CGX Energy secures US$35M Frontera loan to finance Deepwater port
CGX Energy and Frontera Energy Corporation have sealed a US$35 million loan agreement that would see CGX Energy continue plugging more funds in the...
PPP mulls whether to refund or donate salary increases to Charity
– Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has described the government’s salary increase for Parliamentarians and Ministers as “reprehensible,” chiding the David Granger administration for...
Investigation to be launched into house lot controversies
The Housing Ministry will soon launch an investigation into what is suspected to be a house lot racket involving its Essequibo Office, whereby persons...
Independent Party proposes review of Marijuana laws
By Radha Motielall
- The Independent Part (IP) is proposing “swift” reforms in the Guyana Police Force, Judiciary and Prison Service.
The Party’s lead candidate,...
Harmon meets with Alexei Ramotar on E-Governance project
– Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Friday, July 03 met with Project Manager of the E-Governance Project, Alexei Ramotar at the project's...
OAS welcomes GECOM’s decision on Guyana’s elections
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The Organization of American States (OAS) welcomes the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on June 16, 2020, to declare the...
Govt sets aside over $3B to develop housing schemes, acquire land
The Government has set aside over $3B in National 2020 Budget to help the ailing housing sector.
This allocation will be utilised for various activities...
GRA strengthening rules against auto dealers manipulating system to buy seized vehicles
The process of disposing of vehicles seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for want of entry, is one fraught with a number of...
Electoral fraud probe has nothing to do with politics or race; it’s a criminal...
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has rubbished claims that the current Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration is on a campaign to witch-hunt officers of...
Aubrey Norton is new PNCR leader after landslide victory; Shurwayne Holder elected Chairman
People's National Congress Reform Executive, Aubrey Norton, has been elected as the party's new Leader, while APNU/AFC Member of Parliament, Shurwayne Holder, is the...
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CXC delegation in Guyana to conduct the NGSA marking process
Dr. Nicole Manning from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) paid a courtesy visit to the office of Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.
Present at the...
ExxonMobil, Ramps Logistics charged with submitting false declarations to GRA
Business Development Manager at Ramps Logistics, Mariska Jordan, and Steve Gentry from ExxonMobil (Guyana) were on Friday charged with allegedly inflating an invoice submitted...
Minister Bharrat represents Guyana at 19th UN Forest Forum
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat M.P., this week represented Guyana at the United Nations’ Forests Forum, which took place at the UN’s Headquarters...
Rotary Club of Georgetown to upgrade Uncle Eddie’s Home
In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Uncle Eddie’s Home, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Berbice man nabbed in Suriname remanded for attempted murder
Sasenarine Sankar, called ‘Barber’ or ‘Wire’, the 47-year-old man who had been wanted for attempted murder committed on Sandy Persaud, has been remanded to...
Govt wants hinterland communities to be self-sufficient, supply food to mining districts
In his first trip to Batavia, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) since Amerindian Heritage celebrations in September 2023, President Dr Irfaan Ali laid out his vision...
Conversation Tree Road project likely to be completed by S Jagmohan Construction – Edghill
Work on the incomplete section of the Conversation Tree-to-Dennis Street Road Expansion Project could be executed by the contractor who completed the first section...
Govt housing heavily subsidised – Croal rejects Opposition’s motion to review costs
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson on Thursday night presented a motion calling for the establishment of special select committee to review charges...
‘Our Congress was funded entirely by party funds, not State money’ – Jagdeo
General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has refuted claims that the party’s 32nd Congress was funded by taxpayers’ money....
Opposition’s motion to remove autonomy of Local Govt Commission voted down
The government on Thursday voted down Opposition-proposed amendments to the Local Government Commission Act to remove its autonomy in the hiring of staff for...