Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said Alliance For Change’s (AFC) David Patterson would continue be the opposition coalition’s spokesman on oil and gas. Mr Norton on Thursday told a news conference that Mr Holder, an engineer, would be Shadow Minister of Natural Resources which includes oil and gas, but Patterson would continue to speak on the subject in the National Assembly. ...
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GRA, CANU seize $ millions worth of smuggled items
Agents of the Guyana Revenue Authority and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have seized a motor vessel with quantities of uncustomed beers, foreign chicken and cigarettes worth of an estimated GY$5.5 million, GRA said Thursday. “The uncustomed goods and motor vessel were secured pending the outcome of further investigations which have commenced,” GRA said. GRA said its Law Enforcement and ...
Read More »President Ali offered Global Africa Leadership Award
The Ghana-headquartered Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has picked President, Dr Irfaan Ali to receive the Global Africa Leadership Award later this month, the Guyanese leader was informed on Tuesday. “On behalf of the Africa Prosperity Network and its partners, I am happy to inform Your Excellency that you have been selected to receive the Global Africa Leadership Award,” APN Executive ...
Read More »Guyana already spends US$2 million on parking meter arbitration case
The Guyana government has so far spent more than US$2 million on fighting an international arbitration case concerning the previous administration’s decision to halt the implementation of a parking meter system in the capital city, Georgetown, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Monday. The then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC)-led coalition administration had suspended the parking meter system, ...
Read More »No ferry company formed yet, but talks ongoing- Trinidad, Barbados Foreign Ministers
A regional ferry system may be on the horizon to journey through Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. However, despite reports of a new company being established for this ferry service last week, no company has yet been formed, the Trinidad Guardian reported on Tuesday. Speaking during a signing of the agreement for the construction of a bridge in Guyana ...
Read More »UG calls in police about fake Facebook post
The University of Guyana (UG) om Sunday said it reported to police the existence of fake Facebook pòst in the name of that tertiary institution. A senior UG official told Demerara Waves Online News that a report was made to the Guyana Police Force at 11.41 am. “They have replied to say they are actively working on it,” the official ...
Read More »Crossing the Berbice Bridge will become cheaper; new fixed high-span bridge planned- Pres Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that plans are afoot to reduce the cost for crossing the Berbice River Bridge, even as government was eyeing the construction of a fixed bridge across that waterway in eastern Guyana. He did not provide any detail, about how that would be done but said government would be holding talks with the privately-owned Berbice ...
Read More »Legal action looms over questionable contract award
A company , which believed it unfairly lost a government bid to supply GY$120 million worth of electrical equipment because it did not supply two “immaterial” documents, is considering challenging the decision by government. Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Inc; Brian Hackett said he would be seeking legal advice to follow up on indications by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) ...
Read More »Joint sharing of oil resources an option after ICJ ruling on Guyana-Venezuela boundary dispute- International Law expert
There is potential for Guyana and Venezuela to jointly share or exploit oil reserves that that straddle both countries, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) most likely rules that the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award of the land boundary between the neighbouring South American nations is valid, an International Law expert said Friday. Dean of the University of the West ...
Read More »Guyana to be part of southern Caribbean ferry route
President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that Guyana would be part of a ferry service that would link this South American country with sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. He announced the formation of the company at the signing ceremony for a US$35 million four-lane bridge between Mackenzie and Linden. “Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and ...
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