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A young People’s Progressive Party member and political activist was on Thursday sworn in as the newest Member of Parliament who will occupy a seat on the opposition benches. Vickram Bharrat who hails from Diamond, East Bank Demerara has replaced PPP member Charles Ramson Jr. who recently resigned to take a scholarship in the United […]
The Guyana Government on Wednesday rejected as baseless and false claims by the Opposition People’s Progressive Party’s that the proposed budget estimates for several constitutional agencies in 2017 are a reduction from what was requested and the sums approved in 2016. On Monday, the PPP slighted the government’s push for early presentation of 2017 National […]
American oil giant, ExxonMobil has discovered more oil offshore Guyana as it continues its exploration. According to ExxonMobil’s partner, Hess Corporation, the drillship, Stena Carron drilled the Liza 3 well to a depth of 18,100 feet in 6000 feet of water on a location about 2.7 miles from the Liza 1 discovery. The well hit […]
President David Granger has described his official State visit to Chile and meeting with President Michelle Bachelet as highly successful and one that needed to happen, as not only does it open the door to deepened cooperation between the two countries but it solidifies linkages between Chile and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Speaking after the […]
The Digicel/Sportsmax Regional four-day tournament, formerly the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL), has re-introduced day/night cricket in the 4-day system, with each team having to play two matches (home/away) with the pink ball. Different pundits of the sport have said the ball is difficult for visibility but head coach of defending […]
The fifth edition of the annual Digicel Breast Cancer Cycle Road race will pedal-off on October 30 and the event will be in recognition of the work of staff member Sharon Khan. The Telecommunication company recently held a press conference and Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James, disclosed that “we have taken the event to another […]
The European Commission has released over €24.4 Million to Guyana to assist in budget support programmes. On Tuesday, the European Commission’s Director General for International Cooperation, Stefano Manservisi, signed documents triggering the release of the funds with Guyana’s Finance Minister Winston Jordan. The signing took place in the Dominican Republic. The EU had suspended disbursements […]
The Guyana Police Force is praising co-operation between citizens and the Police Force and believes that cooperation has resulted in the seizure of a high-powered weapon and several matching rounds of ammunition in Linden. Police investigators say they were able to retrieve a high powered AK 47 Rifle, two magazines and fifteen rounds of matching ammunition, […]
Guyana will need to ensure it secures convictions in the area of money laundering, terrorist financing, and theft of state assets if its exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) process is to be sustained. This is according to Attorney General Basil Williams, who on Wednesday declared the country’s exit from the process that […]
The World Bank has given Guyana a ranking of 124 in its Ease of Doing Business report. Last year Guyana was ranked at 140. But while Guyana is doing better in terms of the ease of doing business, starting up a new business in Guyana may not be as easy. The same report has given […]
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