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Guyana secures new rice markets in eastern Europe

Government has secured two new rice markets for Guyana in eastern Europe, a feat that will be complemented by initiatives contained in the 2021...

US$9B Payara project is single largest investment ever made in Guyana

The US$9 billion Payara development will target an estimated resource base of about 600 million oil-equivalent barrels and is considered to be the largest...

GPL commissions largest power plant; Region 3 to become self sufficient

By Tracey Khan – Drakes - The Guyana Power & Light Company (GPL) on Monday, February, 09 commissioned its largest power plant located...

Shelter – Belt water treatment plant affected by GPL electrical problem

– The Guyana Water Inc has noted that its Shelter-Belt Water Treatment Plant is experiencing reduced levels of service due to an electrical...

DPI intensifies boycott of Guyana Times, Stabroek News on ads

Having experienced discrimination in relation to the distribution of State advertisements since the assumption of the APNU/AFC coalition into office in 2015, the side-lining...

More resources needed for women, girls to deal with disasters

By Jomo Paul – Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence is urging that an all-encompassing approach be employed to effectively meet the needs of...

Blairmont Estate re-introduces mechanical harvesting, on track to meet first crop target

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has re-introduced mechanical harvesting at the Blairmont Sugar Estate to boost the current manual operations, even as the factory...

Businessman to invest US$2M in sandpit mining projects in Berbice

Rice milling company Nand Persaud and Company Limited is getting into the business of supplying not just the oil and gas sector, but also...

Liliendaal Bridge re-opens to traffic

- Traffic flowed again on Monday, June 15, on the Liliendaal Bridge following a weeklong closure to carry out extensive works to fortify...

Analyst points to job losses, market domination with Republic Bank acquiring Scotiabank’s operations

There is a possibility that if Republic Bank does acquire Scotiabank, it could lead to staff at the latter becoming jobless, and it would...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...