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ExxonMobil will pay cost oil claims if justified by audit – Bharrat

Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat has assured that contrary to reports that have been swirling, Guyana can still reclaim cost oil if needed during...

Leading environmental consultants enter partnership to provide support to Guyana’s oil sector

ERM Guyana Inc., an affiliate of ERM, a leading sustainability consultancy, announced that it has entered an agreement with Guyana-based Environmental Management Consultants (EMC)...

Oil & Gas: Govt should hold off on T&T MoU, assess impact on local...

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar on Wednesday called for Government to show constraint where the oil industry...

US$260M contract signed for new Demerara River Bridge

  A US$260M contract for the construction of a new Demerara River Bridge was signed today with China Railway Construction Company Limited, the firm that...

Labour Ministry probing reports of some employers not paying new minimum wage

Some six months after the new $60,000 national minimum wage order took effect, there are several companies that are still paying their workers below...

GEA takes fuel importer to court over illegal imports

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has taken to court fuel importer Dorwain Bess of SBF International Incorporated, even as the importer is leading protests...

Security sector officials attend overseas workshops, training programmes

- Officers from the Home Affairs Ministry and its sub-agencies continue to benefit from overseas training and workshops in a number of technical...

First Credit Bureau receives licence to operate

History will be made in September when Guyana's first Credit Bureau officially begins its operations. Handing over the licence was Governor of the Bank...

New PSA will guide firms vying for oil blocks in this month’s auction

The Government of Guyana plans to go ahead with the much-anticipated auction of the oil blocks by the end of this month, with the...

MNR & Orica conduct Blaster Certification Course

Orica Mining Services, in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, and the Guyana Mining School, commenced a  three-day...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...