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President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today met at State House in relation to the posts of Chancellor of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice.

The police this morning said that a Detective Superintendent is currently conducting an investigation involving  a Deputy Superintendent of Police who is the Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics  (SWAT) Unit.

With the release of the contract signed with ExxonMobil for works on the Stabroek Block, government today announced that it has written to companies it has contracts with informing them that similar publicity will follow.

After months of evasion, the government today released the production sharing agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEGLP and the company’s local head, Rod Henson said that the the US$18m signing bonus was paid for the 10-year extension of the pact.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison charged with murdering French Guiana-based clothing vendor, Purcell Moore.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Celwyn Allen, 35, unemployed of 1342 Cummings Park,` E’ Field Sophia and also the wounding committed on the deceased’s girlfriend Nalydiah Henry who is presently admitted in a stable condition at the GPHC.

A Guyanese man was yesterday freed from a US prison where he spent nearly 30 years for a crime he never committed and he now faces the legal challenge of fighting to remain in the United States where he had been since the age of five.

Police are investigating the murder of Purcell Moore Jr., 42 year, of First Street, Craig, East Bank Demerara and Cayenne, French Guiana which occurred about 07:00hrs his morning, at Old Road Craig, in the vicinity of the ‘short cut’ allegedly by three male suspects who are currently being sought.

President David Granger this morning said that while he does not believe that the placing of the US$18M ExxonMobil signing bonus into a Bank of Guyana (BoG) account instead of the Consolidated Fund violates any laws, if advised by his legal team that the act was unlawful he will correct it.

President David Granger this morning said that he is responsible for the US$18M ExxonMobil signing bonus being put into an escrow account at the Bank of Guyana, a decision he believes was necessary at the time so that Guyana could be prepared for a National Security Emergency.

PPP/C Members of Parliament this morning walked out of the Committee of Supply following Chairman Dr.

Pandemonium broke out in the Committee of Supply this afternoon when PPP/C MP Juan Edghill was ordered out of Parliament Chambers by Chairman Dr.

Commentator Christopher Ram says that President David Granger has to issue a a public apology to the nation over the Exxon signing bonus and mount an inquiry into the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today said that the government’s deception over the signing bonus from ExxonMobil has come as a shock to anti-corruption advocates.

Matthew Munroe, the owner of the car that is suspected to be linked to the murder of school teacher Kescia Branche, was today charged with her murder.

The contract between the Guyana Government and ExxonMobil subsidiary EEGPL will be made public in December, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan today announced that private sector employees will enjoy a tax-free vacation allowance.

A forty-year-old Venezuelan national and a forty-year-old Guyanese national are in police custody following the discovery of a submersible vessel yesterday in a creek at Annbisi River, Port Kaituma, North West District as a result of information received.

The Ministry of Education today said it has handed over the matter of allegations against Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson to the police and said it has also been determined that the headmistress of the school be reprimanded over her conduct in the matter.

More leaked emails from Alliance for Change (AFC) executives show that several key figures did not agree with President David Granger’s unilateral selection of Justice James Patterson as the Guyana Elections Commission Chairman on October 19.