By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
News, Politics
Declaring that ExxonMobil has no interest in invoking any clause within the Stabroek Block 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that could result in changes to the fiscal terms, ExxonMobil Guyana President Alistair Routledge today warned that such a move could undermine future investments in the country. Since oil production began in 2019 there have been […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
Crime, News
A midday fire at Puruni Landing in the Mazaruni River, Region 7 completely destroyed 15 buildings and claimed two lives. An alarm was raised in the gold mining community just after 11 o’clock this morning as one of the buildings was seen engulfed in flames. There is no fire service in the area, so the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
News, Politics
A total of 389 small contractors in Berbice were awarded almost $7 Billion in Government contracts on Tuesday to undertake various projects in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region. The contracts were awarded outside of the tender process. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who was in Berbice to oversee the exercise, said the Government devised the new system […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
News, Politics
With more than 600 known Venezuelan migrants settling in different communities across Linden, officials of the mining town are sounding the alarm over the strain that the migrants are placing on the community and they are demanding Government’s intervention. Following the public appeals by the Mayor of Linden, Sharma Solomon and other officials, Minister of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge has announced that his company has successfully completed the US$1B pipeline for the gas-to-energy project. At a press conference today, the ExxonMobil Guyana President said the company is now waiting on the other components of the project to be completed to facilitate the process of safely […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has advised that President Irfaan Ali can go ahead and appoint Mr. Clifton Hicken as the substantive Commissioner of Police without the Opposition Leader’s agreement. The Attorney General said the Constitution does not state that the Opposition Leader’s agreement is needed for the appointment. Mr. Hicken, who reached the age of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
Crime, News
Former Commissioner of Police, Winston Felix, who also served as a Minister of Government under the David Granger Administration, believes the recent kidnapping of Joshua David is a serious security concern for citizens. David was snatched just outside a Main Street restaurant in two weeks ago, and has not been seen or heard from since […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
News, Politics
The Leader of the Alliance For Change, Nigel Hughes and a delegation of AFC Executives, met on Monday with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Barbara A. Feinstein, and Katherine Beamer, who is the Director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department. The meeting […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
Crime, News
With two suspects already before the Court on abduction charges, the Guyana Police Force has sought and been granted additional time to detain five other suspects in the abduction and disappearance of Georgetown resident, Joshua David. This coming Thursday will mark two weeks since David was last seen. He was snatched from outside a Main […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
News, Politics
Media workers, influencers, content creators and disc jockeys (DJs) were among persons consulted today as the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), United Nations (Guyana) and the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) explored strategies and a plan of action to counter ‘hate speech’ in Guyana. According to the United Nations (UN), hate speech is any kind of […]