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Attorney General Anil Nandlall has once again criticized the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the Guyana Government and Oil Company ExxonMobil signed under the APNU+AFC administration. However, he said while the contract is lobsided, the Government will ensure it maximizes all possible benefits from it. On the question of re-negotiation, the AG again stated […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today warned that its officers are not currently involved in any field exercise and therefore citizens on should be careful with providing information to persons who are visiting their homes and claiming that they are attached to the Elections Commission. In a statement, GECOM said it is in receipt of […]
Police and mining investigators have traveled to the Puruni Backdam in Region Seven to probe a tragic mining pit collapse, which took place on Sunday and claimed the life of 47-year-old gold miner, Stephen Mark Samuel. A Police statement on the tragedy indicated that Samuel was working in the pit at around 4 o’ clock […]
22-year-old Nicholas Whyte of Shell Road, Kitty in Georgetown, was remanded to jail today after pleading not guilty to trafficking 52-pounds of marijuana. The youth appeared in Court this morning before Senior Magistrate, Clive Nurse. During the appearance, the Prosecutor told the Court that the man was intercepted by a Police patrol on Saturday night […]
A 38-year-old man died tragically in a road accident on Sunday morning when he lost control of his car along the #36 village Public Road and slammed into a utility pole. The impact of the collision folded the car around the pole. Police have identified the dead man as Troy Trevor Elias of Farm, Corentyne. […]
Two Berbice men remain in custody as investigations continue into the murder of 52-year-old Corentyne resident, Ninawattie Nandlall, whose body was found last Thursday in the backdam of Number Naught village, Corentyne. The two suspects have been identified as an 18-year-old man and a 25-year-old man. In a statement over the weekend, the Police said […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson is warning the Government against the use of a power supply ship as a temporary fix to the electricity crisis facing the country, on the basis that it is not a feasible option. The Government has since moved ahead with an agreement to have the ship come to Guyana […]
The Government, through the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), has signed an agreement with a Qatari-based energy company – UCC Holding – for the supply of 36 megawatts of power with the use of a “power ship.” President Irfaan Ali made the announcement on Friday during a live Facebook broadcast. The country has been […]
1500 persons from the West Demerara were today allocated house lots by the Central Housing and Planning Authority. The lots are the first to be issued in the new Wales Housing Development Scheme on the West Bank of Demerara. During the Housing Ministry’s ‘Dream Realised’ event to distribute the house lots today, Housing Minister Collin […]
Police in Corentyne, Berbice have launched an investigation into murder of 52-year-old Ninawattie Nandalall. The woman’s lifeless body was discovered in the backdam of Number Naught village, Corentyne. There are reports that there were a number of marks of violence on the woman’s body. Her family members had reported to the Police last evening that […]
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