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Another major US carrier is eyeing the Guyana market and has started to explore the possibility of beginning a service to Guyana. Outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, has confirmed that he was contacted by officials of United Airlines about destination Guyana. He said he explained to the airline that it would be a […]
On the eve of his departure from Guyana, outgoing U.S Ambassdor Perry Holloway on Friday revealed that the US Government, through its Drug Enforcement Agency, will be going after more Guyanese narco traffickers in the coming years, with a plan to seek their extradition. Mr. Holloway appeared on the 94.1 FM radio show “JumpStart” on […]
As Guyana prepares to become a player in the international oil and gas sector, the Inter-American Development Bank has approved an US$11.6 million loan to assist the country in its transition towards becoming a major oil and gas producing state. According to the IDB, the project is designed to support the strengthening and the sustainability […]
As the busy holiday season heats up for the airline industry, Copa Airlines today announced that it has gotten the all clear to add an additional weekly flight to the Guyana market. Copa currently operates four flights per week between Guyana and Panama with onward connections. From December 9, the additional weekly flight will come […]
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, told the National Assembly today that when it comes to procurement practices and holding contractors responsible for delayed delivery of drugs, “this time nah long time”. Lawrence and the health sector had come under criticism from Opposition speakers over reports of drug shortages and overpayment and early payment of […]
As the third day of the budget debate continued on the inside of Parliament, scores of former sugar workers from the Uitvlugt and Wales estate gathered on the outside to demand their severance packages. Some other sugar workers from Albion and Blairmont joined the protest to demand salary increases. The workers claimed that while many […]
The third day of the debate into the National Budget opened this morning with a focus on the education sector and a clash between the past and present Education Ministers on the sector. Former Education Minister and PPP frontbencher, Priya Manickchand said the education sector saw many improvements under the last government and she was […]
With ExxonMobil announcing its tenth oil find in Guyana, the Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, is encouraging Guyanese to look beyond the oil and gas for benefits from the sector. In an interview, he explained that employment opportunities will be available for a number of sectors that will benefit from oil […]
As the budget debates continued this morning, the opposition’s point man on public health, Dr. Frank Anthony, lashed out at the government over some its procurement practices for the health sector, telling the National Assembly that the Government has been paying for drugs that are not being delivered. “What is unbelievable Mr. Speaker is that […]
President David Granger has indicated that his chemotherapy schedule that is part of his cancer treatment, will continue until May of next year. He is expected to make a number of trips to Cuba until he completes the treatment there. The President and his wife left Guyana early this morning for Cuba where he will […]
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