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GTT guarantees faster DSL service by June as it pushes for landline rate hikes before liberalization

With growing complaints from citizens about the fluctuating speed of the DSL service, local telecommunications company, GTT is guaranteeing that by June 30, 2017, its DSL customers will experience new, improved and faster service. During a media cocktail on Friday evening, GTT Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, said the company has been continually improving the […]

Committees to be set up to overlook establishment of local Law School

Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, has indicated that as Guyana moves towards establishing its own Law School, two committees are to be formalized which will collaborate on getting all of the systems in place for the school’s establishment.  The committees will address many of the issues that may be required by the Council of Legal Education. The […]

Two Guilty, One Not Guilty for Bartica Massacre

Two of the accused in the Bartica Massacre case were late Thursday night found guilty of seven counts of murder and five counts of manslaughter, while the third accused was found not guilty on all 12 counts of murder. It took the jury just over three hours to return with the verdicts that Mark Royden aka […]

Williams/Nandlall “interpretation” meeting set for next Wednesday

The long awaited meeting between Attorney General, Basil Williams and the Opposition Leader’s legal representative, Anil Nandlall, is set to take place next Wednesday to address the interpretation of the Constitution when it comes to the appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission.  Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, today confirmed that the meeting is set […]

Trinidad oil company wants to develop business relations with energy companies in Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago’s state oil company, Petrotrin, has reported that it is open to the possibility of developing business relations with fellow energy companies in Guyana The announcement comes in wake of reports surrounding the feasibility of refining Guyanese crude at the company’s Pointea-Pierre Refinery in Trinidad. The ExxonMobil Oil company has discovered large amounts […]

Scrap metal export to restart for “limited” time

With a large build up of scrap metal in the country following the suspension of its export several months ago, the Government of Guyana has now decided to allow a temporary restart of the export of scrap metal. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, at his post cabinet press briefing this morning, announced that scrap metal […]