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Merchandise trade between Guyana and Canada totaled CAD $238.2 million in 2021, the High Commission of Canada has disclosed. According to the High Commission, exports to Guyana for 2021 were valued at CAD$28.6 million, while imports from Guyana were valued at CAD$199.6 million. In 2020, the Canadian High Commission played a leading role in bringing […]
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte is convinced that all is not well in Guyana’s Education Sector, and he has lashed out at the Government over its failure to respond to the multi-year agreement which has been proposed by the union. He has also berated the Government over the non-appointment of the Teaching […]
With a number of branded hotels expected to built in Guyana in the next few years, the Government appears to be setting the stage to make an exit from the hotel business. The Government through its holding company, NICIL, has advertised the sale of the Marriott Georgetown Hotel. In a Pre-Qualification Notice published in the […]
Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine has issued a public apology for statements he made while protesting on behalf of vendors that the President appears to be turning Guyana into a “muslim state”, with his government’s ongoing position not to engage the City Mayor on municipal matters. The Mayor, who is a Pandit, said that he […]
The contract for the construction of a gas-to-energy plant at Wales was signed today, marking the commencement of what is said to be the largest public project ever undertaken in Guyana. The Contracting firms Lyndsayca Incorporated and CH4 were given the task to build the combined power and Natural Gas liquid plant at Wales. Delivering […]
The Ministry of Housing has announced that it has surpassed its house-lot allocation target for 2022 by distributing more than 10,000 house-lots. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal made the disclosure today during the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA’s) Dream Realized Housing Drive at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. “We at the […]
The lifeless bodies of State Counsel Asasha Ramzan and her boyfriend Peter Charles were found this morning in a parked Nissan X-Trail Sport Utility Vehicle along the roadway in Belle West, Canal # 1. Police sources have indicated that both bodies bore gunshot wounds. The woman’s body bore two gunshot wounds, while the man’s body […]
City Mayor Ubraj Narine together with a number of street vendors clashed with the ranks of the Guyana Police Force over the Government’s decision to remove vendors from outside of the Georgetown Public Hospital in the vicinity of New Market Street. Led by a senior police officer, the ranks attempted to clear the street as […]
The President has announced major salary adjustments for several categories of healthcare workers that will see increases to their salaries ranging from 13% to 74%. The increases, which were announced on Monday night in a national broadcast, will take effect from the 1st January and will be in addition to the recently announced 8% salary […]
Two Brazilian nationals have been reported missing and are feared dead following a river mishap that occurred early Sunday morning in the vicinity of ‘Looking Glass Falls’ in the Mazaruni. The only names given for the two missing Brazilian nationals are ‘Japow’ and ‘Bartolomeu’ the Police Force said in a statement. According to the Police […]
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