International oil company Chevron agreed to buy Hess Corporation – one of the oil companies with a stake in Guyana’s Stabroek Block – earlier this week and Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said the government welcomes this move. He highlighted that Chevron is one of the largest oil companies in…
See below full statement issued by the Guyana Gold & Diamond Miners Association: A new committee has been elected to manage the affairs of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) for the next two years. Mr Ronaldo Alphonso has been elected as the new President of the Guyana…
Two convicts were on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2017 brutal murder of a fellow inmate at the New Amsterdam Prison in Berbice. Dillon Boucher, 31, formerly of Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and Ramchand Latchman, 29, formerly of Number 65 Village in Corentyne were sentenced by Justice…
The Guyana Government and the political opposition are united on the border controversy with Venezuela but Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said there are persons who are politicising and distorting the matter against the best interest of Guyana. Jagdeo, who spoke at a press conference on Thursday, said the recent…
Investigators probing the murder of 22-year-old Amit Singh are currently working to confirm the alibis provided by three of the four suspects, who were implicated in the crime by the alleged mastermind. Singh was lured, brutally beaten and robbed on Tuesday; his battered body was discovered in a Middle Road,…
The 61st edition of the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championship was on Thursday afternoon launched at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara. The event, being hosted by the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union, will run from November 26 to…
After completing the evaluation of the bids submitted for eight of 14 oil blocks, the government has finally awarded eight of the blocks to six different companies. This was announced by Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday during a party press conference at the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C)…
England’s World Cup is all but over after a shambolic eight-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. The defending champions are not mathematically out but now must win all of their remaining games, including against unbeaten hosts India on Sunday, and hope an unlikely set of results go their way….
A 50-year-old farmer, Alvin Drugean, known as ‘Alvin Bhola’ and ‘Blacka,’ was on Thursday handed two life sentences by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Berbice High Court for the 2019 double murder at the Sunsplash Holiday Beach Resort, located at #63 Village, Corentyne Berbice. Earlier this month, Drugean pleaded guilty…
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Thursday received US$100,000 from the Government of the People’s Republic of China which will be used to provide resources to vulnerable communities during the current dry season. The CDC is already providing support to affected communities and is engaged in activities to mitigate the…
