Government says it is in the process of hiring a firm to conduct a reservoir audit of the Stabroek Block fields, even as it currently counts 43 discoveries while the operator, ExxonMobil holds to not quantifying but is saying there have been more than 30.
Several members of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) have raised concerns about the burdensome need to secure several guarantors for small loans.
Town Clerk, Candace Nelson has issued notices to remove with immediate effect to several persons who are living on a wharf owned by the Mayor and City Council, on Holmes Street, Georgetown.
A 22-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Clive Nurse after he pleaded not guilty to being in possession of some 52 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
Twenty-five-year-old Wayne Kellman and nineteen-year-old Shamar Norton both appeared before Senior Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with armed robbery.
At its last statutory meeting held on April 8th, the Mayor and City Council [M&CC] raised the issue of the outstanding works yet to be completed on its Administrative Building.
With the city on the brink of going to court concerning the planned construction of a Qatari hotel on disputed lands along Carifesta Avenue, preparatory works appear to be continuing for the US$300 million project.
The Ministry of Home Affairs – Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons says it has taken note of recent reports circulating on social media concerning alleged incidents of Human Trafficking.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will not renew a temporary license set to expire on Thursday that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, a State Department spokesperson said, unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year.
The Ministry of Education has pledged to treat the matter of a Venezuelan student from Queenstown Secondary School, who was beaten by some of her schoolmates, as “urgent and serious”.
Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Manage-ment Committee Head Kesh Nandlall said that yesterday morning’s power outage was caused by a “technical issue”.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the proposed Plasma Rock Resort project is exempt from the requirement to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) has indicated that the parents of the six-year-old who was disqualified from the Calypso segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition have no desire to pursue the matter further.
Well-known businessman Hareshnarine ‘Chiney’ Sugrim, owner of Guyana Tractor and Equipment (Guytrac) and the Classic Hotel in Berbice and who was acquitted of money laundering charges in the United States in 2016, died yesterday.
The management of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) is expected to appear before the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services on May 8, having been summoned, according to the committee’s Chairperson Shurwayne Holder.
Community members from Cummings Lodge, Industry, and Better Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara, recently attended meetings hosted by the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, to receive updates on the progress of the East Coast Demerara Highway and Orange Nassau road development projects.