Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 21:54 by Denis Chabrol Director-General of Guyana’s Civil Aviation Department, Retired Lt.Col. Egbert Field has confirmed that an Eastern Airlines flight from Georgetown was forced to shut down an engine on its approach to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. He says Eastern Airlines has already informed the Civil Aviation Authority and ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 18:28 by Denis Chabrol The Executive Director of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams was Thursday sent on leave even as that environmental watchdog agency is in the middle of considering ExxonMobil’s Field Development Plan for the Payara well. Mr. Adams said the Office of the President’s Permanent Secretary, Abena Moore ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 15:58 by Denis Chabrol by Samuel Sukhnandan With just a few more days left before the deadline, the A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has announced plans to file an election petition in the High Court on Monday, according to incoming Opposition Leader Mr. Joseph Harmon. This information was revealed ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 22:18 by Denis Chabrol Members of Parliament (MPs) will have the option to participate virtually when Parliament is convened, as a decision has been made to adopt the hybrid model of in-person and online attendance, due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Clerk of the National Assembly Mr. Sherlock Isaacs told News Talk Radio 103.1 FM/ ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 15:12 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Thursday restated that his administration continues to insist on revamping the electoral machinery to the satisfaction of all Guyanese and the international community. He hoped that the appointment of Attorney-at-Law Manoj Narayan as an Elections Commissioner would  pave the way for the Elections Commission to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 13:39 by Writer As the High Court prepares to hear Region Four elections Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo’s request to be released from police custody, the Guyana Police Force Thursday afternoon refuted claims that he was denied access to his lawyers. Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie has been served an order for the habeas corpus ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 13:56 by Writer Region Four Elections Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo on Thursday asked the High Court to order his release from police custody. “I am advised by our Attorneys-at-Law and verily believe the same to be true that the police are in breach of the applicant’s fundamental right to his liberty…that the applicant ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2020, 14:03 by Writer Sixteen days after Mr Joseph Harmon was co-opted to sit on the executive of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), he on Wednesday confirmed that he would be officially voted in as Opposition Leader when the National Assembly meets for the first time following the March 2, 2020 general and ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 18:41 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil on Wednesday welcomes the Guyana government’s position that it would review rather than renegotiate oil contracts as that would cause investor uncertainty. “We have had very little discussion with the government. What they have emphasised is that they will review the contracts but they are not seeking to ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 17:50 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil  says it prefers to discharge treated production water into the Atlantic Ocean offshore Guyana instead of re-injecting it into the Liza Phase One well. President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge explained that the water is treated on the vessel and “what is discharged causes no damage to the ...