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Demerara Distillers Limited today announced that it had entered a joint venture partnership with Trinidadian company CWSL for the oil and gas sector which includes the development of a “world-class shore base facility”.

Shane Morgan, called ‘Demon,’ and three other men were remanded to prison this afternoon after being charged with the murder of gold miner Deon Stoll, who was shot and killed two weeks ago after armed bandits attempted to rob him outside El Dorado Trading in Newtown, Kitty.

Businessman Robert Badal and Chartered Accountant Nigel Hinds are launching a political party called Change Guyana.

Jean-Pierre Kingsley,  who served as Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer for 17 years,  has accepted the invitation of GECOM Chair Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh to provide technical electoral aid to the Chair.

A horrific accident early this morning on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road has left five persons, including a member of the Guyana Police Force, dead.

In the wake of a death of a geologist at its operations, Australian miner Troy Resources today announced a suspension of mining at its Region Seven operations putting hundreds temporarily out of work but also raising long-term concerns about the restart of its operations.

A gold dealer was shot dead this morning while two others were injured after armed bandits attempted to carry out a daring daylight robbery outside El Dorado Trading, Newtown, Kitty.

Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has been named as the presidential candidate of A New and United Guyana, a statement from the party said.

Under growing international pressure, President David Granger yesterday issued a proclamation which names March 2, 2020 as the date for the next General and Regional Elections.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has revoked the order requiring all prospective voters for the 2020 general and regional elections to verify their registration during the upcoming claims and objections (C&O) process.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) today said it was looking forward to a proclamation of  March 2nd as the date for long-awaited general elections here and it urged an end to the political uncertainty that has gripped Guyana.

The US, UK and European Union (EU) today issued a joint statement noting that March 2nd has been set for general elections and stating that it is now essential to ensure free and fair elections and they were prepared to aid in this task.

UK High Commission today said that no decisions have been taken on the next phases of two vital projects: the road between Linden and Mabura and the development of the Kingston-Ogle seawall.

President David Granger this evening announced that the earliest possible date for the holding of general elections is Monday, March 2nd 2020 but he introduced a caveat that Parliament has to give its approval for an extension of the period that had been set for the holding of the elections,  something the opposition PPP has said it will not be doing.

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana today condemned the failure by the government to hold General and Regional Elections within the period mandated by Article 106(7) of the constitution, which it pointed out is the supreme law of the country.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh has indicated that she informed President David Granger that GECOM would be ready to hold General and Regional Elections by the end of February, 2020, opposition-nominated commissioner Sase Gunraj said today.

ExxonMobil today said it made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area.

Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that UK-based Tullow Oil plc’s (Tullow) Joe-1 exploration well has discovered a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin.

JetBlue today announced a new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) today announced that it was seeking to recover $2.7b from Queens Atlantic Investment Inc over its controversial deal for the former Sanata Textiles and $274m from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry for the purchase of the Kingston property that is now its headquarters.