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The President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge on Tuesday said well-known Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes and his law firm are not in a conflict of interest because he is now the leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) political party. “We comply with all laws and regulations here and internationally and we don’t believe we have any conflict of interest, any ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that government was crafting a strategy to stimulate demand for hotels, malls and fast food services. “We have to understand that the government and the private sector, together, we have to invest in bringing the traffic in so that the services, the facilities that we’re building will have the demand structure to support those ...

A police manhunt was launched Saturday for a Venezuelan suspect in connection with the chopping death of another Venezuelan, a gold miner at Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and police said they were searching for the suspect. Dead is 21-year-old Adrian Williams of San Martin, Venezuela and Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, which occurred yesterday (Friday, July 5, 2024) ...

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has set up a two-man internal party oil and gas sectoral committee to insulate its leader, Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes from dealing with such matters, but People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo discarded that as insufficient. “Until we attain government I will have no input in or involvement with the AFC Oil and Gas ...

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Thursday admitted that leaking hoses were used to fight the Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice fire on Monday, June 1, 2024 and that it failed to inspect hydrants as one of their valves was buried and could not have been found. “The complaints about hoses with perforations and delays in accessing an open water ...

Two motorcyclists, clad in what appeared to be police uniforms, Wednesday night allegedly robbed the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited of GY$10 million at Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) compound on Young Street, Kingston, Georgetown. police said. “The man observed that the motorcyclists were ‘Policemen’-suspects dressed in Police uniforms. As such, the 65-year-old walked towards the Deposit vault ...

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Nigel Hughes’ insistence on remaining ExxonMobil’s lawyer is unethical and amounts to double standards but Mr Hughes said he has not been responsible for the company’s portfolio for the past 24 years. “What is it saying all along? That we have ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Sunday said he would not break ties from his law firm – Hughes, Fields and Stoby – which represents ExxonMobil unless he is elected to the government. “No, no! This issue really only arises if and when I become President or acquire a position of power because, then, I’m in ...

Newly-elected Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Nigel Hughes on Saturday said his party wants a law passed for all Guyanese to get direct cash transfers from oil revenues rather than cash grants that appear to be political handouts. “I’m proposing that we abolish immediately the liberty of giving government ministers or politicians, whether the opposition or government, the right to ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ruled that only Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, now known as ExxonMobil Guyana, needed a permit for the Liza 1 project rather than also its co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC Guyana. The applicant, Ramon Gaskin, had contended that each of the three companies ought to have applied for and obtained permits. He had ...