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Following the recent gas compressor malfunction on the offshore Liza Destiny platform, President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge yesterday disclosed that oil production has been pared to 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) – its previously stated maximum capacity – while gas flaring has increased to 16 million cubic feet per day.
A sum of US$17.4M will be allocated towards improving the Informa-tion and Communications Techno-logy (ICT) capabilities of more than two hundred communities across the country.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is working towards a production target of 97,420 metric tonnes (MT) for 2021 and it is rapidly moving ahead with maintenance as it prepares for the start of the first crop later this month.
A second suspect in the murder of Kitty contractor Peter Gonsalves, was charged with the capital offence yesterday and remanded to prison.
A flagship project of the APNU+AFC government appears to have been ended with the discontinuation of operations at the Bertram Collins Staff College.
A motorcyclist died on Sunday afternoon after he crashed into a utility pole at East La Penitence.
With a jury unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, former police officer Enfield Price was able to walk out of the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court as a free man yesterday afternoon.
A large majority of the new COVID-19 cases recorded in Region Seven have been recorded in Waramadong and authorities are now considering imposing a lockdown.
An autopsy yesterday showed that Victor Soomaru, the 40-year-old Kitty resident who succumbed at a city hospital last Thursday, hours after he was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate at the Lusignan prison died as a result of brain haemorrhage due to multiple fractures.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd and Ambassador of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch met yesterday to discuss matters on the bilateral agenda of Guyana and the USA.
Guyana yesterday recorded its 181st COVID-19 fatality as cases of the virus in the country surpassed 8,000.
Four City Hall employees who were previously sent on leave after being implicated in fraudulent activity recently returned to work.
Twenty-three persons were taken into custody after the police in Region 4A (Cummings Lodge to Agricola) conducted cordon and search exercises in several areas within the division.
The PPP/C Government will be writing letters to local aircraft operators who are yet to remove VAT from hinterland-bound flights, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill said yesterday.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has raised $10M through its virtual Pinktober 2020 events.
The appeal filed by convicted Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was last year found guilty of paying herself just over $4.5M, is scheduled to come up before the Guyana Court of Appeal today for a case management conference (CMC).
The 2021 Budget will be read on Friday, February 12th, Minister of Finance Ashni Singh said yesterday.
A week after the region was jolted by a 5.7 quake, South Rupununi experienced a 4.6 aftershock on Sunday evening leaving residents anxious about the constant rumbling that has cracked the walls of 27 houses in Katoonarib.
The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
The police say that Stephen Persaud,41, is wanted for questioning in relation to the alleged Forgery of an Agreement of Lease on October 05, 2020.
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