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The Guyana government might re-establish a development bank between 2025 and 2030 and co-invest in the construction of a deep-water port, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced Thursday. He told the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) annual awards ceremony that the planned financial institution would offer financing for small- and medium-sized businesses. “At some point in time, we may return ...

Two aviation security officers employed by the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were Thursday arrested in connection with the discovery of 4.2 kilogrammes of cocaine that investigators believed were to be handed to an outgoing passenger. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said 29-year-old Keesha Greene of Lot 5 Grant Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara was arrested after anti-drug agents found ...

As opposition political parties press for The New Movement’s (TNM) Dr Asha Kissoon to be replaced because the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Legal Officer, Kurt Da Silva said an error was made in selecting her, General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo said he has no preference one way or another. “This is a matter entirely ...

A member of the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Investment Committee believes that government should list how it intends to spend oil revenues before the money can be transferred to the consolidated fund, but Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday resisted the idea and said accountability rests with the National Assembly. “What sense does it make?…So next year, should we start ...

Two Guyana Police Force (GPF) corporals attached to Traffic Headquarters were recently seconded to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) as an investigation continues into whether they were involved in any irregularities connected to the arrest of six foreign truck drivers, according to a well-placed source. The source said if an investigation proves that the lawmen are culpable of “unprofessional conduct” ...

Fire severely damaged a 5.5 megawatt (MW) generator and destroyed related electrical wiring at the Kingston, Georgetown-based Power Producers and Distributors Inc (PPDI), but Public Works Minister Deodat Indar said on Thursday that consumers should not worry as sufficient electricity is being generated to satisfy peak demand. He confirmed that the blaze occurred at 1 o’clock Sunday morning due to ...

Trade between China and Guyana has increased by 31% for the first half of 2024, outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Guo Haiyan announced Wednesday evening. “Practical cooperation between China and Guyana has made significant progress. In the first half of this year, our bilateral trade reached $800 million, reflecting a 31% year-on-year increase,” she said at a farewell reception held ...

The estimated 400 itel call centre workers in Guyana were taking up job opportunities now that that Jamaica-headquartered entity has closed its doors here after just two years of buying out of the Guyanese-owned rival, Emerge, Industry Minister Oneidge Walrond said Wednesday. “As far as I’m aware, a lot of these persons are already absorbed in another sector if not ...

Guyana is recording increased visitor arrivals, with a record high of 32,729 visitors for October in the country’s history, Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond said Wednesday. “Visitor arrivals have also seen substantial growth,” she told a news conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. She explained that in October 2024 arrivals increased by 22.5% compared to October 2023, with a record ...

Pressure on Wednesday mounted on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and House Speaker Manzoor Nadir to take immediate steps to remove The New Movement’s (TNM) Asha Kissoon from the National Assembly. A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party issued the call now that the GECOM has admitted that it made a mistake about which of the three joinder parties ...