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Marriott Just Opened Its Second Hotel in Guyana With a New Courtyard
Caribbean Journal
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August 28, 2025
Guyana is hotter than ever, and now the country just added a major new branded hotel, Caribbean Journal has learned. Guyana has welcomed its second Marriott property with the debut of the Courtyard Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana, the...
Guyana opens first international airport hotel, creating 100 jobs
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 28, 2025
Courtyard by Marriott, Guyana’s first international airport hotel, has officially opened its doors near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), representing a US$20 million investment and creating roughly 100 jobs for Guyanese workers. -...
Gangster capitalism and its attendant warlords rule SA’s taxi industry
Daily Maverick
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August 28, 2025
South Africa’s taxi industry has brought a relatively new iteration of capitalism to the country. It’s a gangster capitalism. This form of capitalism is quite different from other forms, like crony capitalism, chaebol capitalism or even...
WIN rallies Linden with promises of job creation and manufacturing hub
News Source Guyana
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August 28, 2025
The We Invest In Nationhood party moved into the mining town of Linden on Wednesday night with its final rally push in the community. Linden, which has been a stronghold of the People’s National Congress and the PNC-led APNU for several years, has...
Guyana votes on oil wealth management amid economic boom and disputes
The Sun Daily
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August 28, 2025
GEORGETOWN: Guyana holds a pivotal election today to determine leadership of South America’s fastest-growing economy following its transformation into an oil superpower. The nation’s economic fortunes changed dramatically after ExxonMobil...
Energy analysts: T&T cannot burn bridge to Caracas
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Andrea Perez-Sobers As T&T deepens its engagement in cross-border hydrocarbon development, recent geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela cast a long shadow over projects central to T&T’s energy future....
Guyana, emerging oil superpower, elects new leaders
RTL Today
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August 28, 2025
South America's only English-speaking country Guyana goes to the polls on Monday in elections that will decide who will manage the nation's bountiful new oil riches. In 2015, petroleum giant ExxonMobil discovered huge deposits of crude off...
Guyana commissions 0.6 MW solar farm on island
pv-magazine
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August 27, 2025
The Guyanese government has secured energy independence on Leguan, the country’s second island to do so, with a 0.6 MW grid-forming solar farm and 1.2 MWh of battery storage, according to Prime Minister Mark Phillips. August 27, 2025 Patrick...
President Ali: Marriott at Timehri strengthens Guyana’s role as regional transit hub
Guyana Chronicle
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August 28, 2025
– 150-room hotel opens with plans for rapid expansion THE Courtyard by Marriott officially opened its doors on Wednesday at Timehri, directly adjacent to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), marking a major development in Guyana’s...
PPP/C manifesto promises jobs, growth and prosperity for every Guyanese – says Dr Singh
Guyana Chronicle
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August 28, 2025
SENIOR Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh, has outlined the vision of President Irfaan Ali as set out in the recently launched People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)...
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler : Countdown to E-Day 2025: Guyanese voters aren’t dumb!
Guyana Chronicle
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August 28, 2025
By Earl Bousquet SOMETIMES, in the name of transparency and letting ideas contend, we hasten to share what’s shared with us that simply sounds good or looks bad. But Caribbean Netizens must also be careful about what we would normally swallow...
Guyana eyes preclearance facility at CJIA for U.S. passengers
Demerara Waves
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August 27, 2025
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 23:11 by Writer Guyana plans to invite the United States (U.S.) to establish and man a preclearance facility at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) for U.S.-bound passengers, President Irfaan...
Petrobras Moves Closer to Amazon Oil Production
Oil Price
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August 28, 2025
Brazil’s Petrobras has completed an emergency drill in the Foz do Amazonas basin that will be followed by an official license to begin exploration drilling in the area, which has become the subject of environmental controversy. The large-scale...
Chinese company reports half-year earnings of over US$200M from Guyana gold mine
Kaieteur News
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August 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025 News An aerial view of the Aurora Gold Mine located in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) Kaieteur News – Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd, a Chinese-state owned mining giant operating in Guyana, through its subsidiary AGM Inc. has reported...
Five things to know about Guyana
RTL Today
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August 28, 2025
Here are five key facts about the English-speaking South American country Guyana, where legislative elections will be held on September 1. - English-speaking in South America - A former Dutch and British colony, Guyana is the only English-speaking...
Govt. extends deadline for engineering services for NGL storage & offloading facility project
Kaieteur News
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August 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025 News Kaieteur News – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has extended the deadline for proposals to provide engineering services for the construction of a natural gas liquids (NGLs) Storage and Offloading Facility and pipeline as...
Guyana now has capacity to produce above 900,000 barrels of oil per day
The Voice
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August 27, 2025
GUYANA NOW has capacity to produce above 900,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), according to US oil giant. The announcement was made by ExxonMobil – who in 2015 found more than 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources in Essequibo – which...
Climate-resilient fund, opportunities for diversified income among major support for fisherfolk – Pres. Ali announces
I News Guyana
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August 28, 2025
Stakeholders within the local fishing industry – including boat owners and operators, their workers, as well as vendors – can look forward to continued investments in the sector under a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration,...
Bassoo Group to build Staybridge Suites Hotel on Heroes’ Highway
I News Guyana
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August 28, 2025
The highly anticipated US$20 million Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at Timehri – the country’s first airport hotel – was commissioned Wednesday, adding 150 rooms to Guyana’s accommodation capacity, with plans already underway for an extension....
Final load testing on new Demerara River Bridge will be done over 24–48-hour period with heavy-weight trucks
I News Guyana
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August 28, 2025
While emphasising that extensive testing was conducted throughout the construction of the Demerara River Bridge to verify its structural soundness, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill noted that the final load testing will span 24 to 48 hours....