As part of efforts to boost local content, the Director of the Local Content Secretariat Martin Pertab says that companies will have to show how they plan to utilise Guyanese goods and services when submitting bids for projects. The new Local Content law provides increased benefits for Guyanese nationals and companies in the oil and…
A 58-year-old pork-knocker of Matthew’s Ridge, North West District (NWD) died on Monday in a mining pit that collapsed at Highwood Backdam (NWD). Dead is Christopher Bumbury. Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the southern wall of the dug-out mining pit collapsed and covered the victim. The wall measured 15 feet in width, 20…
The government has already made an advanced payment towards the construction of the Eccles to Great Diamond four-lane highway on the East Bank of Demerara and it is expected that this major infrastructure project will be completed within 18 months. This is according to the Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal who spoke with…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy St. Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis have been confirmed as hosts of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022, but there is still a significant chance Guyana will also host games this year. According to Chief Executive Officer, Pete Russell, CPL is aiming to have four host nations for the…
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy Guyanese engineer Bob Ghamandi who spent some 30 years in Florida, USA running a successful business, manufacturing speciality machined parts for the semiconductor, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries, has returned to Guyana with a keen interest in knowledge transfer. He has already established his local business – Oil Zone Manufacturing Services Inc.…
A Tain, Port Mourant, Corentyne businessman narrowly escaped from a swarm of deadly Africanised bees who attacked him and his two dogs on Wednesday. The dogs – two rottweilers- were not so lucky and died during the attack. Shamir Abrahim has been sharing his yard with the bees for quite some time but it has…
Thieves have raided a tomb in Berbice, carting off jewels and cash placed in the coffin of 19-year-old Vishnu Samaroo called Antonio, who recently lost the battle against cancer. The tomb raiders struck sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday. Samaroo died on January 18 and was laid to rest three days later at the Hampshire Cemetery,…
Guyana Harpy Eagles found the going tough against Leeward Islands Hurricanes on day two of their second round game in the West Indies Four-Day championship on Wednesday. After mustering a paltry 116 runs on the first day, the Harpy Eagles were left to toil hard in the field, and the rewards were little as Hurricanes…
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government is exploring several options with the remaining oil blocks including an option to form a national oil company. Speaking during a session at the ongoing International Energy Conference in Guyana, Mr. Jagdeo said in the previous oil blocks were given out on a first-come, first-serve basis,…
Davenand Narine on Wednesday admitted to stabbing his reputed wife, Farida Khayum, to death at their Riverstown, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast home in 2019. Narine was arraigned before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Essequibo High Court for murder but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. The man admitted that on May…
