A report from Norwegian research company Rystad Energy is showing that for the year 2019, Guyana was able to overtake Russia as the world’s highest oil producer, in terms of conventional discovered volumes. According to the report, which was released last week, Guyana discovered an estimated 1.8 Billion Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) for last year. This, according to the report, would have contributed to oil giant ExxonMobil being named ‘explorer of the year’. “ExxonMobil can be declared explorer of the year for a second year in a row thanks…
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Florida university in Guyana outreach
The Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida is reaching out to Guyanese students, offering them the chance to discover careers in non-traditional areas, such as arts, media, and technology. Sandra Lizama, a representative of the University who is currently in Guyana, has encouraged students from various schools to take advantage of the programmes and scholarships that are available for Guyanese students at the foreign institution. Lizama has said that her coming to Guyana will not only bring awareness to Full Sail, but awareness of careers in other fields. She said…
Read MoreCelebrating 167 years of Chinese Arrival in Guyana
The first set of Chinese indentured immigrants arrived in Guyana on January 12, 1853. They came as a form of cheap labour to replace the freed slaves. According to the records, plantation owners in Guyana began expressing interest in having Chinese labourers from the onset of emancipation but recruitment formally began in 1851. Because of the long travel distance from China, at first Chinese were not recruited since it was cheaper to transport Indians. While it cost a planter 13 British pounds to transport an Indian labourer from Calcutta…
Read MoreInt’l experts in Guyana to offer technical support to electoral body
Consultants from the United States-based firm, International Republic Institute (IRI), that will be providing technical support to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), as well as a Ghanaian elections expert, have arrived in Guyana and been briefed by GECOM. This was announced by GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander on Tuesday, at the conclusion of the statutory meeting. According to Alexander, at least two of these individuals from Jamaica would have met with GECOM last week. “I know of two individuals who have been engaged by IRI and they’re supposed to be technical…
Read MoreDual citizen Bandhu withdraws from election contest
…Shuman yet to relinquish his Just days after Nomination Day, Presidential Candidate for the United Republican Party (URP), Dr Vishnu Bandhu, has withdrawn his name from the contest after knowingly signing a statutory declaration form attesting that he was not a dual citizen when, in fact, he is. Dr Bandhu signed the statutory declaration form on January 10, Nomination Day. On Tuesday, it emerged that he was, in fact, a dual citizen and had written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) asking to withdraw himself from the election contest. Article…
Read MoreWoman accused of dousing lover with hot oil faces attempted murder charge
A woman who allegedly poured hot oil on her partner last week was on Monday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge. Thirty-year-old Latoya Angel, a salesgirl of Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. The accused will appear in court on January 15, 2020. Reports are that the couple had a heated argument and the woman was allegedly assaulted by the man. The woman then waited until the victim was asleep, picked up the hot pot of oil from…
Read MoreCHINESE CULTURE: THE ARTS
Unlike the art of ancient Egypt, India, and Babylon, that of China has developed without interruption from antiquity up to the present. Chinese art is richly diverse and highly comprehensive, encompassing all forms and styles. Entering the treasure house of Chinese art is the start of a marvelous journey through calligraphy, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, drama, film, crafts and folk arts. Painting Traditional; chinses painting uses brushes to apply ink wash and pigment to think silk or paper, which is then mounted on scrolls. This form of painting attaches…
Read MoreBrothers remanded over brutal murder of newspaper vendor
Three brothers are accused of killing Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) newspaper vendor Sham Munilall, also known as “Paperman”. The men – Carlton and Carl Carter and Delhoya McKenzie – appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that the trio killed the 48-year-old man on January 10 at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, during the course or furtherance of a robbery. Reports are the incident occurred at about 20:00h at Munilall’s Lot 61 First Street, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast home. This newspaper was told that…
Read MoreThe Great Patamona Debate
‘Languaging’ at 3000 feet above sea level By Petamber Persaud Friday, December 20, 2019, Georgetown, Guyana, six feet below sea level: first oil and it made headlines, locally and afar. Friday, December 20, 2019, Paramakatoi, Guyana, 3,000 feet above sea level: also flowing at a blistering pace was a debate on indigenous languages conducted totally in Patamona. This is another first for Guyana yet it did not make the news. It did not make the news but it did move those who witnessed the debate. For those who witnessed the…
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bad penny… …Nagamootoo keeps showing up One of the persons who stuck out like a sore thumb on Nomination Day to your Eyewitness was Moses Nagamootoo. What exactly is his role going forward in the PNC-led coalition? Shouldn’t that role be determined by the AFC which brought him to the dance to begin with?? Well, that party resoundingly rejected him as the nominee for the coalition’s PM slot and, instead, chose Khemraj Ramjattan. He then asserted he was not competing for any position in the party. So, who exactly who…
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