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The Government has announced that it has extended the auction period for the 14 oil-blocks offshore Guyana. The bidding round for the new oil blocks opened last December and was expected to close at the end of this month, but the Government has now indicated that it will allow bids to take place until mid-July. […]
Guyanese business magnate and recently announced candidate for local government elections, Nazar Mohamed of Mohamed’s Enterprise, is hoping that a US lobby firm can get to the bottom of the US government’s refusal to grant him and members of his family US visas. Mohammed who previously held a US visa, has not been issued a […]
Investigations have been launched into a shooting incident last evening at the home of businessman and photographer Keron Bruce. Bruce is currently before the Courts on cyber-crime charges on accusations that he is behind the online character, Mr. Mudwata. He has repeatedly denied the claims. In a video posted on his Facebook account, Bruce revealed […]
Police in Berbice are probing the murder of an 18-year-old man in the Corentyne area and two other teenagers are the main suspect. The dead man, Keon Byass, was attacked and chopped about his body on Easter Monday morning while making his way home from a nearby shop. He passed away on Tuesday in the […]
In its final Petroleum Cost Recovery Audit Report for the period spanning 1999-2017, IHS Markit found that a significant percentage of the US$1.6B in claims made by Esso Exploration and Production Limited (EEPGL) – a subsidiary of US oil giant ExxonMobil – lacked supporting documents. “…nearly 50% of the intercompany charges being included in the […]
Guyanese drug convict Barry Dataram remains in custody in the United States on drug trafficking charges dating back to more than a decade ago. Dataram, who was arrested back in January after stepping off a flight at the JFK Airport, is cooperating with US prosecutors and is hoping to strike a plea deal, according to […]
Guyana’s newest Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, Prosperity, arrived in Guyana on Monday morning. The vessel is joining the oil production facilities on the Payara field, located in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block. The new vessel is expected to be working in the local oil […]
Police investigators are probing the stabbing death of a 26-year-old fisherman at Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara. The dead man has been identified as Munaff Azeem. The incident took place on Monday morning. According to reports, Azeem was beaten and stabbed by a group of fishermen during a row over fishing equipment […]
Local company, Robin Hollow Blocks has become the latest company to be certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards under its Product Certification Programme. The GNBS has explained that Robin Hollow Blocks has attained certification to manufacture four (4) and six (6) inch blocks which meet the requirements of the National Standard GYS 215:2018 […]
Within 24hrs, two men were killed in two separate fires in the country. The Guyana Fire Service in a statement today said 75-year-old Sammy Munian lost his life on Wednesday afternoon when a fire engulfed his Fairfield, Mahaicony home. An investigation by the Fire Service said, a fire had been set to a pile of […]
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