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The new regional airline, LIAT 2020, has applied to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for permission to fly to this South American nation with connections to several Caribbean islands, the authority’s Director-General, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said. “No, LIAT has not been given any approval to operate. They have applied and we are going through the process,” he ...

Acclaimed Guyanese sculptor Ivor Thom on Monday returned to work as Administrator of the E. R. Burrowes School of Art, just days after he resigned following a meeting with Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson over an alleged racial slur by a member of the public in the school’s compound. Mr Thom said he opted to return to work ...

The evolution of Silica City, a new town that is being proposed on 3,500 acres of land on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, is expected to take up to 50 years and would encompass housing, education, health and commercial facilities that would blend with nature, according to a master plan developed by the University of Miami. “Obviously, this is not something that’s ...

Guyana featured in the opening match against neighbours Brazil in the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge that is underway in Hamilton, Bermuda, One Communications, formerly GTT, said Sunday. Underdogs Guyana, ranked #68 in the world would have a significant challenge to topple Brazil which sits 13 places higher on the world rankings at #55. The tournament is being ...

United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot this week talked up the Wales gas-to-energy project as a pathway to cleaner energy, and sent a strong signal that the American government was poised to approve a loan for the 300 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant. “We’re literally this close to finalising the EXIM loan that underpins the project,” she told ...

Three men were Saturday arrested shortly after they allegedly robbed a Chinese supermarket at Unity, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Those arrested by police from Regional Division 4’C were Anthon Fraser and Lushawn Crawford both from Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara, and Renardo Persaud of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara. Police said at about 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, ...

Less than 10 percent of students in Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) passed the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2024, pointing to the urgent need to rescue the education sector in that southern Guyana region, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said Friday. “This is a national crisis. It’s not a political crisis because we cannot have any part ...

One Communications. formerly Guyana Telephone and Telegraph or GTT, on Saturday said it was probing a copyright infringement claim by two Guyanese musicians who have filed a US$1.6 million lawsuit in a New York court. “We are currently conducting a thorough investigation,” the telecommunications company said in a statement to Demerara Waves Online News. The company signaled it was interested ...

Two men from Stewartville, West Coast Demerara were early Saturday morning stabbed to death at Leonora, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Police have arrested one of two prime suspects in the killing of 30-year-old Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir, a carpenter who lived at Lot 1 Stewartville and 25-year-old Arvinda Roopram, a construction worker of Lot 52 Stewartville. Police said that ...

Guyanese musicians, Jackie “Jackie Jaxx” Hanover and Ivan “D’Ivan” Harry on Friday filed a US$1.6 million lawsuit in a New York court against One Communications for alleged copyright infringement of their songs at the company’s rebranding from GTT earlier this month without permission. “Upon information and belief, Defendants have infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights in the songs “Guyana” and “Oh Guyana” by ...