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Daily Archives: Friday, 8 December 2017, 11:30

Govt receives ExxonMobil funds to help fight Guyana-Venezuela border controversy; some contract details disclosed

Last Updated on Friday, 8 December 2017, 15:19 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Friday confirmed that United States (US) oil giant, ExxonMobil, will help fund Guyana’s legal fees to settle the border controversy with Venezuela. “Yes, Mr. Speaker, there is a sum and yes it is reserved to safeguard this country,” he said the same ...

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DNA testing to be done locally from next year

Last Updated on Friday, 8 December 2017, 7:56 by Denis Chabrol The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is to fund the upgrade of Guyana’s Forensic Laboratory to allow it to conduct DNA tests after an assessment had found several deficiencies, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan announced. Ramjattan told Demerara Waves Online News that the Head of the Citizen Security Programme, ...

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