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The ExxonMobil company has expressed its satisfaction with the latest oil discovery in Guyana in the Pacora Well. The discovery was announced yesterday by the Government and in a release today, Exxon explained that it encountered approximately 65 feet (20 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir in the new discovery. According to the company, the […]
President David Granger will be continuing his trips to the bordering regions with Venezuela as the government remains concerned about the instability in the neighbouring country. That concern is being shared by Brazil and Colombia, which also share borders with Venezuela. In a release from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday, the President said that […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman today announced to the Cabinet that the ExxonMobil oil company has made yet another major oil find in Guyana. This time, the discovery has been made in the Pukura well. In a brief statement, the Government also announced this afternoon that in the coming months, it will establish the Department […]
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes on Tuesday told mining stakeholders that Guyana’s interior regions and mining districts should no longer be seen as the “wild, wild west or the bush” as she urged full support for soon to be published codes of practice. In an effort to improve environmental management and compliance, the […]
Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King on Tuesday said he is unbothered by an existing no-confidence motion that has been filed against him, making it clear that he continues to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Councillors and the citizens of Georgetown. The Town Clerk’s comments came less than 24 hours after Councillor Sherod Duncan filed a […]
Georgetown City Councillor Sherod Duncan has filed a motion of no confidence against Town Clerk Royston King. The motion has been seconded by Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran. It is likely to be debated in the coming month. King has been coming under widespread criticism in and out of the Council over his management of the […]
To the beat of dynamic African drumming, members of the local Rastafarian community and supporters chanted and marched from the East Coast Demerara community of Buxton through the streets of Georgetown in a move to pressure the government into decriminalizing marijuana use here. The march, which started early Monday morning and ended just after noon at the Square of […]
Permanent Secretaries and other frontline implementors of Government’s public policy were Monday told to get serious about public policy management and not see themselves as pen pushers or paper shufflers. The Permanent Secretaries along with their Deputies, Regional Executive Officers and Heads of Budget Agencies are currently participating in a face-to-face training programme on public […]
Businessman Siri Persaud, has apologized to President David Granger and the Government over an advertisement that was placed in two of the local daily newspapers, encouraging investors to “GO INVEST Elsewhere”. Today, Minister of State Joe Harmon, told the media that the President received a letter from businessman Sir Persaud, who owns a business in […]
The Government has moved to increase the presence of the military in its bordering regions with Venezuela following widespread complaints in a number of communities that they were coming under attack by Venezuelan criminal gangs. President Granegr visited the community of Kaikan yesterday and made known the administration’s support. “I have come here with a […]
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