Government yesterday announced that it has issued a production licence to ExxonMobil for the Liza Field in the Stabroek Block saying that while quantifying oil in the well is not yet completed, it is estimated that there is as much as two billion barrels.
The opposition PPP last night said that two Members of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Dharamkumar Seeraj and Nigel Dharamlall, have recently received letters from the Consular Section of the Embassy of the United States of America, Georgetown informing them that their non-immigrant visas have been revoked.
Three years after the original application, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) temporary approval to raise domestic rates for some of its services.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says that a proposal he made to amend the constitution to include non-nationals as nominees for the position of Gecom Chairman was rejected by President David Granger on Monday.
The APNU+AFC government yesterday tabled in Parliament a long-expected bill seeking to place a ban on smoking in indoor public places and disallowing the advertising of cigarettes.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said that a Capitol News cameraman who was detained in the Kaieteur National Park (KNP) over the weekend had behaved in a “reckless and irresponsible” manner.
During the wee hours of yesterday, bandits broke into an electronics store located at Lot 10 B Albion Front, a few buildings away from the Albion Police Station and carted off close to $1.9M in cash and items.
A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with raping a 10 year-old girl.
The National Toshaos Council (NTC) yesterday expressed concern that President David Granger chose to meet with the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) on Wednesday instead of it on the controversial Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) On Wednesday, the Ministry of the Presidency announced that Granger had met with the APA and outlined a five-prong plan to ease a row over the lands CoI.
Former Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday said he is comfortable with his reassignment and expressed absolute confidence in his replacement Nicolette Henry.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Sweden’s largest national pension fund, AP7, has sold its investments in six companies that it says violate the Paris climate agreement, a decision environmentalists believe is the first of its kind.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A commission of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress said yesterday the government overpaid $206 million for food imported from Mexico, stepping up criticism of its handling of a scarcity crisis that charities said is causing more malnutrition.
The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) was yesterday granted permission to intervene in the Marcel Gaskin matter which seeks clarity from the court on the President’s criteria for the selection of a Gecom Chairperson, including whether a judge must be among the nominees for the post.
Despite murder accused, Steve Allicock’s claims of not being in the country when Wendell Tappin was murdered, the father of the deceased, Dan Tappin, who said he witnessed the killing, remained adamant that it was Steve, who stabbed his son.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will today tighten rules on Americans traveling to Cuba and significantly restrict U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously yesterday for legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and force President Donald Trump to get Congress’ approval before easing any existing sanctions on Russia.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stepped up Washington’s war of words with Venezuela yesterday, telling Latin American leaders the country was a prime example of what happens when democracy is undermined, and urging the region to condemn its government.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer known for defending government officials in high-profile investigations to help him with probes into whether there were ties between the election campaign of U.S.
A 31-year-old man was yesterday charged with fraudulently converting a Toyota G-Touring car, entrusted to him as a hire car.
The Ministry of Natural Resources today approved the ExxonMobil Liza Phase 1 development plan and issued a production licence for the Liza field, a release from the Ministry said this evening.
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