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ExxonMobil hires Dutch-headquartered company in “key step” towards oil production in Guyana
A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel being operated by SBM Offshore. ExxonMobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited...
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Guyana’s police, customs hand over files to Surinamese counterparts
Guyana's Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud (centre). Suriname’s Assistant Police Commissioner, Guno Roosenhoff (left), Head of the GRA's Customs and...
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$500M increase in budget 2017 for Guyana contributions to int’l organisations
Guyana's contribution to international organisations has increased by some $500M in the 2017 budgeted estimates for the Foreign Ministry. The...
Read moreDetailsOpposition Chief Whip urges Foreign Minister to justify $200M hike in foreign contract employees
Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has asked Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge to justify a $200M increase in the amount allocated...
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GPL workers get 5% pay hike, other benefits
Guyana Power and Light (GPL) workers will before year-end take home a five percent across-the-board increase and other benefits, in...
Read moreDetailsMinister Greenidge confident in UN chief’s recommendation for Venezuela border controversy
While the Guyana Government hoped for a resolution to the border controversy with Venezuela before UN Secretary General Ban Ki...
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Guyanese woman held with marijuana at Jamaica airport
Reproduced from Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 23-year-old Guyanese woman was last Thursday arrested at the Norman Manley International...
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One dead, drivers seriously injured in collision at Linden
A woman was killed early Tuesday morning when the car she was travelling in collided with a minibus on the...
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Finance Minister says low oil price$$ benefited ‘troublemaker’ GPL; Jagdeo says customers never felt it
Finance Minister Winston Jordan surrounded by his team at today's press conference The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) continues to be,...
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GPL puts contracted workers, managers on standby , in wake of industrial unrest
GPL workers outside the power company's Main Street offices. Contracted workers and managers are on standby to man the Guyana...
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