A 23-year-old former member of the Guyana Defence Force was remanded to prison Monday on two charges after he was busted by ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in a huge marijuana camp at St. Cuthbert’s Mission on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway. Shafeer Sanichar appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court…
As Guyana gets ready to celebrate two years as an oil-producing nation, President Irfaan today told a virtual Harvard Business School workshop that the government is working overtime to put systems in place to hold oil companies accountable. During the question and answer segment of the virtual forum, the President admitted that Guyana currently does…
PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali and First Lady Mrs Arya Ali, on Sunday evening, hosted an Official Dinner for the Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his delegation at State House, Carmichael Street, Georgetown. Prime Minister, Mark Phillips; Vice-President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo; and other government ministers, along with members of the diplomatic…
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has been named among those to receive the Champion of the Earth Award, the United Nations’ highest environmental award. Mottley becomes the second Caribbean leader to receive the award after Guyana’s Bharrat Jagdeo received the award in 2010. Mottley is this year honoured in the Policy Leadership category for…
As Guyana gets ready to celebrate two years as an oil-producing nation, President Irfaan today told a virtual Harvard Business School workshop that the government is working overtime to put systems in place to hold oil companies accountable. During the question and answer segment of the virtual forum, the President admitted that Guyana currently does…
TELEPERFORMANCE Guyana has been urged to expand its operations beyond the boundaries of Georgetown, Region Four. The invitation was extended by Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh. Dr. Singh was delivering the feature address at the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company’s fifth anniversary observance in Guyana.…
Five months after the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recommitted its support for the completion of the US$190M Linden to Mabura Hill Road and with Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill announcing then that works are expected to start soon, the contract is yet to be awarded. With the United Kingdom funding part of the project,…
As Guyana gets ready to celebrate two years as an oil-producing nation, President Irfaan today told a virtual Harvard Business School workshop that the government is working overtime to put systems in place to hold oil companies accountable. During the question and answer segment of the virtual forum, the President admitted that Guyana currently does…
–President Ali says resources will be used to enhance traditional economy, build new, sustainable sectors REVENUE generated from the local oil and gas sector is expected to catapult Guyana to the ranks of wealthiest countries in the Western Hemisphere, thereby increasing the government’s fiscal space to invest in initiatives geared at expanding the economy and…
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner Jane Miller has said she will push for the abolition of the death penalty and for other human rights to be observed in Guyana. Just five months after she took up the post as High Commissioner, Miller has spoken about the start of serious engagement on…
