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A commitment by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to install additional equipment to inject additional power to the national grid by this Saturday has been welcomed by the Government, although Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo still has a question mark over the commitment. During his weekly Press conference today, Mr. Jagdeo said the Power Company […]
Customs Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have seized two mini-buses and a motor vehicle that were found packed with smuggled liquor, beer and chicken. The bust of the smuggled items took place in the East Coast Demerara village of Annandale. The GRA reported that four persons were arrested and are currently assisting with […]
With the construction of the US$759M Power Plant and Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant at Wales facing considerable delays, Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, is concerned that Guyana could find itself paying ExxonMobil millions of US dollars for a pipeline long before benefiting from the Gas-to-Energy Project. ExxonMobil is currently building the gas pipeline […]
A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of 70-year-old Clinton Chase, who was found dead in front of his La Penitence home has revealed that the elderly man was shot multiple times. Chase, who was deported from the United States just over a decade ago, was last seen alive riding his motorcycle in area […]
The Guyana Government has signed an agreement with French company OCEA S.A. for the procurement of an offshore patrol vessel at the cost of €39.5 Million. The Ministry of Finance in a statement said the move is part of the Government’s strategy to boost its national defence and security capabilities through the Guyana Defence Force […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is of the view that the move by the Government to approach the Caribbean Court of Justice to effectively block an order mandating oil company ExxonMobil to provide a guarantee that it will cover the full cost in case of an oil spill here, is wrong. High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon […]
Two of the contractors hired by the Government to construct the US$759M Power Plant and Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant at Wales as part of the Gas-to-Energy Project have filed for arbitration over costs overruns of US$90M, according to a report published by the Reuters News Agency. The report did not identify the names of […]
The United Kingdom has told the United Nations Security Council that the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela was settled since 1899, and Venezuela cannot act unilaterally to disrupt the peace of the region. The United Kingdom was among the members of the UN Security Council that voiced their criticism of Venezuela’s ongoing acts of […]
The Attorney General has dispatched a memorandum to all Government Ministers urging them to immediately put a unit in place to specifically evaluate the execution of all contracts being undertaken by their Ministries. The move comes weeks after President Irfaan Ali announced consequences for contractors who are producing substandard works for multi-million-dollar government projects. Complaints […]
By Svetlana Marshall Justice Sandil Kissoon has indicated that he will hand down his ruling next Friday in the case brought against the Government of Guyana by the Guyana Teachers’ Union over its plan to deduct money from the salaries of teachers for their striking days and the decision to discontinue deducting union dues from […]
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