Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 17:42 by Denis Chabrol The six councillors of the Rosignol Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) on Tuesday withdrew their resignation, after a meeting with the General Secretary of their People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo. No details were provided about their disagreement in the joint statement that they issued after the meeting. They only described ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 17:04 by Denis Chabrol The body of a fisherman from Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara has been discovered on rocks at Leonora Seawall Dead is 40-year old Sadar Sookdeo also known as Rakesh of Ocean View, Uitvlugt, The body was seen lying on the rocks at about 2:23 PM Monday. Police say the body ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 16:35 by Denis Chabrol A welder-fabricator of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara and his father have been arrested and 13 motorcycles and frames have been seized from the location, the Guyana Police Force said Tuesday. Region Three Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Errol Watts is urging persons who have lost their motorcycles to visit the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 14:26 by Denis Chabrol Six People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) Councillors have resigned from the the Rosignol Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). The official reason given by several of the former councillors include “many unsettled issues”, being “frustrated and disappointed” and a “lack of cooperation from fellow councillors.” PPP Executive Secretary, Zulfikar Mustapha is due ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 8:52 by Denis Chabrol U.S. oil major ExxonMobil is set to drill another well in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, after it was last week announced that the first well drilled -the Bulletwood-1 – failed to strike commercial oil volumes, OE Digital reported on Tuesday. The publication said ExxonMobil has now moved Stena ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 23:35 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is assisting the Guyana Responsible Parenthood (GRPA) to diagnose and treat females suffering from diseases of the reproductive system. The company yesterday donated GYD$720,000 from its Pinktober funds to the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA). GTT says at least 170 women stand to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 23:24 by Denis Chabrol CGX Energy, a Canadian-based oil and gas firm focused on Guyana, expects to spud an exploration well in its Corentyne block in the second half of 2021, OE Digital reported Monday. In a recent update, CGX Energy said the Kawa-1 exploration is expected to be drilled to a depth ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 21:33 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Health says previous attempts by impersonators to jump the COVID-19 vaccination line have forced the implementation of stricter protocols to get the jab. “There are people who wanted to jump the line so they did not want to wait their turn and they would turn out ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 19:00 by Denis Chabrol Six persons have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a quantity of pencil-shaped cocaine sticks in a quantity of salted fish that was destined for Miami, United States,  Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Monday. The law enforcement agency said the 280 pieces of plastic-wrapped pencil-shaped parcels ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 18:57 by Denis Chabrol Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Sunday sought to assure Guyanese that the COVID-19 curfew and other measures are being enforced against anyone, and he promised that alleged unfair enforcement would be investigated. “None is exempted and therefore none is above the law,”  said Mr. Phillips who is also the ...