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Three years after the brutal murder of a young father of two in Berbice, U.S and Guyanese citizen Marcus Bisram has been extradited to Guyana from the U.S to face the murder charge. Bisram arrived in Guyana early this morning and was immediately taken into custody by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police […]
Security and monitoring at Guyana’s borders and the country’s maritime space as well as the coastland are being given a boost with the acquisition of five high-tech, long endurance drones for the Guyana Defence Force. The drones have been procured at a cost of $180M and were catered for in the 2019 budget. The GDF […]
With oil production expected to begin as early as next month, the Government of Guyana is moving to set up an account for the Natural Resources Fund (NRF), according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan. Speaking at the sidelines of the opening of GIPEX 2019 on Wednesday, Mr. Jordan told reporters that the decision was made […]
A number of Guyanese companies and recently established ones are taking part in GIPEX 2019, Guyana’s premier oil and gas summit. The companies have set up booths at the Marriott exhibition site to showcase the wide array of products and services they have to offer to the petroleum sector. News Source spoke with a few […]
With questions raised as to how a man from the Dominican Republic was able to pass through Guyana’s two main airports without his forged passport being noticed, that man is now behind bars after being charged and remanded. 26-year-old, Jose Alberto Medina, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday and was charged with presenting […]
Five Haitian nationals who claimed that they came to visit Guyana from Suriname through an illegal crossing in Berbice appeared in Court today and were charged for illegal entry. The charge stated that 23-year-old Jean Tonion Louis, 27-year-old, Ronald Sainta, 29-year-old Jesudonne Clerveau, 35-year-old Soliny Dossous and 25-year-old Bladimyr Pierre all entered Guyana on the […]
Local telecommunications company GTT is urging all of its customers to be cautious of scammers. The company said that it appears as though some persons may be devising ways in which to cash in with the festive season approaching. Public Relations Manager, Jasmin Harris explained that the company has received a number of fraud reports […]
Some staff members of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have written the agency’s head, Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia about their displeasure with what they describe an “unfair allocation of salary increases” at the agency earlier this week. The GRA has put together its own salary increases for its workers outside of the recently announced increases […]
by Samuel Sukhnandan As Guyana’s largest oil and gas summit, GIPEX 2019, opened at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel with hundreds of overseas delegates in attendance, US-based oil giant ExxonMobil declared its intention to work towards expanding the local workforce in this sector. Senior Vice President for ExxonMobil, Hunter Farris, who delivered the keynote address said […]
The Guyana Office for Investment wants to see new ventures in the oil and gas sector paying more attention to local content. Speaking at the opening of the 2nd Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit & Exhibition, the Chief Executive Officer of Go-Invest, Owen Verwey said Go-Invest remains open to support new business ventures and will […]
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