US$100M Investment fund launched to support onshore oil activities in Guyana
Coming out of a recent Conference and Exhibition in Scotland was the launching of a US$100M Investment Fund to provide support to onshore activities...
GRA to revamp PID system, criminal and other sanctions to be imposed for defaulters
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) recently conducted an assessment of its systems and fund that the arrangement in place for Permits for Immediate Delivery...
GO-Invest Head refuses to confirm yet another oil find after making overseas announcement
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), Owen Verwey, was quoted by an international magazine, Petroleum Economist, saying that another...
PPP claims GECOM Secretariat gone rogue, acting independently to will of Chairperson
Members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are convinced that the Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), headed by Keith Lowenfield, is acting...
Elections will be held before end of 2019 – GECOM chairperson declares
Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM, retired Justice Claudette Singh has declared that general and regional elections must be held before the end...
Foreign investors unfazed by Guyana’s looming Local Content Policy – GCCI
Despite the pending introduction of a Local Content Policy, there is increased interest from foreign investors who are looking to take a bite out...
Rape accused walks free
A 36-year-old man was in high praises this afternoon when a 12-person jury found him not guilty on two rape charges.
The man, Nandram Ganesh,...
Man, who fractured ex male lover’s nose, gets 18 months jail
One day after a man was remanded to prison for fracturing his ex lover's nose, he was moments ago sentenced to 18 months imprisonment...
Inmate on farming duties escapes after breaking into officers’ living quarters
An inmate who was performing farming duties at the New Amsterdam prison earlier today escaped from the facility.
Prison officials confirmed that Rameshwar Prakash escaped...
Tullow Oil’s three-well target offshore Guyana holds total prospective resource of 400M barrels
Independent UK explorer, Tullow Oil, has embarked on a three-well exploration programme in Guyana, which it recently revealed holds a total prospective resource of...
