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Police investigators are probing the gruesome murder of Campbellville resident, Amit Singh during a reported gold sale at a house in Middle Road, La Penitence on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, Singh was lured to the house by a group of men who convinced him that they had gold to sell at a cheap rate. […]
By Gordon Moseley The Government of Guyana and the Opposition met this afternoon and have both completely rejected Venezuela’s planned referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo region. President Irfaan Ali and a Government team met and held discussions on the Venezuelan issue with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and his team, for more than an hour at the […]
One of the three Venezuelan men who was nabbed in Region One with guns, ammunition and drugs has pleaded guilty to the charges related to the possession of illegal firearms and drugs, and has been sentenced to six years in jail. The Venezuelan national identified as Elizer Vera is the one who opted to plea […]
The Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Board of Directors, Ramesh Persaud believes that there is a need to amend the laws governing the insurance scheme to meet the needs of a modern society. NIS is governed by the National Insurance and Social Security Act of 1969. As he addressed the NIS 54th Anniversary […]
Although the ExxonMobil company boasts of having a majority of Guyanese workers, the Stabroek Block Cost Recovery Audit for the years 2018-2020 has found that foreign nationals hired by the company are being paid significantly more. According to the audit report, during a three-year period, foreign workers were paid a total of US$93.091 Million, making […]
The Government of Guyana has rejected the issuance of questions by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela in the national referendum related to Guyana’s Essequibo region. Venezuela has set itself a December date to host a national referendum on its claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region. The Government of Guyana this evening said the questions to […]
The new US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, presented her credentials to President Irfaan Ali today, formally replacing Sarah Ann Lynch as the US Envoy to Guyana. Theriot was confirmed by the US Congress as the new US Ambassador to Guyana in July following a lengthy hearing process. The new Ambassador has been described […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), have submitted their separate national budget proposals to the Ministry of Finance, detailing a number of issues. In its proposal, the Guyana Trades Union Congress said the government must return to collective bargaining to ensure that the interest of workers […]
Former Guyanese Diplomat, Ambassador Ronald Austin, has warned that Guyana must not take the build up of Venezuelan soldiers in the bordering regions lightly, noting that there appears to be mixed messages from Caracas in relation to the build up of the Venezuelan military in areas close to the border with Guyana. Appearing on the […]
With its eyes set on the Stabroek Block, oil giant Chevron Corporation announced, today, that it has entered into an agreement with Hess Corporation to acquire all of its outstanding shares in an all-stock transaction valued US$53 Billion. Hess is one of three developers in the Stabroek Block with a 30 percent interest. To date, […]
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