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One of the roads under construction

Major groundwork ongoing for gas to energy project

Even as government awaits funding on the US$759m gas-to-energy (GTE) project, works are forging ahead at the West Bank Demerara site with pipe laying, constructing of internal roads and a materials offloading wharf, pile driving, as well as land preparation and other tasks.

 Hugh Todd

Gov’t moving to appoint ambassador to Brazil – Todd

As Guyana works to establish the commission as agreed upon under the Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, ahead of the planned meeting in Brazil, this country will also swiftly ensure that an ambassador is appointed to Brasilia.

Kris Persaud

Major work underway on US$160m TriStar shore base

TriStar Investment is forging ahead with works on three million square feet of land at Versailles on the West Bank of Demerara, for what will be a state-of-the-art US$160 million oil and gas shore base  but which will also enable movement of cargo through Region Three.

President Irfaan Ali being greeted upon his arrival in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. (Office of the President photo)

Work underway on Argyle Declaration

The persons who will form the joint commission to be established under the Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela are in the process of being selected, as Takuba Lodge hailed Thursday’s meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines as “mutually beneficial.”

Access road: A section of the Amaila Falls access road visited by then President Donald Ramotar in 2012 during a tour. (GINA photo)

Edghill says Amaila Falls access road functional

Like the APNU+AFC did during its 2015 to 2020 tenure, the PPP/C government continues to maintain the Amaila Falls access road with Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill saying that it remains functional but needs maintenance soon.

Vickram Bharrat

Bharrat cites inexperience in US$214m audit scandal

Responding to criticisms of his management in the wake of the unauthorised bid to reduce questionable expenses by ExxonMobil,  Minister of Natural Re-sources, Vickram Bharrat on Tuesday cited his inexperience and that of the Head of the Petroleum Unit,  Gopnauth ‘Bobby’ Gossai.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo

Gov’t relaxed criteria for auction awards

With only two of the six awarded bidders for oil blocks here meeting industry standards, the government said the criteria were relaxed for the auction awards process but promised a thorough due diligence process during the negotiations round.

Dr Richard Van West-Charles

Van West-Charles says still a member of PNCR

Recently nominated ambassador to Venezuela and well-known People’s National Congress Reform member, Dr Richard Van West-Charles, says that he remains a member of the party and was not asked “a single question” by the government about his political affiliation during the nomination process.

GHK Lal

PPP/C gov’t fully to blame over unpaid Troy royalties

The Guyana Gold Board (GCB) has no role to play in collecting royalties from large-scale gold mining companies and this was made clear in the agreements the companies  signed with respective governments and highlighted by it to the Ministry of Finance back in 2019, former head of the agency, GHK Lall, says. 

The Troy mine site

Troy Resources seems to have abandoned Guyana, says government source

With no response from the company since a demand letter was sent last month, the government is of the view that Troy Resources has given up on Guyana and won’t be returning, leaving behind debts of $2.6 billion in royalties and over US$500 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), top government officials said.

Tepui Group bid should have been thrown out – Goolsarran

The contentious $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract award to Tepui Group was flawed, as not only should the company have been disqualified for not meeting the bidding criteria but the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) erred when it lumped two other contracts to the award, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

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