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Local content in the emerging oil industry took centre stage during a parliamentary engagement with US oil giant, ExxonMobil and the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources on Friday. Grilled on its commitment to local content, Exxon’s Country Manager Rod Henson, told the Committee that he believes there were misalignment expectations for local content in Guyana […]
The ExxonMobil company today expressed strong objections to claims by at least one Opposition Member of Parliament in Guyana that the US Oil Company was funding a political initiative of the Government that has not been approved by the National Assembly. During the Company’s appearance before the Parliamentary Sectoral Natural Resources Committee, PPP MP Pauline Sukhai […]
Laws which impose a judicial sentence for the possession of small quantities of marijuana could soon be struck down, President David Granger has announced. The President made this announcement on Thursday on the sidelines of the 39th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government (HOG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. […]
The cosmetologist who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with a packet of cocaine stashed in her vagina and cocaine pellets in her stomach appeared in Court today and was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to the cocaine trafficking charge. 37-year-old, Natasha Blair of Grove, East Bank Demerara, appeared before […]
Two weeks after a 12-member jury found Delon Henry aka Nasty Man guilty of murdering footballer Dexter Griffith, the Judge in the case handed down a 51 year jail sentence today. The murder took place in 2015. “Nasty Man”, who has also been fingered in a number of other crimes, waved to persons outside the […]
Cabinet has approved the second tranche of severance pay for retrenched sugar workers, in keeping with its promise to do so within a specified timeframe, according to State Minister, Joe Harmon. He made the announcement during his Post Cabinet briefing on today and said the payments will commence soon. Mr. Harmon explained that efforts to have several […]
The Georgetown City Council is now reaching out to the owners of the L. Seepersaud Maraj and Sons Jewellery Store, days after a multi million dollar heist at the company’s Stabroek Market location. The Georgetown City Council manages the Stabroek Market and is in charge of its security through the City Constabulary. Today, Chief Constable […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has sent a number of its staff members home as part of a probe into an illegal operation involving forged driver’s licenses and certificates of registration and licenses. The GRA described the staff members as “unscrupulous” and said they appeared to have been working in collusion “with willing outside participants and members […]
-by Ravin Singh- The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) had its third President installed today just before the start of the 39th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Justice Adrian Saunders of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was sworn in as the President of […]
Police Investigators in the Berbice area are investigating the murder of a 40-year-old woman who was allegedly beaten to death by her 62-year-old reputed husband. The dead woman has been identified as Shabana Babita Ishack of 69 Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. The murder reportedly took place early this morning. The reputed husband has since been […]
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