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The Ministry of Education on today signed a new seven-year agreement with Peace Corps Guyana to support education and learning across the country. The new agreement, which has received the full support of the Government and the United States Embassy here, is being regarded as a “renewing of vows. The US Peace Corps has been supporting several […]
Weeks after the body of a missing woman was found decomposed on Thomas island in the Puruni river, the man who was last seen with her has been charged for her murder. 38-year-old miner, James Allen, appeared in the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and was not required to enter a plea to […]
Police investigators are convinced that the five armed men who were shot dead this morning during an armed confrontation with Police ranks, were after a safe in the house that they were nabbed trying to invade. The dead men have been identified as Timothy St. Hill, Levi Braithwaite, Andrew Daly, Ian Forde and Jermaine Doobay. Timothy […]
One week after his father was set free of a cocaine trafficking charge in an unrelated case, the son of former murder and cocaine trafficking accused Andre “Zipper” Gomes learnt that he would be spending the next four years and six months in jail for cocaine trafficking. 33-year-old, Mark Gomes was slapped with the sentence […]
Three of the five men killed during a stand-off with Police this morning as they invaded a Lilliendaal home have been identified. Those identified so far are 38-yrs-old Timothy St.Hill of Diamond Housing Scheme, 39-year-old Adrian Dally, who was a mason of West Minister and 31-year-old Levi Braithwaite, who was a taxi driver from the […]
Five gunmen were shot dead by the Police during an early morning stand-off at Lilliendaal along the East Coast Demerara. According to Crime Chief Paul Williams,the Guyana Police received an emergency call just around 3:30 this morning that there was a break in at a home in the Lilliendaal area. He said Police responded immediately […]
Guyanese are being encouraged to qualify themselves in preparation for oil production so that they can work in the sector and take advantage of the benefits which are also open to foreigners. Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said on Monday that Guyanese stand a chance of being overlooked for jobs in the sector if they do not […]
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge on Monday said Venezuela’s relentless claim to this country’s Essequibo region and its accompanying oil rich maritime space was also stalling maritime boundary talks with other neighboring countries with which Guyana share maritime boundaries. Greenidge is confident, however, that much of the issues related to resolving maritime boundaries […]
In wake of today’s announcement by ExxonMobil that the estimate for the Stabroek Block has been increased to 4 billion barrels of oil, former Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud is urging that there be “less bickering [and] finger pointing” ahead of production. Persaud shared this sentiment in a Facebook post earlier today, where he said […]
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ExxonMobil oil company today announced that it has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resources for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels and has advanced its evaluation to support a third phase of development and consideration of two additional phases. The increase follows completion of testing […]
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