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The Guyana government has identified China Railway Group Limited to open negotiations to build the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and sell electricity to Guyana Power and Light for 7 US cents per kilowatt hour, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday. The actual cost to build the power plant is not yet known, but  government said that all it would be ...

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has been approved to build the new Demerara Harbour Bridge at a cost of US$256, 638,289, paving the way for further negotiations with the company, according to well-placed sources. The disclosure by the confidential sources close the project said that now that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has evaluated the bid ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday said Guyanese should not expect steep increases in wages and salaries from the oil money due to the risk of financial troubles like in Trinidad and Tobago where the oil production has dropped. “Wages will go up, too, in the public service as you get more resources because, then, you can finance it but ...

The Guyana Police Force “mistakenly” stated that well-known Guyanese aviator, Michael Chan-a-Sue did not stop at a major road when a speeding minibus slammed into him, causing him and his wife to sustain serious injuries, a colleague said Sunday. Relying on a surveillance video that covers the area including High and Barrack Streets where the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, Mr. ...

Plagued by decades of corruption and other malpractices, the Guyana Police Force was Saturday ordered by government to come up with a a measurable plan to constantly improve its performance. Home Affairs Minister, Robeson Benn made clear government’s expectation at the Guyana Police Force’s inaugural “Integrity In Policing” symposium. “We need an ethics and integrity plan and that we note ...

Veteran Guyanese aviator Malcolm Chan-a-Sue and his wife, Margaret, were Saturday afternoon seriously injured in a road accident, multiple sources said. The Guyana Police Force later said that 84-year old Chan-A-Sue of Lot 56 Coralita Avenue, Bel Air Park Georgetown was driving his motorcar, bearing licence number PWW 5212 but he failed to obey the stop sign at the corner ...

Guyana and Barbados have agreed to intensify meaningful cooperation in the areas of gold jewellery, tourism marketing, hospitality training and agriculture, President Irfaan Ali announced on Friday. He said the two sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-member nations have agreed to establish a “gold market hub” for the sale of jewellery mainly to tourists. “Barbados is a major cruise destination and we ...

President Irfaan Ali minutes on Friday announced that draft amendments to the election laws will be circulated for public consultations next month. He said the Attorney General Anil Nandlall was Thursday been tasked with circulating the draft laws next week to allow for six weeks of consultations. “We have to have an efficient time-frame on this,” the President told a ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday appeared to  back down from his long-held position that he would not be meeting with Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon to discuss key constitutional appointments unless the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is recognised as being legitimately in office. They include substantive appointments for the positions of Chancellor, Chief Justice and the Police Commissioner.  He also ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday made it clear that Guyana was tapping into the multi-trillion dollar oil and gas sector to invest in the social sectors, technology, infrastructure while eventually hoping to rake in billions of  dollars annually from the sale of carbon credits. The document states that the Emission Reductions Purchase Agreements (ERPAs) for the sale of carbon credit ...