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by Zena Henry Among the few but significant changes to be made by President David Granger to revamp and dignify the ailing public sector is the establishment of a Public Servant Staff College, the increase in wages and the return of the Collective Bargaining Agreement which was has been desecrated for more than a decade now. Guyana’s new President met ...

 Liza-1 well encounters more than 295 feet of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs  Well is first on 6.6-million acre Stabroek Block and drilled to 17,825 feet IRVING, Texas, May 20, 2015 – Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana. The well was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration ...

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is to be renamed the Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry and, like most other ministries, would be focusing on business development, according to President David Granger. “In the Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry we would be looking at the livelihoods, the quality of life of Indigenous People,” he said when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. Asked ...

Sections of the Linden to Lethem Road have been washed away by heavy rainfall and the lone-north-south corridor to the Rupununi has become impassable, sources confirmed. Several passenger buses and other vehicles have not departed Georgetown and Lethem. A senior government official said the newly-elected administration was aware of the problem and was contemplating steps to commence remedial works.  In ...

Bandits Tuesday morning invaded the East Coast Demerara home of a businessman, tied up his employees and carted off more than GUY$17 million in foreign currency in what appears to have been conducted with the assistance of someone with sensitive information, police said. Investigators were told that about11 AM, Tuesday, May 19, two men, one of whom was armed with ...

by Zena Henry An investigation is to be launched into the alleged disappearance of items belonging, in particular, to the National Sports Commission (NSC), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Alfred King. This follows a report by State newspaper, Chronicle which alleged that numerous documents detailing the spending of millions of dollars at the NSC went ...

The death of 10 miners in a pit at Region Eight, which occurred due to a breach of safety measures, could have been possibly avoided if there was no injunction that barred the Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) from enforcing regulations, according to that regulatory agency. “It is important to note that when the courts grant such Injunctions, the Guyana ...

by Zena Henry The government has put a hold on all police transfers until further notice The transfer of the Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Assistant Commissioner Leslie James is among , according to well-placed sources. He and others had been instructed to report to different locations Tuesday but early in the morning they were told to remain ...

by Zena Henry The A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC)-led administration is setting for a grand display of activities as the country nears its 49th Independence Anniversary, and prepares for  the inauguration of His Excellency Retired Brigadier David A. Granger, Commander-in- Chief of the Armed Forces on May 26. Spokesman for the planning team, Bobby Vieria says monies from ...

Dead miners identified The lifeless bodies of five the ten miners who failed to escape when a mining pit caved – in Mousie, Region Eight (Potaro – Siparuni) over the weekend were this morning taken to the Lyken Funeral Home and three of them have been identified. The three men are 17 – year – old Raymond August of 229 ...