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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo used part of his speech at the Chamber of Commerce award ceremony on Thursday evening to call out the group of Guyanese who have filed a constitutional climate case to challenge the massive oil production taking place offshore Guyana on the grounds that it exacerbates global warming and threatens human rights. […]
As ExxonMobil looks to ramp up and expand its operations in Guyana, President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, has announced that the company has now moved all of its supply chain services from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana. The decision has resulted in additional jobs being created for Guyanese in the sector. Mr. […]
With the backing of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, former GECOM Deputy Chief Election Officer, Vishnu Persaud was selected today as the new Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. Persaud edged out Jamaican Election Official, Leslie Harrow for the top GECOM job. GECOM Chairman, retired Justice Claudette Singh cast the deciding […]
As Guyana joined the international community today in observing, International Anti-Corruption Day, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon noted that since the PPP civic took office, there has been a drastic reduction in the efforts to combat corruption in Guyana. Mr. Harmon said the country is still to see the reconstituting of the Public Procurement Commission, while […]
The Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress has agreed to delay the congress and elections by one week following the recommendation of the Chief Election Officer for the Congress Vincent Alexander. The CEC met today and received and accepted Mr. Alexander’s recommendation for the one-week postponement to ensure all systems are in place […]
With the emergence of the new faster-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant, countries may have to revise their vaccination target to achieve herd immunity. Guyana has not confirmed the presence of the new variant here. But neighbouring Brazil has reported a number of cases. The current target for herd immunity is to have at least 80% of […]
Students from across the country are set to engage in meaningful discussions on opportunities in the oil and gas sector with the hope of building a local workforce that will take over Guyana’s new oil industry in the future. Local telecommunications company, GTT is teaming up with the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber to […]
The much anticipated biennial Delegates Congress of the People’s National Congress is likely to be postponed by one week. The Congress is scheduled to take place this Saturday. However, the Chief Election Officer for the Congress, Vincent Alexander has submitted a report to the Central Executive Committee of the party, recommending a one-week delay. Once […]
The Ministry of Education has made a decision to open schools fully for in-person learning for secondary school students in Forms 2 to 6 when the new school term begins in January. The announcement was made yesterday by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand who said once the Ministry of Health offers its full support, physical […]
Guyana and Colombia have signed an open skies air services agreement, which will facilitate airlines being able to operate direct services between the two countries. The Agreement was signed today in Colombia on the sidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organisation meeting. Guyana’s Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill signed on behalf of the Guyana […]
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