Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 15:32 by Denis Chabrol The Iwokrama International Centre says it is continuing to reach out to special needs groups in Guyana in an effort to ensure that all Guyanese are informed about its programmes of rainforest and biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Last Friday, Dr Raquel Thomas (tropical forest ecologist and Director of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 14:36 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese police were Tuesday  investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Phillip Cort, 53, a miner of 32 Queen Street, Courtland, Corentyne, Berbice. Investigators sais his body was found in his tent at Armu Falls Top Landing, Cuyuni, Region 7 about 06:00hrs on Monday, April 03, 2017 with multiple ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar The Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has warned that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is  sending  early signals of the imminent closure of the East Demerara Estates, a move that is prompting workers to demand payment although they have been denied one month’s work. GAWU General ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 12:46 by Denis Chabrol The board of directors of state-owned Power Producers and Distributors Inc. (PPDI) was Tuesday installed with the promise of reducing overall operational costs and continuing to enhance  efficiency. Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson said the coming into being of the PPDI would see the retention of the Guyanese team ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 6:41 by Denis Chabrol Green Heart Tree Energy (GHTE) entered the renewable energy market in Guyana earlier on March 3, 2017 when it commissioned a 10 kilowatt system to power the Paramakatoi Flavours Sun Dried Tomato Processing Plant, the company said in a statement. “The Paramakatoi project is the beginning of GHTE’s commitment ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) must first pay off its debts to depositors in Guyana before being allowed to conduct business here again. This is the firm position of Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, now opposition leader who today (April 3, 2017) weighed in on reports that ...

(OFFSHORE/ www.offshore-mag.com ) EDINBURGH, UK – Wood Mackenzie has detailed its thoughts on Snoek, ExxonMobil’s third oil discovery on Guyana’s deepwater Stabroek block. The Snoek-1 well was drilled to a depth of 5,175 m (16,978 ft) in 1,563 m (5,128 ft) of water. It encountered 25 m (82 ft) of oil-bearing sandstones of Maastrichtian-Aptian age, similar to the Liza-1 discovery ...

Last Updated on Monday, 3 April 2017, 20:47 by Denis Chabrol by Clifton Ross West Indies Captain Jason Holder said making the final cut for the ICC 2019 World Cup is his team’s main focus heading into the upcoming One Day International (ODI) home series against Pakistan which bowls off this Friday at the Providence National Stadium, Guyana. Holder and ...

Last Updated on Monday, 3 April 2017, 16:08 by Denis Chabrol Workers of the Georgetown City Council and the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) on Monday picketed the headquarters of the Guyana Labour Union (GLU), calling on its General Secretary, Carville Duncan to step down. “Let him go! Let somebody else take over the union and let the people get justice,” ...

Last Updated on Monday, 3 April 2017, 12:00 by Denis Chabrol Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Monday said he would not be ceding responsibility for constitutional reform to anyone else if the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) refuses to meet with him to discuss the process. The PPP had in the past expressed reluctance to take Nagamootoo’s offer of a ...