– as Mexico’s ‘Oceamar’ turns attention to Guyana’s O&G sector OCEAMAR, a leading Mexican offshore service provider has turned its attention to one of the world’s newest petroleum states, Guyana, with the aim of making a multimillion-dollar investment. Guyana, with a Gross Domestic Product (GPD) of around US$4 billion, is pegged to grow tremendously in…

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues to push ahead with its developmental programmes despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought the sporting calendar to a standstill since March. The Board recently handed over a piece of cricket gear to 13 youth cricketers across the county under the newly-established BCB Patron’s Fund. BCB President Hilbert…

The 26 visiting Haitian nationals who have been placed in protective custody by the Police are demanding that they be released as they were not victims of any human trafficking or smuggling ring. The Haitians were taken into protective custody last week and transferred to the Hugo Chavez Centre in Berbice. In a video released…

– among big hotels interested in Guyana By Navendra Seoraj IN anticipation of a rise in visitors and traffic to one of the newest petroleum states, Guyana, renowned players in the international hotel industry have tendered their proposals to be part of the local growth by providing first-class accommodation and other activities/services. Guyana, with its…

An 11-year-old cancer patient who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on November 6, has now been classified as a COVID-19 death. The girl, of Grove, East Bank Demerara, had tested positive for the virus before she died but was not classified by the Ministry of Health as a COVID-19 fatality because she…

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health today seized over 480 pounds of expired packaged duck meat from a city business. The duck meat was imported from the United States. The name of the shipper has not been revealed. Director of Veterinary and Public Health Dr. Ozaye Dodson said the Livestock…

— TOTALTEC to triple number of Guyanese being trained; over 500 trained so far GUYANESE-owned Oilfield Services Company TOTALTEC will be injecting US$2.4 million (over G$516 million) into its International Petroleum and Maritime Academy (IPMA) to improve its capacity, amidst Guyana’s growing oil-and-gas sector. TOTALTEC’s IPMA focuses on training Guyanese and teaching skillsets to the…

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a nine-year-old boy with a disability from Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara was found dead in a canal Monday afternoon; it is suspected that the boy drowned after wandering out of his yard. He was a student of the Virginia Primary School. According to the Police, the boy…

A 47-year-old woman from Region Seven is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 related death.  She passed away over the weekend in a medical institution. The total number of COVID-19 related deaths now stand at 139.   As of midnight Saturday, there were 29 new cases of coronavirus in Guyana with the majority of those new cases in Regions…

– As gov’t moves to establish National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council By Navendra Seoraj THE business culture in Guyana is changing with every passing day, especially with the advent of the oil-and-gas sector, so, in order to ensure that entrepreneurs are able to ‘keep up,’ the government will be establishing a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation…