Guyana’s Aeronautical Search and Rescue Plan (SAR), supported by round-the-clock arrangements and provisions for additional personnel, was activated minutes after the MV Barima emitted a distress alert. 

Director of Air Navigation Services at the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rickford Samaroo, outlined this in his testimony before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy on Monday.

Samaroo returned to tender three documents the Commission requested during his e

The Guyana Defence Force deployed a Bell 407 helicopter and an Islander aircraft in successive flights as part of the search-and-rescue operation following the July 18 MV Barima tragedy, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) heard on Monday.

GDF pilot Major Lloyden Layne testified that he departed Eugene F. Correia International Airport in the Islander after the Bell 407 helicopter returned from an earlier reconnaissance flight.

Appearing before the five-member Commission at the Arthur Chun

The Small Business Bureau is reporting a 75 percent survival rate among businesses it has monitored over the past six years, with Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Susan Rodrigues crediting the agency’s continued support for entrepreneurs.

More than just providing financial assistance, the Small Business Bureau is working to ensure entrepreneurs have the tools, training and guidance needed to keep their businesses running.

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- In Big Baiboo, surrounding communities

-by Kyler Rollins

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has announced a series of interventions aimed at bringing relief to farmers in Big Baiboo and surrounding communities in Region Five.

The initiatives will focus on improving drainage and irrigation, strengthening agricultural infrastructure, and boosting production through the construction of an embankment and farm to market roads.

Minister Mustapha met with f

The Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy heard today that the vessel’s emergency beacon activated automatically after the sinking, transmitting a distress signal that triggered search-and-rescue procedures.

MARAD Marine Superintendent Christopher Bailey also testified that he recovered the device floating at sea during the rescue operation.

Bailey explained that the Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon, or EPIRB, was designed to activ

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat is urging stronger partnerships between government, foreign investors and Guyana’s private sector to ensure that the benefits of the country’s growing oil and gas industry reach ordinary Guyanese.

He made the call today, while addressing the opening of the World Trade Center -Georgetown International Trade and Investment Conference.