Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says the severe floods earlier this year resulted in the State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) spending GY$2.3 billions of dollars that had been originally allocated in the 2021 National Budget for out-of-crop maintenance, pensions, union dues and other expenses. He told the House Committee of Supply, under persistent grilling by Shadow Home Affairs Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, ...

Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall says security has been beefed up at all government buildings in Guyana’s 10 administrative regions because of political threats by the opposition. In clear reference to the severe damage by fire of the Mabaruma Secondary School earlier this year due to reported arson, he said that many more guards have been hired due to utterances ...

Reproduced from OE Digital Canadian-based firm Frontera Energy, the majority owner of CGX Energy and its partner in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana, has informed that the Kawa-1 exploration well, spudded in the block in August, has encountered hydrocarbon presence. Also, the drilling at Kawa-1, being carried out by Maersk Discoverer semi-submersible drilling rig – is taking longer than initially expected with ...

Guyana’s Local Content Bill, if passed in its current form, will require oil sector companies to competitively bid for the supply of goods and services, even as it specifies quota for Guyanese companies and Guyanese individuals. “A Contractor, Sub-Contractor or Licensee shall award a contract on the basis of a competitive bidding procurement procedure that has been initiated by a ...

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday raised concerns about the pitfalls of borrowing from China to finance and build major infrastructural projects. Deputy Managing Director for Americas, European External Action Service Mr Javier Niño Pérez, during a question and answer session at the University of Guyana, disagreed with those who say that China offers better conditions. He said China would ...

The man wanted for Wednesday’s murder of East Coast Demerara conductor surrendered to police at the Brickdam Police Station in the company of his lawyer hours later. The Guyana Police Force said 27-year-old Paul Junior Lynch of 127 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara surrendered shortly after the wanted bulletin was issued. Police said Mr Lynch allegedly stabbed to death Marven ...

The European Union (EU) is providing another 7.5 million Euros for the further rehabilitation of Guyana’s sea defence, Deputy Managing Director for Americas, European External Action Service Mr Javier Niño Pérez announced on Tuesday. He said the decision to provide the additional cash to Guyana is because the country has managed the 30 million Euro disbursement that has seen at ...

Mr. Vishnu Persaud was Tuesday morning sworn in as Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) new Chief Election Officer, promising to be “neutral” and to obey the country’s election laws. “Nobody has to have any worry about my neutrality or that I may deviate from the path of what is lawful and proper,” he told reporters shortly after taking the oath of ...

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has seized 80 kilogrammes or 176 pounds of marijuana with a street value of over GY$25,000,000 in Corentyne, Berbice, the agency said Sunday. According to CANU, its agents were on an operation on December 9 to 10 between the Sandaka pump station, Skeldon and Goat Dam area of the village of Line Path, Corentyne, Berbice. ...

A construction worker fell off a scaffold on Saturday and died, but his colleague survived the mishap, police said. Police identified the man as 23-year-old Norman Abrams of 804 B Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Abrams was employed by Christopher Menezes of Lot 135 3rd Street Montrose, East Coast Demerara. “The deceased was on a scaffold along with another worker named ...