The sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nation, Barbados, on Wednesday donated a quantity of COVID-19 vaccines to Guyana for front-line workers, government announced. President Irfaan Ali  thanked Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley for the  1,500 doses of the vaccines; 100 of which will be for staff of the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) headquarters. He said the remaining 1,400 doses “will go ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday announced that the Representation of People Act would be amended to ensure votes are counted transparently, even as he called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) takes steps to remove the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers. “We will be drafting shortly amendments to the Act that will ...

ExxonMobil and its partners, CNOCC/Nexen and Hess Corp, on Tuesday announced a GYD$20 billion development plan titled  “The Greater Guyana Initiative”, saying that the money would not  have to be recovered. “I want to be clear that these initiative will be fully funded by the Stabroek Block co-venturers and will not be part of the cost recovery process,” said President ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said cabinet did not give the go ahead for Taiwan to open a trade and investment office in Guyana, a decision that government has since scrapped after China publicly scolded this South American nation. “It did not, as far as I know when I had a briefing on this matter, had the approval of ...

The United States-headquartered Eastern Airlines has suspended its service  to Guyana immediately and has promised to pay back passengers for booked flights and debts owed to other entities. “We are in the process of reviewing all liabilities and ensuring all our obligations have been met in Guyana. Refunds for all impacted passengers are being processed,” the carrier told the Director-General ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said government decided to shift the proposed gas to shore project from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) to Wales in Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands which is less populated and has a larger swathe of land suitable for the gas plant and associated industries. Early calculations show that when the estimated US$500 million to US$800 million pipeline- depending ...

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh Monday night announced that Friday, February 12 will be Budget Day 2021. He made the announcement following last weekend’s consultation with the private sector, trade union movement and other stakehokders. “We received a lot of very good suggestions  from those who were gathered; many of those who were gathered,” he said about the ongoing consultative ...

Geologists said there was no need for South Rupununi residents to move out of their villages as a result of a 5.7 magnitude earthquake there earlier this month, and they explained that the rumblings would continue for a few weeks more before everything returns to normal. Government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) said geologists Robeson Benn and Leandro Pires at ...

  Guyana’s oil production from the Liza One well has dropped by about 5,000 barrels per day, a top sector official said Sunday. Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat says the production has not dropped much and that ExxonMobil was trying to find the “right balance” between flaring excess gas and maximising production. Mr. Bharrat’s disclosure of an actual figure has ...

A 27-year old resident of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara is hospitalised with a fractured skull and internal bleeding after the motorcycle he was riding knocked a stray horse. The accident occurred on the Ogle Railway Embankment Road shortly before 11 O’clock Saturday night. Police say the injured man, who has been identified as Linden Mentis, is hospitalised in a ...