Tributes pour in after passing of GMSA President

The Private Sector in Guyana has been plunged into a state of shock with the sudden passing of the President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association, Eon Caesar. Caesar passed away on Friday in neighbouring Trinidad shortly after he was medivaced to a specialty hospital there.  He was 43-years-old. Mr. Caesar who served as the […]

Contract signed with Dutch company for feasibility study and design of new Demerara River bridge

 Plans are moving apace for a new Demerara river bridge to be built.  The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation this morning signed a contract with Dutch company LievenseCSO. The contract covers the production of a Feasibility Study and the Design for the new Demerara River Crossing. During the signing of the contract,  Minister within the Ministry of […]

Rohee wants to see actual survey showing crime reduction

General Secretary and Member of Parliament for the opposition, People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, wants to know whether an actual survey was ever done by the APNU+AFC government that revealed a reduction in crime. The Guyana Police Force has been reporting a reduction in serious and violent crimes when compared to last year, even as […]

Venezuela could be emboldened with border claims if UN does not recommend juridical settlement -Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition and Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday restated his party’s support of the Guyana government’s efforts to move to a juridical settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela. However, he warned that that the Government should ensure it is prepared for any possibility with regard to a recommendation from […]

Bank of Guyana halts purchase of Barbados and TT dollars from cambios

The Bank of Guyana has put a halt to the purchase of Barbadian and Trinidadian dollars from cambios at the central bank, until further notice. The move is to stabilize the foreign currency market. It was recently realized that persons from Trinidad and Barbados have been coming to Guyana to purchase US Currency and Trinidadian and […]

Diplomacy must prevail in Guyana/Venezuela border row -Greenidge

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has declared that the Opposition party’s continued criticism of the proposed 2017 National Budget is nothing more than an attempt at national “deconstruction”. During Thursday’s budget debate, Mr. Greenidge noted that it is especially hard to imagine a Budget debate elsewhere in the world where the Opposition party […]