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Guyana has been advised that ExxonMobil’s latest exploratory well offshore Guyana named SkipJack has turned up dry, according to usually reliable sources. The Ministry of Natural Resources said that ExxonMobil, which is a major partner in the local subsidiary of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, communicated SkipJack’s poor showing to Guyanese authorities. The Ministry of Natural Resources was informed by ExxonMobil ...

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday said he had no part to play in informing city businessman Lawrence “Larry” Singh that government needed to rent a pharmaceutical bond. “If I told Mr. Larry Singh? Joseph Harmon? No,” Harmon said when asked by Demerara Waves Online News asked him whether he told Singh that government needed a bond to store ...

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday ordered the Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN), Lennox Cornette to apologise for using her pregnancy as the basis for removing her from anchoring the 6 O’clock news. “It agonises me to get involved in what is an NCN management matter but, as a journalist and as a parent, I refuse ...

Now that all of Bai Shan Lin’s concessions have been repossessed by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), that regulatory agency is about to sell already harvested logs to help recover some of the debts owed by that company that claims it has registered a loss for more than 20 years. The total size of the concessions is 680,000 hectares including joint ...

Mining camps in the Upper Mazaruni are running low on food, fuel and other supplies, and secondary school students have been unable to travel to Bartica to begin the new school term because a partially submerged ‘draga’ is blocking the Mazaruni River channel. The mining raft has been  stuck  at the Pirimap Falls for the past three months. Crown Mining Supplies ...

Bourda Market area fruit and vegetable vendors were Wednesday warned by Town Clerk, Royston King that they would be banned from selling on Robb Street if they do not keep the area clean and continue to encroach on the roadway and obstruct vehicular traffic. “If we return after we would have lifted the suspension and find people dumping in places ...

More than 100 vendors and transporters of agricultural produce were Tuesday blocked from selling on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Street, resulting in the potential loss of millions of dollars in agricultural produce. Acting Mayor, Sherod Duncan said he “is unaware of what led to the decision, but I am looking into it.” Vendors said Town Clerk, Royston King ...

Under intense pressure, including a protest outside National Communications Network (NCN), the state broadcaster on Tuesday apologised to a news anchor for taking her off air because she is pregnant. While NCN’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lennox Cornette insisted in a meeting with the Guyana Press Association (GPA) that Natasha Smith was not pulled off the air because she is ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday backed the Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB) in calling on government’s investigation agencies to ensure that confidential information about customers’ accounts are not disclosed to anyone else including the media. “The agencies, however, which receive this information, are similarly bound by the confidentiality rules as are the banks and must ensure that these ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana with a view to fully optimising opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production. “The Ministry of Natural Resources, working in conjunction with the Ministries of Public Infrastructure and Business, believes that this facility is a critically ...