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The parent company for COURTS and Ashley Furniture store in Guyana, UNICOMER, is taking on a major investment project along the East Bank Demerara corridor that will see the construction of a corporate complex and a logistics park. In an announcement today, UNICOMER said the investment will total G$25 billion and will be part of […]
An investigation into the Sunday afternoon fire that gutted a Windsor Forest house and claimed the life of its owner, has found that the fire was started by the fluctuation of the electricity supply to the home. In a statement, the Guyana Fire Service said that there was sparking at a breaker panel box in […]
Over 1,200 persons have registered to attend the Guyana International Energy Conference and Expo, which opens at the Marriott Hotel on Tuesday. President Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley; and President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi are among Heads of Government scheduled to attend the high-level forum, which will see policymakers, […]
ExxonMobil is expected to sell Guyana the natural gas that is being produced in the Stabroek Block in an effort to recover the cost associated with the construction of the pipeline needed to transport the fuel to the Natural Gas Power Plant at Wales. But Opposition Member of Parliament David Patterson said the arrangement not […]
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the planned gas-to-energy project will go ahead, dismissing criticisms about the cost attached to the project, He said the criticisms are unjustified. The project has been receiving an avalanche of criticism from the Parliamentary Opposition and sections of society. Cost associated with the project, as well as an […]
With plans for the long-awaited Local Government Elections back on track, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will commence its Claims and Objections exercise from today. In a statement over the weekend, the Elections Secretariat said the Claims and Objections exercise is integral to the preparation of the Registers of Voters for the conduct of elections […]
The Guyana Fire Service has announced that it has confirmed that the fire which gutted the Parika market on Friday afternoon was caused by sparks from welding that was being done on a metal structure above the market. In a statement, the Fire Service said that based on its investigations, some of the residue from […]
A Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara man who went back into his burning house to rescue a grandson, perished in a Sunday afternoon fire that has left his community in disbelief. The dead man has been identified as Rajendra Mohabir aka Slowie. According to eyewitnesses, fire engulfed the 7th Street, Windsor Forest house just before […]
Scores of Parika vendors are counting their losses after an afternoon fire gutted a big section of the Parika market, completely destroying more than 50 stalls. Many of the vendors said they were unable to save anything as the fire quickly ripped through the market. It is suspected that the fire might have been ignited […]
All seven members of the Teaching Service Commission have now been sworn in paving the way for the Commission to begin its work. The remaining two members took the oath of office today. The members of the Commission are Ms. Maydha Persaud, Avril Crawford, Doodmattie Singh, Lancelot Baptiste, Joan Ann Davis-Monkhouse, Shafiran Bhajan, Satti Jaisierisingh, […]
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