Last Updated on Monday, 8 February 2021, 13:40 by Denis Chabrol Geologists said there was no need for South Rupununi residents to move out of their villages as a result of a 5.7 magnitude earthquake there earlier this month, and they explained that the rumblings would continue for a few weeks more before everything returns to normal. Government’s Department of ...

  Guyana’s oil production from the Liza One well has dropped by about 5,000 barrels per day, a top sector official said Sunday. Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat says the production has not dropped much and that ExxonMobil was trying to find the “right balance” between flaring excess gas and maximising production. Mr. Bharrat’s disclosure of an actual figure has ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 February 2021, 21:47 by Denis Chabrol A 27-year old resident of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara is hospitalised with a fractured skull and internal bleeding after the motorcycle he was riding knocked a stray horse. The accident occurred on the Ogle Railway Embankment Road shortly before 11 O’clock Saturday night. Police say the injured man, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 February 2021, 21:42 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall says Guyana Shorebase Inc. paid US$18 million for the plot of land at Houston, East Bank Demerara. He says the transported land was bought in 2019 for US$18 million is equivalent to almost GYD$4 billion. Mr. Nandlall’s disclosure in court papers was made to compare ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 February 2021, 23:01 by Denis Chabrol A woman was shot to her abdomen after she resisted a bandit who eventually snatched her bag while she was  shopping at Bourda Market on Bourda Street and North Road. “She refused after which the suspect pulled away same (bag) and discharged a round in the her direction,  which ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 February 2021, 22:34 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has moved to the High Court to repossess the BK Marine Inc. Wharf in Kingston, Georgetown because it was sold at just over GYD$200 million although it is worth GYD$5 billion. Attorney General Anil Nandlall is asking the High Court to declare that BK Marine “has ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 February 2021, 12:42 by Denis Chabrol Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 20-year old resident of Belle West, West Bank Demerara in front of his residence early Friday night after he allegedly struck one them with a piece of wood, police said on Saturday. The victim has been identified ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 February 2021, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol A gunman opened fire an Information Technology (IT) expert after pushing her off her motorcycle and riding off with it, the Guyana Police Force said. The victim’s name has been given as Munifa Erskine, 27, of Block X Liliendaal, South Sophia. She told police that she was robbed of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 5 February 2021, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s oil production has been dropped and the quantity of gas being flared has been reduced due to a faulty gas compressor that has been removed to be taken to Germany for repairs, the company said Friday. “We have lowered production levels on the Liza Destiny since the compressor ...

Last Updated on Friday, 5 February 2021, 16:04 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has warned the Indian government that Guyana’s proposed appointment of Mr. Charrandass Persaud as High Commissioner could hurt relations between the two Commonwealth member nations. “The people of Guyana have always enjoyed cordial relations with the government and people of India and we are concerned ...