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Although the Guyana Power and Light Company will find itself carrying additional costs with the rental of a power ship to generate additional power for the national grid, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today assured that there will be no increase in electricity charges over the next two years that the ship will be in Guyana. […]
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag has indicated that significant progress is being made in removing the rubble from the site, where a section of the dilapidated Stabroek Market wharf collapsed on Wednesday. Upon her return to the scene of the collapsed wharf on Thursday, Minister Parag told reporters that teams of […]
As the United Nations seeks to extend the International Decade for People of African Descent, by another decade to fully realize the goals and aspirations of Africans around the world, the Guyana-based, International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly Guyana (IDPADA-G), has made a call for funding to come directly from the United Nations […]
The Opposition today said it fears Guyanese may have to brace themselves for more power outages, even with the use of a power ship with the capacity to generate 36 megawatts of power. At a press conference, Opposition Member of Parliament, Shurwayne Holder, said while GPL’s inability to generate sufficient power to meet the current […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, believes that the Government has set the framework in place to provide the necessary protection for Guyanese workers and companies in the oil and gas sector. Delivering a presentation at the 2nd Local Content Summit, the Attorney General said the policy of the government has always […]
A 36-year-old woman lost her life late last night at the corners of Princess and High Street, when she was hit down and crushed by a container truck. Police have identified the dead woman as Nina Williams. A 24-year-old man who was driving the container truck at the time of the accident, has since been […]
The Guyana Power and Light, (GPL) has announced that it will be dolling out a staggering US$1 million as a mobilization fee and will also be paying 6.62 US cents per Kilowatt-hour as a monthly charter fee for the power ship, as well as a monthly operation and maintenance fee of 0.98 US cents […]
Regional Security and Stability came up for discussion on Wednesday during a telephone call between the U.S Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, and President Irfaan Ali. President Ali is also the current Chairman of CARICOM. In a statement, the White House said the US Government official also spoke about ways to deepen bilateral […]
The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force have launched a joint operation aimed at fighting crime and tackling the reckless use of the country’s roadways. The new operation has employed the use of drones, being manned by the Guyana Defence Force to keep surveillance over a number of areas across Georgetown. The operation […]
One day after Tourism Minister, Oneidge Walrond, told the Third Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, currently underway in Switzerland, that the Guyana government has been investing heavily in Afro- Guyanese and their communities, Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes, who represents the local International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly Guyana […]
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