By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2018
News, Politics
The ExxonMobil oil company today announced that its latest exploration well offshore Guyana has not yielded oil in commercial quantities. Out of eight wells that were drilled in the area, this is only the second one to turn up dry. The company said the drilling reached total depth on the Sorubim well in the Stabroek […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2018
News, Politics
Although manufacturers have stopped making the Skyvan, the Guyana Defence Force has requested a total of $484.2 million from the Government for the acquisition of four fixed-wing aircraft, including two skyvans. State Minister Joseph Harmon said on Friday that the Defence Force is looking to purchase two skyvans and two Islanders. He pointed out that although manufacturers […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2018
News, Politics
Despite a Cabinet decision which allows for sweeper cleaners to enjoy an eight-hour workday, the Guyana Public Service Union is reporting that there are efforts to amend that decision at the regional level. GPSU’s Vice President Dawn Gardener told reporters on Friday morning that the union has received information that regional officers have dispatched letters […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2018
Crime, News
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slow is leading the list of persons recommended by the Committee of Appointments of the National Assembly to be appointment to the Police Service Commission. Also recommended were Retired Assistant Commissioner Clinton Conway and Retired Woman Assistant Commissioners of Police, Vesta Adams and Claire Jarvis. The recommendations will now be […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued the most recent private criminal charges filed by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall against three sitting Government Ministers. Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams confirmed this afternoon that the private criminal charges against Ministers Winston Jordan, Rupert Roopnarine and David Patterson have been discontinued. The Opposition People’s Progressive […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
With efforts afoot to repair a local government system that suffered years of neglect, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan on Thursday morning issued a stern warning to persons directly involved with the management of the financial resources for the various councils. He made it clear that there will be “no shelter” neither will Central Government condone […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
Town Clerk of Georgetown Royston King today rejected the possibility of the cash-strapped Council seeking any form of financial assistance from Central Government. King withheld support for such a move even as the Georgetown Mayor and City Council continues to fall behind in its payment to staff, its payment of utilities and also has huge […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News
Two months after being pitched from a utility pole while installing internet cables, a GTT technician has died. The man, David Kunath, died early this morning, just one day after he was released from the hospital following multiple surgeries. Kunath had been nursing serious burns and other injuries about his body. It was early on […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
Crime, News
One day after strangling his reputed wife to death, a West Bank Demerara man has now succumbed to his self inflicted injuries. Forty-year-old Nigel Glasgow died early this morning after Police rushed him back to the hospital following his complaints of pain. The man was taken to the West Demerara Hospital yesterday after he was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
Opinions, Politics
By United States Ambassador Perry L. Holloway Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that patents, trademarks, and copyright play in promoting innovation, creativity, and progress. As we celebrate this year under the worldwide theme “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity,” we recognize the ingenuity […]