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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down for users around the world
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all experiencing issues this morning for users worldwide. Facebook and Instagram are both inaccessible, with news feeds refusing to refresh and the main Facebook.com domain unavailable. WhatsApp…
Chief Justice resolves long-standing property dispute between hardware giants
Chief Justice, Roxanne George on Friday in a highly anticipated judgment, dismissed a petition for prescriptive title filed by a company owned by Sattaur Gafoor, Guyana Realty Investment Limited (GRIL) which claimed ownership of a prime…
ExxonMobil begins installing pipes for Liza 1
ExxonMobil Guyana announced that the first pipe for oil production in the coming months touched the seabed at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana –an incredibly historic milestone for the Liza Phase 1 project.
The announcement was made on…
Large crowd at Youth Job Fair
A large crowd of young people from various regions in the country showed up for a job fair on Friday morning at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Some 700 persons had registered for the event.
The Job Fair is a new initiative coming…
Hospitality Institute will mimic four-star hotel; $52.3M design contract signed
The Ministry of Education has signed over a contract for the design of the first ever Hospitality and Tourism Institute in Guyana.
The project is being funded by the Caribbean Development Bank and the Government.
The total cost of the…
$47M to be spent on dredging of the Demerara River
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will begin dredging the Demerara River at Coomaka Village in Region Ten next month to ease flooding in the area.
The Authority will expend GY$47M to carry out a series of operations…
17th safari to Pakaraima Mountains takes off Saturday
Local tour operator Rainforest Tours in collaboration with the Guyana Tourism Authority Wednesday launched its 17th annual safari to the Pakaraima Mountains.
The safari rolls out of Georgetown this Saturday and will travel across 14…
Hundreds of young people apply ahead of Friday’s job fair
Recognising that there is an “unemployment scourge” facing the country’s young people, the Department of Youth will Friday host a job fair intended to provide on the spot hiring, but hundreds already stand to be disappointed.
The fair…
Min. Hughes denies involvement in award of $832K contract to production company
Public Telecommunications Minister, Cathy Hughes has denied any knowledge of a contract valuing over $800,000 being granted to Videomega Productions –a company for which she is listed as the Managing Director.
In a video statement on…
GCCI wants list of businesses that owe taxes to M&CC
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) wants a list of all businesses which have defaulted on payment of their taxes from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC).
Its demand came in response to comments made by City…
