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The Guyana National Bureau of Standards is preparing to do additional monitoring of the importation of tyres now that the Government has lifted the ban on the importation of used tyres. The importation of used tyres restarted earlier this month after the Government made a decision to lift the ban and make it part of […]
The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, is currently probing reports of the smuggling of Venezuelan gold into Guyana for sale on the international market. Venezuelan miners have been finding it difficult to attract international buyers as the country continues to face major international sanctions by the United States. It is suspected […]
The country’s COVID-19 death toll reached 121 today after the passing of two elderly persons who were both residents of Region Four. According to the Ministry of Health, the 82-year-old man and 81-year-old woman both passed away while being patients in a medical institution. So far in October, a total of 39 deaths have been […]
As Guyanese owned carrier TransGuyana Airways settles into its five times per week Guyana/Barbados schedule, regional carrier Caribbean Airlines is joining the route. Caribbean Airlines has announced that from the end of October it will begin three flights per week between the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle and Barbados’ Grantley Adams Airport. The return […]
US Carrier, Jet Blue Airlines has announced that it will finally begin its Guyana service from the 11th December. The airline was scheduled to begin its service between Georgetown and New York earlier this year, but those plans were grounded as the coronavirus pandemic crippled the airline industry. However, in a message to staffers this […]
With the liberalization of the telecommunications sector and more companies expected into the market, the Public Utilities Commission is moving to add more expertise and monitors to closely monitor the operations of all of the companies. During a virtual town hall meeting on Facebook this morning, PUC Chairperson, Attorney Dela Britton explained that since the […]
There is a cloud moving over whether local government elections will take place in Guyana next year as required by the Constitution. The Attorney General was quoted in the Stabroek News as stating that it is appearing unlikely that the timetable will be kept for the local elections because of all the fall out after […]
President Irfaan Ali while admitting that he has not seen a copy of the certificate of renunciation of US Citizenship for his Tourism Minister, indicated today that he is comfortable with her explanation on the issue. “She is an honourable woman”, the President told reporters on Monday morning as he explained that he believes she […]
Despite her claims that she renounced her American citizenship before taking the oath as a Member of Parliament, the APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for the Minister of Tourism, Oneidge Waldron to resign over her dual citizenship. In a statement on Saturday, the Minister admitted that she was still a dual citizen when she […]
The APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for the Guyana Elections Commission to put itself in a state of readiness to begin a house to house registration process that would ensure a clean and credible voters list. During the coalition’s weekly press conference today, Executive Member Aubrey Norton said with the election petition cases moving […]
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