The government will soon request proposals detailing how Guyana’s natural gas resources can be harnessed and monetised quickly, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced Tuesday night. Guyana started producing oil in 2019. That oil is harnessed from a giant, lucrative Stabroek Block offshore. Now, the Ali-led government wants to harness the…
Overseas-based Guyanese and political activist Rickford Burke was recently served with a defendant summons at his New York residence, two years after two wanted bulletins were issued for him. As a result, the Guyana Police Force and by extension, the government, has come in for heavy criticism from the main…
A landmark case in local courts has sparked new debate over employers’ deductions of their employees’ contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and instances of a failure to pay over those deductions to the scheme. And though already in the public domain, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has used the…
A man identified as 43-year-old Tookant Deoaarran died Tuesday night in a massive blaze that engulfed two houses at Port Mourant, Berbice. In a ststement, the Guyana Fire Service said they were alerted to the fire at about 22:17 hrs and when two water tenders and just under 10 firefighters…
Ahead of the presentation of the 2024 National Budget, a fiscal plan described by President Irfaan Ali to be people-centered and people-driven, the government is looking to set into motion major projects promised last year. In an address to the nation Tuesday night, Dr. Ali said the contract for the…
Following numerous complaints, the Ministry of Labour was able to recover $69 million owed to employees in 2023 for salaries, annual leave and severance pay. The figure represents a 22 percent increase from 2022. Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton made this revelation on Tuesday at his ministry’s end-of-year press conference….
The construction of the new Diamond Hospital, which will house 75 beds for patients and modern equipment for optimized services, is well underway and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony anticipates that the facility will be operational by year-end. “We’ve made substantial progress with the foundation, we are now putting up…
Roland Butcher’s time as a member of the Desmond Haynes-led senior selection panel for the West Indies Men’s teams seems to have come to an end as his contract has not been renewed. Cricket West Indies, in a letter dated December 12, 2023, informed Butcher of the decision to not…
Retiring opener David Warner survived a tricky final over on day one of his farewell Test after Aamer Jamal, coming in at No. 9 completed a gutsy half-century to lead Pakistan’s recovery in Sydney leaving Australia frustrated. Jamal’s 82 off 97 balls and his last wicket partnership of 86 with…
Sonia Parag was named by President Dr. Irfaan Ali as the new Minister of Local Government and Regional Development. The President made the announcement during an address, broadcast live on his Facebook page Tuesday night. Parag served as the Minister of Public Service since Augsut 2020. She now joins Anand…
