Last Updated on Monday, 6 February 2023, 12:04 by Denis Chabrol The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Monday formally asked government to hold talks on the withdrawal of a multi-million dollar annual  subsidy which was scrapped last year. Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander said his organisation dispatched a letter to Attorney General Anil Nandlall, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 February 2023, 7:29 by Denis Chabrol The High Court has blocked a mining company and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) from mining or permitting mining respectively in village lands at Jawalla, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and awarded damages for trespass against the mining company and the regulatory agency. The Jawalla Village Council said Justice ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2023, 21:41 by Denis Chabrol Three persons- who won a High Court case that blocks Slumberger Guyana Inc (SGI) from carrying on radioactive work at its Houston, East Bank Demerara location-have reminded an environmental consultancy that the company could not restart operations unless it is legally permitted to do so by the Environmental Protection ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2023, 18:21 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali  on Saturday evening announced that his administration would soon set up a National Medical Scientific Council to harness Guyana’s best experts in the field of human medicine. He said that proposed body would be tasked with bringing Guyana’s “best talent” to investigate the best in medical ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2023, 18:24 by Denis Chabrol Persons suffering from  cancers, diabetes, heart and other non-communicable diseases will now able to receive life-saving immuno-therapy and stem cell treatment in Guyana for the first time, officials said on Saturday. Those types of regenerative medical treatment, which are now being offered by Woodland’s Hospital in association with the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2023, 15:43 by Denis Chabrol The Eugene F’ Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport (EFCIA) has formally asked the Cheddi Jagan ‘Timehri’ International Airport to lend it a baggage scanner, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. “We are not sitting on our hands. There is correspondence from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport to the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 February 2023, 22:30 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese drug trafficking convict Barry Dataram, who was nabbed in New York on arrival, is facing five counts related to his role in allegedly smuggling more than 150 kilogrammes of cocaine into that North American country. “The offenses involved at least one hundred and fifty kilograms of a substance ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 February 2023, 21:47 by Denis Chabrol The old Georgetown train station would not be demolished but would be rehabilitated into a multi-purpose spot where Guyanese and tourists could go to savour local cuisine, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. Mr Edghill said tourists staying at nearby major hotels as well as workers in the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:26 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Thanks Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Vickram Bharrat (Minister) for disclosing that the long overdue, much-anticipated, audit report of Exxon’s US$7.3B in expenses is on tap for March.  That is, March 2023.  What was initially scheduled for September 2022, then December of last year, is now ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 February 2023, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil, which is the operator in the Stabroek Block, would be conducting studies this year about the natural gas deposits that are offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil Guyana’s Projects Manager Anthony Jackson said. “We have committed to develop and submit a gas utilisation study, a gas development study,” he told a ...