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Guyana’s new Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan intends to have a National Budget prepared and presented to the National Assembly for consideration by September. Jordan, who previously served as Head of the Budget Agency within the Ministry of Finance and is a highly trained and respected Economist, assured that the 2015 budget will cater for […]
President David Granger on Wednesday afternoon told his new Ministers in the government that they are all part of one team that is committed to developing a more united Guyana. The President intends to have a smaller but more muscular cabinet. Some ministries have been merged while new ones have been established. The Ministry of […]
IRVING, Texas, May 20, 2015 – Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana. The well was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd., and encountered more than 295 feet (90 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. It was safely drilled […]
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on Wednesday announced that its Chief Executive Officer, RK Sharma has tendered his resignation to explore non-corporate interests. Mr. Sharma was appointed CEO of the telephone company just over 2 years ago and earlier this year he had appeared set to continue in the position for a long […]
President David Granger on Wednesday morning met with Permanent Secretaries and senior public servants and made it clear that those public servants who resigned from office to hit the campaign trail, will stay resigned. A number of permanent secretaries who mounted the platform of the People’s Progressive Party during the last elections sat attentively with […]
Several parts of the Lethem trail between the villages of Yakarinta and Massara, are under water following late night showers on Tuesday. Residents and persons traversing the area woke up to the flooded streets and fields on Wednesday morning. According to reports out of the area, a creek in the area became swollen following heavy […]
As it is getting ready to launch nationwide protests against the results of the just concluded elections, the opposition People’s Progressive Party believes that the international observer missions that were in Guyana for the elections were all duped into believing the elections were free and fair. The governments of the United States, Canada and Great […]
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has confirmed that its mining officers were prevented by an injunction from carrying out safety checks at the Imran Khan mining site over the past two years. A mining pit at the same site collapsed on Sunday and killed 10 miners. In a statement the Geology and Mines Commission explained […]
Armed bandits on Tuesday midday, carted off over $32 million in cash when they invaded a Courbane Park, Annandale businessman’s home. According to a police report, at about 11 o’ clock this morning (Tuesday), two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, entered the premises of the businessman and held up the housekeeper […]
Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud has been instructed by President David Granger to immediately put on hold all transfers of Police commanders and senior police officers. The Police Commissioner on Monday started to transfer a number of senior police officers to different positions in different divisions. The government only appointed Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Joseph […]
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