Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Friday said the establishment of a separate ministry to govern the lucrative oil and gas sector was not on the cards and that the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon would represent the sector in the National Assembly. “Once it is in the Ministry of the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 19:24 by Denis Chabrol Government is yet to decide on the composition of the Board of Directors of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), a senior government official. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made known his position at a time when there concerns in some quarters about whether the Head of the Special ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 18:44 by Denis Chabrol The Board of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) had nothing to do with the decision to inform Professor David Hinds and Trade Unionist Lincoln Lewis that their columns would no longer be published in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, Board Chairwoman Geeta Chandan-Edmond said. Reacting to a Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 17:29 by Denis Chabrol The state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper has ordered two ardent government supporters, who are often critical of the coalition-led administration, to cease submitting columns to the publication, a move that has drawn stinging suggestions of censorship. Political Science Professor, David Hinds and veteran trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 16:40 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s fast-tracking of the start of oil production in 2020 was part of a broader plan to stamp its sovereignty on the location of the Liza field that Venezuela had claimed as hers, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman said Friday. Addressing the opening of the Guyana Oil and Gas ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2018, 0:33 by Denis Chabrol As the Pegasus Hotel prepares to construct a US$100 million Corporate Centre and Suites, its owner Robert Badal Thursday night urged government to stop taxing start-up investment projects heavily as they seek to enter the marketplace and contribute to Guyana’s growth and development. He contended that heavy taxation was ...