Roraima Airways is now certified to maintain aircraft, easing the burden on that domestic carrier of outsourcing its maintenance to another entity and would now be able to provide such a service to other aircraft owners. “This certificate means that Roraima’s Ogle operations new maintenance department has the capacity and has met the standards and criteria to conduct its own ...
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Guyana, Belize exploring formal rice agreement
Guyana wants a bilateral agreement with Belize for the supply of rice to that Central American nation should there be a shortfall in domestic production there, the Ministry of Agriculture said Wednesday. The Agriculture Minister of Guyana, Noel Holder floated the idea of a rice accord as part of a Joint Commission approach in talks with Belize’s Deputy Prime Minister, ...
Read More »REPSOL asks Guyana for extension to continue oil exploration
Officials from global energy company REPSOL, Wednesday, met with President David Granger to seek an extension to continue exploratory work in the Kanuku Block, the Ministry of the Presidency announced in a statement. Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman also attended the meeting, which was held this morning at the Ministry of the Presidency. In a brief comment after ...
Read More »East Street residents reject M&CC ‘paid parking’
Residents of East Street , North Cummingsburg have rejected the implementation of a paid parking system by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC). M&CC recently moved to implement the system between Middle and New Market Streets along the avenue of East Street. Today, vehicles were parked in clustered manner outside of the zone adopted by the City Council and very ...
Read More »GCAA’s new board yet to meet; several critical issues to be addressed
The eight-member board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has been named with a new Chairman, but it is yet to meet to begin addressing a number of key and critical issues for the aviation sector. Appointments to the Board of Directors for two years with effect from December 7, 2015 to December 6, 2017 have been gazetted since ...
Read More »Kitty Market vendors to be relocated
by Telesha Vidya Ramnarine THE Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is in the process of deciding what it will do with the 46 vendors of the Kitty Market who are “in harm’s way.” “It is unsafe; in a ruinous condition,” Town Clerk Royston King said of the market which is located at the corners of Barr and Alexander Streets, ...
Read More »Gold mine where 11 persons died will remain closed, another to be reopened as a model mine- Trotman
A gold mine in western Guyana where 11 persons were killed last year when a mining pit collapsed would remain closed because the head of the operation has failed to put proper systems in place to avoid a recurrence, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman announced Sunday. “We are not going to disrespect the dead and just open that mine ...
Read More »GRA Chairman slams PSC over Sattaur matter
The Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rawle Lucas Sunday rejected claims by the Private Sector Commission that tax agents searched or seized property from the home of Commissioner General, Kurshid Sattaur. Sattaur has been sent on leave to pave the way for an audit of the tax collection and Guyana’s major revenue generation agency. Lucas ...
Read More »Private Sector concerned about search and seizure at GRA Commissioner’s home
The Private Sector Commission says it concerned about media reports of the recent search, by officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority, of the home of the Commissioner General of the agency, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, and the seizure of various items belonging to the GRA. Following is the remainder of the statement The Commission is both perturbed and concerned at this treatment ...
Read More »Transparency Institute wants Broomes to relinquish gold mining interests
The Acting President of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Compton Meerabux says that Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes should relinquish all her interests in Guyana’s lucrative gold mining sector. Broomes was recently relieved of her duties as Social Protection Minister and appointed Natural Resources Minister. Questioned by Demerara Waves on Wednsday, Broomes admitted to owning claims in the ...
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