By News Source Guyana on January 7, 2018
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Just one day after the ExxonMobil company announced another major oil find in Guyana, the Private Sector Commission is expressing some of its concerns about the recently released contract between the Government of Guyana and the american oil giant. The contract was released just over a week ago. In a statement on Saturday, the PSC […]
By News Source Guyana on January 5, 2018
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The ExxonMobil Oil company announced today positive results from its Ranger-1 exploration well, marking ExxonMobil’s sixth oil discovery offshore Guyana since 2015. According to a statement, The Ranger-1 well discovery adds to previous world-class discoveries at Liza, Payara, Snoek, Liza Deep and Turbot, which are estimated to total more than 3.2 billion recoverable oil-equivalent barrels. […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2018
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The Ministry of Communities today said that it is challenged and worried by the large number of unoccupied allotted house lots in schemes where billions of dollars were spent on developing necessary infrastructure. Communities Minister, Ronald Bulkan explained at a press conference that an evaluation of house lot allocations dating back to the year 2000, has […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2018
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President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo met this morning at State House to begin consultation on the appointment of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and a Chief Justice. The President was accompanied by his Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams and the Minister of State, Joe Harmon. The Opposition Leader attended the meeting […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2018
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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday declined to offer any comment on the appointment of a substantial Chancellor of the Judiciary, ahead of a meeting with President David Granger on the issue. The Opposition Leader and the President will meet on Wednesday, as the Law requires, to consult on the appointment of a Chancellor. Mr. Jagdeo confirmed the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2018
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The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has announced the appointment of Ms. Eondrene Thompson as its new General Manager. The appointment took effect from New Year’s day. In a statement, the GGB said Miss Thompson, who was the substantive Finance Manager, acted as GM since April 24, 2017 when the then GM, Ms. Lisa Ramotar, along […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2018
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Principal Political Secretary of the People’s National Congress, Sandra Adams, died this morning after reportedly suffering a massive heart attack. Ms. Adams, who also served as Assistant National Director for Community Development in the Government, was only recently discharged from the hospital after spending several days for a heart related ailment. She was the sister […]
By News Source Guyana on December 31, 2017
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The Guyana Water Inc. has announced that it collected 12% more revenue in 2017 when compared to 2016. However, more work will be done to ensure the entire country is metered and illegal water connections are turned off. GWI’s Managing Director, Dr. Van West Charles, told journalists on Friday that in 2018 the utility company […]
By News Source Guyana on December 31, 2017
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In light of the existing weather, Minister of State Joseph Harmon is assuring that the National Emergency Monitoring system remains activated on a 24-hour basis with the ten administrative regions being actively monitored. The Minister, who was speaking during his post-cabinet press conference, said monitoring is being conducted via social media, television, HF radios, mobile […]
By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2017
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The Ministry of the Presidency today announced the appointment of four long serving Attorneys as Senior Counsel. The four persons are: Mr. Kalam Azad Juman Yassin, Mr. Fitz Le Roy Peters, Mr. Andrew Mark Fitzgerald Pollard and Ms. Josephine Whitehead. In January earlier this year, after a 20-year hiatus, President Granger elevated nine legal luminaries […]