Local Companies seek International Partnerships at GIPEX

A number of Guyanese companies and recently established ones are taking part in GIPEX 2019, Guyana’s premier oil and gas summit. The companies have set up booths at the Marriott exhibition site to showcase the wide array of products and services they have to offer to the petroleum sector. News Source spoke with a few […]

Dominican Republic man charged over fake Guatemalan passport

With questions raised as to how a man from the Dominican Republic was able to pass through Guyana’s two main airports without his forged passport being noticed, that man is now behind bars after being charged and remanded. 26-year-old, Jose Alberto Medina, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday and was charged with presenting […]

Five Haitians fined and ordered deported for illegally entering Guyana from Suriname

Five Haitian nationals who claimed that they came to visit Guyana from Suriname through an illegal crossing in Berbice appeared in Court today and were charged for illegal entry. The charge stated that 23-year-old Jean Tonion Louis, 27-year-old, Ronald Sainta, 29-year-old Jesudonne Clerveau, 35-year-old Soliny Dossous and 25-year-old Bladimyr Pierre all entered Guyana on the […]

GTT warns of scam calls with non-existing promotions

Local telecommunications company GTT is urging all of its customers to be cautious of scammers. The company said that it appears as though some persons may be devising ways in which to cash in with the festive season approaching. Public Relations Manager, Jasmin Harris explained that the company has received a number of fraud reports […]

GRA boss to meet staffers over concerns about salary increases

Some staff members of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have written the agency’s head, Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia about their displeasure with what they describe an “unfair allocation of salary increases” at the agency earlier this week.   The GRA has put together its own salary increases for its workers outside of the recently announced increases […]

Guyanese workforce in oil industry has tripled in last two years -says Exxon’s Senior VP

by Samuel Sukhnandan As Guyana’s largest oil and gas summit, GIPEX 2019, opened at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel with hundreds of overseas delegates in attendance, US-based oil giant ExxonMobil declared its intention to work towards expanding the local workforce in this sector. Senior Vice President for ExxonMobil, Hunter Farris, who delivered the keynote address said […]

Matthew’s Ridge Gold Heist suspects charged and remanded to jail

The four men, including a Police Officer, who were arrested following a gold heist at the Matthew’s Ridge airstrip appeared in Court today and were charged with the multi-million dollar robbery. All four accused were remanded to prison after not being required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. 37-year-old businessman Basdeo Francis, 45-year-old […]