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Exxon announces two new oil discoveries offshore Guyana

The ExxonMobil company  today announced two additional discoveries of oil offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells. The discoveries bring the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12. According to the company, the discoveries build on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the […]

UG forced to cancel all classes following bomb threats

All classes at the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus were cancelled today following several bomb threats against the tertiary institution. The Police and the Bomb Squad were called in as students and lecturers were hurried out of the classrooms and the compound. Speaking to News Source, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ivelaw Griffith related that […]

Government officially files Appeal in No-Confidence cases

Attorney General Basil Williams has officially filed the Government’s appeal in the no-confidence cases. In his pleadings to the Court, the Attorney General said the Chief Justice, Roxanne George- Wiltshire  erred and misdirected herself in law when she ruled that the motion of no-confidence upon a division vote of 33:32 Members of the National Assembly […]

PPP pickets GECOM demanding elections in March

With chants of “the clock is ticking”, scores of supporters of the opposition People’s Progressive Party protested on High Street today, pressing for elections within the next month. The protesters gathered at The Red House, armed themselves with placards then made their way as close as they could get to the head quarters of the […]

EU Delegation calls for Upholding of Constitution and Expediting of Court Cases

The Delegation of the European Union in Guyana in a statement today said that it continues to closely follow the developments after the no-confidence vote in the National Assembly on 21, December 2018. The Delegation is calling on all concerned bodies and stakeholders to “uphold the Constitution, respecting democratic procedures and the rule of law. Procedures […]

GECOM’s election timeline likely to go beyond March

Commissioners attached to the Guyana Elections Commission are set to meet tomorrow to further discuss preparations for regional and national elections. Today’s meeting was pushed back after the Commissioners were provided with documents from the GECOM secretariat about the possible timeline for regional and national elections. News Source understands that based on one of the […]

Guyanese man collapses and dies during football match in Barbados

(NationNews)  THE CARIBBEAN UNITED masters football team has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of player Miguel Nurse. The 38-year-old Guyanese national complained of feeling ill during his side’s match against Weymouth Wales at the Barbados Lumber Company’s Waterford, St Michael ground on Saturday night, in the Claytons Barbados Masters League before collapsing […]