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A forklift toppled at the Aurora Gold Mines’ site, hurting a warehouse worker who has since been evacuated to the city for medical treatment, a senior company official said. Peter Benny, Human Resources Manager of the Zijin Mining Group-controlled in the Upper Cuyuni, said the worker sustained injuries his right leg when the forklift toppled at the back of the ...

ExxonMobil on Sunday announced that its Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Guyana has reached full production capacity of 120,000 barrels and the company had significantly reduced flaring of natural gas with the commissioning of its gas injection system. “Earlier this month, the Liza Destiny floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel reached full capacity of 120,000 barrels ...

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond has lauded the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) for opening two news stores and creating jobs for communities in which they are operating, saying it is a sign of confidence in the economy. Minister Walrond, who commissioned the stores at Parika, East Bank Essequibo and Grove, East Bank Demerara, noted that ...

Fire Sunday morning destroyed a house at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, leaving a family of four homeless, fire and police sources confirmed. The thick black smoke could be seen from miles billowing from 94 CC Eccles nearer to the Industrial Site. Police said no one was injured and none of the neighbouring building was affected by the blaze. The house ...

Residents and businesses in the north-western Guyanese town of Mabaruma now have 24 hours electricity supply, with the installation of a new generator, government said. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said the cost of the new generator is GYD$9.9 million. The generator was installed at the Mabaruma Power station in Region One (Barima-Waini). Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill said he ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Saturday called for several top officials not to be part of the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) machinery before Local Government Elections (LGE) are held, and urged the GECOM Chairman Retired Justice Claudette Singh to break her silence about what is happening at that elections management agency. “It is unthinkable and certainly unacceptable that GECOM ...

The mother and brother of one of the Henrys who were brutally hacked to death in September, have been slapped with several charges related the altercation between them and policemen at the Sparendaam Police Station earlier this week. Police said 24-year-old Colwyn Henry and his mother Gail Johnson, both of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, allegedly assaulted a police sergeant ...

A 38-year-old woman and her two-year-old grandson of Friendship Canal Lower, Pomeroon River drowned late Friday night as they were heading home in a wooden balahoo fitted with a 75 Horse Power (HP) engine and driven by her drunken husband, police said. The boat was driven by her husband, 42-year-old Riley Gill. Police said that between 11:30 PM Friday and ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday asked the State to prove that it obeyed the Combatting in Trafficking In Persons Act, after claiming that the now departed 26 Haitians had been deemed as victims of people trafficking. “I am just more interested in the legal issues that I have raised because when I read the affidavits because, to my mind ...

Newly-minted Senior Counsel, Timothy Jonas is recommending a broad-based committee of legal experts be established to recommend to the President who should be conferred with Silk, following a High Court ruling that cited the need for a transparent process. Attorney General Anil Nandlall, during the case about the role of the Executive in the process, also promised that efforts would ...