Last Updated on Friday, 16 August 2024, 8:25 by Writer The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Thursday announced that Guyana scored 66.3% in an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) safety audit that examined the operations of the authority as well as privately-owned airlines. “The preliminary results revealed that Guyana achieved an overall score of 66.36% in the effective implementation ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 August 2024, 8:20 by Writer After ditching government’s offer to increase teachers’ salaries by 10% in 2024, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) said educators are now demanding nothing less than 29.6% for this year, General Secretary Coretta McDonald said Thursday. “We’ve met with five clusters so far and those teachers have refused that as well ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 22:07 by Writer The construction of an oil refinery on Crab Island, Berbice River, is not currently feasible because of the current oil production output and shallowness of the waterway around the proposed location, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said Wednesday. “We will have to do a bit more assessment and allow ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 22:02 by Writer Ten months after Guyana’s first ever bid round yielded six companies for eight offshore oil blocks, government on Wednesday announced that negotiations have concluded and the companies were poised to sign the production sharing agreements (PSAs) and pay the signature bonuses. The signature bonus would be US$10 million for shallow ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 21:47 by Writer by GHK Lall There is gratitude that the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Sherlock Isaacs, corrected himself. This immediately opened a new chapter of disagreement re whether private companies could be summoned before parliament. The highest house of the Guyanese people is not a place for frivolity or facetiousness. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 21:29 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus The WPA has been around since the 1970s. In the early days it played a useful role in helping the PPP remove the authoritarian People’s National Congress. One of the WPA stalwarts, Dr. Walter Rodney, was assassinated by the state in June 1980. The ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 23:18 by Writer A gold miner of Imbaimadai Landing (Region Seven-Cuyuni Mazaruni) was Tuesday night nursing second degree burns in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was doused with High Wine and set alight during an argument with another miner, police said Tuesday. Police said they regarded the incident as an attempt to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 22:46 by Writer An unattended electric stove was the cause of Monday evening’s fire at Kwakwani, Berbice River that left nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said Tuesday. “The fire was caused by a lit electrical stove that had been left unattended. Naked flames from the stove ignited a window curtain, ...

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 22:32 by Denis Chabrol Vista Services Inc. has announced that it has become the exclusive distributor of Fermax Video Access Control Systems in Guyana. “This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing cutting-edge security solutions for households and businesses across the country,” VSI said in a statement. Under the ...