VP Jagdeo floats idea of formation of national oil company with remaining oil blocks

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government is exploring several options with the remaining oil blocks including an option to form a national oil company. Speaking during a session at the ongoing International Energy Conference in Guyana, Mr. Jagdeo said in the previous oil blocks were given out on a first-come, first-serve basis, […]

Husband and friend charged for hanging murder of Yarrowkabra woman

The husband and friend of the Yarrowkabra woman, Edith Rueben who was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard were today charged and remanded to jail for the woman’s murder. Appearing in Court today to face the indictable murder charge were the dead woman’s common-law husband, 41-year-old Dianand Lakhan and his friend, 36-year-old […]

Guyana’s oil leading to sustainable growth in the country -President Ali

The International Energy Conference and Expo opened this morning in Georgetown with President Irfaan Ali declaring that Guyana’s portfolio as an oil-producing nation has not only set the stage for major economic and infrastructure transformation, but also for the lives of Guyanese to be transformed. During his feature address at the opening of the conference, […]

All Citizens must be taken along Guyana’s new path to prosperity -Barbadian PM Mottley urges

Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has urged the Guyana government to ensure that the citizens of Guyana play major and key roles in the local oil and gas sector. The Barbadian Prime Minister said she has noted the complaints of regional and international private sector bodies about the country’s local content policy and how […]

Government Minister’s “dildo” remark in National Assembly is sexual harassment -says Human Rights body

The Guyana Human Rights Association has become the latest organisation to condemn the remarks that were made by the Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall in the National Assembly last week, which were directed to an Opposition female Member of Parliament. During the national budget considerations and while at the microphone, the Government Minister told […]