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Following the announcement by the Guyana government that it will contribute US$100,000 towards relief efforts in Turkiye and Syria that have been hit by a catastrophic earthquake, the government is coming in for high praises from the United Nations for its contribution. Over 40,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake and hundreds of thousands […]
The Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall, has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission appointing Monday, 12th June 2023 as the date for the conduct of Local Government Elections in Guyana. The new date follows the announcement by GECOM of its new work plan, which would make it ready to host local […]
The ex-husband of Babita Sarjou who was murdered in 2010, was today sentenced to 22 and a half years in jail for the crime, while his accomplice will face 18 and a half years in jail. The sentences were handed down today by the High Court. The husband, 45-year-old Anand Narine and his co-accused, 41-year-old […]
The Government will pay US oil giant ExxonMobil US$55M per annum for 20 years for the gas to shore pipeline. That revelation was made by the Head of the Gas-to-Energy Project, Winston Brassington. While maintaining that the gas, which will be supplied by Exxon through the pipeline to the power plant at Wales, will be […]
Opposition and PNC Leader Aubrey Norton has questioned the decision of the Guyana Police Force to issue wanted bulletins for 12 East Coast Demerara men under the Terrorism Act, over their alleged roles in a protest in June 2022 that saw damage to property and looting of stalls in the Mon Repos area. Speaking at […]
The 44th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government got underway last evening in Nassau, Bahamas, and even as regional leaders are meeting to discuss the progress made since their last meeting, a number of new issues, as well as old ones are confronting the region. Central among those issues is the instability in Haiti, […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has lashed out at the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) over claims that the Government violated the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) standards when it failed to adequately consult Indigenous Leaders on the sale of carbon credits. In a statement on Tuesday, APA said the Government summoned Indigenous Leaders to the […]
Indigenous communities in Guyana will this year receive a total of $4.725 Billion from the sale of Carbon Credits to the Hess Corporation. Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement today as he met with Indigenous Leaders from more than 240 villages at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. The $4.725B represents 15% of the sale […]
Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has assured potential investors for the energy sector that the country’s local content laws are not to discourage them from coming to Guyana, but rather the laws are there to streamline how business is conducted in the country and to ensure that Guyanese businesses are given an equal […]
More than seven months after protests against a Police shooting became violent and saw persons and their stalls being attacked at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara, the Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for 12 suspects. The Police Force said the 12 are wanted for acts of terrorism which occurred on […]
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