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(AP) Police and federal agents searched Thursday for a welder suspected in the slayings of a wealthy construction executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper inside their Washington mansion last week. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said “just about every law enforcement officer across the country” is on the lookout for Daron Dylon Wint, […]
With Guyana set to join the group of oil producing nations, President David Granger today paid his first visit to the ExxonMobil oil drilling ship, the Deepwater Champion. The President expressed his gratitude to the ship’s crew for their recent discovery of hydrocarbons. “We are one of the Guianas, and it is a rich part […]
The Dutch navy seized six tonnes of cannabis hidden on a fishing boat while patrolling the Caribbean, the defence ministry said today, describing it as “the biggest haul to date”. “The Dutch navy found 6,000 kilogrammes of cannabis during a routine check on the fishing boat Caribbean Soul,” it said in a statement issued in […]
Members of the former government and their supporters found themselves on the picket line on Thursday midday as they launched a national protest against the just concluded national elections that ousted them from office. Former President Donald Ramotar and a number of his former Ministers and candidates of the opposition People’s Progressive Party protested for […]
President David Granger is convinced that the current land grabbing and squatting taking place in parts of the country is a “political ploy” by the ousted People’s Progressive Party to embarrass his new administration. Moments before Granger was sworn into office on Saturday, residents of Enmore and other East Coast villages started to invade state […]
Even as the ousted People’s Progressive Party is calling for a total recount and has declared that the recent national elections were fraudulent, the State Department of the United States has offered congratulations to the Guyana Elections Commission for hosting elections that were “free, fair and credible”. In a statement out of the Washington Headquarters, […]
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 […]
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