David Miller struck three consecutive sixes to pilot newcomers Gujurat Titans to a spot in the IPL final, beating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in Qualifier One on Tuesday in Kolkata. Chasing 189, Titans required 23 off the final 12 balls, but Obed McCoy kept Rajasthan in the game, allowing just seven runs from the…
The Opposition is again accusing the government of stymying the work of the Public Accounts Committee after all Government members on the PAC failed to show up for the scheduled PAC meeting on Monday forcing a cancellation. The Government recently passed amendments that changed the requirement for a quorum for a PAC meeting to take…
–with first purchase from Prime Minister Mottley ONE of Guyana’s newest electronic shopping platforms, Stabroek Online Marketplace (SOM), was activated on Thursday with the purchase of an item by Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley. Prime Minister Mottley, who was in Guyana for the inaugural Agri-Investment Forum and Expo from May 19-21, visited SOM’s booth…
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has discovered a new trend where drug dealers are attempting to rebrand their packaging for the sale and transport of illegal drugs. “This is an attempt, in my opinion, to rebrand in the sense of just having a bit of marijuana in a Ziploc bag, if you put it in…
The Opposition is again accusing the government of stymying the work of the Public Accounts Committee after all Government members on the PAC failed to show up for the scheduled PAC meeting on Monday forcing a cancellation. The Government recently passed amendments that changed the requirement for a quorum for a PAC meeting to take…
– Over 117 houses completed, handed over THREE Hundred houses in Cummings Lodge Housing Development, costing $2.3 Billion, are on track for a December 2022 completion. According to Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, who made the disclosure on Monday, the current progress made in the community has cost Government over one billion dollars…
Acorn International, a US-based environmental and social risk management consultancy, has been selected to independently study the potential risks of ExxonMobil’s fifth project offshore Guyana, Uaru. At a public scoping meeting for the Uaru project, held on Monday at the Umana Yana in Georgetown, members of the public were informed that Acorn International would be…
The Opposition is again accusing the government of stymying the work of the Public Accounts Committee after all Government members on the PAC failed to show up for the scheduled PAC meeting on Monday forcing a cancellation. The Government recently passed amendments that changed the requirement for a quorum for a PAC meeting to take…
–plans to create over 20 jobs AN anticipated increase in economic activities along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has prompted a local company, J.S.B Investments Incorporated, to explore the possibility of establishing a state-of-the-art, heavy-duty machinery and equipment sales and services centre within the area. As outlined by the company in a project summary seen by the…
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy Five months after the passage of the historic local content legislation, the government continues to express frustration with the underhand practices of some foreign companies operating in the local oil and gas sector. In the first implementation consultation on Tuesday since the law was enacted in December 2021, Natural Resources Minister…
