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The way is now clear for airlines to ply the Guyana-Bahamas route, with the signing of an open skies Air Services Agreement between the two countries, the Public Works Ministry said Tuesday. Under the agreement, which was signed on Monday, the aim is to also promote travel with other countries. “At present, there are no direct flights between Guyana and ...

Ordinary Guyanese, including people involved in various types of businesses, will soon be able to access high-quality government data that would assist them to make decisions or create new tools for planning and development following Monday’s parliamentary approval of the Open Data Bill. Government said the Open Data law would provide for the gathering and provision of a wide variety ...

A Venezuelan woman was Monday arraigned on three charges of Trafficking In Persons and one count of withholding identification documents, and granted a total of GY$1 million bail. Investigators said the charges stemmed from a probe into the alleged Trafficking in Persons committed against four females between 1st May 2024 and August 2024 by 27-year-old Andreina Jimenez. Police said Ms ...

Reproduced from Starnieuws Every Surinamese will receive a share in royalties of US$750 with an interest of 7% per year, President Chan Santokhi announced on Monday at a reception. The positive impact of the final decision of Total Energies has had an enormous positive impact. “We must now translate that positive impact into opportunities for our own people. There are ...

Four Venezuelan men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing and assaulting a Guyanese policeman after he intervened in a violent dispute between two women, one of whom was Spanish-speaking. The incident occurred shortly before midnight Sunday on Cornhill Street, Georgetown, a short distance from the Stabroek Market. While on Cornhill Street he observed a Spanish-speaking female armed with a broken ...

Charrandass Persaud—the then governing APNU+AFC parliamentarian who had voted for an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in 2018 to bring down the David Granger-led administration—on Sunday said he would be getting back into active politics. Mr Persaud said he would be deciding his political future by December 15, 2024, noting that if he were to form a party he could secure 5 ...

Demerara Dairies Inc (DDI), a subsidiary of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), is eyeing a double-digit share of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) cow’s milk market when the company begins production at a highly technologically driven farm at the more than 200 acre Moblissa facility, officials said Sunday. According to DDL’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and DDI’s Finance Director, Vasudeo Singh, the ...

Guyana wants tighter border security with its eastern neighbour Suriname as part of efforts to curb transnational crimes, Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira said Saturday at a reception to mark that former Dutch colony’s 49th independence anniversary. “Cooperation between Guyana and Suriname is vital to effectively combat crime, particularly involving the transnational trade in narcotics, human trafficking and contraband,” she ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday filed a more than GY$100 million lawsuit against New York-based Guyanese social media political activist, Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell for allegedly defaming him in several Facebook posts. The court documents, which were released to the media states that the several posts were made on November 21-22 with a number ...

The chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, denies any personal political bias in the face of growing opposition calls for her to resign because she allegedly votes with the three People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-aligned election commissioners. “There is an accusation that I’m always voting with the PPP. I make my own decision,” she told a ...