Last Updated on Monday, 16 September 2019, 7:22 by Writer A United States (US)-headquartered company that has been facing resistance in setting up a petrochemical bond to supply oil to ExxonMobil’s production operations offshore Guyana will be moving its operations to Trinidad, sources said. Head of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adam’s told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara ...
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Schoolboy stabbed to death
Last Updated on Friday, 13 September 2019, 17:44 by Writer Police on Friday say are investigating an alleged murder committed on 15-year-old Derril Wong. The suspect is in custody assisting with the investigation, police added. The incident involving the student of 42 Plaisance, East Coast Demerara occurred on Thursday, September 12, at about 4 p.m. at Graham Street Plaisance, East ...
Read More »GECOM seeks to shorten deadlines to hold elections this year – governing coalition
Last Updated on Friday, 13 September 2019, 17:53 by Writer Top representatives of the governing coalition were told by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh that she hopes to be ready for elections late this year. Shortly after a meeting with the seven-member commission, leader of the coalition’s delegation, Volda Lawrence told reporters that ...
Read More »OPINION: 18 years later: the legacy of 9/11
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 11:54 by Writer By GHK Lall It is eighteen years later. For me, over here now in sunstroke Guyana, it is yesterday. That terrible day so long ago has ushered in a few things, which roil over there today, and are yet to climax. Outlooks started to change there and then; inexorably hardened ...
Read More »Chief Elections Officer admitted to Caribbean Heart Institute
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 7:11 by Writer The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield was Tuesday afternoon admitted to the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), well-placed sources disclosed. The sources said Lowenfield already underwent a series of tests as doctors continue to monitor his condition. He reportedly left Tuesday afternoon’s meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission prematurely after complaining ...
Read More »Jagdeo cautiously optimistic about GECOM meeting outcome
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 6:20 by Writer Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo earlier Tuesday emerged from a meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) guardedly optimistic about the next steps. Mr. Jagdeo said he and his delegation from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) expressed concern about several issues. He says the solution is to move swiftly to claims ...
Read More »BREAKING: JetBlue flying to Guyana from next April
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 16:30 by Writer JetBlue on Tuesday announced it is again expanding its large Latin America and Caribbean network with new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO). Flights will operate daily on JetBlue’s new A321neo aircraft beginning April 2, 2020 with seats ...
Read More »OPINION: Clashing Guyanese and American priorities
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 11:42 by Writer By GHK Lall The US Ambassador could not have been clearer in where, from the perspective of her responsibilities and country, the priority of interests focuses. Though couched in the careful and studied language favored by diplomats, there could – and should – be no mistaking the position of strength ...
Read More »Spending oil money impossible before elections – Finance Minister
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 9:08 by Writer Due to the failure of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to nominate representatives to sit on an oversight committee to manage Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF), also known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund, Finance Minister Winston Jordan says government will be unable to ...
Read More »Youth Ambassador of the Year striving for academic excellence after brush with the law
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 8:40 by Writer A young man, from whom the State dropped a murder charge because it struggled to prove its case, has become Youth Ambassador of the Year and he now has his eyes set on a university degree. Ian Henry was 13 years at the time he was charged with murder and ...
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