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The Government today signed a US$35.1M contract with the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited for the construction of a new bridge across the Demerara River in Linden, Region 10. The four-lane bridge, which will replace the existing Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, will be 220 meters long, and will have a number of road safety and lighting features. […]
A Venezuelan man who was working as a carpenter in a house at Plantain Walk, Vreed en Hoop, lost his life early this morning as a fire of unknown origin ripped through the house. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the blaze at around just after 3 o’ clock this morning. The owner of […]
Though committing to having a National Gas Strategy in place by the end of 2023, the Government has missed the deadline, but is forging ahead with its US$2 Billion Gas-to-Energy Project. At a press conference today, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who overlooks the oil and gas sector, offered no clear indication as to when the […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today defended the Government’s decision to allow the visit of a British Navy vessel to Guyana, making it clear that the vessel was not a threat to any country and its visit here was long planned. “This is a patrol vessel. Look at the vessel. If you go online and you […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton accused the Government of acting in a “reckless” manner by agreeing to have a British Navy vessel visit Guyana weeks after the Argyle Declaration, which was intended to ease tension between Guyana and Venezuela. In response to the vessel’s presence in Guyana, Venezuela has dispatched more than 5000 soldiers […]
International carrier, American Airlines, will be adding an additional daily flight to its Guyana route from June of this year. The airline currently operates two daily flights between Guyana and New York and Miami. The additional flight is likely to be added to the Georgetown-Miami route since there continues to be increased travel to and […]
Guyana’s new Ambassador to Venezuela, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, will travel to the neighbouring country next week to present his Credentials to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. During an interview with News Source this morning, Dr. Van-West Charles, said he is looking forward to taking up his role in Venezuela to address certain crucial issues. […]
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues today said although the Ministry of Housing received numerous complaints about corrupt land transactions in 2023, it was only able to terminate the service of a single employee, due to the lack of concrete evidence to support the other allegations. Together with the Minister of […]
With a total of 28,368 house lots allocated in the past three years, the Central Housing and Planning Authority is pushing to have infrastructure works completed to allow persons to gain access to those lots to begin construction. At press conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC)today, the Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has announced that it managed to dispose of 221 cases last year. Of that amount, the DPP chambers said ,153 of the cases received attention in the High Courts in Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo, while 58 matters were not prosecuted by the DPP. Of the 153 […]
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