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Legislative review to beckon auctioning of other offshore blocks in 2020

By month end, the Energy Department is hoping that the review of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Act can be...

Venezuela’s downfall a lesson for Guyana — Analyst

Chief Analyst at Wood MacKenzie, Simon Flowers, describes Venezuela’s economic peril as a “slow-moving car crash” and believes that it...

“Threats will not deter us” – UG Unions

The staff unions of the University of Guyana have said they are not prepared to subject themselves to tyranny. The...

Cuban couple jailed for forging passports

A Cuban Doctor and his wife, who both confessed to uttering a forged document to an immigration official, were this...

Hairdresser jailed 6 months for false declaration to acquire passport

A hairdresser who pretended to be her sister who has a disability in order to acquire a passport has been...

Port Kaituma NGSA preparedness under scrutiny

The Ministry of Education has long been on a mission to bridge the gap in education delivery between the Coast and...

Eight licensed dealers authorised to be Gold Board agents

As of February 1, 2019, eight licensed gold dealers have been authorised to act as agents of the Guyana Gold...

Guyana poised to capitalise on climate, forest financing opportunities

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, within whose purview responsibility for the Department of Environment and the Office of Climate...

Man jailed 18 months for attempted felony

A City Magistrate this afternoon sentenced a man to 18 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of...

Taxi driver charged with causing death of elderly pedal cyclist

A taxi driver, who is accused of causing the death of an 83-year-old pedal cyclist during a vehicular accident was...

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