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All seven members of the Teaching Service Commission have now been sworn in paving the way for the Commission to begin its work. The remaining two members took the oath of office today. The members of the Commission are Ms. Maydha Persaud, Avril Crawford, Doodmattie Singh, Lancelot Baptiste, Joan Ann Davis-Monkhouse, Shafiran Bhajan, Satti Jaisierisingh, […]
Notwithstanding major developments in the Stabroek Block resulting in the discovery of billions of barrels in oil, ExxonMobil remains resolute in its position that the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that it signed with Guyana should not be altered to reflect a higher royalty. There have been calls for a renegotiation of the contract, to […]
A Guyanese man, who US law enforcement authorities consider to be “one of New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins”, has been sentenced to one year in jail after he was busted and found guilty of smuggling birds into the United States. The 62-year-old man, Insaf Ali was arrested in 2018 and 2021 at the JFK Airport while […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall took the stand at the Elections Commission of Inquiry today and testified that in the lead up to the 2020 Elections, the then Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield had made a number of decisions that could have placed supporters of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) […]
With the Government beginning to spend money from its $781.9 billion budget with a heavy focus on infrastructure, the APNU+AFC Opposition believes that there must be strict oversight to minimize waste and address issues of fraud. At the Opposition Leader’s weekly press conference this morning, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said the public procurement system must […]
Elections Commissioner Sase Gunraj today admitted that he did not have the required tag to proceed to the third floor of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre at Ashmin’s Building back in March 2020 when he was reportedly stopped by the then Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers. During his earlier testimony before […]
Days after the APNU+AFC Opposition raised questions about the cost for the massive headquarters being built for ExxonMobil Guyana at Ogle, the oil company today confirmed that the cost of that multi-million US dollar facility will be recovered from the sale of oil, which will impact the total revenue Guyana is likely to earn in […]
Three members of a Herstelling family are facing serious money laundering charges amounting to over $4 billion. The family has been under investigation for over three years and they are accused of laundering money for Chinese businesses. According to a statement from the Police, its Special Organised Crime Unit conducted the probe of Kenneth Ramnarine […]
Although Guyana will be pumping billions of dollars into the gas to energy project at Wales, the Government will still be saddled with another price tag for the purchase of the delivered gas. At a press conference today, President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge while maintaining that the company will not rake in any profit […]
DuraVilla Homes Guyana has launched its 1000+ Modular Homes Initiative with the intention of constructing hundreds of affordable prefabricated houses for both the local and regional housing markets. DuraVilla Guyana Inc. forms part of a fully integrated group of timber companies from Guyana which include logging, saw milling, and manufacturing companies. The eco-friendly houses are […]
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