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With the construction of the US$759M Power Plant and Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant at Wales facing considerable delays, Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, is concerned that Guyana could find itself paying ExxonMobil millions of US dollars for a pipeline long before benefiting from the Gas-to-Energy Project. ExxonMobil is currently building the gas pipeline […]
A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of 70-year-old Clinton Chase, who was found dead in front of his La Penitence home has revealed that the elderly man was shot multiple times. Chase, who was deported from the United States just over a decade ago, was last seen alive riding his motorcycle in area […]
The Guyana Government has signed an agreement with French company OCEA S.A. for the procurement of an offshore patrol vessel at the cost of €39.5 Million. The Ministry of Finance in a statement said the move is part of the Government’s strategy to boost its national defence and security capabilities through the Guyana Defence Force […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is of the view that the move by the Government to approach the Caribbean Court of Justice to effectively block an order mandating oil company ExxonMobil to provide a guarantee that it will cover the full cost in case of an oil spill here, is wrong. High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon […]
Two of the contractors hired by the Government to construct the US$759M Power Plant and Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant at Wales as part of the Gas-to-Energy Project have filed for arbitration over costs overruns of US$90M, according to a report published by the Reuters News Agency. The report did not identify the names of […]
The United Kingdom has told the United Nations Security Council that the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela was settled since 1899, and Venezuela cannot act unilaterally to disrupt the peace of the region. The United Kingdom was among the members of the UN Security Council that voiced their criticism of Venezuela’s ongoing acts of […]
The Attorney General has dispatched a memorandum to all Government Ministers urging them to immediately put a unit in place to specifically evaluate the execution of all contracts being undertaken by their Ministries. The move comes weeks after President Irfaan Ali announced consequences for contractors who are producing substandard works for multi-million-dollar government projects. Complaints […]
By Svetlana Marshall Justice Sandil Kissoon has indicated that he will hand down his ruling next Friday in the case brought against the Government of Guyana by the Guyana Teachers’ Union over its plan to deduct money from the salaries of teachers for their striking days and the decision to discontinue deducting union dues from […]
Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Shurwayne Holder, has declared that the gloves are off, as he sought to defend his party leader, Aubrey Norton today over criticism from former party General Secretary, Amna Ally. As the party’s biennial congress and elections near, the Chairman of the party took to his Facebook page this […]
High Court Judge, Navendra Singh, has ordered the removal of several vendors and their structures from outside the Demico House Hotel and Restaurant at Stabroek. The Judge’s decision was handed down this morning and follows the Court action that was filed by Banks DIH Limited, which is the parent company for Demico House. The action […]
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