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Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Guyana Government will soon be rolling out an online portal to advertise Government contracts. He believes it will be a move to improve transparency and efficiency to ensure a fairer tendering system. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo said the Government is hoping to bring […]
By Svetlana Marshall The absence of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice in Guyana remains a concern for the judiciary, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Winston Anderson said. Guyana has not had a substantive Chancellor for two decades. In August, Justice Roxane George was sworn in to perform the duties of the […]
Classes have been suspended for students of the Beterverwagting Primary School and the Region 4 Special Education Needs Centre, Minister of Education, Sonia Parag disclosed today. The Primary School and Special Needs Centre, which are located in the same compound, have been battling a pigeon infestation for over three years. In recent weeks, the situation […]
Distinguished Guyanese legal luminary and former Acting Justice of Appeal, Christopher Arif Bulkan, was today sworn in as the newest Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). He took his oath before President Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President. President of the CCJ, Justice Winston Anderson, Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Attorney General […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his party had no formal negotiations with the APNU for last Friday’s vote for Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Regional Democratic Councils. He said it was bad faith negotiations between WIN and APNU that led to the results in some of the regions, […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed disagreement with a suggestion by ExxonMobil Guyana President Allister Routledge that converting Guyana’s gas into Liquified Natural Gas is not a priority at this stage for his company. The government had selected Fulcrum LNG to collaborate with ExxonMobil to monetize the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) resources, but there is no formal agreement. […]
The Chairman of the Guyana Shipping Association, Komal Singh and a team recently met with shipping officials in Trinidad and Tobago over the shipping delays being faced by Guyanese companies at the shipping port in Trinidad. Mr. Singh met with the Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Port of Spain, Robert Ramsubhag to address […]
Police Cadet Officer Roger Westmoreland has emerged as the Best Graduating Student of the Guyana Defence Force’s Standard Officers’ Course. On Wednesday afternoon at the Commissioning Parade, he received the Presidential Sword of Honour. The 25-year-old, who hails from the West Demerara said he joined the Police Force in 2018 and jumped at the opportunity […]
Regional carrier, LIAT Air, has announced that it will begin schedule service between Guyana’s Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle and Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport on the 17th November. The airline will initially offer three flights per week between the two destinations. LIAT Air has been operating to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri […]
President Irfaan Ali used the commissioning ceremony for new officers of the Guyana Defence Force this afternoon to reaffirm his government’s support of the US Government’s efforts to rid the region of transnational narco traffickers. The US military has increased its presence in the Caribbean region in the past weeks as part of an effort […]
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