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The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Senior Petroleum Coordinator, Gopnauth “Bobby” Gossai is to be disciplined for negotiating the reduction US$214 million in expenses with ExxonMobil-controlled Esso Exploration and Production  Guyana Limited (EEPGL) down to US$3 million, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said late Thursday night. “Therefore, after examining all the facts it is clear that Mr. Gossai acted without ...

A day after the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) failed to say what experience the one-year-old Tepui Group Inc. has in construction that resulted in the award of an GY$865.5 million contract to build a pump station, a crane operator died in an incident at a shore-base that is under construction at Providence, East Bank Demerara. The Guyana ...

Cabinet on Thursday discussed a report on an investigation into how officials if Ministry of Natural Resources had negotiated the reduction US$214 million in expenses with ExxonMobil down to US$3 million, Vice President Bharat Jagdeo said. “We’re taking it serious,” he said. He said the outcome of Cabinet’s consideration of the report that was presented by Minister of Natural Resources, ...

More than one year after China Railway First Group backed out of plans to build the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Plant (AFHP), government on Thursday announced that would in another two weeks issue a public request for proposals due to increased international interest in the project. “Now, I think there is a large number of people approaching us and the best ...

A case of forgery of agreement of sale for the GY$50 million purchase of a hotel in Georgetown has been dismissed because of inconsistent evidence by police fingerprint experts. Police had alleged that Marlus Hendricks, the purchaser of C-Island Hotel, High and Princes Street, Georgetown forged the signature of the then owner, Antoine Charles on the Agreement of Sale July ...

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on Wednesday defended its decision to award a GY$865,543,500 contract to construct a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, in the wake of a formal request by Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and opposition parliamentarian David Patterson for Guyana’s Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to conduct a probe. NPTAB, in ...

Police on Wednesday said they were investigating an alleged robbery with violence committed on two students: ** A 16-year-old secondary school student from Farm, East Bank Demerara who was robbed of one Black S21 cellphone valued at $85,000 ** A 15-year-old student from Mocha, East Bank Demerara was robbed of one black iPhone 7 valued at 68,000, one backpack valued ...

The State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) says it owns the lands at Cane View, Mocha, East Bank Demerara from which more than 30 households were evicted earlier this year and never gave the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) any authority there. GUYSUCO’s Company Secretary/Legal Officer, Khawn Rodney states in an affidavit that the corporation admits that it is the ...

An unspecified number of Guyanese police are to be deployed to Haiti to assist with the training of Haitian police as part of a United Nations-backed mission to take back the country from violent gangs and pave the way for long-overdue elections, according to well-placed sources. The number of Guyanese police has not yet been finalised, the United Nations Security ...

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and opposition parliamentarian David Patterson on Tuesday asked the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to investigate whether the award of a GY$865,543,500 contract to construct a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara was above board. “I write seeking an investigation into the award of this contract on the basis that the Contractor was ...