Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2021, 8:29 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall maintains that Guyana’s Executive President cannot be brought before the courts in civil and criminal actions, but lawyers for the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday disagreed, saying that President Irfaan Ali was named in his official capacity. After the PSC named Dr. Ali as ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2021, 22:28 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese singer of international acclaim, Mark Holder, died  Thursday morning in Canada after a period of illness, relatives confirmed. He was 74 years old. Holder was recognised as a pioneer of Caribbean music and was well-known for songs such as “Something of Value” and “Hold On To Your First ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2021, 12:05 by Denis Chabrol Fire on Thursday morning gutted an apartment building on Fifth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown. Initial reports are that at least two  women have perished in the blaze at 136 Fifth Street. One 0f them was a Cuban and the other a Venezuelan. The apartment building was occupied by mainly Spanish-speaking ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 21:18 by Denis Chabrol The ExxonMobil-led consortium is expected to increase its production from the Liza-1 well after a new flash-gas compressor system is installed during the last quarter of this year, even as the co-venturers prepare to drill more exploration wells in the coming months, Hess Corporation announced on Wednesday. Hess, which  ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 19:30 by Denis Chabrol A Britten-Norman Islander plane was Wednesday afternoon  damaged in an incident on the Aricheng runway in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), officials said. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt. Col, Egbert Field said the plane belonging to Roraima Airways was involved in a runway excursion during take ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 7:26 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil  on  Wednesday said it made a discovery at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, pushing this country’s resource estimate pass the current amount of 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high quality oil bearing sandstone ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 15:05 by Denis Chabrol The pro-People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Election Commissioners on Tuesday offered the termination of contracts as an another option for the exit of three top officials of that election management authority, a move the opposition side said it would be studying. Pro-opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2021, 13:23 by Denis Chabrol Region Nine Executive Officer, Karl Singh was Monday sent on leave and he has already been replaced until the investigation into the shooting of a woman in his vehicle is concluded, sources said. Police sources in Lethem have said investigators are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2021, 9:51 by Denis Chabrol An 83-year old woman was burnt to death early Monday morning when the house she was living in at Block 22, Wismar Linden was destroyed by fire, police said. Dead is Norma Semple who resided by herself in a fully furnished one storey wooden structure in a completely fenced ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2021, 9:32 by Denis Chabrol Years of domestic abuse by a man ended on Sunday when he died, as he tried to attack her with a knife at her parents’ residence at Providence, East Bank Demerara where she sought refuge on Saturday. The incident occurred at about 4:15 Sunday afternoon, leaving   Anthony Pakanram ...