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…as drillship moves on to Hammerhead -1 With another successful oil discovery under its belt, the ExxonMobil contracted drillship Stena Carron is off to a new target, Hammerhead-1, located nine miles southwest of Liza 1. The news comes on the heels of ExxonMobil announcing on Wednesday its eight discovery at its latest target Longtail and revealed that combined with the nearby Turbot this would amount to an additional 500 Million barrels of reserves. ExxonMobil is now accelerating exploration activity with an additional drill rig expected in the next few months.…

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…with 4 flights per week from November Members of American Airlines (AA) have met with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on June 12, 2018 at the Authority’s head office in Kingston. According to a statement from GCAA, the meeting was convened by the Director General, Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field, who outlined to the representatives of American Airlines, the requirements they must fulfill before commencing operations in Guyana. American Airlines is interested in providing scheduled flights on the Miami-Georgetown route from November 15, 2018. The Director General expressed his…

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Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Patrick West, MSS, earlier this week promoted 28 Officer Cadets to the Rank of Ensign following the successful completion of the first year of the Standard Officers’ Course number 50. The second year will see the Ensigns undergoing academic training alongside their military studies. After they have successfully completed the second phase of training they will be recipients of an Associate Degree in General Studies made possible through a memorandum of understanding between the Force and the University of Guyana. This…

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…Berbice man stabs wife to death, consumes poison after A 28-year-old woman was brutally stabbed to death by her reputed husband who later attempted to take his own life at Corentyne, Berbice on Wednesday evening. Dead is Tovanie Simmons of Corentyne Berbice. Her attacker has been identified as 30-year-old Imran Lyte, a farmer. Based on information received, the incident occurred at about 23:20hrs. This publication was informed that Simmons was staying at her mother’s residence, and as such, on the evening in question, Lyte visited the home to discuss a…

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… as rift deepens over alleged discrimination at GECOM The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) nominated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioners have officially written to the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) with regards to the recent decision made by the Chairman of GECOM, retired Justice James Patterson to overlook top-ranked candidate Vishnu Persaud in favour of Roxanne Myers in the selection of a new Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) at the entity. This was confirmed on Thursday during a press conference with Opposition Leader, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo at his Church Street office.…

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Mayor de Blasio has announced that the City’s styrofoam ban will go into effect by January 1, 2019, following the dismissal of a lawsuit preventing the implementation of the ban. This means that food service establishments, stores, and manufacturers may not possess, sell, or offer for use single service Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam food service articles or loose fill packaging, such as “packing peanuts” in New York City beginning in 2019, a release from the Mayor’s Office stated. Over the next six months, the de Blasio administration will work with…

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…says he has always acted professionally The top-ranked candidate who has been overlooked and passed up by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for appointment as its next Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO), Vishnu Persaud has broken his silence following the revelations and concerns raised by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-nominated Commissioners that there may be ethnic and employment discrimination occurring at the constitutional entity. Speaking with Guyana Times International on Wednesday, Persaud, who is currently unemployed, said that he was now contemplating his next step following the GECOM decision to…

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On Friday June 8, former PPP Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, and former NICIL CEO, Winston Brassington were further charged on the counts of misconduct in public office, this time for the sale of Sanata Textile Complex to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) between October 20, 2010 and December 20, 2010. The charge asserted they “acted recklessly” when they sold the buildings on the parcel of land of 18.871 acres together for G$697,864,800 plus VAT, (total G$809.5M) even though the valuation came in at G$1,042,403,500.00 and claimed the property was…

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… Jagdeo says as storm brews over GECOM hiring process Following claims of employment discrimination, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it intends to continue their monitoring of the ethnic composition at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and “expose every breach at the entity, so as to ensure free and fair future elections.” “We will continue watching the issue. We will keep watching it because we believe that that Elections Commission has a critical role to play in the future and we intend to expose every single breach that could…

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…during concert summer season New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that investigators from the Department of Motor Vehicles along with the State Liquor Authority, State Park Police and local law enforcement are cracking down on underage drinking and the use of fake IDs at venues across the state. According to a media release from the Governor’s office, since May, DMV has made 78 arrests during five investigations under its Operation Prevent campaign, an ongoing effort to curtail underage drinking that is once again in full swing as the…

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