GDP growth pegged at 10.6% for this year – Singh
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today said that growth for 2025 is projected at 10.6%.
- Friday, 17th January, 2025
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Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal
Trinidad, Guyana flights impacted by SpaceX rocket explosion
Families demand justice after police shooting at Mahaicony leaves two dead
Stevedore, 63, crushed to death at John Fernandes wharf
Suresh Singh sworn in as new PPP/C MP
Banks DIH records after-tax profit of $10.5b for last year
Census figure around 812,000 including thousands of Venezuelan migrants – source
Stewartville businesswoman remanded over two charges of car fraud
Blacklisting recommended of contractor in Aubrey Barker poles collapse
A report compiled by the Ministry of Public Works and the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has recommended that the contractor responsible for the collapse of several poles on the Aubrey Barker Road be blacklisted.
The plight of small-scale shops
On October 3rd, 2024, the Stabroek News reported that Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo had by way of a question posed at his regular Thursday press conference, addressed the issue of the proliferation of Chinese supermarkets across Guyana.
AI alone won’t save the Planet
Still no definitive word on GMC chicken, eggs probe
On bearing the ‘weight’ of an ‘emerging oil power’
Market Prices
Stock Market Updates
Planned Queen’s College investment presents an opportunity for inclusionary participation
Option to receive my NIS and Old Age Pension via my bank account was a big mistake
I was responding directly to the Stabroek News Editorial’s proposal
Mailed NIS claim cannot be accounted for at the Wales Post Office nor NIS
I, James A. Bond, endorse President Mohamed Irfaan Ali
GuySuCo pensioners hoping for long overdue attention in Budget 2025
Laluni to be connected to electricity grid – PM
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday took part in an outreach in Laluni, a farming community along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and announced that it will be connected to the national electrical grid.
City workers to get 10% pay hike for 2024, 8% this year
Workers of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be paid a 10% wage increase for 2024 and 8% for this year, a release yesterday from the Ministry of Labour said.
Guyana closer to Universal Secondary Education with construction of 37 schools – Manickchand
Perseverance businessman, wife robbed
Airport lounge programme now available for Demerara Bank Signature cardholders
Gov’t to develop 2,000 house lots on Soesdyke-Linden Highway – President
No change in format of NGSA -Manickchand
Education Minister urges timely nursery school registration
Utility pole pulled down by truck
Team RUBIS donates to Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
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Trinidad, Guyana flights impacted by SpaceX rocket explosion
Guyana extradites fugitive Parmanand Singh to US
Two die after police open fire during drug addict’s rampage
Stevedore, 63, crushed to death at John Fernandes wharf
Families demand justice after police shooting at Mahaicony leaves two dead
Stewartville businesswoman remanded over two charges of car fraud
Census figure around 812,000 including thousands of Venezuelan migrants – source
US$604m Palmyra-to-Moleson Creek road project nearing start
Blacklisting recommended of contractor in Aubrey Barker poles collapse
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Spin-friendly Multan awaits WI
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Demerara U15 squad to face ECD U17s
American qualifier Tien stuns Medvedev in late night epic
Colombia’s president suspends peace talks with ELN rebels
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), today, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region.
Trinidad: A crushing death on Junior Sammy’s compound
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Brazil top court rejects Bolsonaro’s bid to attend Trump inauguration
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s request to have his passport returned so he could travel to the United States to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a decision seen by Reuters showed.
Cuba releases jailed dissident, rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer
Trinidad man and his four wives terrorised, robbed in home invasion
Jamaica Integrity Commission slams Justice Minister for advising MPs to withhold spouses’ info
Parisot-Potter questions Massy’s spending, Niquan write off
Cuba begins releasing prisoners following Biden announcements
Top Haiti internet provider partially restores network after fire
Pakistan’s Imran Khan handed 14 years jail term in land graft case
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment today in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas yesterday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk’s flagship rocket programme.
TikTok’s fight against going dark gains support from key US lawmakers
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – TikTok’s fortunes took a positive turn yesterday as a growing number of U.S.
