Month: October 2020
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Treatment capacity of Diamond water plant to rise
The capacity of the Diamond Water Treatment Plant on the East Bank of Demerara is expected to rise within the…
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Woman still unconscious one week after being injured by tree at Success
Sunita Persaud, the woman who was seriously injured after she was pinned by a tree that fell onto the shed…
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Gas flaring from Liza-1 well expected up to December – -Hess plays up profitability of Stabroek Block oil
Controversial flaring from the Liza-1 oil well will likely continue until the end of this year as Hess – one…
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Rehab of Hunter St pegged at $102m
Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the rehabilitation of Hunter Street…
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Exxon to cut 14,000 jobs as pandemic hits oil demand
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including deep white-collar staff…
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Former gov’t passed title for Ogle land without agreed payment from developer – -AG calls for relinquishment, to ask for police probe
Two days before the March 2nd polls, the David Granger-led Cabinet approved the agreement for the sale of land at…
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CARPHA in public health fight to revive Caribbean tourism
Having regard to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and its global impact on the well-being of the Caribbean and…
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Region’s ‘middle income’ classification a misnomer – Todd tells ECLAC forum
Guyana is advocating an urgent re-think of what Foreign Minister Hugh Todd on Monday told the Thirty-eighth Session of the…
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Study of COVID-19-related regional air travel issues could trigger debate on wider deficiencies
This week’s announcement that the CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) has launched a market study to determine how persons in the…
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Region must up competitiveness to attract outside investment: Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, says the competitiveness of the Caribbean in terms of a…
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