Month: December 2018

Georgetown: In 2019, Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Citizenship will be focusing on equipping and effectively operationalising regional immigration and passport offices. During this year, the ministry identified the…

Georgetown: A government bailout for the grossly indebted Georgetown Mayor and City Council (MCC) is not something that the Central Government would be looking to facilitate, notwithstanding the recommendations for…

Georgetown: Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, during the final day of the 2019 budget debate, said the opposition leader is behaving like a wounded lion and the nation ought to…

Georgetown: The East Coast Demerara highway is close to completion with the extension of the four-lane section from Better Hope to Annandale 80 percent complete. This means the recent delays…

Georgetown: “We are paying dearly for the PPP’s failure to do feasibility studies,” so said Finance Minister Winston Jordan during Friday’s budget debates. He was referring to the claims made…

Georgetown: The successes of US oil giant Exxon Mobil in oil exploration here in Guyana has positioned the country to possibly surpass oil production in Mexico and Venezuela. Online oil…

Georgetown: A US$11.6M loan will prepare Guyana for itstransition towards becoming a major oil and gas producing state. Relying upon a$11.64 million policy-based loan from the Inter-American Development Bank(IDB), this…

Georgetown: Copa Airlines announced it will be adding another flight to its Guyana-Panama route with onward connections effective December 9, 2018. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has approved a request…

Georgetown: The implementation of the National Sports Policy will be a priority in 2019 says Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sports Dr. George Norton.  He made the disclosure…