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The 2024 Guyana Energy Conference is expected to break new ground with organisers expecting as many as 1200 participants in addition to more than sixty local and international speakers. The conference, which is billed for the Guyana Marriott Hotel from February 19-22, 2024, is now being dubbed the “Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo”. […]
By Svetlana Marshall One day after the Government of Guyana summoned the Venezuelan Ambassador and sought information on the build up of Venezuelan military troops in areas close to the Guyana border, Second Vice President Bharra Jagdeo today accused the Opposition of entertaining “dangerous notions” on the border controversy, which he believes could lead to […]
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has submitted its Field Development Plan for the Whiptail Project to the Ministry of Natural Resources, its President Alistair Routledge has disclosed. At a press conference on Tuesday, Routledge said the Field Development Plan was submitted on October 13. “That has commenced the process on all of the regulatory fronts. As […]
By Svetlana Marshall At the ongoing Canada-CARICOM Summit in Ottawa, President Irfaan Ali has indicated that the summit provides an opportunity for CARICOM and Canada to discuss important issues and look at ways to improve trade and other relations. In an address at the opening of the summit on Wednesday, Mr. Ali said while challenges […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced that it has approved a US$90 million loan to contribute to human capital development in Guyana. The loan is designed to expand access to safe and improved learning environments and enhance educational services for vulnerable students across the country Guyana, and is the first individual operation of a […]
Law Enforcement and Customs Officers in Guyana are probing the discovery of eight 9mm pistols, a quantity of ammunition and 11.2 pounds of marijuana in a barrel that was shipped to Guyana from Bronx, New York. A Police statement said the discovery was made on Wednesday at the Laparkan shipping bond in Timehri. According to […]
Police investigators in Berbice have arrested a suspect in connection with the early morning robbery and murder of 59-year-old businessman Akbhar Sain of Corentyne, Berbice. In a statement, the Guyana Police said the robbery and murder of the businessman occurred at his Williamsburg, Corentyne home where he operates a supermarket on the lower flat. The […]
The Guyana Government has informed its international partners on the mobilization of Venezuelan military troops near the border locations with Guyana. In a statement this afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that an explanation on the military mobilization near the border locations was sought from Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana. The Ambassador informed the Foreign […]
The Government of Guyana has announced the reopening of the tender process for the construction of a US$700-million Amaila Falls Hydropower station (AFHP). The revised request for proposals said that the project must be built under a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (Boot) Model. China Railway Group Limited (CRGL), was initially selected for the project, but the company was […]
Amid increasing local and international pressures for Guyana to implement ring-fencing provisions in the development of its offshore oil blocks, President of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), Alistair Routledge, has defended the absence of such provisions in the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), on the grounds that the company would be able to maximize the […]
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