Coke in extinguisher perpetrator gets 48 months, fined $5.1M
A man who admitted he trafficked a quantity of cocaine in a fire extinguisher and who told the court that his three co-accused friends...
GNBS highlights importance of standards at tactical workshop
With the objective of increasing the visibility and understanding of the benefits that international standards can bring to support development and export potential to...
GTUC welcomes government’s commitment to respect the Constitution
President David Granger’s commitment to adhere to the Constitution has been lauded by the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), with the body saying yesterday...
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...
