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The Guyana Power and Light Company has signed a US$27.3 Million contract with PowerChina International Group for the engineering, procurement and construction of a 60 MWh / 30 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), along with associated substation expansions and systems integration. Under the project, two 30 MWh / 15 MW lithium-ion battery systems will […]
Guyana dismantled Venezuela’s “myths” underpinning its claim to the Essequibo, telling the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today that the Bolivarian Republic, in its submissions to the Court, has failed to provide “contemporaneous evidence” to support its claims and has instead opted to “misconstrue” both the 1897 Treaty of Washington and the 1966 Geneva Agreement. […]
The Guyana Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the 2023 ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s Order for Exxon Mobil Guyana to provide an unlimited guarantee for liability. The Court of Appeal also overturned Justice Kissoon’s Order that the Environmental Permit issued to Exxon Mobil be suspended until Exxon provided the unlimited guarantee. In the High […]
A 14-year-old student of a secondary school at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo was taken into custody on Thursday following the stabbing of two other boys from the same school. The incident took place on Thursday morning. The two injured boys were rushed to the emergency room at a nearby hospital, and are […]
After seven months of extensive training in Banking Operations and Office Procedures, 26 young professionals have graduated from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme. At the graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, the Youth Link Apprentices were each presented with a Caribbean Vocational Qualification Banking Operations Level 1 Certification. The certificate was approved by the Council […]
Guyana is set to deliver its second round of oral arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought against Venezuela on Friday. Amid increasing acts of aggression, and the unfounded claims to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory by Venezuela, Guyana has asked the ICJ to affirm the legal validity and binding effect […]
By a majority decision, the Full Court has dismissed the appeal by Demerara Bank in the case of the bank closing the accounts of a number of candidates of the WIN party. The High Court had earlier ruled that there was an established case against the Bank and that the Bank should file a defence. […]
Guyana’s Chief Investment Officer, Dr Peter Ramsaroop believes the multi-billion dollar Gas-to-Energy Project must be completed within the new timelines set, warning that further delays in the project that promises to bring down the cost of electricity by 50%, could stall potential investments. The Head of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) addressed the issue […]
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s Investigation Department has recommended that the Guyana Defence Force conducts urgent resource management and instrument rating training for all of its pilots operating the Bell 412 helicopter. The advice was among a menu of recommendations made by GCAA Aircraft Accident Investigation Department in its “draft final report” on the deadly […]
As Venezuela continues to present its case before the International Court of Justice, its Agent, Samuel Moncada, told the Court that Venezuela poses no threat to Guyana and instead has been acting within the confines of the Geneva agreement. Moncada said any assertion that Venezuela poses a threat to Guyana is propaganda and must be […]
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