— as gov’t recommits to sustainably developing petroleum sector OIL GIANT, ExxonMobil, on Wednesday, announced the discovery of its 20th oil find offshore Guyana. The latest detection was made at the Longtail-3 site in the Stabroek Block. A statement from ExxonMobil said that drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including…
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh on Thursday tabled in the National Assembly two supplementary financial papers, seeking monies to bolster the Civil Defence Commission’s (CDC’s) flood response and to support a number of critical government initiatives. While the papers were tabled on Thursday, they will not be debated and approved until the National Assembly is…
The National Assembly meets tomorrow for its first sitting in almost 100 days and before the business of the Assembly gets underway, the Opposition Leader Joe Harmon intends to ask the Speaker to make his position clear on a recent ruling by Chief Justice Roxanne George relating to PPP Parliamentary Secretaries Sarah Brown and Vikash…
— President Ali assures flooded communities PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, has reiterated his government’s commitment to addressing the needs of all communities affected by the ongoing floods. More importantly, he said that these support initiatives will come in the form of short-term, medium-term and long-term interventions. The President made this commitment during an assessment visit…
The sister and fiancée of prison escapee, Andrew Chaung, turned him over to law enforcement on Wednesday, one day after he broke out of the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of Demerara. According to information from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Chaung was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters at Eve…
The community of Kara Kara in Linden was thrown into shock and disbelief this evening after the lifeless body of a security guard was discovered in her Accabre Drive home. The dead woman has been identified as Rhonda Wilson. Her son who is believed to be in his early 20’s has been arrested for the…
THE Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) has advertised an invitation for public and private sector stakeholders and members of civil society to review the draft Merger Control and Review Bill for Guyana, and submit feedback for consideration. A merger of companies, as opposed to takeovers, is effected by the undertakings of two or more…
A Linden woman, so far identified only as “Wanda” was found dead in her house Tuesday afternoon; her son has been taken into custody. Neighbours called the police to the house at Kara Kara, Region 10, fearing that something was amiss. When the Police arrived at the scene around 17:00 hrs, they found the dead…
In its latest assessment of the floods that have gripped communities across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission has updated the number of affected households to more than 25,000. Last week, the total number of impacted households stood at close to 7000. But in the past week, a number of other communities have reported flooding. A…
— says Regional Chair, reports damage to infrastructure, farms AFTER heavy rainfall and severe flooding for almost three weeks, floodwaters in Region Nine are slowly receding, according to Chairman of the region’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC), Brian Allicock. Seasonal flooding is said to occur in the region when water from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil…
