By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2024
News, Politics
Two of the teenage girls who survived the Mahdia Secondary School female dorm fire in May 2023, have filed separate multi-million dollar lawsuits against the state. Although the cases were filed back in October, they were only served on the Attorney General’s Chambers today. Both cases are being filed through the parents of the two […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana’s oil and gas industry will be a key player in the dynamics of the economies of Caribbean countries this year, according to the Director of Economics of the Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB), Ian Durant. Speaking during the CDB’s Annual News Conference this morning, Mr. Durant said in 2023, Guyana’s oil sector was a significant […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2024
Business, News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy, Stuart Young, made a strong case today for the neighbouring CARICOM state to process natural gas from Guyana and Suriname. As he addressed the delegates at the Guyana Energy Conference this morning, Minister Stuart said Trinidad and Tobago has the facilities, but is in need of […]
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 […]