Post Office warns of social media scam

Post Office warns of social media scam

The Guyana Post Office Corporation has issued a warning about a scam on social media that is using the corporation’s name. In a statement, the GPOC said that it does not have any promotion on any social media site and would not request any sort of payment through any social media. Some persons have complained…

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Empowering Guyanese

Empowering Guyanese

…Local content policy vows aggressive push to build capacity in oil sector …stresses fair, adequate access to employment for locals WHILE there has been recent criticism against the final draft of Guyana’s Local Content Policy Framework as lacking “key provisions that put Guyanese first”, the document, as seen by this newspaper, contains strong language and

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PPP calls again on GECOM to start elections preparations immediately

PPP calls again on GECOM to start elections preparations immediately

 The Opposition People’s Progressive Party is once again demanding that the Guyana Elections Commission immediately begins preparations for elections. The party has reiterated its opposition to the merger of data from the just concluded house to house registration exercise and the existing national register of registrants.  Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that the party’s…

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Construction sector, economy growing

Construction sector, economy growing

MINISTER of Finance Winston Jordan called the Guyana Oil Company’s establishment of a new lube bond and office facility a positive development and another indication of the strides that the Guyana economy is making, particularly in the construction sector, while projecting that growth overall for 2019 will be 4.5 percent. He was speaking at the

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CPL: Hemraj, Pooran, Shepherd muscle Warriors to hat-trick of wins

CPL: Hemraj, Pooran, Shepherd muscle Warriors to hat-trick of wins

By Akeem Greene Guyana Amazon Warriors have maintained their unbeaten record in the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by comprehensively thumping Barbados Tridents by 47 runs in their third match at the National Stadium, Providence, Sunday evening. Sandeep Lamichhane of Barbados Tridents bowled by Romario Shepherd of Guyana Amazon Warriors during match six of…

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Injured Dwayne Bravo ruled out of CPL 2019

Injured Dwayne Bravo ruled out of CPL 2019

DWAYNE Bravo’s finger injury has ruled him out of the entire CPL 2019. Bravo, part of the Trinbago Knight Riders squad, was initially ruled out for “a significant part” of the tournament, and the franchise decided to appoint Kieron Pollard as the captain before the season got underway, due to Bravo’s expected absence. However, while

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