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In a scorching review of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, local non-governmental group, Policy Forum Guyana, believes that in rolling out the strategy, the Government appears more concerned with making money, than reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a statement, the group made known its concerns in wake of recent statements from the Vice […]
Nine families, who are currently squatting on the Sea Defence Reserve at Annandale on the East Coast of Demerara, were today presented with keys to their new homes by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal. The new low-income, two-bedroom houses, valued at $5M each, are located in Annandale New Housing Scheme, and according to […]
On the heels of visa free travel to the United Kingdom and with British Airways gearing up to launch its schedule Guyana service, the British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham) has now been established to boost trade between Guyana and the UK and to promote and establish commercial business opportunities. Guyana is the UK’s largest trade […]
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Hundreds of demonstrators stormed Suriname’s parliament, broke windows and looted nearby businesses Friday to protest high fuel and electricity prices in the South American nation. Protesters in the capital, Paramaribo, overwhelmed police who had fired tear gas to try to control the crowd. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were injuries in the […]
The Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall, has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission appointing Monday, 12th June 2023 as the date for the conduct of Local Government Elections in Guyana. The new date follows the announcement by GECOM of its new work plan, which would make it ready to host local […]
The Government will pay US oil giant ExxonMobil US$55M per annum for 20 years for the gas to shore pipeline. That revelation was made by the Head of the Gas-to-Energy Project, Winston Brassington. While maintaining that the gas, which will be supplied by Exxon through the pipeline to the power plant at Wales, will be […]
Opposition and PNC Leader Aubrey Norton has questioned the decision of the Guyana Police Force to issue wanted bulletins for 12 East Coast Demerara men under the Terrorism Act, over their alleged roles in a protest in June 2022 that saw damage to property and looting of stalls in the Mon Repos area. Speaking at […]
The 44th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government got underway last evening in Nassau, Bahamas, and even as regional leaders are meeting to discuss the progress made since their last meeting, a number of new issues, as well as old ones are confronting the region. Central among those issues is the instability in Haiti, […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has lashed out at the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) over claims that the Government violated the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) standards when it failed to adequately consult Indigenous Leaders on the sale of carbon credits. In a statement on Tuesday, APA said the Government summoned Indigenous Leaders to the […]
Indigenous communities in Guyana will this year receive a total of $4.725 Billion from the sale of Carbon Credits to the Hess Corporation. Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement today as he met with Indigenous Leaders from more than 240 villages at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. The $4.725B represents 15% of the sale […]
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