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Projecting that he Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will require at least 465 megawatts of electricity by 2025, the Guyana government has taken steps to revive plans to construct the Amaila Falls Hydropower station. The Prime Minister’s office has issued a request for proposals, stating that government hopes that construction of the hydropower station will begin in 2022 and will ...

Guyanese women are to benefit from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded project aimed at boosting their entrepreneurial skills, the Western Hemispheric bank said Saturday. In Guyana, the IDB Group will collaborate with the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Guyana (WCCIG) to coordinate and implement We3A activities, working closely with the other executing partners especially Thunderbird School of Global Management ...

The driver of a fuel tanker truck was early Saturday morning found dead in the driver’s seat on the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo. Police also say his belongings have been found in a nearby market stall. He has been identified as 31-year old Laurel Samaroo of Tuschen New Scheme.  Investigators say they were summoned to the fuel tanker ...

A woman was robbed of $2 million just outside a location where she had gone to pay workers their wages. The incident occurred late Friday afternoon at Cane View, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The woman, who is a clerk, told police that she was robbed by six men who rode up next to her on three XR motorcycles. She says two ...

The Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Godfrey Bess and President Irfaan Ali on Thursday defended a decision to order the compulsory vaccination of soldiers. “We have a responsibility to ensure that our soldiers are fit to defend this country at all costs. There is a saying in GDF and our soldiers know that once you join the ...

The newly-formed Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) on Thursday made a pitch to become a member of the Petroleum Commission whenever it is set up, but the Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat said it was too early to make that decision. A draft Petroleum Commission law is yet to be approved by the National Assembly. Speaking at the ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Wednesday  urged government to order frontline workers and persons  seeking service from restaurants and entertainment services to prove that they have been vaccinated or were recently tested negative for the coronavirus. “The Private Sector Commission further urges that the government require that all medical and security personnel in frontline contact with other persons must ...

The three suspects in the robbery of a 57-yeat old  businesswoman and her grandson at their grocery at Rockstone Junction were hours later arrested and several of the stolen items were recovered, the Guyana Police Force said. They are a 29-year-old man of Georgetown and two 25-year-old men of Linden. Police said the arrest was made at about 1:15 PM ...

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) plans to invest US$292 million in building a modern transmission and distribution system, and the company is banking on behavioural change to stop losing GYD$4 billion (US$18.6 billion) annually to electricity theft, Chief Executive Officer Bharat Dindyal said Friday. “We have developed a masterplan for transmission and distribution,” he told a webinar organised by ...

The propeller for a single-engine Cessna plane on Thursday disintegrated  on takeoff at the Kamarang Airstrip, sources said. The sources said no one was injured. The aircraft, bearing registration marking 8R-DAC,  is owned by Orlando Charles’ Domestic Airways. It was being piloted by a Nicaraguan man whose only name that is immediately available is Herbert Sources said the plane was ...