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Reproduced from https://www.oedigital.com/  CGX Resources, an oil and gas company with offshore blocks in Guyana, has awarded Maersk Drilling a one-well rig contract. The Danish offshore drilling contractor said Thursday that CGX would use its semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer to for exploration drilling in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. The drilling contract has an estimated duration of 75-85 days ...

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a man who allegedly gunned down another man on Drysdale Street, Charlestown last night. Wanted is Lenroy Michael Forde. Police say he is wanted for murder committed on 25-year old Odingo Anthony Haywood which occurred last night. Investigators have linked the killing to a suspect who is known as ‘Biggie’. Preliminary information reveals ...

A man, who was wanted by police in connection with two incidents at Ann’s Grove village, East Coast Demerara, was Wednesday afternoon shot and injured as he allegedly attacked police with a knife,  the law enforcement agency said. Sustaining a gunshot wound to his right thigh is 24-year old Conway “Ninja Man” Higgins of Clonbrook village, East Coast Demerara. “He ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Band Mistress, Superintendent Charmaine Stuart died Wednesday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital after complaining of chest pain, police said in a statement. Police said her son, Kevin Jones, stated that his mother was rushed to the health care institution due to the pain. She was officially designated the force’s Director of Music and Culture. Police ...

ExxonMobil Guyana on Wednesday said production was being gradually increased to a maximum of 110,000 barrels per day, although the discharge silencer has not yet been fixed, the company said. The company, whose local partners in Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) are Hess Corporation and China National Overseas Oil Company (CNOOC), said production was being gradually increased from ...

Amid continuing concern about the prevalence of robberies by bandits moving around on bicycles and motorcycles, the Guyana Police Force on Tuesday said it was taking aim at those criminals, even as  that law enforcement agency reported a reduction in armed robberies. “Recognising that criminal minded persons have been riding motor cycles and bicycles in their robbery attacks on citizens, ...

The coronavirus has spread to many villages in West Demerara-Essequibo Islands and Demerara-Mahaica, as Guyana continues to record increased positive cases, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said Tuesday. Authorities say Region four (Demerara-Mahaica) continues to be the epicenter of covid-19 with the highest numbers recorded according to the ministry’s records. Of the 11,901 confirmed cases up to Monday, the Health ...

The High Court on Tuesday ruled that two People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Parliamentary Secretaries are illegally sitting in the National Assembly as non-voting parliamentarians because they were elected candidates for a political party. “I have concluded that the third and fourth respondents are not lawful members of the National Assembly since their membership is by virtue of their appointment as ...

Four men Saturday night opened fire as they invaded a bar on Lime Street, Georgetown and robbed the owner and a customer of cash and valuables amounting to GYD$680,000. Police say the men, who arrived on motorcycles at about 9 PM, robbed Cornbread Hangout and Bar. The 26-year old businesswoman, Teshana Blake told police that she was robbed of GYD$400,00 ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has asked the President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge for a meeting to discuss a timetable to fix malfunctioning equipment aboard the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel , Liza Destiny. In a letter dispatched to Mr. Routledge, the Guyanese Opposition Leader wants the American oil major to also explain what the problem with the discharge ...