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Numerous Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) residential and commercial fibre optic internet subscribers are without service after a fire at a huge heap of garbage on Robb and Alexander streets destroyed several telecoms cables. GTT could not immediately say how many areas in Georgetown were experiencing the Internet outage that began around 3 PM Wednesday. “Several fibre services within ...

One of Guyana’s indigenous banks, Demerara Bank Limited, has expanded its “footprint” to St Lucia where the laws allow financial institutions to focus on investment banking, according to Chairman of the DDL Group of Companies, Komal Samaroo. “We do have a subsidiary in St Lucia but that is for the purpose of investment and looking at opportunities in the region ...

A security officer was arrested for allegedly stealing four Merisolar solar panels from the Two Miles Primary School, Bartica, after a canteen manager realised that they were missing, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators believed that the security officer stole the items between Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22, 2024 when Canteen Manager, Melanie Gardener reportedly said she was ...

A man, who first took away his girlfriend from among a group of people on the Kitty Seawall near the pumping station, returned and allegedly opened fire, injuring two men, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said they were searching for the 39-year-old man who allegedly fired a 9mm handgun and injured two taxi drivers at about 11 PM on ...

The number of dengue fever cases in Guyana is rising, prompting Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony to Tuesday urge people who have a fever to go to a doctor as a precaution against the potentially deadly disease. “If you have a fever, we are encouraging people to come to one of our facilities so that we can test you because ...

By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 23, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution. According to a three page letter sent to the Bank by his St. Lucia-based lawyers, Leon is of the opinion that “he will never be treated fairly” after he ...

An Air Europa passenger jet — en route from Lima, Peru to Madrid, Spain — made an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Monday afternoon because one of the passengers fell ill, officials confirmed. “The aircraft declared a medical emergency on board and as such, an emergency landing was instituted. The airport’s ambulance was on standby to ...

The University of Guyana’s (UG) Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received its first international accreditation for the Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the London-based International Energy Institute, UG said Sunday. UG hosted the five-man accreditation evaluation visit and team in February when the favourable verbal report was given ahead ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Sunday promised Amerindians more political autonomy and benefits should the opposition coalition that includes his party win next year’s general and regional elections. “There is no sense in talking about you like the Indigenous People, you support them but there is no programme to empower them economically,” he told ...

The Offshore Patrol Vessel, GDFS Shahoud, finally arrived in Guyana on Sunday and docked at the Guyana Defence Force’s Coast Guard headquarters at about 10:30 AM, well-placed sources said. Modeled as the 115 Defiant, the vessel should have arrived in Guyana last year October, but that was shifted to February, 2024. However, sources said the vessel, made by the American ...