-ExxonMobil and co-venturers ExxonMobil Guyana and its Stabroek Block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC, yesterday announced they had extracted 500 million barrels of oil from Guyana’s offshore Stabroek block and that plans were in place for daily production of 1.3m barrels by the end of 2027.
Acknowledging that GuySuCo’s big loss on every pound of sugar produced cannot continue, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that steps are being taken to ensure that the number is cut significantly but blamed the opposition APNU+AFC for bequeathing a sector where heavy subsidies are needed.
APNU and the PNCR yesterday said that President Irfaan Ali and his government must take full responsibility for the problems in the management of public funds.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday inaugurated new libraries at the Tuschen Primary School, Greenwich Park Primary School, and Parika-Salem Primary School.
In less than 24 hours after discussions, President Irfaan Ali provided the Guyana Veterans Legion with a new minivan through the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
(Reuters) – The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden’s policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying the measures threaten jobs, consumer choice and energy security.
A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempting to murder his partner at their 142 El Dorado Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown home.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two of T&T’s most respected economists, former minister of finance Wendell Mottley and former Central Bank governor Euric Bobb, are calling for a return of the managed flotation of the TT dollar that was first introduced in April 1993.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit said that on Tuesday, Denzil Park, Rickardo Danhart and Patrick Ram appeared before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where they were found guilty of the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 10.078kgs of cocaine.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump yesterday named incendiary Republican U.S.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Retired Justice Seymour Panton, has expressed disappointment that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, has failed to acknowledge receipt of a letter from the anti-corruption body raising concern about the conduct of a parliamentarian.
Senior trade officials have advanced preparation for the Fifty-Nineth Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) scheduled for 27-28 November in Guyana.
The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that its Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has launched an investigation into the fatal workplace accident on Tuesday at Kara Kara Mine in Mackenzie, Linden.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth as U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said yesterday that at least two patients were killed when its ambulance was stopped and attacked earlier this week in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.
Anderson Cyril, a 28-year-old food vendor of Lot 362 Tabatinga Lethem, Central Rupununi, was arrested on November 10, 2024 for armed robbery, the police said yesterday.
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state could signal stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, but concerns about retaliation by China could temper any efforts, analysts said yesterday.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Argentina upheld a guilty verdict for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner yesterday.
The Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) yesterday expressed concern about the number of requests it has been getting for access through the Iwokrama Forest to other areas, some of which are for illegal mining but disguised as “research” proposals.
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