With the start of oil production Friday, the opposition Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) hailed the visionary leadership of then President Janet Jagan who moved to engage ExxonMobil and signed the initial contract in 1999; but the party issued a stinging rebuke of the current government’s management of the sector, calling it an abysmal failure. The…
Guyana has officially become an oil-producing nation with first oil coming to the surface today. President David Granger in an address to the nation this evening announced the start of petroleum production. “I have been advised that petroleum production is about to commence – three months ahead of the original schedule. Guyana has become a…
THE Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2019/2020 GFF Super 16 Cup knockout championship would be riding away with a brand new Honda 125cc motorcycle, compliments of Marics and Company Limited, located at Charlotte and Oronoque Streets in the City. Yesterday, the company, through its Marketing Manager Ms Anji Hackett, handed over its letter of
Full statement from the Department of Energy Georgetown, Guyana – (December 20, 2019): United States oil company ExxonMobil and its co-venturers Hess and CNOOC have begun oil production offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after the discovery of hydrocarbons in commercial quantities here, Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe announced…
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party wants Guyana’s oil to be sold through a public tendering process and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes that Guyana’s share of the first lift of crude should be sold by the Exxon company. “Because they have to sell it, it’s a publicly-traded company. They can’t tamper with the price and…
– top priorities of gov’t, President Granger tells Linden youth summit By Vanessa Braithwaite YOUTHS were reassured that during the decade of development, which is the brainchild of President David Granger, the country will undergo massive transformation in all major sectors. Significant attention will be given to the National Youth Policy, which focusses on four
Written by Bibi Khatoon and Isanella Patoir For centuries, their ancestors told stories of Mount Roraima or what they called the Mother of all Waters. But recently, two indigenous men experienced its sheer beauty and magnificence first-hand. Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of flat-topped mountains in South America, reaching a height of about 9,222 feet.…
To the sound of Terry Gajraj’s “Guyanese Baboo” chutney hit, American Airlines on Wednesday launched its service between New York’s JFK Airport and Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport. The airline will operate direct flights between the two destinations daily and if the sold-out inaugural flight is anything to go by, American Airlines may be steadying up…
…U.S. House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power, obstruction WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America.
Sixty-four-year-old Ewart Reynolds of Calcutta Mahaicony was employed as a Debt Collector with Courts Guyana in Georgetown and at the time of the horrific accident Wednesday, he was on his way to work after collecting a substantial amount of money from customers. That money and Reynolds’ personal cash, however, cannot be found as his family…
