Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 6:52 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana with a view to fully optimising opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production. “The Ministry of Natural Resources, working in conjunction with the Ministries of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2016, 23:00 by Denis Chabrol Residents on Leguan were up to late Monday trying to pick up the pieces after a freak storm damaged several houses and uprooted trees in the south-eastern side of that Essequibo Island. Several residents confirmed that the storm blew off the roofs of at least five houses and damaged ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2016, 22:05 by Denis Chabrol Police late Monday night said a man has confessed to the beating and stabbing to death of a woman at their Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara residence and they are hunting another suspect. “A suspect has confessed to the crime and has given vital information of an accomplice, who ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2016, 21:13 by Denis Chabrol In the face of a blunt denial that a television news anchor for Guyana’s state-owned National Communications Network (NCN)  was taken off the set because she is pregnant, she has insisted that she was ordered to stop reading the news but later told that she could continue until she ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2016, 11:50 by Denis Chabrol Britain’s Prince Harry is scheduled to visit Guyana before Christmas as part of a tour to several Caribbean countries on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Kensington Palace announced. This visit will be the first by a member of the Royal Family since 2004. With autumn lasting from September 22 ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2016, 6:36 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from New York Daily News At least four people were shot, two fatally, as gunshots erupted at the bustling J’Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn despite NYPD doubling their parade patrols. The annual West Indian heritage celebration was marred by deadly violence just before 4 a.m. when cops rushed to ...