By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2018
News, Politics
President David Granger, today, announced that following consultations with the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo at State House, Mr. Leslie Albert James will now serve as the Commissioner of Police with immediate effect. The Commander of Chief of the Armed Forces also noted that Mr. James will be supported by four deputy commissioners […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2018
News, Politics
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block in the past year and proving a new play concept for potential development. Hammerhead-1 encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. The well was safely drilled to 13,862 feet […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2018
Crime, News
President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo are set to meet on Thursday for consultations on the appointment of a new Police Commissioner. The President has already consulted with the Police Service Commission and has also received advice from that Commission on the appointment of the Police commissioner and Deputy Commissioners. News Source understands […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2018
News, Politics
With matching umbrellas bearing the colours of the national flag, Executives of the Guyana Teachers Union walked into conciliation talks with the Ministry of Education and the Labour Department this afternoon, but less than two hours after the meeting was over as the two sides could not agree on a way forward. The Ministry of […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2018
News, Politics
Eight months since his last press conference, President David Granger is set to appear before the national media on Friday for his first full press conference for the year. The last time the President hosted a media conference was in December 2017 and before that, his previous press conference was in December of 2016. In […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2018
News
The 26-year-old pregnant woman who is accused of stabbing her three-year-old son to death appeared in Court this morning and was charged with the child’s murder. The woman, Brenda Ferrier, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. She appeared dazed and she walked into the Courthouse at Cove and John under […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2018
News, Politics
As the countdown begins to the reopening of schools across the country on Monday, the Ministry of Education is continuing its outreach across the country to meet with teachers and parents. This morning, the Education Minister met with parents and teachers at the Hope School on the East Coast of Demerara and assured them that […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2018
News, Politics
Schools across Guyana will open their doors on Monday for the new school year. If the current strike action by teachers across the country continues into next week, the Education Ministry has announced that its contingency plan will be put in place. That plan includes the placement of retired teachers and trainee teachers in the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2018
News, Politics
The Government has announced the appointment of Australian born, oil and gas expert, Matthew Wilks, as the new Oil and Gas Adviser to the Department of Energy. In a statement this afternoon, the Ministry of the Presidency described Mr. Wilks as “an experienced senior oil and gas business developer and negotiator” According to the Ministry, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2018
News, Politics
The General Council of the Guyana Teachers Union has decided that the union will offer a partial cash relief for those striking teachers who will see money being deducted from their salaries for absent days. At an afternoon press conference today, just after the General Council wrapped up its meeting, GTU President Mark Lyte, assured […]