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Cancer patients get GTT Pinktober-funded hampers

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it has gifted forty cancer patients with a total of 120 COVID-19 food hampers over the past three months. The food relief was distributed by the Beacon Foundation through a $500,000GYD Pinktober grant from GTT. GTT’s Pinktober Coordinator, Diana Gittens, explained that the goal of the grant was to meet the nutritional ...

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Forestry Commission gets GYD$350 million to pay salaries, utility bills

Workers of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) have gotten a GYD$350 million bail out to pay salaries to staff and utility bills, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Monday. The Ministry of Natural Resources also said that before year-end workers would be paid their $25,000 bonus that had been announced in 2018 by the David Granger-led administration. Natural Resources Minister, ...

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ExxonMobil drilling deepest exploratory well offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil has begun drilling its deepest well in Guyana to a depth of 8,000 metres of water in search of another oil field in the lucrative basin that has so far yielded several commercial discoveries. “We started drilling the Tanager-1 in the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana about two weeks ago,” an ExxonMobil spokeswoman told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 /Demerara Waves ...

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No prequalification process for new Request for Proposals to sell Guyana’s oil

The Guyana government has decided to scrap the prequalification process in a fresh round of request for proposals for a company to sell the country’s crude oil from the Liza Phase One well. The request was published in notices published in the daily newspapers by the Department of Energy of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Minister of Natural Resources , ...

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PNCR’s Chris Jones to sue police for false imprisonment, other violations

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member Christopher Jones plans to sue the State, including the Guyana Police Force, in connection with the seizure of barbershop equipment from his home yesterday. Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes says the 18 barbershop chairs and an air conditioning are Mr. Jonesā€™ equipment and that he has a stack documents to prove that. Documents were released ...

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Cuban national, Guyanese woman arrested over alleged ponzi scheme

Two weeks after theĀ Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) warned members of the public to be wary of pyramid and ponzi schemes, two persons were Thursday evening detainedĀ by police for the alleged operation of such a scheme. Police Force spokesman, Royston Andries said four persons have come forward so far to give evidence against the couple. Cuban national Yuri Garcia ...

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PSC wants laid off workers to benefit from COVID-19 economic relief

by Samuel Sukhnandan In light of the recent announcement by the government to offer relief to citizens and businesses due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is now pushing to have laid off workers benefit from this initiative. This matter was raised and examined during a recent meeting held between Minister of Labour Mr. Joseph Hamilton ...

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PNCR’s Christopher Jones arrested, barber shop equipment seized from home

Despite a High Court order,Ā  People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member, Christopher Jones was arrested on an allegation of simple larceny and several items connected to a barbershop that he planned to open were seized by police early Friday morning. Mr. Jones, a former government Director Sport, was first taken by police to the Diamond Police Station and later ...

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Police attempt to search PNCR’s Chris Jones’ home for “state assets”; he calls it “wicked political vindictiveness”

Police on Thursday night turned up at the Tucville, Georgetown home of People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member Christopher Jones to conduct a raid for several pieces of barbershop equipment worth more than GYD$4 million that were funded by a government project. Up to about 8:30 PM, police from the Major Crimes Unit were outside Jones’ residence where party ...

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Govt engages major development partners on stalled projects

by Samuel Sukhnandan Government has engaged some of its main developmentĀ partners including the Indian Government, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CBD) on several key projectsĀ that have been in the pipeline for many years, but never came to fruition. Public Works Minister Mr Juan Edghill said during discussions, the government conveyed its desire to have the ...

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