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A Business Support Desk, which was conceptualized and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and is being facilitated by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has been operationalized. The move comes as the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) observes National Small Business Week. The Business Support Desk is intended to increase the access […]
The APNU has slammed the Government over its decision to give full approval to the Guyana Power and Light Company to sole source a consultancy contract with a Dominican Republic company for US$650,000 per month. In a statement last evening, APNU Member, Ganesh Mahipaul said the revelation of the staggering consultancy contract is a slap […]
A new Regional Hospital at Bath on the West Coast of Berbice was commissioned on Wednesday, with the President promising that the new facility will match the services being offered at private facilities. The Bath Regional Hospital is the third of six new regional hospitals to open as part of the Government’s healthcare enhancement programme. […]
The Alliance For Change has expressed concern over the inclusion of the Chevron Corporation in the Stabroek Block oil deal, warning that the lack of information from the Government of Guyana on Chevron’s entry is worrying. Chevron recently took over the Hess Corporation’s shares in the Stabroek Block after winning a legal battle with ExxonMobil. The […]
Five of the six political parties contesting the upcoming elections have signaled their willingness to support the repealing of archaic laws in Guyana that criminalizes same sex intimacy. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the Alliance for Change (AFC), We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), and Forward Guyana Movement on Tuesday […]
In an election campaign style speech to a large audience of Police ranks this morning at Police headquarters, Eve Leary, President Irfaan Ali implored on serving members of the Force to take advantage of the various programmes and measures introduced by his Government, while announcing salary adjustments and promotions for some Police ranks. “Between 8 […]
Five years after controversy erupted at the Ashmin’s Building during the tabulation of the Region 4 votes leading to claims of fraud, key witnesses in the criminal case returned to the location to retrace their steps as the trial into allegations of electoral fraud continued today. The Ashmins Building, located at the corners of Hadfield […]
Pleading with Guyanese not to put Guyana’s trade and investment with other countries at risk, Prime Minister Mark Phillips is urging citizens not to throw their support behind the We Invest in Nationhood party and its Presidential Candidate, Azruddin Mohamed. Mohamed remains sanctioned by the US Government, but has been ploughing ahead with his political […]
The Government of Guyana has given its no objection to a US$650,000 per month contract between the Guyana Power and Light Company, and Dominican Republic energy company, InterEnergy Group. The contract is for InterEnergy to provide consultancy services to GPL. The procurement contract was a single source one that came before the cabinet on the […]
A pilot is dead and a Guyanese pilot, who is attached to the Guyana Defence Force, was critically injured in a cessna aircraft crash near the Hamilton International Airport in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The injured GDF pilot was not on official duties at the time. He has been identified as Captain Dwight Bonus. […]
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