By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2024
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is challenging the Government to provide data in relation to the number of Guyanese returning from Venezuela, explaining that there appears to be confusion on the part of the Government on the issue, since an early declaration by the Government contradicts a recent statement by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. On Thursday, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2024
News, Politics
The ExxonMobil Guyana company today announced a new oil discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, The discovery is the company’s first discovery of 2024. In a statement, Exxon said the Bluefin well encountered approximately 60 metres of hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone and was drilled by the Stena Drillmax drillship in 4,244 feet (1,294 metres) of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2024
News, Politics
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo believes the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must take appropriate steps to remove dead persons from the Official List of Electors (OLE). As of March 1, 2024, approximately 704,439 voters were registered on the Official List of Electors. With the school age population estimated to be just over 200,000, longstanding Elections Commissioner, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2024
Business, News
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry has announced that it recorded $3 Billion in profits in 2023. The bank said its improved performance was driven by prudent cost management and a focus on improving operational efficiency. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Robin Stoby said he is pleased to report that the bank has […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
Education, News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr. Mark Lyte, is warning the Government that there will be a resumption of the nationwide industrial action by teachers, if it fails to return to the negotiation table to discuss salary increases for teachers for the period 2019-2023 as part of a proposed […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
News, Politics
The Occupational Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into a mining accident that claimed the life of a gold miner at Cowing Backdam in the Upper Mazaruni area. 60-year-old miner and dredge owner, Bertram Willie, of Linden was reportedly operating his dredge on Wednesday 6th March when a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
News, Politics
In wake of concerns from the Opposition about a planned move by the Government to integrate Venezuelan migrants into the Guyanese society, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the Government is making the move since the majority of the persons being referred to as Venezuelan migrants are actually Guyanese, who are returning home to Guyana. During […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
Crime, News
A Chinese national who owned and operated a supermarket in the border community of Eteringbang was slashed to death today during a robbery at his supermarket. The dead businessman has been identified as Yang Lisong. He died after his throat was slit by one of the three bandits who attacked the business place and carried […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
Education, News, Politics
Maintaining that the 2024 Budget does not have the fiscal space to facilitate a retroactive payment of salary increases to teachers for the years 2019 to 2023, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said other sectors would make similar demands, should the Government heed to the demands of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). The Guyana Teachers’ […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
News, Politics
Opposition spokesperson on Foreign Relations, Member of Parliament Amanza Walton- Desir, is seeking answers from the Government on the Government’s planned long-term policy of integrating Venezuelan migrants into the Guyanese society. On Monday, Foreign Minister Hugh Todd convened a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of migrants from Venezuela into Guyana. […]