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Shutting down criticism that Guyana’s failure to renegotiate the 2016 oil contract with ExxonMobil has resulted in the country losing billions of dollars, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said Guyana is not being ‘robbed’ as he jumped to the defense of foreign investors here. As he delivered remarks during Day 2 of the Guyana […]
Two of the teenage girls who survived the Mahdia Secondary School female dorm fire in May 2023, have filed separate multi-million dollar lawsuits against the state. Although the cases were filed back in October, they were only served on the Attorney General’s Chambers today. Both cases are being filed through the parents of the two […]
Guyana’s oil and gas industry will be a key player in the dynamics of the economies of Caribbean countries this year, according to the Director of Economics of the Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB), Ian Durant. Speaking during the CDB’s Annual News Conference this morning, Mr. Durant said in 2023, Guyana’s oil sector was a significant […]
By Svetlana Marshall Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy, Stuart Young, made a strong case today for the neighbouring CARICOM state to process natural gas from Guyana and Suriname. As he addressed the delegates at the Guyana Energy Conference this morning, Minister Stuart said Trinidad and Tobago has the facilities, but is in need of […]
With new reports, backed up with satellite images, about Venezuela’s ongoing build up of military equipment near the Guyana border, President Irfaan Ali today declared that Guyana is monitoring the situation and continues to take the acts of aggression from neighbouring Venezuela very seriously. The United States Government last week said based on its assessment, […]
Attorney, Tamieka Clarke, who was wrongfully arrested and detained by the Special Organised Crime Unit for advising her client to remain silent during an interview, is among nine Attorneys to be sworn in on Tuesday as new Magistrates. Clarke had filed a case in the High Court against SOCU for her wrongful detention and she […]
Teachers across the country continued to stay away from their classrooms in large numbers today as their strike action entered its third week. Across the country, teachers gathered in large numbers and hosted protest marches. In Georgetown, hundreds of teachers and their supporters moved into the Kingston area, close to the Marriott Hotel, where the […]
The 2024 Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo opened this morning at the Marriott Hotel with President Irfaan Ali unveiling parts of Guyana’s Oil and Gas Master Plan, which will see major investments in Guyana’s infrastructure to support the country’s ambitions in transportation and logistics. The President told delegates of the Conference that the […]
With increasing energy security challenges facing the region, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley today said Guyana, as well as Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname, as the three oil producing nations in the region, can play a critical role in averting the challenges currently being faced in the region. Speaking at the […]
In a ceremonial bricklaying ceremony on Sunday for a US$300 Million Qatari Hotel on Carifesta Avenue, President Irfaan Ali noted the benefits that the new facility will add to Guyana’s tourism product. The hotel is expected to include 260 rooms and 150 apartments along with conference and other facilities. It will be built on the […]
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