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Caribbean sugar is close to a sticky end- A century and a half after slavery ended, the plantations are closing. In its 18th-century heyday cane grown in the…
Gov’t moving to disclose contracts in natural resources sectorOne day after the full disclosure of its contract with ExxonMobil, the Government has begun informing companies of the need…
GWI wants to increase water ratesThe Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is moving to increase water rates across the board in the New Year in an…
Vehicular, maritime traffic declines at DHBFor the first time in nine years, the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) has recorded a decline in vehicular traffic. General…
CJIA Expansion Project to be completed in Dec 2018A new deadline has been set for the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project owing to…
‘Why clamour for more oil money?’- TrotmanIt took a scandal over the US$18 million signing bonus to force the Government to release a 72-page document outlining…
'We will not take advantage of Guyana' – ExxonMobilBy Neil Marks ExxonMobil says the petroleum agreement with Guyana is a fair one and the company has committed not…
200 homes flooded in Canal No.1, CDC issues flood warningTwo hundred homes and farms are said to be affected by flooding in Canal No.1 on the West Bank of…
Guyana could get US$7 billion from first phase of oil productionExxonMobil and its production partners estimate that Guyana could get revenues of US$7 billion from Phase 1 of production…
Oil contract: How US$300,000 will be used to train GuyaneseThe petroleum agreement signed by the Government and ExxonMobil and its partners obligates the employment of Guyanese having appropriate qualifications…
Elevators for pedestrian overpasses in March 2018The four pedestrian overpasses on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Road Corridor are expected to be completed by year-end, however,…
ExxonMobil contract releasedThe Government of Guyana today released the Petroleum Agreement between itself and Exxon Mobil, CNOOC Nexen and HESS. The full…
Area to land natural gas pipeline to be identified next yearAreas in Regions Three, Four and Six are being considered as possible sites to land a pipeline for the transfer…
Laser Tag arena opens in GuyanaA game of tag played with laser guns in an arena of fog and flashing lights, laser tag is a…
Local NGO receives US grant to conduct after-school activities in CorrivertonThe Family Awareness Consciousness & Togetherness (FACT), a Corriverton-based Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO) has received $13,353,000 from the United States Agency for…
Public smoking ban takes full effectPublic Health Minister Volda Lawrence has signed a commencement order, putting the ban on public smoking into full effect retroactive…
$99M Bagotville Bridge re-commissionedResidents and commuters can now travel in and out of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara with ease following the re-commissioning…
The Economy: Budget 2018 – What’s good in it?The budget debates have now come to an end and was approved without any amendments thereto – on December 15,…
