Month: April 2017

Georgetown: Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Mr. Sydney Allicock, Sunday, handed over $1M to the Rupununi Rodeo Committee as Minister…

Georgetown: President David Granger has pledged the support of his Government to raise the profile of the annual Bartica Regatta and transform it into truly national event. He also urged…

Georgetown: It’s not a mystery that mobile technology is here to stay. It has opened up a world of possibility for communication, learning and assisting users in many creative ways,…

Georgetown: President David Granger, Saturday evening, confirmed that the Blairmont Sugar Estate is among those that will likely be preserved even as Government looks to ensure that the industry lowers…

  Georgetown: Cabinet has approved for several police officers to participate in training programmes overseas. This was disclosed by Minister of State Joseph Harmon during a recent post- Cabinet press…

Georgetown: Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams Thursday noted that the State Assets Recovery Bill was government’s reaffirmation to stamping out corruption. He asserted that there would…

Georgetown: The Private Sector Commission met on Monday April 10 with the Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga, on the foreign exchange issue and related matters.  The…

Georgetown: The government initiated the review of Guyana’s Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) because of the spike in diamond production, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said during his ministry’s…

Georgetown: A team from Guyana will be travelling to Belgium to finalise negotiations on the European Union-Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (EU-FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). The VPA seeks…

Georgetown: The preliminary findings for the first phase of the feasibility study for a new Demerara River bridge have indicated that a three-lane design is up for deliberation since it…