By News Source Guyana on April 13, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd has lobbied the Permanent Representatives of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States (GRULAC) at the United Nations to support Guyana’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2024-2025. Minister Todd made the pitch on Wednesday during a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 13, 2023
News, Politics
The Opposition, while registering its lack of confidence in the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), today said it will take necessary steps to ensure that the Elections Secretariat is not swamped with ‘political appointees.’ “We will do what it takes to ensure that GECOM gets proper personnel, generally, because as it stands, they […]
By News Source Guyana on April 13, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has issued a call for local groups and organizations desirous of observing the upcoming Local Government Elections to apply for accreditation no later than May, 12. The presence of Local Observers is intended to enhance transparency, credibility and impartiality in the conduct of the Local Government Elections which are set […]
By News Source Guyana on April 13, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The President’s Office has announced that Dominican Republic based airline Sky Cana will soon launch a service between Georgetown, Guyana and Toronto Canada. The airline will also operate flights to Houston, Texas. President Irfaan Ali and a Government team met with senior executives of the airline at his office on Wednesday and it was announced […]
By News Source Guyana on April 12, 2023
News, Politics
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has announced that there will be no cancellation of the US$35.4M contract for the implementation of the Single Electronic Identification System. The Attorney General continues to defend the project in face of mounting criticism from the main opposition parties and some civil society groups. The Government […]
By News Source Guyana on April 12, 2023
News, Politics
The Government has announced that it has extended the auction period for the 14 oil-blocks offshore Guyana. The bidding round for the new oil blocks opened last December and was expected to close at the end of this month, but the Government has now indicated that it will allow bids to take place until mid-July. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 12, 2023
News, Politics
Guyanese business magnate and recently announced candidate for local government elections, Nazar Mohamed of Mohamed’s Enterprise, is hoping that a US lobby firm can get to the bottom of the US government’s refusal to grant him and members of his family US visas. Mohammed who previously held a US visa, has not been issued a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 12, 2023
News, Politics
In its final Petroleum Cost Recovery Audit Report for the period spanning 1999-2017, IHS Markit found that a significant percentage of the US$1.6B in claims made by Esso Exploration and Production Limited (EEPGL) – a subsidiary of US oil giant ExxonMobil – lacked supporting documents. “…nearly 50% of the intercompany charges being included in the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 11, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana’s newest Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, Prosperity, arrived in Guyana on Monday morning. The vessel is joining the oil production facilities on the Payara field, located in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block. The new vessel is expected to be working in the local oil […]
By News Source Guyana on April 11, 2023
News, Politics
Police investigators are probing the stabbing death of a 26-year-old fisherman at Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara. The dead man has been identified as Munaff Azeem. The incident took place on Monday morning. According to reports, Azeem was beaten and stabbed by a group of fishermen during a row over fishing equipment […]