Year: 2018

Newly appointed Tourism Director, Brian Mullis on Tuesday unveiled plans that will be implemented to boost Guyana’s tourism sector. Mullis said that since taking up the new role, he has been focusing on a more advanced and rounded approach to tackling the challenges that are currently affecting the growth and development of the country’s infant tourism sector. He said emphasis must be placed on enhancing effective lines of communication within the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and other supporting tourism bodies, to elevate Guyana’s place in the global market. “We have…

Companies that wish to partner with local Guyanese businesses will now have a greater chance of doing so at the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE), an event that was organised by the Private Sector Commission under the theme “Made Locally, Trading Globally”. The expo was launched on Wednesday in the company of the Business Minister Dominic Gaskin, members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) and other partnering companies. During his remarks, Minister Gaskin noted that there was the need for the prominent Guyana Expo…

The Police Constable who drove a Guyana Police Force vehicle while reportedly imbibing with other ranks, crashing it into a house, was slapped with a dangerous driving charge on Tuesday. Wellon Carr, 26, of Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who is stationed at the Mahaica Police Station, appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He denied that on May 22, 2018, at De Hoop Public Road, Mahaica, ECD, he drove vehicle PWW 5411 in a manner dangerous to the public. He was placed on…

United States-based American Airlines (AA) is now aiming to start its Georgetown-Miami route by mid-November – one month earlier than planned. Earlier in the year, the Fort Worth Texas-based carrier had announced it was to start offering seats on the route from December 20, 2018, with tickets going on sale from April 2. That was before any permission had actually been sought by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). However, on Tuesday, Director General of the GCAA, retired Lieutenant Colonel Egbert Field told the media that AA has since submitted…

The 28-year-old pregnant mother of one who confessed to strangling her reputed husband to death on Mother’s Day was on Tuesday charged for manslaughter. Melissa Cylus of Lot 14 Soesdyke/Linden Highway appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The charge against her alleged that she unlawfully killed her reputed husband, Julian Anthony Reberio on May 13, 2018. The woman, who suffers from anxiety and is currently five months pregnant, was granted G$200,000 bail. The case will continue on June 18. Guyana Times International had previously reported that…

…as GFC launches new law enforcement project Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman on Monday boasted of Guyana’s low rates of deforestation as the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) launched a new project at its Kingston, Georgetown office, which aims to strengthen forest legality and improve the livelihoods of forest communities among others. The Minister, while highlighting the Forestry Commission’s mandate to sustain the forest, said Guyana has documented one of the lowest rates of deforestation in the world. “The Guyana Forestry Commission has a national mandate to promote sustainable forest management…