Guyana News

(ExxonMobil) IRVING, Texas – April 28, 2023 – Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced first-quarter 2023 earnings of US$11.4 billion, or US$2.79 per share assuming dilution.

Just over a year after it applied,  ExxonMobil Guyana has gotten a five-year environmental permit for the Uaru project – what would be the fifth oil extraction operation in Guyana’s waters – and a parent company insurance guarantee is to feature for the first time.

Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announc-ed that the Guyana Marriott Hotel will remain under the government’s control for now as it will not be moving ahead with its sale given that the highest bid to purchase the hotel was only US$65m.

The main opposition APNU yesterday insisted that the upcoming June local government elections cannot proceed without an investigation into the alleged irregularities discovered on PPP/C lists submitted on Nomination Day.

As controversy continues to swirl around why the Home Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary had her phone seized by US authorities and US visa revoked, the government now has to defend political work being done by a senior public servant when it had publicly frowned on such practices.

A report on the death of a BOSAI worker has made seven recommendations that the Chinese company has to institute within set timelines.

By Shaniya Harding and Tanacia Karim (Interns with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) From Monday, for the next six weeks, pupils of the Enterprise Primary School will do only reading interspersed with robotics and some play time as the Education Ministry continues a radical drive to lift literacy rates.

A 38-year-old man of Lot 57 Thomas Street, Georgetown, was on Tuesday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.

On the heels of it receiving an environmental permit, ExxonMobil yesterday made a final investment decision for the Uaru development offshore Guyana.

The Mayor of Bartica has announced that he will not be contesting Local Government Elections come June 2023 and thinks it’s time for the youth and females to step up.  

Lindeners celebrated their first ever Building Expo in conjunction with the grand opening of Mast Villa at Amelia’s Ward.

President Irfaan Ali today promoted Colonel Omar Khan to the rank of Brigadier during a ceremony at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced that the Guyana Marriott Hotel will remain under the government’s control for now as they will not be moving ahead with its sale given that the highest bid to purchase the hotel was only US$65m.

“Shockingly brazen attempts” to derail the ascertaining of votes was how the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd general elections yesterday described the conduct of three top electoral officers but it was notably silent on the performance of the chair of GECOM.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that Home Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary, Mae Toussaint Jr.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A 31-year-old security guard was stabbed to death yesterday morning at her Sophia home and her reputed husband has been held.

Although there had never been an official announcement that Guyana had established a national intelligence agency, one has been in operation for over a decade and had several heads appointed over its course  under both the PPP/C and APNU+AFC administrations, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

High Court Judge Damone Younge has ruled that President Irfaan Ali must act with “all convenient speed” in ensuring the appointments of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice and therefore must also move with swiftness in engaging Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton as is mandated by the Constitution.

The Guyana Defence Force will tomorrow bid farewell to Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess and Lieutenant Colonel Omar Khan is tipped to replace him.

Police are investigating an incident that claimed the life of a 28-year-old mechanic after he lost control of his vehicle at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday evening.