Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 22:27 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil, the American operator of the Liza Phase One well, has reduced oil production offshore Guyana by 90,000 barrels per day, putting output at a mere 30,000 barrels per day due to faulty equipment aboard by the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, Liza Destiny. ” We have ...
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DRUG BOND RENTAL: Former Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton charged with misconduct in public office
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 16:41 by Denis Chabrol Former Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, was on Tuesday charged with misconduct in public office by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) related to the rental of a pharmaceutical bond,, the Guyana Police Force said. Dr. Norton appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates ...
Read More »Increase curfew, impose lockdown, include opposition in COVID Task Force
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 16:21 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of almost daily COVID-19 deaths. the Citizenship Initiative (TCI) political party is recommending increasing the curfew once again from 6 pm to 6 am and a total lockdown of non-essential activities. The TCI also called for the broadening of the National COVID-19 Task Force to include ...
Read More »BREAKING: Guyana Court of Appeal sets aside explosives conviction, sentence of Donald Rodney
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 15:07 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the conviction and 18-month sentence for possession of explosives against Donald Rodney- –the brother of Guyanese politician and historian Dr. Walter Rodney who was killed in a bomb blast 40 years ago. “We will allow the appeal and set aside ...
Read More »Man’s wrist slashed while waiting to collect debt
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 10:59 by Denis Chabrol A man’s wrist was severed in Annandale, East Coast Demerara while waiting to collect money owed to him by an acquaintance who goes by the name “Dul Dul”. Police say Rayon Adams is now hospitalised awaiting surgery after his wrist was severed Saturday evening. Investigators were told that Mr. ...
Read More »Lusignan prisoners injured in brawl
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 10:52 by Denis Chabrol Two prisoners of the Lusignan Prison are hospitalised after they wounded each other last night during a heated argument Authorities say those injured are Gerald Jones, who is housed in Holding Bay 2, and Kaley Robert in Holding Bay 1. Jones allegedly left his Holding Bay and went to ...
Read More »“Novel grades” of marijuana being smuggled into Guyana
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 11:06 by Denis Chabrol The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday said Guyana appears to be a destination for higher grade marijuana from the United States (US) and Canada, even as that anti-drugs agency said a trafficker of the pricy, high grade ‘weed’ has been caught. “There appears to be a developing trend ...
Read More »GTT’s CEO steps down
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 9:33 by Denis Chabrol Mr. Justin Nedd would be stepping down from the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) from May 3, 2021, he announced Tuesday. He would be replaced by Mr. Damian Blackburn who said his immediate priorities would be to “listen to our customers” ...
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