Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 19:33 by Denis Chabrol InterCaribbean Airways plans to train Guyanese to become cabin attendants, the carrier’s Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Trevor Sadler announcement on Friday minutes after the inaugural flight arrived from Guyana from Barbados. “On Monday, we start a new class of flight attendants here in Georgetown so we don’t ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 8:34 by Denis Chabrol Company commits to strengthening the community by embracing women entrepreneurship The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) announced its support towards the HerVenture app’s efforts to reach and develop women-led businesses.  The technology giant’s decision to collaborate with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, based in the UK, and ActionINVEST ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 8:12 by Denis Chabrol Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says the severe floods earlier this year resulted in the State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) spending GY$2.3 billions of dollars that had been originally allocated in the 2021 National Budget for out-of-crop maintenance, pensions, union dues and other expenses. He told the House Committee of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 7:20 by Denis Chabrol Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall says security has been beefed up at all government buildings in Guyana’s 10 administrative regions because of political threats by the opposition. In clear reference to the severe damage by fire of the Mabaruma Secondary School earlier this year due to reported arson, he ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 December 2021, 16:31 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from OE Digital Canadian-based firm Frontera Energy, the majority owner of CGX Energy and its partner in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana, has informed that the Kawa-1 exploration well, spudded in the block in August, has encountered hydrocarbon presence. Also, the drilling at Kawa-1, being carried out by Maersk Discoverer ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 14:42 by Writer Guyana’s Local Content Bill, if passed in its current form, will require oil sector companies to competitively bid for the supply of goods and services, even as it specifies quota for Guyanese companies and Guyanese individuals. “A Contractor, Sub-Contractor or Licensee shall award a contract on the basis of a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 15:50 by Writer The European Union (EU) on Wednesday raised concerns about the pitfalls of borrowing from China to finance and build major infrastructural projects. Deputy Managing Director for Americas, European External Action Service Mr Javier Niño Pérez, during a question and answer session at the University of Guyana, disagreed with those who ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 19:35 by Writer The man wanted for Wednesday’s murder of East Coast Demerara conductor surrendered to police at the Brickdam Police Station in the company of his lawyer hours later. The Guyana Police Force said 27-year-old Paul Junior Lynch of 127 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara surrendered shortly after the wanted bulletin was ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 9:59 by Writer The European Union (EU) is providing another 7.5 million Euros for the further rehabilitation of Guyana’s sea defence, Deputy Managing Director for Americas, European External Action Service Mr Javier Niño Pérez announced on Tuesday. He said the decision to provide the additional cash to Guyana is because the country has ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 20:18 by Writer Mr. Vishnu Persaud was Tuesday morning sworn in as Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) new Chief Election Officer, promising to be “neutral” and to obey the country’s election laws. “Nobody has to have any worry about my neutrality or that I may deviate from the path of what is lawful and ...