Year: 2017

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman is adamant that contrary to the prevailing criticisms that Government is being ill-advised and is, in fact, not adequately preparing Guyana for an oil and gas sector – the Government is watching and learning from other nations. The Minister was at the time speaking during the opening of a geosciences technology workshop, organised by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), on Monday. According to Trotman, the Government is pursuing technical cooperation engagements like these, which can provide information with a nexus between the technical…

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Shardanand Narine and his alleged his accomplice Darryl Pronton were on Tuesday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of 28-year-old Babita Sarjou, whose body was dug up from a shallow grave in her ex-husband’s yard in May last year – some six years after she went missing. Following the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI), the two-murder accused heard that a prima facie case has been made out against them and as such they were committed to stand trial before a Judge and jury at…

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Support from corporate Guyana continues to swell, with oil giant ExxonMobil stepping up with a donation to the country’s hurricane relief efforts for its Caribbean neighbours that were devastated by the storms in recent months. At the handing over Tuesday morning, President David Granger said that the Government of Guyana welcomed the Gy$10 million donation from ExxonMobil and its partners, Hess and CNOOC Nexen, which he said would go a long way in helping the affected countries and their citizens to recover from the devastation experienced during the current hurricane…

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As of January 2018, persons will have the opportunity to attend courses for psychology at the University of Guyana (UG), following the launch of the programme on last Monday evening at the institution’s Turkeyen campus. In a feature address, Minister within the Public Health Ministry, Dr Karen Cummings said the inauguration of the programme demonstrates the efforts being made by the university in assisting Government’s agenda to address mental health issues. “The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Public Health has embarked on a rigorous programme to address mental…

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As the Private Sector continues to implement measures to encourage opportunities for small business growth, an apiculture training seminar was held this week focusing on entrepreneurship in bee management. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) with the financial and technical support of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through its Caribbean consultancy services network is implementing a three-year project on improving the capacity of micro, small and medium-sized business in Guyana. One of the recognised sectors in the project is apiary or the bee industry. The workshop, which began…

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The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the alleged trafficking of narcotics case against 26-year-old Tiffani Collison of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, has commenced at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The Customer Service Officer (CSO) at DHL Express where Collison attempted to ship the cocaine laced hammocks was the first to take the stand. She testified that she was approached by the accused who expressed her desire to have four hammocks shipped to the United State (US). She reportedly told the CSO that the recipient of the hammocks,…

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– as Gy$400m to be spent on wharf rehabilitation City Hall would be relocating the vendors on the Stabroek Market wharf to the area west of Parliament building following the removal of The Island Snackette and Pizzeria to facilitate repairs to the dilapidated structures, which pose a potential risk to everyone who occupies it. The vendors are expected to be relocated before the end of November, according to City Hall. Town Clerk Royston King, at a previous statutory meeting, told the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) that notices have already…

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