March 22, 2018

(Department of Public Information) According to Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GPL, Renford Homer, there was a mini disturbance on a primary line at the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) in Duke Street Kingston resulting in a…

Repairs to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre are 85% completed, on schedule for its reopening on May 27 2018. The media was today given a tour of the facility and an update on works being undertaken by China Civil Engineering…

A 27-year-old man was on Thursday charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Michael Sampson, a personal trainer, appeared before Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court and denied the charge.…

The Indian Government has expressed an interest in oil blocks offshore Guyana and is also looking to purchase oil from Guyana after production begins in 2020. “The Government of India is interested in having an oil block for exploration…

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was very critical of Wednesday’s cabinet caucus with international experts about the petroleum sector and called for the Government to engage more with its own people in formulating a plan for the burgeoning…

A 22-year-old man is in Police custody for the murder of a teenager at Kariako Creek in the Braima River, North West District. Dead is 18-year-old Lawrence Leon. Police said Leon was allegedly murdered between 06:00hrs on Wednesday…

Experienced government pathologist DrNehaul Singh Thursday said improper procedures were used in the handling of the burnt remains of the eight men who were found burnt to death in a mining camp at Lindo Creek in 2008. Testifying before…

The University of Guyana (UG) has begun a series of events to mark the 100th birth anniversary (today) of late President Dr Cheddi Jagan, with the University’s Registrar saying that Dr Jagan’s legacy is alive and will be for generations to…

I have noted with a deep sense of consternation, the statement emanating from the Cheddi Jagan Research Center (CJRC) as it relates to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) inability to fulfill its commitments of a philatelic stamp…

The discovery of oil is the biggest opportunity for Guyana to rid itself of poverty and it should take the current petroleum deal with ExxonMobil and not “tear it up” for that will mean the death of an oil industry here, Sir Paul Collier, a…