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The engine of a cargo ship, owned by a Vincentian company, was early Tuesday morning badly damaged by fire while it was moored at wharf in Guyana, the local fire service said. “The cause of the fire was determined as overheating of a generator in the fore peak of the ship which resulted in arcing and sparking. The generator was ...

A US$5 million investment deal for the construction of an environmentally friendly slab factory in Guyana to serve the needs of the oil and gas sector was inked Tuesday, marking the first ever manufacturing joint venture and investment deal between companies in Guyana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),  a Guyanese merchant bank announced. Smart City Clearing Company Ltd; the ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that Guyana would eventually have to import labour to construct major infrastructure projects onshore that are increasingly being required to support heightened oil production offshore this South American nation. Speaking on Asaase Radio during his just-concluded visit to Ghana, West Africa, he said that Guyana needs at least US$40 billion in infrastructural investment in  ...

President Irfaan Ali and his delegation on Tuesday wooed investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take advantage of opportunities in large-scale agriculture as well as a range of services. He told a news briefing at the Expo 2020 Dubai that Middle Eastern nation and Guyana could “twin our approach to development” particularly through joint ventures in agriculture. “The ...

The Infectious Disease ‘COVID’ Hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown will soon be able to produce its own oxygen and save the the national treasury millions of dollars it currently spends on buying supplies from a private company, officials said Monday. During a virtual press conference, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said purchasing of oxygen for the hospital’s Intensive Care ...

Reproduced from Reuters News Agency Three people were left dead and three hospitalized after Jamaican police raided the compound of a small religious organization due to concerns the group was preparing to carry out “ritualized killing,” Jamaican police said on Monday. Police responded on Sunday to reports that a congregant had been injured at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Church ...

The Guyana Press Association is profoundly saddened by the passing of our Dear Brother, Colin Smith. ‘Uncle Colin’ or ‘Smithy’, as he was fondly called, served with distinction as Editor-in-Chief of the Catholic Standard newspaper. He did not die of COVID, sources said. He also served the Caribbean through the now defunct BBC Caribbean Service. Mr. Smith was always well-mannered ...

Three persons were Friday arrested in connection with the stealing of  GY$1.8 million in cash and jewellery from the Good Hope, Essequibo Coast Road home of a businessman during the predawn hours, police said. The 46-year old man informed police that GY$1.5 million cash and three gold chains valued GY$380,000 were stolen from hos residence. He said at about 1:30 ...

Police on Friday arrested a prime suspect in the stabbing death and robbery of Strathspey, East Coast Demerara businessman, investigators said. “Acting on information, a mobile police patrol arrested the suspect and the jewelry was found in his possession,” police said. Police said the 24-year old admitted to committing the offences. “The suspect confessed to the allegations put to him ...

Former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe on Friday  filed a criminal complaint against Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall for calling him and other members of the then Police Service Commission “anarchists”  and a “bad john”.  “I have been advised that those comments and the context in which they have ...