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With Guyana’s economy on the rise, Ghana is looking to become a major trading partner, with the establishment of a Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce. The Office of the Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce, located on Church Street, was commissioned today by Ghana’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Hammond, and Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill. […]
With help from the US, Guyana has been able to push back against the drug trade, according to President Irfaan Ali The President has credited the outgoing US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch for the successes recorded in the Security Sector. Speaking at a farewell reception held on Friday in honour of the US Ambassador, President Ali […]
As the nation mourns the deaths of 19 children in the late night fire at a school dorm in Mahdia, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today called on festivities that are usually associated with Guyana’s Independence Day celebrations to be curtailed. Speaking to News Source this afternoon, Mr. Norton expressed his sympathy to the families of […]
The entire country has been plunged into mourning following the death of 19 children in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory late last night. 18 of those who died were female students of the school. The 9th child was a young boy who was the son of the caretaker of the facility. […]
A devastating late night fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory has claimed the lives of a number of children who lived at the facility. Several other children are nursing severe burns and other injuries. A final confirmed count of those who died is still to be determined, according to President Irfaan Ali, who summoned […]
Guyana and the United States have made significant achievements in the area of business, with bilateral trade between the two countries tripling to over US$3 Billion under US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch. Speaking at her farewell reception, the outgoing Ambassador said the US is by far the largest trading partner for Guyana, and one with investors […]
The President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge has announced that plans are on stream to have the Prosperity Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel commence operations later this year as part of the Payara Field Development Project in the Stabroek Block. The FPSO vessel arrived Guyana in April, and is projected to produce up […]
Oil Giant, ExxonMobil Guyana believes that it stands to lose more than US$350 million in revenues monthly if the High Court ruling against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Esso Exploration Guyana stands and it is forced to scale back operations. On the 3rd May, the High Court ordered the EPA to direct oil company […]
Backing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) decision to appeal a decision of the High Court that mandated that Guyana be fully protected in the event of an oil spill, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo said the Government will not be part of a process that destroys the investment climate of Guyana. “Here in Guyana, there is […]
Convicted mass killer and death row inmate Mark Royden Durant aka Royden Williams and “Smallie” made a daring escape from the Mazaruni Prison this afternoon under the guard of a boat load of heavily armed gunmen, suspected to be members of a Venezuelan gang. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the inmate […]
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