In the wake of the death of two tourists in Guyana’s interior within the past two months, Guyana’s tourism industry stakeholders have laid the groundwork for stringent safety and security rules which could eventually become laws or regulations, officials said. Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), Kamrul Baksh suggested that recent separate deaths occurred because of a breach of ...

A house roof was blown off and several other houses were damaged by high winds on the West Coast Demerara early Sunday morning, and already assistance is on its way, an official said. Region Five (Mahaicony-West Berbice) Representative,  Faizal Jafferally told Demerara Waves Online News that a house roof was blown away and zinc sheets from  four other roofs were ...

In the wake of the resignation of Mrs Geeta Chandan-Edmond from the post of General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR),  Ganesh Mahipaul and Dawn Hastings are being touted as replacements, according to well-places sources. Efforts to contact PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton were futile. The last PNCR’s Central Executive Committee last met about one and a half weeks ...

The Buxton Youth Developers will receive some GY$1 million from the government to ensure the further development of youngsters in and around the community, the government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) reported. President,  Mohamed Irfaan Ali made the commitment Friday while giving remarks at the opening of the newly-upgraded Vigilance Play Field,  East Coast of Demerara. Dr Ali said his ...

Eureka’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), William Andrew Boyle adds yet another feather to his cap, as he was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Letters, by the University of Guyana (UG) on December 9, 2022 during its Commencement Exercises.  Boyle also gave the Graduation address. An honorary degree is an academic tribute to those whose life and work exemplify professional, intellectual, ...

The High Court on Friday ruled that the France-headquartered Schlumberger, a global provider of products and services to ExxonMobil’s operations in Guyana, must stop storing, using and possessing radioactive materials at its facility at Houston, East Bank Demerara. Justice Nareshwar Harnanan, in handing down his decision, agreed with the plaintiffs that the environmental permits awarded by the Guyana government’s Environmental ...

ExxonMobil will next year have to relinquish 20 percent of the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana and that area would eventually be auctioned, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on December 9. “Exxon has this huge area and so next year I think they have to relinquish 20 percent of that,” he told a news conference.  ExxonMobil is the operator in the ...

President Irfaan Ali Thursday night encouraged overseas-based Guyanese and local investors to pool their monies to invest in condominiums in upscale areas. “We have a lot of liquidity that exists in the Diaspora. This is a challenge to the Diaspora. I challenge you today. You can’t do it individually, come together,” he said. Addressing the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and ...

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Timothy Tucker on Thursday appealed t0 government to scrap the excise tax on new vehicles to allow ordinary Guyanese and the country as a whole to benefit in several ways. While acknowledging that Guyana’s roads are congested, the Chamber said the removal of the excise tax would see Guyanese having ...

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine and opposition parliamentarian Sherod Duncan were Thursday morning granted GY$200,000 bail each on race-related charges and they were gagged from saying anything publicly about the cases, their defence lawyer Roysdale Forde said. Mr Narine was charged with the offence of obstructing traffic in relation to placing a wooden pallet on New Market Street. Mr Narine and ...