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The Guyana Government stands to receive as much as 60% of oil profit in the Production Sharing Agreement it signed with Tullow Guyana B.V and Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Inc., two major oil companies that are currently exploring in the…

A group of investors are eying Guyana's arable lands to invest in oil palm cultivation, which can produce four tonnes of crude oil per hectare annually, the Ministry of Agriculture said. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from…

President David Granger Friday announced that he will convene a region-wide conference in Berbice before June 2018 with the aim of addressing several issues and to identify priority areas to be included in the 2019 National Budget which…

First Lady Sandra Granger will be teaming up with the United Nations Children Fund’s (UNICEF) to address the social problem of teenage pregnancy in Guyana, the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) said. The First Lady on Friday received a…

President David Granger, today, met with a group of disgruntled security guards at New Amsterdam, who were laid off by a private security firm based in Georgetown. According to the workers, the firm has not paid salaries since December…

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 49-year-old resident of Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB). In a statement, the police said at about 06:30hrs on Friday, a motorcar driven by a 39-year-old…

A Berbice family was on Thursday evening beaten and robbed by four masked gunmen who were also armed with cutlasses and knives. During the ordeal, a female family member was sexually assaulted after two of the bandits stripped her naked…

By Fareeza Haniff The aftermath of Thursday’s gunning down of three suspected bandits by the police has left more questions than answers. As a matter of fact, the family of Kwame Assanah, claim that he was wrongfully killed. They intend…

President David Granger is yet to deliver on his promise to have the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) brief parliamentarians on its heightened border security measures and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is very much concerned. “We’ve…

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday tabled the Juvenile Justice Bill, paving the way for the Parliament to begin considerations of the proposed changes to the juvenile justice system. In reading the Bill for the…