadian firm...

60 hinterland airstrips to receive 14% VAT exemption – GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has cleared the way for a number of hinterland airstrips to be exempted from applying the 14...

ExxonMobil no longer has to disclose payments to foreign governments

The GOP just gave ExxonMobil a gift Last week, Senate Republicans in the United States voted along party lines to get rid of the Dodd-Frank...

Cambio dealers decry Central Bank’s imposed regulations in foreign currency circular

Cambio dealers across the country are up in arms over Government’s strict regulations on their prices for trade, especially since there is legislation which...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...