Some $1.6 billion is to be allocated to the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) this year for the construction of infrastructure for new transmission lines and works aimed at reducing load shedding.
The sum of $400 million, which is to be allocated under the 2022 national budget for the construction of a new multi-storey Brickdam Police Station, is just the first tranche of investment for the project, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has said.
Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), which is currently mining in Region One, is scheduled to begin exporting shipments by March this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian troop buildup along its border with Ukraine includes supplies of blood https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-russia-moves-blood-supplies-near-ukraine-adding-us-concern-officials-2022-01-28
The Attorney General’s Chambers has received the first shipment of copies of the completed Consoli-dated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation updated to 1st January 2021.
The Guyana Police Force earlier this week arrested a man with suitcase filled with cannabis after the minibus he was travelling in was stopped at the Weldaad Public Road, in Region Five.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A teary-eyed Rafa Nadal felt his tennis career was “alive” again after yesterday’s victory over Italian Matteo Berrettini took him to the Australian Open final and left him one win away from a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title.
PITTSBURGH, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden stopped to look at a Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed just hours before he arrived for a scheduled visit to the city yestetday, dramatically underscoring the urgency of his drive to rebuild the United States’ creaky infrastructure.
OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc yesterday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week’s military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has struck an agreement in principle with the International Monetary Fund over a new $44.5 billion standby deal, both sides said yesterday, a major breakthrough in tense talks to restructure loans the country cannot repay.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometres away.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – U.S. carriers yesterday canceled thousands of flights through the weekend in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to bring high winds and heavy snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s environment ministry and Repsol SA yesterday increased the estimated size of a Pacific Ocean oil spill at a company refinery to over 10,000 barrels – significantly higher than an initial estimate of 6,000 barrels.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro did not show up to testify yesterday, after a Supreme Court Justice subpoenaed him and ordered federal police to question him in an investigation about leaked documents.
The Guyana Police Force, led by Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie, today met with security experts from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at the Commissioner’s conference room where a range of security issues were raised and discussed.