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The Guyana government on Wednesday publicly protested American Airlines’ shabby treatment of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves as they prepared to depart Guyana earlier in the day. The Foreign Affairs Ministry accused American Airlines of refusing to allow the Prime Ministers’ check-in through ...

Guyanese police on Wednesday issued a wanted bulletin for at least 12 persons for terrorism allegedly unleashed on stallholders and other persons at the Mon Repos market area almost one year ago by persons who had marched from Golden Grove to protest the police killing of a youth from their village. “Terror and mayhem were unleashed on persons on the ...

Guyana has decided to donate US$100,000 to the global humanitarian response to earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye and Syria where more than 40,000 persons were confirmed dead, President Irfaan Ali said Tuesday. He said Cabinet responded favourably to the appeal that was made through the United Nations (UN) channel. “We have decided on US$50,000 each- US$50,000 for Turkiye, US$50,000 for ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said the Guyana government has been asked to help revive the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT (1974) Limited but no decision has been made. Acknowledging that LIAT is an “important” aspect of regional transportation, he said the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have been talking with the Guyana government about ...

ExxonMobil, the operator in the Stabroek Block, has increased production by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Liza 1 and Liza 2 and is targeting 400,000 bpd in the coming months, ExxonMobil’s Vice President (Upstream) Liam Mallon  said on Tuesday. Giving a production update at the Guyana Energy Conference being held from February 14 to 17 at the Marriott Hotel, ...

Internationally renowned Professor of Economics, Jeffrey Sachs has decided to back out of the Guyana Energy Conference, shortly after he was billed as a keynote speaker at the four-day event that opens on Tuesday. “Jeffrey has decided to no longer attend,” Conference spokesman, Alex Graham told a news briefing. “As far as we know, he had committed and later on ...

The deadline for government to signal its intention to pursue an out of court resolution with Cane View/Mocha residents will expire in a few days. The residents, whose homes were demolished, and all their personal belongings destroyed by the government in  January, have retained lawyers. On February 8, 2023, International Lawyer Dr. Vivian Williams, and Guyana-based Attorney Lyndon Amsterdam served ...

The fire that ravaged the Parika Market last Friday was due to poor safety measures during welding at a steel frame for the new market, the Guyana Fire Service  (GFS) said on Sunday. “While the GFS regrets the loss of the market, if the correct safety measures were followed, this tragedy could have been avoided,” that emergency response agency said ...

Teachers in Guyana, who successfully complete Online courses for their continuous professional development, will eventually be considered for promotions and increased salaries, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain said. “We hope we can connect it somehow to the promotion system; the senior promotion system in the country for senior teachers,” he told the virtual launch of the programme at the ...

A man was burnt to death and the building that housed three entities at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara was destroyed by fire, authorities said. Police identified the dead man as 60-year old Rajendra Mohabir. The building, at Lot 194 7th Street, housed the dwelling, a supermarket and “Touching Your World Ministry” church. The late Mohabir occupied the building with ...