–PM Phillips tells CANTO Caribbean PRIME MINISTER, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips said his government was committed to creating the required infrastructure to make it possible for everyone to access Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). Giving the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the CANTO 37th Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition 2022 at the Fountainebleau…
Police on Tuesday confirmed that one person was injured on Monday when guns were indiscriminately fired by persons known to each other in the vicinity of popular Lamaha Street, Kitty restaurant and lounge. Police said the shooting incident occurred at about 01:30 hrs for which a 28-year-old male is presently in Police custody Deon Jerrick…
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Judge, Jacob Wit today took a swipe at the slow pace at which election petitions are being dealt with in Guyana. Admitting that the issue is not confined to Guyana, Justice Wit said the system here seems to be more comfortable punishing litigants for a few days of late service…
–gets 11-year extension on contract with ExxonMobil Guyana THE Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI), a pioneering Guyanese company in the local oil-and-gas sector, has secured an 11-year extension on its contract with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an ExxonMobil affiliate, for the provision of shore-base management and operations services. The contract will run…
Oral arguments began on Monday before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a challenge to Guyana’s Court of Appeal decision to entertain an appeal regarding an already dismissed election petition. Lawyers on both sides spent well over four hours arguing for and against the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction to hear the application which seeks…
President Irfaan Ali, on Monday, joined investors of Pasha Global Investments for the sod turning exercise for a 500-room hotel to be constructed at Lilliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara. The first phase of the project will see 150 rooms being constructed by the end of 2024 and the second phase will see between…
–over 800 persons to be employed RECOGNISING the potential that exists in Guyana for accommodation and entertainment facilities, Suriname’s Pasha Global Group has initiated plans for the construction of a US$45 million (approximately G$9.3 billion) hotel, with a ceremonial sod-turning exercise at the project site, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The Pasha Global hotel, which will…
Constant rainfall has been having a negative impact on the availability and price of “greens” and the government is looking to see how it can ease the burden on consumers, Minister of Agriculture Zulficar Mustapha has said. “It has been (raining) since the last year; I don’t think that we have had any break in…
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today heard arguments for the case about whether the Guyana Court of Appeal has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal filed to challenge the dismissal of the APNU+AFC’s Election Petition 99 of 2020. At the heart of the case before the CCJ is whether the Chief Justice…
THE Bureau of Statistics, on Monday, commenced two weeks of intense training for 54 persons from all regions of Guyana who will function as Area Coordinators during the upcoming 2022 Population and Housing Census. According to Bureau of Statistics Public Relations Officer, Chriseana Ramrekha, following their training, these temporary staff, with the supervision of Bureau…
