Daily Archives: June 15, 2022
Oil companies, not citizens, incur debts – Jagdeo
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has rejected assertions that Guyanese owe oil companies millions of dollars...
GECOM chair blanks calls for investigation into 2020 elections
Justice Claudette Singh, the chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Wednesday declared that there will be no investigation...
Gov’t spending about $5B on countrywide part-time jobs initiative
The government is spending at least $5 billion to provide part-time jobs to more than 10,000 Guyanese across the country...
Over $400M invested in ‘Do it Best’ store at Ruimveldt
Do it Best – an international hardware and building materials brand – is now available in Guyana following the launch...
Cop accused of stealing drugs from Timehri police station granted bail
A police detective sergeant attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force was granted $100,000 bail...
Two more COVID deaths; 120 new cases recorded
A 49-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a 68-year-old man from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are the country’s latest...
ExxonMobil rakes in $132 billion in Guyana profits
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy After about two decades of operating in Guyana, ExxonMobil, through its local affiliate Esso Exploration and...
NAMILCO flours now ‘Made in Guyana’ certified
The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) on Wednesday received its certificate from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)...
Fit-again Roach added to WI squad for first Test against Bangladesh
Kemar Roach has been included in the West Indies squad for the first Test match against Bangladesh at the Sir...
Buoyed West Indies start as favourites against depleted Bangladesh
Test cricket is back in the Caribbean and it features two teams on different plains- a depleted Bangladesh side is...
Four years jail, $2.3M fine for 6lbs of ganja
Ryan Marks was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of $2.3 million for trafficking...
Gov’t to build 500 houses, provide house lots to teachers, upgrade roads & schools in Reg. 7
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy President Dr Irfaan Ali continued his countrywide outreaches on Wednesday where he met with hundreds of...
