If you are looking to penalize companies to achieve local content, you’ve failed- Dr....

When it comes to local content, many countries have tried and failed at finding the right balance of incentives or penalties to ensure companies...

Opposition accuses Govt. of forging signatures in nomination list

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton has accused the People's Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) of being agents of electoral fraud. According to Norton, the party forged...

Over 900 persons with disabilities to receive skills training this year

More than 900 persons with disabilities (PWDs) will receive skills training in various disciplines this year. This intervention will be funded through the $58.5 billion...

Controversial Brazilian businessman seeking to invest in Guyana’s oil and gas sector

Almost five years after his company abruptly pulled out of a US multimillion-dollar investment, controversial Brazilian businessman, Yucatan Reis is here again. This time,...

Exxon submits EIA for US$13B Whiptail Project

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has filed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its...

Superintendent Kingston is acting Crime Chief as corruption probe continues — Harmon

With Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves on administrative leave to facilitate an investigation into corruption allegations, Deputy Superintendent Michael Kingston will...

Appeal Court to hear ex GDF Coast Guards’ death row arguments on March 15

The Court of Appeal has set March 15, 2021, to hear arguments in the appeal of three former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guards...

Govt’s agriculture investments not ‘short-sighted’ — Min. Mustapha

The government’s continuous investment in the agriculture sector to achieve food security is characteristic of long-term visionary leadership. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, emphasised the...

Four years, $14M fine for foreign National charged with trafficking cannabis

  A Dominican Republican, previously convicted in the US for trafficking cocaine, was today sentenced and fined by a City Magistrate for a cannabis bust...

Cops find close to 70lbs of ganja in taxi at Weldaad roadblock   

At noon on Saturday, police ranks uncovered some 30.8 KGs (67.9lbs) of marijuana in a car during a roadblock operation at Weldaad, West Berbice. The...

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