Reproduced from NL Times The Dutch government will apologize for The Netherlands’ history of slavery on Monday, December 19, sources close to the Cabinet told NOS. Seven members of the Cabinet will travel to Suriname and the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom – former colonies that were impacted by the slave trade – to make speeches expressing regret on behalf ...

Canada has received a request from Guyana to lift tourist visa requirements for Guyanese, even as vigorous efforts are being made to have a Canadian airline provide direct flights to this oil-rich South American nation, Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana Mark Berman said Monday. “The Government of Guyana has indicated their interest in having that discussion and we have advised ...

Guyana’s projected real economic growth from 2023 to 2026 is estimated at 25 percent, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh told a visiting Canadian trade delegation on Monday. He restated that real economic growth in 2022 is now projected at “a staggering” 56 percent. “We are currently undergoing a transformation in the Guyanese economy that had scarcely been seen at anytime ...

Canadian joint venture oil companies, CGX Energy and Frontera Energy, on Monday said they have pushed back drilling an exploratory Wei-Wei well in the Corentyne Block until next January when a rig is scheduled to become available. “As part of its preparations, the Joint Venture has agreed with the Government of Guyana that the Wei-1 well will be spudded no ...

Digicel (Guyana) on Monday announced a free 10 GB offer with the purchase of a SIM card from November 28th to December 31st, as part of its push to attract new customers with more data during the first three months of next year. This Christmas keeps on giving at Digicel. The holiday season is a time  for being thankful, so ...

Firefighters were Monday night trying to confirm whether a huge fire at a bond at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara was caused by welding near flammable items. The storage bond was owned by Z Mohammed and Sons Hardware Store. “Unconfirmed reports suggest that welding was being done in the bond, which housed various flammable chemicals and other materials (oils, thinners, ...

The Guyana Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (GCCAC) is being challenged to go after rogue businesses rather than only focusing largely on consumer protection, according to the Chairman of the Trade and Investment Committee of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo. “I heard very little of competition activities by the CCAC. There are a lot of rogue businesses out ...

Three workers of the Demerara Harbour Bridge have been sent on leave pending an investigation into how a Panama-registered oil tanker, MV Tradewind Passion, left Guyana without any record after the High Court ordered its release based on a GY$247 million Letter of Undertaking in connection with serious damage to that east-west corridor. The Public Works Ministry has calculated the ...

A privately-owned healthcare institution, Royalty Home-Care and Private Nurse Services, has expanded its operations and is now training patient care assistants at its Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo  headquarters. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Royalty Home-Care and Private Nurse Services, Nurse Alicia Solomon, who is also studying to become a medical doctor, said the institution has been properly registered. She ...

Belize’s overhaul of its administration of justice has now paved the way for prominent Caribbean jurist, Louise Blenman to become that Central American nation’s first Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal. Her additional scope of responsibility comes just over two months after she was sworn in as Belize’s Chief Justice of the High Court. Chief Justice Blenman was sworn ...