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Increased supply and strengthened monitoring mechanisms of water by the Guyana Water Incorporated has resulted in the agency increasing its revenue to over $5B for 2019. The announcement was made today by GWI’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Richard Van West Charles at the agency’s end-of-year press conference. It was revealed that the $5.1B […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today published the Revised Voters List with a total of 661, 378 eligible voters. The list also contains all of the 16,000 new registrants who were recorded during aborted house-to-house registration exercise. With the publishing of the list, voters can make checks to ensure that their names and addresses are correctly […]
A comprehensive study on air travel in Guyana by the Competition and Consumers Affairs Commission of Guyana has revealed what many Guyanese travelers have been complaining about for years, – that they have found themselves paying too much to travel on Caribbean Airlines from Guyana. The study found that while Caribbean Airlines enjoyed a monopoly […]
A confrontation between two young men turned deadly in the Guyhoc community last night when 23-year-old Kyle Chase was stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s ex-lover at the woman’s house. A police statement revealed that Chase and a cousin were at the Guyhoc home of Chase’s friend engaged in a game of cards when the […]
A tenant of a house that went up in flames this afternoon in Princes Street died after collapsing at the scene of the fire. The man has been identified as 47-year-old Gavin North. He was a driver attached to the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs. He was at work at the time of the blaze […]
by Ravin Singh Efforts by the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) are continuing to reap success as Guyana has recorded a decrease in the HIV prevalence rate in the country from 1.9% to 1.4%. This was announced by Deputy Programme Manager of NAPS, Dr Niccollette Boatswain at a press conference today. HIV prevalence in Guyana […]
With his party’s General Secretary sitting with arms folded on his right hand, PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali today promised to run a campaign that will be free of gutter politics and negative campaigning. Mr. Ali and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo hosted an end-of-year press conference this afternoon at the Opposition Leader’s Office. Questioned […]
Local conglomerate Banks DIH Limited has recorded another year of improved earnings and profits. In its annual report which has been dispatched to shareholders, Banks DIH has announced an improvement its shareholders’ value by recording a whopping 14.3% increase in after tax profits. According to BANKS DIH Chief Executive Officer, Clifford Reis, the Group’s third […]
With 6000 new applications for house lots made this year alone, the Central Housing and Planning Authority intends to ensure that there is more land allocation made to the “small man” or those considered in the lower-income brackets. Those 6000 new applications have brought the total number of active applications to over 60,000. At an […]
President David Granger has issued proclamations for the dissolution of Parliament and the Regional Councils on Monday as the country gets ready to head to the polls on the 2nd March 2020. The Proclamations were issued after the President met with the Chairman and all of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission today. In […]
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