Patterson questions Auditor General’s capacity to scrutinise oil spending; says 2020 report likely to...
Alliance for Change (AFC) Executive and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member, David Patterson has brought into question the capacity of the Auditor General (AG)...
Misuse of oil money punishable under a slew of laws – Dr. Singh
While there are several explicit penalties outlined in the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) 2021 Bill for the nondisclosure of oil receipts, there is a...
Replica Mace holds no authority in National Assembly – Harmon
Controversy now surrounds the passage of the Natural Resources Bill after an Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) forcibly removed the Mace during a sitting...
Finance Minister believes two weeks was enough time for review of oil fund bill
Considering that the new Natural Resource Fund Bill 2021, contains more than 20 provisions of the repealed legislation passed by the Granger administration, Senior...
Natural Resource Fund Bill passes in spite of opposition’s disorderly protest
The Natural Resource Fund Bill, which was slated to see 21 speakers, was passed following the presentation of Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, even...
Historic Local Content Legislation passed
After one year of country-wide consultations and expert reviews, the PPP/C Government successfully debated and passed the Local Content Bill 2021 which represents one...
Draft Local Content Bill proposes robust mechanisms to prevent Guyanese from being rented, sidelined...
Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat on Thursday tabled the Local Content Bill 2020, which is poised to be a crucial tool in the nation’s...
YCG trains 22 youths in electrical installation with support of ExxonMobil
Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) with the support of ExxonMobil Guyana, has successfully trained another group of young men in electrical installation during the past...
NAREI gets over $68M from SBM Offshore for mangrove restoration project
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with one of ExxonMobil’s prime contractor, SBM Offshore, which...
Guyana to conduct first oil blocks auction next year-Jagdeo
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo revealed during an engagement with the media today that the government expects to hold the country’s first oil blocks...
