Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2021, 8:44 by Denis Chabrol The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will Friday morning launch its monthly Round Table series geared at stimulating and generating conversation on a wide range of issues. “In an effort to widen our public relations thrust, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Guyana will launch its monthly Webinar/Virtual Round Table series ...
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Student caught with ammunition at school
Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2021, 8:25 by Denis Chabrol A student of La’ Venture Secondary School, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara has been detained by police after he was allegedly caught with one .32 round of ammunition, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said the 16-year old student was seen with the ammunition at about 9:30 AM ...
Read More »Four arrested for home invasion, robbery of Rupununi teacher, mechanic
Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2021, 7:54 by Denis Chabrol Four men have been arrested in connection with the alleged wounding, robbery under arms and damage to property committed on a pregnant teacher and her husband at their home in St. Ignatius, Rupununi, police said. The incident occurred on Thursday, June 10 at the residence of the 18-year old ...
Read More »BREAKING: Walter Rodney’s death records to be amended; children’s books to be placed in schools
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 16:38 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Thursday announced a raft of steps that would be taken to correct the historical wrongs concerning the bomb-blast death of Guyanese historian and co-leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. Walter Rodney 41 years ago. Attorney General Anil Nandlall said, in response to a ...
Read More »Region Nine District Officer arrested for alleged embezzlement of salaries
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 15:14 by Denis Chabrol A Region Nine District Development Officer (DDO) has been accused of embezzling more than GYD$800,000 after several employees of the Aishalton District complained that they had not received salaries Police said the 18-year old DDO has allegedly stolen GYD$867,144 cash at Aishalton Village, South Rupununi from the accounting unit of ...
Read More »Retrenched sugar workers must be consulted on basic necessities, reopening of estates – International Labour Organisation study
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 13:56 by Denis Chabrol Retrenched workers from the four sugar estates should be consulted on what could be done to satisfy their basic needs, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) study on the socio-economic impact of the closure of several estates four years ago has recommended. “Quite apart from the fact that there was ...
Read More »National strategy for commodities, especially sugar, recommended
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 12:54 by Denis Chabrol An International Labour Organisation (ILO)-supported study on the impact of the closure of four of Guyana’s sugar estates has recommended the crafting of a strategy to withstand market volatility of commodities and gear up the sugar industry to invest in ethanol production. The report titled “Study of the socio-economic ...
Read More »Corentyne woman nabbed for forging COVID-19 vaccination certificate
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 9:04 by Denis Chabrol A Corentyne woman, who planned to travel to the United States (US) with a forged coronavirus vaccination certificate, has been arrested and placed on GYD$50,000 station bail, police said. A staff nurse at the Williamsburg Health Centre told Rose Hall police that on June 8 at about 3 PM, ...
Read More »US urges Venezuela, Cuba to turn away Iranian warships, as Guyana prepares to host US-sponsored Caribbean military exercise
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2021, 7:28 by Denis Chabrol As Guyana prepares to host a Caribbean military exercise, Tradewinds, the United States (US) is urging Venezuela and Cuba to turn away two Iranian warships. An American publication, Politico, reports that the warships are believed to be carrying arms intended for transfer to Caracas. The US has vowed that ...
Read More »ExxonMobil finds more oil offshore Guyana
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 8:37 by Denis Chabrol IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil today said it made a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals. The well is located approximately two ...
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