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The spike in oil prices on the global market linked to the ongoing war in Iran could potentially fast track cost recovery under the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), according to ExxonMobil Guyana President, Alistair Routledge. Benchmark Brent oil prices jumped to over US$119 per barrel today following attacks by Iran on energy facilities […]
While calling for there to be continuous transformation of education across the Region, Guyana’s Minister of Education, Sonia Parag, has warned that while the Region must embrace technological changes to learning and teaching, the literacy and numeracy model adopted by the Region and Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) must not be abandoned, stating that slower learners […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is reminding that serious offences such as sexual offences and other crimes in the Hinterland communities must be dealt with by the Police and not Toshoas and village leaders. The DPP’s office recently attended that the South Rupununi’s District Council’s Bi-Annual Meeting held at Shulinab in […]
General Secretary of the We Invest in Nationhood party, Odessa Primus, responded through her Attorney Eusi Anderson, to the threat of a lawsuit by PNC Reform Leader, Aubrey Norton. In a missive from his Attorney, Mr. Norton alleged that Primus defamed his good name and character by allegedly claiming that he had taken money from […]
Today’s cross-examination of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand, in the ongoing Mohameds’ extradition case, centered around a Diplomatic note that was dispatched by the Government of Guyana to the US Government, seeking assurances that US indicted businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed will not be extradited to a third state […]
The opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has activated a legal team with more than eight lawyers to provide legal assistance to 50 families who were ordered to remove from a disputed land in the village of Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara. Attorney-at-Law and APNU Member of Parliament, Dexter Todd, visited the […]
Over 4,600 farmers benefited from improved technology under the Sustainable Agriculture Development Programme (SADP), which is an initiative that was rolled out by the Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). At an exit workshop today, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, said under the Sustainable Agriculture Development Programme (SADP) farmers across […]
A 64-year-old man, who was a guest of the SleepIn Hotel on Church Street was discovered dead in his room this morning after relatives contacted the hotel and asked that welfare check be done on the man. The man has been identified as Desai Pankaj Dasrath, who worked with a mining company in the interior […]
The President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Justice Winston Anderson, has proposed the establishment of an International Climate Injuries Compensation (ICIC) Fund, funded by corporate actors, to provide compensation for damage and harm resulting from extraordinary weather events. The CCJ President presented the proposal while speaking at the Inter-American Seminar on Climate Emergency and […]
The Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) partnered with ExxonMobil Guyana to host an Entrepreneurship Training Workshop for persons who are blind and visually impaired. Held at the National Library on Tuesday, the workshop covered a number of strategic areas, including Planning, Marketing, Customer Service and Financial Management. It also provided an […]
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