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The Guyana government Wednesday formally agreed to go ahead with the construction of the Specialty Hospital, saying that India has persuaded it to do so. “The Government of India (GOI) in its response, while indicating its no objection and support for the modernization of Primary Healthcare Facilities suggested that GOG should consider salvaging the Specialty Hospital, as it will complement ...

Guyana and the United Arab Emirates have signed an Air Services Agreement, paving the way for the operation of airlines between the two countries. Junior Minister of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson inked the accord in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. The agreement allows for operations by airlines from either State. Ferguson, along with Chitrani Heeralall, Director General (ag), Guyana ...

Guyana will next year table legislation in the National Assembly to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), ahead of commercial drilling for oil by American oil giant, Exxon Mobil, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman announced Wednesday. Addressing the opening of a workshop on the SWF’s creation at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), he said the Bill would be laid ...

Fifth form student of Queen’s College, 16 year-old Terron Alleyne, who was last Friday robbed of his laptop computer, School Based Assessments (SBA) and school books, today had his laptop replaced by President David Granger, the Ministry of the Presidency said in a statement. The President made the presentation, to Alleyne, who was accompanied by his father Terrence Allenye, at ...

Fire fighters Tuesday night controlled a fire at an office building at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Guyana, preventing the blaze from engulfing the main building that houses classrooms. Eyewitnesses at the scene said a laboratory was affected, causing a series of explosions. Usually reliable sources said the blaze began at about 6:35 PM and it ...

Mexico has committed to the Guyana Government a sum of US$2M to aid in the construction of an Institute of Creative Arts in Guyana. This commitment was among several secured by Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo on his recent visit to Mexico. The Prime Minister made these statements during his address to the graduation exercise of the ...

After two months of rehabilitation works, Motor Vessel Lady Northcote is back in the waters after it was undocked from the E.C. Vieira Dockyard, Houston, East Bank Demerara Tuesday, November 24, 2015, the Government Information Agency reported. The 78-year-old MV Lady Northcote set sail along the Demerara River after its much needed $140M in repairs were completed by the E.C. ...

The Netherlands has begun assisting Guyana in finding a “holistic” approach to the country’s drainage and irrigation systems with the aid of Government of The Netherlands, which will play a key role through the provision of consultancy services, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, on November 23, 2015 met with a three-member team from the Government of the Netherlands’ Dutch Risk ...

Controversy is brewing over the date for Diwali 2016 date, with the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha saying that the government has again set the wrong date for next year’s Festival of Lights without consulting that Hindu organisation. The government has set October 29, 2016 for Diwali while the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says its pandits have calculated that the festival’s ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed accords Tuesday representing a US$165 million development assistance contribution from the United States Government to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean.  CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRoque, and USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission Director, Christopher Cushing, initialed the five-year Development Objective Agreements (DOAGs) during a brief ...