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The construction of an oil refinery on Crab Island, Berbice River, is not currently feasible because of the current oil production output and shallowness of the waterway around the proposed location, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said Wednesday. “We will have to do a bit more assessment and allow the companies to do their assessment as well but it’s ...

Ten months after Guyana’s first ever bid round yielded six companies for eight offshore oil blocks, government on Wednesday announced that negotiations have concluded and the companies were poised to sign the production sharing agreements (PSAs) and pay the signature bonuses. The signature bonus would be US$10 million for shallow waters and US$20 million for deep waters. Natural Resources Minister, ...

A gold miner of Imbaimadai Landing (Region Seven-Cuyuni Mazaruni) was Tuesday night nursing second degree burns in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was doused with High Wine and set alight during an argument with another miner, police said Tuesday. Police said they regarded the incident as an attempt to murder 44-year-old James “Wormie” Thomas. The prime suspect has since ...

An unattended electric stove was the cause of Monday evening’s fire at Kwakwani, Berbice River that left nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said Tuesday. “The fire was caused by a lit electrical stove that had been left unattended. Naked flames from the stove ignited a window curtain, which rapidly spread to other combustible materials within the house,” ...

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Vista Services Inc. has announced that it has become the exclusive distributor of Fermax Video Access Control Systems in Guyana. “This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing cutting-edge security solutions for households and businesses across the country,” VSI said in a statement. Under the leadership of Managing Director Orson Ferguson, Vista Services Inc. said it ...

Police have discovered an AK-47 assault rifle and a large sum of foreign currency and Guyanese dollars allegedly in possession by a businessman at his home at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said Monday. Arrested at about 6:25 p.m. was 42-year-old Weston Pickering of Lot 2 Somerset Court Housing Scheme, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. After the man ...

asks FBI to prosecute him for false report Burke demands that government produce the evidence The Guyana government has asked the United States (US) for assistance to institute a series of charges in both countries against New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke for several offences he has allegedly committed on social media. “These authorities have been invited to explore ...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations would have to thrash out their different positions on Venezuela, as the six members of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have come out in support of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro whose re-election has been condemned at home and abroad. President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNAG), Ambassador Dennis Francis declined to comment directly ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is not ruling out coalescing with other political parties to contest the 2025 general and regional elections, but will insist on a tight agreement that must include poverty eradication, rebalancing of wealth distribution and constitutionally entrenched power sharing, co-leader Dr David Hinds said at the weekend. “Unlike the last time, when we just went in ...