As Russian forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, forcing thousands of citizens to flee their homes, a Guyanese man remains hopeful for the safety of his Ukrainian wife and seven-year-old daughter who remain in their homeland while he is thousands of miles away.
Only one company has submitted a bid for consultancy services for cost recovery audit validation of the Government of Guyana’s profit oil share and it has tendered at over $340 million for the project.
With investments pegged at US$165 million for 2022, Canadian gold mining company Gran Colombia Mining (GCM) will be advancing developmental works of its mines area in the Toroparu, Cuyuni/Mazaruni in preparation of its 2024 production schedule.
The growing oil & gas industry has seen numerous international companies establishing a presence here but there is no legislation for arbitration within the sector which is why government is partnering to ensure disputes can be settled in country, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow yesterday, including kicking some Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv.
Residents living in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River areas in Region Two are losing hope after their farmlands were once again inundated with floodwater.
The Ministry of Education on Saturday said it has already located at least 538 students who were absent from schools for the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) mock exams through the launch of its countrywide ‘Operation Recovery’ campaign.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and its Member States yesterday strongly condemned the ongoing military operations being conducted against Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ukraine will create an “IT army” to fight against Russia’s digital intrusions, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Germany will supply Ukraine with defensive anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition, the government said yesterday, in a shift of policy as Russia’s forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities on day three of its campaign.
(Trinidad Guardian) – A desperate search has been launched to find four divers who disappeared yesterday during a maintenance exercise on a Paria Trading Company sealine riser.
Junior Public Works Minister Deodat Indar has assured vendors that the government will be addressing the state of the road at the Leonora Market, West Coast Demerara.
The partially decomposed body of a 19-year-old Venezuelan national was found floating in the Demerara River on Thursday afternoon and it is suspected that he might have drowned.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia’s space agency Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S.
Months after he was severely burnt about his body during an incident at his West Coast Demerara (WCD) home, 10-year-old Jomahri Mortley is recovering in the United States (US), where he was flown for treatment.
GENEVA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – In a sea of blue and yellow flags and banners smeared with blood red handprints, protesters around the world showed support for Ukraine yesterday and called on governments to do more to help Kyiv, punish Russia and avoid a broader conflict.
(Reuters) – Germany will supply Ukraine with defensive anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition, the government said today, in a shift of policy as Russia’s forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities on day three of its campaign.