Budget day is January 17
The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced that budget day for 2025 is Friday, January 17.
- Thursday, 9th January, 2025
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COPA offering more flights between Guyana and Panama
GuySuCo to outsource cane harvesting, delivery – CEO
Thirty-two workplace deaths recorded last year – Labour Minister
Ministry defends management of poultry industry
State to appeal $24m award in Quindon Bacchus killing
Sod turned for billion-dollar secondary school at Kaneville
Copa Airlines increases weekly flights between Guyana, Panama
Copa Airlines is increasing the frequency of its flights between Guyana and Panama as the airline seeks to reinforce its role in connecting this country with over 80 destinations in the Americas via the Hub of the Americas® at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.
$46m maternity waiting home commissioned in Region One
Exxon signals weaker performance across the board to hurt Q4 profits
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) signaled on Tuesday that sharply lower oil refining profits and weakness across all its businesses would reduce its fourth-quarter earnings by about US$1.75 billion from the prior quarter.
Deadly heat
Continuing the trend of the last few years, 2024 was the hottest year recorded in history and as had been predicted, it exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) limit above the pre-industrial average set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
What tariffs can and can’t do
China won’t save Labour’s Britain
‘Project 2025’ and America’s future role in the World
Australia’s Great Social-Media Experiment
The world has not stopped using sugar even as GuySuCo is yet to map out its own success strategy
Dire need for maturity and respectability in our political landscape
The President did not exhibit any awareness of the laws governing use of government reserves
Guyanese will expect their new government to break from past acrimonies
Why not the `Because we care’ cash grant approach?
A moment of pride for all Guyanese
All set for `From whence we came: the Chinese experience’
In celebration of Chinese Arrival Day, GEMS Theatre Productions is bringing history to life with its highly anticipated play, “From Whence We Came: The Chinese Experience”.
Guard charged with shooting outside of Chinese store
Ryan Weekes, a 38-year-old security guard from Sixth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent.
Chevron confident of Hess merger
ExxonMobil’s Chinese partner in Stabroek Block on US list for ties to China’s military
City Council debates salary increases
File for DPP on Five Corner shootings, ruckus
Increasing size and number of fines only way to tackle road carnage
Hess CEO upbeat on oil demand, says Guyana’s potential barely scratched
EPA grants Canadian mining company Interim Environmental Permit
Man who chopped taxi driver on December 17 remains free
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Increasing size and number of fines only way to tackle road carnage
GuySuCo to outsource cane harvesting, delivery – CEO
Ministry defends management of poultry industry
ExxonMobil’s Chinese partner in Stabroek Block on US list for ties to China’s military
COPA offering more flights between Guyana and Panama
City Council debates salary increases
Hess CEO upbeat on oil demand, says Guyana’s potential barely scratched
PNCR meets National Front Alliance
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Anil Beharry Contributes to CWC Bomb Squad Award Ceremony
The Crabwood Creek Bomb Squad Cricket Club will host its first-ever awards ceremony on January 11 and the event will celebrate outstanding performances from the 2023–2024 period, benefiting several young cricketers through the commendable initiative.
Martin Guptill confirms retirement from international cricket
(ESPN) Martin Guptill has officially confirmed his retirement from international cricket, having last played for New Zealand in October 2022.
Liverpool incensed as Tottenham match-winner Bergvall escapes red card
LONDON, (Reuters) – Swedish teenager Lucas Bergvall opened his Tottenham Hotspur account in thrilling fashion with the winner in yesterday’s League Cup semi-final first leg but should not even have been on the pitch according to Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
Deschamps confirms he will leave France job in 2026, successor not yet named
PCB moves tri-series to Lahore and Karachi to indicate readiness for Champions Trophy
ICC cricket rankings: Boland, Bumrah, Bavuma and Babar make gains
US withholds WADA dues, calls for reforms to global watchdog
New Zealand clinch ODI series despite Theekshana hat-trick
Pistons go over .500 mark by beating Nets
Mexico president chides Trump: Mexican America ‘sounds nice’
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday suggested North America including the United States could be renamed “Mexican America” – an historic name used on an early map of the region – in response to U.S.
Trinidad man killed while driving home with mom
(Trinidad Express) A man was shot dead while being driven home by his mother in Belmont on Tuesday night.
Jamaica PM, Integrity Commission to face off October 13 in court over report on financials
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and the Integrity Commission (IC) are set to face trial in October over a report concerning his financial affairs.
Venezuela’s opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests
In first, Cuba leases farmland to foreign firm
Argentina privatizes state metal firm in Milei era first
Incoming Trinidad PM says won’t be distracted by Kamla’s ‘nasty’ attacks
Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
Venezuela’s Maduro says two US citizens arrested among group of ‘mercenaries’
Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires; at least 5 dead
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounded Los Angeles yesterday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of homes and stretching firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit, as more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate.
US determines Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, imposes sanctions on leader
WASHINGTON/NAIROBI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States determined yesterday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group’s leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.
Spain’s Sanchez says Musk attacks Europe’s institutions, incites hatred
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today attacked billionaire Elon Musk for interfering in European politics, accusing him of undermining democracy.
