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The Government of Guyana today released the draft Model Petroleum Agreements for both the deepwater and shallow-water blocks paving way for the commencement of some 14 days of consultation. According to the draft Model Petroleum Agreements, the Contractor will be required to pay the Government a royalty rate of 10% of all Petroleum produced and […]
The Police Sergeant who was shot to his head by his own cousin during a confrontation at a hangout spot in Linden, remains on life support, although showing a few signs of improvement. The Police Officer, Jermaine Semple, remains a patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the Linden Hospital. While he remains unconscious and […]
Three days after dozer operator, Neptrind Hercules, and the heavy duty equipment he was operating were swallowed by quicksand at the Bauxite Mines in Linden, the bulldozer and the man’s partly decomposed body were located this afternoon. Over the past three days, mine workers had to carefully use heavy duty equipment to dig into the […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton and an Opposition team met and held discussions with the Special Advisor to the US Vice President on the Western Hemisphere and other US officials on Monday. The Special Advisor to the US Vice President Jospeh Salazar and the Deputy Director for the US Office on Western Hemishere, Caribbean […]
One day after a teacher of the Fort Wellington Secondary School was attacked and beaten by a student and his uncle, teachers of the school walked out over the inaction of the Ministry of Education to address the issue. The high school teacher, Marlon Daniels was attacked by a Grade 10 student and his uncle […]
The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has signed a GY$1.3B contract with General Engineering Supplies and Services Inc. for the execution of a Guyana Flood Risk Management Project on the East Coast of Demerara. In his remarks during the signing ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture on Monday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha said though […]
Special Advisor to the US Vice President on the Western Hemisphere, Joseph Salazar and the Deputy Director for the the Western Hemispheres Department in the Office of Caribbean Affairs of the US Government, Michael Taylor, began a short visit to Guyana this morning and met and held discussions with President Irfaan Ali and a high […]
As part of its mandate to assist the poor and vulnerable, the Men On a Mission (MOM) group, which is the brainchild of President Irfaan Ali plans to use a percentage of its $500M government subvention to construct a minimum of 50 homes, even as it works to address the sore issues of gender-based violence […]
Under pressure from family and friends of the missing miner and community leaders, the Chinese-owned Bosai Bauxite Mining company suspended all operations today to step up searches for miner. The miner, Neptrind Hercules, has been missing since early Saturday morning when he was sucked underground by quicksand along with the bulldozer he was operating in […]
An off-duty Police Officer in Linden has been admitted to the Linden Hospital in a critical condition after he was shot by his cousin, who is a young businessman in the town. The shooting incident took place on Sunday night, during a row at a hangout spot in Amelia’s Ward in Linden. The 32-year-old Police […]
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