Four MPs sworn in to fill seats of resigned ministers
Following the resignations of four senior ministers and the relinquishing of their seats in the National Assembly, four new Members of Parliament (MPs) were...
GGMC, Gold Board records of mineral exports differ from companies’ — GY-EITI exposes
Guyana’s first report prepared and submitted to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) this month exposes that government agencies’ records on exports for gold...
Caribbean Airlines records positive net income status for 2018
Caribbean Airlines, Guyana’s national flag carrier, has moved into an operating profit having secured a ‘net income positive’ status for the past year.
This has...
Youths must not be window dressing for manifestos – David Hinds
Each election season, politicians make grandiose promises to the nation’s youths — a group that makes up more than 60 percent of the population....
Patrick Sheridan attained Guyana Goldfields’ asset for himself through series of related party transactions
For 25 years, Patrick Sheridan led the Guyana Goldfields Inc in a number of capacities, including President, Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Operating Officer,...
Airswift prioritizing Trinidadians to work in Guyana’s oil sector, Robert Persaud takes “umbrage”
During recent interviews with Guyana Standard, former Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud, who now advocates for local content in Guyana’s oil and gas...
Matured vaccination programme bearing fruit
Guyana’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has matured from the initial tight focus on children when it began some 40 years ago to targeting...
Four detained after suspected cocaine found in fire extinguisher
Four men were arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) last night for trying to smuggle suspected cocaine in a fire extinguisher.
The discovery was...
Revenge politics is in the PPP’s DNA – David Hinds
Should the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) be allowed to return to office, it would unreservedly engage in revenge politics against the coalition administration and...
Man found guilty of 2008 rape of 9 year-old girl
More than a decade after she was violated by a man who could have been her father, a now nineteen-year-old rape survivor received justice...
