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ExxonMobil said today it made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels, the company announced. ExxonMobil said drilling at Uaru-2 encountered approximately 120 feet (36.7 meters) of high ...

A security guard was shot during an accidental discharge of the pistol in his possession but a video recording showed that he lied that he was  shot and robbed of the handgun which was picked up by a Venezuelan, police said. Investigators said 21-year-old Ntini Garnette who resides at Haslington, East Coast Demerara was shot to his left leg and ...

A  man from Corriverton, East Berbice has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of  25 kilogrammes of marijuana, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Tuesday. The man, who has been identified as 41-year old Wesley Anthonio Barry, was intercepted  at 176 Area “AA” Kingston, Little India #79 Village, Corriverton. “During the search of the building and in the presence ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday insisted that the proposed US$810 million to US$900 million gas-to-shore project would be viable in years to come, despite ongoing progress in scaling up renewable energy sources and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. “I don’t believe fossil fuel prices will fall. You still have a large number of years when fossil fuel prices will ...

The Attorney General Anil Nandlall welcomed the High Court’s decision to throw out a pro-opposition election petition but Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon castigated the court, suggesting that the ruling was politically motivated to favour the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). “This is a clear attempt to protect the installed PPP regime from scrutiny and from being removed from government where they ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday dismissed the pro-opposition election petition against the 2020 March, 2020 general elections, saying that  the Recount Order 60 and the relevant laws that were used were constitutional and legal. The Chief Justice has to now issue the relevant consequential order and certificate. She found that Section 22 of the Election Laws Amendment Act  was ...

The man, who was wanted in connection with the gunning down of a man on Drysdale Street, Charlestown, was arrested by police at ‘Devil Hole’,  in Region Seven, police said. Police said Lenroy Michael Forde was arrested by police, with assistance of two Supernumerary Constables, based on “intelligence received.” Investigators have linked Mr. Forde  to the gunning down of Odingo ...

The owner of a supermarket at Diamond, East Bank Demerara was Saturday morning robbed by two bandits one of whom was armed with a handgun, police said. The victim, Lianggeng Wu, told police that he was robbed of GYD$300,000 cash when the robbers forced him at gunpoint to reenter his supermarket named Tan Yuan Meng and located at Lot 593 ...

A Venezuelan soldier  was Saturday shot and injured at Imbotero, North West District by two Venezuelans who escaped from Guyanese police and returned to Venezuela, Guyanese police said. “The suspects fled the scene and escaped over the border into Venezuela, after being pursued by ranks from the GPF (Guyana Police Force),” that law enforcement agency said in a statement. A ...

The ailing state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) Friday night announced that workers would get  a one-off payment calculated at five percent of six months salaries two years ago, following talks with a government delegation led by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. The union explained that the pay-out would be calculated on the workers’ earnings in 2019.  However, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s ...