Politics

Guyana and China sign new Cooperation Agreement

-by Kurt Campbell- Guyana and China today celebrated their years of friendship and diplomatic relations with the signing of a new cooperation agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed within the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative. The MOU was signed on behalf of the Government […]

First Lady urges International Community to continue fight against HIV until cure is found

Guyana’s First Lady, Sandra Granger utilized the opportunity at an international health forum on Wednesday to push for greater attention to be placed on mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The forum was the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she chaired one of the plenary discussions. The First Lady, in her opening […]

Education Ministry and Peace Corps Guyana sign new agreement to support local education initiatives

The Ministry of Education on today signed a new seven-year agreement with Peace Corps Guyana to support education and learning across the country. The new agreement, which has received the full support of the Government and the United States Embassy here, is being regarded as a “renewing of vows. The US Peace Corps has been supporting several […]

Venezuela’s ongoing claim to Guyana’s territory stalling maritime boundary talks with other countries

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge on Monday said Venezuela’s relentless claim to this country’s Essequibo region and its accompanying oil rich maritime space was also stalling maritime boundary talks with other neighboring countries with which Guyana share maritime boundaries. Greenidge is confident, however, that much of the issues related to resolving maritime boundaries […]

Robert Persaud urges “less bickering and finger pointing” and collective approach for “Real Prosperity” with Oil production

In wake of today’s announcement by ExxonMobil that the estimate for the Stabroek Block has been increased to 4 billion barrels of oil, former Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud is urging that there be “less bickering [and] finger pointing” ahead of production. Persaud shared this sentiment in a Facebook post earlier today, where he said […]

Exxon increases Stabroek Block estimate to 4 Billion barrels of oil

IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ExxonMobil oil company today announced that it has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resources for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels and has advanced its evaluation to support a third phase of development and consideration of two additional phases. The increase follows completion of testing […]