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The Demerara Fire and General Insurance company has launched a massive campaign and improved insurance offering to get drivers to enter its auto insurance lane. After taking a back seat to auto insurance for a number of years, the company believes that it can no longer allow the lucrative car insurance market to go on […]
After more than a decade of its absence, a National Youth Policy was on Thursday laid in the National Assembly, outlining the government’s agenda for young Guyanese. The policy seeks to address some of the major problems facing Guyanese youth, such as suicide, mental health, teenage pregnancy, weak youth representation, youth crime and youth unemployment. […]
The outgoing Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Georgetown, Bryan Hunt, is of the view that Guyana would be doing itself a disservice if it were to only take advice on national matters from Guyanese while ignoring international partners. Mr. Hunt’s position came in response to a recent statement by Opposition Leader […]
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of the Presidency and former Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Omar Shariff is being probed by the Special Organised Crime Unit. Shariff was visited by SOCU investigators on Thursday at the Ministry of the Presidency and asked to accompany them to the SOCU office to answer questions related to […]
The man who walked into a city bank earlier this week and demanded $10 million while threatening to detonate a bomb was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment. 34-year-old, Terrence McLean appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleaded guilty to the charge. On Monday, June 28, 2016 McLean walked in to the Guyana Bank […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has launched an inquiry into the unauthorized flights from the Eugene F. Correia Airport last Saturday by a Guyanese pilot and a U.S pilot. The two pilots flew the two Cessna aircraft from the airport without any clearance and without lodging a flight plan. The airplanes were blocked by a […]
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today said that drilling results from the Liza-2 well, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, confirm a world-class discovery with a recoverable resource of between 800 million and 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. “We are excited by the results of a production test of the Liza-2 […]
Moments after Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo lashed out at Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman over a decision to review the 1999 oil exploration contract with Exxon Mobil, Minister Trotman fired back and made it clear that the coalition government has every right to review any and all contracts that were entered into by the […]
The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on April 27 and 28, 2016 will be released to schools early next week. The Ministry of Education announced today the NGSA results be released on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. In the statement, the Ministry pointed out that the National Grade Six Assessment was written […]
Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman’s performance is being hailed as unsatisfactory by the Parliamentary Opposition. The Minister was sharply criticized by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo during a Press Conference on Wednesday. Mr. Jagdeo opened the briefing by lashing out at the Minister for what he considers, the poor management of the natural resources sector. Jagdeo […]
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