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The ExxonMobil company has announced another oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement this morning, Exxon announced that a discovery was made at Pinktail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Pinktail well encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of net pay in high-quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs. According to the company, in addition to the […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given the green light to the developers of the US$600 Million Port Vreed-en-Hoop project, NRG holdings Inc, to construct a massive shore base facility at Vreed-en-hoop on the West Bank of Demerara, the company has announced. Businessmen Azruddin Mohamed, Andron Alphonso and Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer are listed as partners in […]
In wake of the Government’s vaccination policy requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or a negative COVID-19 test result to be allowed entry to a public building, the Catholic Church of Guyana has decided to return to virtual services rather than enforcing the policy. In a statement to members of the Catholic Church, Bishop Francis […]
Hundreds of teachers, backed by supporters gathered outside the Ministry of Education in a loud protest this morning against the Government’s vaccination policy, which has seen unvaccinated teachers and other public servants who fail to produce a negative COVID-19 test result being locked out of their workplaces. The protest today marked the beginning of an […]
As the case against the Government’s COVID-19 Health Regulations and Vaccination policy came for hearing this morning, Attorney General Anil Nandlall told Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln that several of the injunctions being sought by the trade unions that filed the matter falls outside the Court’s remit and therefore cannot be granted by the Court. The Attorneys […]
The Venezuelan Government and Opposition have taken an official decision to unite around the country’s claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region, prompting the Government of Guyana to again reject the claim. There are reports that the Venezuelan Government and Opposition have signed an accord maintaining the neighbouring claim over Guyana’s Essequibo region, a claim which has […]
A 13-year-old female student of the Parika Salem Secondary School was hospitalised after falling ill moments after she was administered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine as part of the Government’s vaccination drive for adolescents. The child’s mother, Annette Yusuff, told News Source this morning that less than two minutes after her daughter was […]
As the government braces for the nationwide strike action by teachers set to begin today, the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers who go on strike will not be paid for those strike days. Teachers who are away from their jobs because they are unvaccinated and have not provided a negative COVID-19 test result […]
The Guyana Teachers Union has called on teachers to down tools and be part of nationwide strike action over the government’s vaccination policy and the unpreparedness of many schools to return to face-to-face learning. The decision to go on strike from today was made during a meeting last evening between executives of the Guyana Teachers […]
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine has added his voice to the ongoing concerns being raised by citizens about the government’s latest vaccination policy and is calling for the policy to be withdrawn. In a statement today, the Mayor said he finds the development deeply worrying and believes that the government is using the pandemic as […]
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