− aiming to start in 2022 and complete by 2025The Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), which was shuttered by the former A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government, is now back on the table as tenders have been released for the potentially transformative project.An artist’s impression of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project damThis goes toward a promise the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) made while they were i…

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− says it will restore life to surrounding communitiesThe reopening of the Rose Hall Estate in East Berbice-Corentyne, for which a recruitment drive was started on Thursday last, is scheduled for October 2022 as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is currently undertaking inspections and remedial work to get the estate ready.

Rose Hall Estate scheduled for October 2022 reopening – Estate Manager

− says road will be completed on schedule; to be opened by DecemberThe Eccles to Mandela road project, which has seen six contractors work on completing the important road link under the auspices of the Ministry of Housing and Water, is on course for completion and opening by this year end.
This was explained by Minister of Housing and Water Colin Croal, in an interview with this publication.

Eccles-to-Mandela road project 30% complete – Min Croal

…non-Guyanese must be fully vaccinated to enter GuyanaThe Health Ministry has reported that five more persons from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) have succumbed to the deadly virus, thus taking the death toll to 523.
The Ministry on Saturday reported that these patients were admitted with COVID-19 like symptoms but died while receiving care at medical institutions. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned as positi…

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SINGAPORE: Residents of two Housing Board blocks in Ang Mo Kio and Clementi will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing after 20 infections were detected there, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (Jul 24). 
Eight cases were detected in four households at Block 456 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 ...

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− says scale of floods enormous; assistance to be announced soonWith increasing global prices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cost of living around the world has skyrocketed but the Guyana Government is currently looking at a menu of measures to bring relief its citizens.

Govt considering menu of measures to bring further relief over rising cost of living – President Ali

…to be re-tabled “soon”Amendments are still being made to the Petroleum Commission Bill, and the greenlight will soon be given for this document to be re-tabled in the National Assembly.

Petroleum Commission Bill still being amended – Min Bharrat

– calls motions against him “phantom”Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) David Granger on Friday acknowledged that there might be some opposition towards him, but in the same breath, claimed that he is unaware of any No-Confidence Motion (NCM) brought against him.PNCR Leader David Granger
During a PNC-organised programme called “The Public Interest”, the former President expressed “right now, I don’t discount the fact that the…

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