By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2024
News, Politics
With new reports, backed up with satellite images, about Venezuela’s ongoing build up of military equipment near the Guyana border, President Irfaan Ali today declared that Guyana is monitoring the situation and continues to take the acts of aggression from neighbouring Venezuela very seriously. The United States Government last week said based on its assessment, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2024
News
Former Director of Nursing at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, 33-year-old, Mashuan Tyrell, lost his life early this morning in an accident along the East Coast Railway Embankment. Tyrell, who was attached to one of the oil and gas companies, reportedly lost control of his car while making a turn on the roadway, and ended […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney, Tamieka Clarke, who was wrongfully arrested and detained by the Special Organised Crime Unit for advising her client to remain silent during an interview, is among nine Attorneys to be sworn in on Tuesday as new Magistrates. Clarke had filed a case in the High Court against SOCU for her wrongful detention and she […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
Education, News, Politics
Teachers across the country continued to stay away from their classrooms in large numbers today as their strike action entered its third week. Across the country, teachers gathered in large numbers and hosted protest marches. In Georgetown, hundreds of teachers and their supporters moved into the Kingston area, close to the Marriott Hotel, where the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
News, Politics
The 2024 Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo opened this morning at the Marriott Hotel with President Irfaan Ali unveiling parts of Guyana’s Oil and Gas Master Plan, which will see major investments in Guyana’s infrastructure to support the country’s ambitions in transportation and logistics. The President told delegates of the Conference that the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
Business, News, Politics
With increasing energy security challenges facing the region, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley today said Guyana, as well as Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname, as the three oil producing nations in the region, can play a critical role in averting the challenges currently being faced in the region. Speaking at the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
Business, News
Dominican Republic based airline, Sky High Aviation, began its services to Guyana on Sunday. The airline will operate three flights per week between Guyana and the Dominican Republic, and intends to eventually expand its services to daily flights. Officials of the airline have indicated that they intend for the service to be here for the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2024
News, Politics
In a ceremonial bricklaying ceremony on Sunday for a US$300 Million Qatari Hotel on Carifesta Avenue, President Irfaan Ali noted the benefits that the new facility will add to Guyana’s tourism product. The hotel is expected to include 260 rooms and 150 apartments along with conference and other facilities. It will be built on the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2024
News, Politics
The ongoing strike by teachers across the country will continue for a third week from next Monday, President of Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte has announced today. “It’s day 10 of the Guyana Teachers’ Union strike, and we are still outside. Yes, we are still outside on day 10, and we are going to […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2024
Business, News
The Government is moving to review the Securities Industry Act of 1998, in wake of complaints from major private sector companies about trading on the Guyana Stock Exchange. Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced that President Irfaan Ali has instructed the review, with the hope of a modern piece of legislation being developed. The Act […]