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InterCaribbean Airways launched its Guyana service today with an inaugural flight from Barbados to the Cheddi Jagan Airport in Guyana. The airline will now be offering almost daily flights between Guyana and Barbados. Just after the arrival of the flight, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer Trevor Sadler said InterCaribbean is pleased to be entering the […]
Guyana today received 55,000 doses of the Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines which were procured through support from the Government of Canada. High Commissioner of Canada, Mark Berman applauded the efforts of the Government of Guyana to ensure that vaccines are available in the country. He said Canada is committed to continuing to support Guyana’s efforts. “The […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings has issued a call on the Government to begin taking better care of the country’s nurses as they continue to be on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. Cummings who served as a junior Minister of Health under the former APNU+AFC government told the National Assembly on […]
The Government will be seeking funds in next year’s budget for the construction of a new and modern Brickdam Police Station. Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn revealed today that there is a plan for an 11-story Police Station complex to be constructed at the Brickdam site. The Minister made the announcement this morning during […]
Almost a month after a fire gutted a section of a building that housed the Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the Guyana Fire Service is still to release the official findings of its investigations. A preliminary report was completed, but Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo today told News Source that the Fire Service is awaiting […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks, appeared in Court this morning where she faced a charge of being involved in a corrupt transaction. Hicks appeared before the Chief Magistrate. She was granted $100,000 bail and told to return to Court on the 20th January for the continuation of the case. […]
Two ranks of the Guyana Defense Force and a businessman were today charged in a $745.5 million fuel theft scheme. The three appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court this morning and were granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each. The fuel racket reportedly went on for about five years. The three accused were identified […]
The long-awaited Local Content Bill was tabled today in the National Assembly after the government completed consultations with some stakeholders. Describing the tabling of the bill as historic, the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharat said the Bill will provide for the implementation of local content obligations on companies engaged in petroleum operations or related […]
Senior Minister responsible for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh tabled the Natural Resources Fund 2021 Bill this morning to address different areas of management of the oil and other natural resources wealth of Guyana. The original Natural Resources Bill was passed in 2019 with the then Opposition PPP absent from the National Assembly since it came […]
It got heated in this National Assembly this morning as the Government and Opposition clashed after it was revealed that another $2 billion was given out to the Guyana Sugar Corporation from the consolidated fund for what the Government calls ‘out of crop’ support. Of that sum, $1.6 Billion was given to GUYSUCO to pay […]
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