ExxonMobil has ruled out building a refinery in Guyana because the amount of oil found here is too small to support such a venture. Delivering a presentation to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Awards and Dinner, the Country Manager of ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary- Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited- Jeff Simons said the projected production of  about 100,000 barrels per ...

President David Granger Thursday said Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) was established solely to facilitate completion of the D’urban Park Development Project in time for Guyana’s 50thIndependence Anniversary celebration in the absence of budgetary allocations, following the May 2015 elections.  The Head of State, in a statement issued by his ministry  admitted that while this may have been an unusual course ...

A 31- year old resident of Aranaputa, North Rupununi, has been arrested for the alleged murder of his father, which occurred Wednesday evening. The Guyana Police Force said enquiries disclosed that the victim, Danielston Stephen, 50 years, was imbibing alcohol with several friends at his neighbour’s house after which he went home about 7:30 PM. “An argument ensued between himself ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday called on government to pay members of the Disciplined Services and public servants a one-month bonus because there is sufficient money in the treasury. The former Guyanese leader was unabashed about his motives for the suggestion- political support and economic stimulation. “If we get the political sympathy, that’s a bonus but who would not want political ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said his party would be consulting with civil society on who should be the six nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “Since I received the letter from the President two days ago, I have initiated a process that will see us consulting widely with civil society beginning next ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has been told that he can kick-start the process to select a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said. “In a short space of time, the Leader of the Opposition will be required to submit a list (of names) from among which the President will have to make a ...

A Dutch firm has been selected to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a new fixed high-span bridge across the Demerara River. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said Leivencse CSO’s feasibility study will examine the possibility of a public-private partnership. “This is the final stage of feasibilities before you actually get to construction,” Harmon told a post-cabinet news ...

President David Granger is getting ready to fly to Barbados to join in that island’s 50th Independence anniversary. Minister of State Joseph Harmon said the Guyanese leader would travel to Barbados for the celebration on November 30, 2016. He will be the guest of Barbados’ Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart. Stuart was in Guyana in May of this year for this ...

Eye On The Issues by GHK Lall The nation learns of two detectives from the Major Crimes Unit (MCU) turning their backs on four million dollars, and then turning in those seeking to obstruct and pervert justice.  It is why giving up is never an option; and why blanket condemnation is always improper and flawed. Four million in a lump ...

by Pastor Kwesi Oginga It is troubling how the scandal generated by the religious sector in Guyana has been dominating social media. Its popularity is fast becoming the sexual immorality scandal that is the equivalent of the Jim Jones tragedy, in 1978. It is international. It stubbornly appears day after day, in many different forms on social media, and is converted ...