GTT’s conneX voice and data bundle for businesses now accounts for 60 percent, as a result of engaging businesses in organisations and the general public,  Chief Operations Officer, GTT’s Business Solutions, Orson Ferguson said Tuesday. He said the voice, data and mobile bundle service on one bill, branded as conneX was developed after “businesses told us this is what we ...

A recent study shows that telecommunication companies in the Caribbean are operating at a loss due because people are making more calls, mostly international calls,  via Over-The-Top (OTP) services and the majority of data are being consumed through Social Media, according to a senior representative of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO). “As Caribbean people, we should reject ...

Opposition parliamentarian Amanza Walton-Desir on Monday said she was concerned that the agreement with surviving families of the 20 children, who were burnt to death in the Mahdia Secondary School’s dormitory, now means that it would be very tough to obtain compensation from the State. “When you look at the text of the agreement, what they have essentially asked these ...

Reproduced from NBC New York In a historic announcement, not only was Edward Caban named the next NYPD commissioner on Monday, making him the first Hispanic person to lead the nation’s largest police department, but Mayor Eric Adams also announced Tania Kinsella as the next first deputy commissioner — the first woman of color to serve in that position in ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Monday confirmed that the surviving families of the 20 children who were burnt to death at Mahdia Secondary School dormitory earlier this year are each receiving GY$5 million. “It is an ongoing process,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. “The Government of Guyana hereby offers to the parent/guardian of the victim the sum of five ...

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton on Sunday night poured cold water on government’s short-term plan to bring in Cuban nurses to grapple with a serious shortage of that category of health workers facing Guyana. Addressing a public meeting at the Stabroek Market Square to celebrate its retention of its stronghold ...

The United States’ Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM)-led Caribbean security exercise, Tradewinds 2023. was officially declared open in Guyana on Saturday with the aim of preparing for threats and ensuring peace and stability. Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Omar Khan said this year’s exercise includes comprehensive disaster management training, and simulated oil spill scenarios. “The inclusion of these critical ...

The conviction and sentencing of Michael Andrew Morgan for cocaine trafficking is being hailed by the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh as yet another major dent in going after the so-called ‘big fish’ drug traffickers. After a year-long trial, Morgan was Friday convicted for being in possession of 7 pounds (3.27 kilogrammes) of cocaine, sentenced to ...

At least two well-known members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) are defending the Mohammeds- Nazar and his son Azruddin- in the face of an international news agency’s report that they were being investigated by the United States (US) for allegedly being involved in multi-million dollar money laundering, gold smuggling and narco-trafficking. A Reuters News agency report quotes unnamed ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday appealed to Canada to set up a training institution in Guyana to train Guyanese as nurses for the local, Caribbean and Canadian markets, as the South American nation grapples with a serious shortage of that category of health workers due to migration. “We encourage Canadian accredited institutions to establish their footprint in Guyana for the ...