ONCE given the go ahead from the government, ExxonMobil Guyana and its partners will be gearing up to invest approximately GY$1.8 trillion (US$9 billion) to develop the Yellowtail project within the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. According to a report published by OilNow on Saturday, the investment figures are based on initial estimates which were outlined…
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Becoming an attorney and graduating with honours was not an easy journey for 25-year-old Jermane Alleyne. A few months before she started the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, her father passed away. Hailing from a community of Sophia in Georgetown that is often ‘stigmatised’, Jermane is proud of her…
Longtime rights activist and member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Simona Broomes is thinking about joining the race for the leadership of the PNC Reform. Ms. Broomes who served as Government Minister under the APNU+AFC administration and is well known and loved among the PNC’s grassroots supporters told News Source that once she is…
— say regional scholars; deem decisions by Appeal Court in elections cases ‘questionable’ TWO University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturers have labelled the decisions of the Guyana Court of Appeal in the series of litigation which followed the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections as questionable and called for a reform of the…
A 46-year-old businesswoman of No. 69 Village, Corentyne Berbice is nursing injuries to her hands after two armed men accosted her family during a robbery on Friday. Police Headquarters reported that the incident occurred around 12:23hrs. Police said the businesswoman’s 23-year-old daughter was sitting inside the shop when two masked suspects entered, armed with handguns;…
The Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU) which represents some workers in the oil and gas sector has raised alarm about the sidelining of Guyanese workers in favour of foreigners in the oil sector. In a statement, GAWU said it was shocked to learn that foreigners continue to penetrate the local oil industry and…
— sign technical assistance and cooperation agreement — food security, climate change, infrastructure and revision of visa policy among areas discussed FOOD security, climate change, technology, environment, infrastructure and revision of the visa policy that exists for travels to and from Guyana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were among a number of areas of…
By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.gy While Guyana’s Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George, SC, is being praised for her role in offering sound judicial arbitration during Guyana’s protracted elections in 2020, several rulings handed down by Guyana’s Court of Appeal during that period are now being called into question. Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles, who led the supervisory CARICOM…
The University of Guyana and the Guyana Police Force have signed an agreement that will see the University developing academic programmes that will form part of the training of members of the Police Force. UG Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Paloma Mohammed signed the agreement on behalf of the University while Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus inked…
— Abu Dhabi Ports CEO says committed to investment in Guyana PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, on Wednesday, said that Guyana wants to build a strong partnership with Abu Dhabi Ports to create a new logistics hub for the United Arab Emirates that will connect business opportunities in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, North America…
