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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has issued a call on local commercial banks to come clean on providing information about the possible hindrances that may be restricting the local private sector from accessing better financing from the banks. In a statement, the Chamber of Commerce said it wants to know of the […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today urged members of the Disciplined Services to remain professional and maintain peace, as he condemned recent statements by Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member, Tacuma Ogunseye, who in referencing to the ethnic make-up of the Joint Services, urged that Guyanese rise up against their oppressors. In delivering the […]
The Ministry of Finance has has taken aim at the Guyana Human Rights Association, following the association’s questioning of the recent contract signed between the Government of Guyana and a German company through a United Arab Emirates businessman for the production and supply of a new e-identification card. The GHRA in addition to raising procurement […]
Under the proposed model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the oil industry, operators after being issued with their licenses would be required to submit work programmes and budgets for approval by the Minister who holds responsibility for the Petroleum Sector. According to the draft agreements, which were released by the Government on Tuesday, the contractor […]
Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, (PUC), Attorney-at-Law, Dela Britton, has indicated that the Commission continues to keep a keen eye on the operations of the Guyana Power and Light and the Guyana Water Incorporated. She made the disclosure while participating in a Consumer Rights Day webinar, which took place this morning. Ms. Briton explained […]
A post-mortem examination was conducted today on the body of Linden bauxite miner, Neptrind Hercules, who died on Saturday when the bulldozer he was operating was sucked underground by quiksand. Hercules’ cause of death has been listed as suffocation. His body was found inside the bulldozer yesterday after three days of searches and digging into […]
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd has updated The Commonwealth and Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth on Guyana’s border case against Venezuela, which is before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Mr. Todd provided the update during a Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Commonwealth in London. During the meeting, he also reiterated the appreciation […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has broken his silence over the controversial statements made by Working People’s Alliance Executive Member, Tacuma Ogunseye at a Buxton public meeting last Thursday. Mr. Norton, who also spoke at the meeting, said while the words utterd by the WPA official were “badly chosen”, he understands the frustrations of the longtime […]
The Government of Guyana today released the draft Model Petroleum Agreements for both the deepwater and shallow-water blocks paving way for the commencement of some 14 days of consultation. According to the draft Model Petroleum Agreements, the Contractor will be required to pay the Government a royalty rate of 10% of all Petroleum produced and […]
Three days after dozer operator, Neptrind Hercules, and the heavy duty equipment he was operating were swallowed by quicksand at the Bauxite Mines in Linden, the bulldozer and the man’s partly decomposed body were located this afternoon. Over the past three days, mine workers had to carefully use heavy duty equipment to dig into the […]
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