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Thousands of residents in Region Three now have improved access to upgraded asphaltic concrete roads. The infrastructural works were undertaken in La Parfaite Harmonie, Onderneeming, Westminster, Recht-Door-Zee, and Lust-en-Rust. The Ministry of Public Works Special Projects Unit (SPU) has completed approximately 31 kilometres of roadworks across these communities, fulfilling a commitment by President Dr Mohamed
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President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has said that the government is discussing ways to support the development of pastors, pandits and Imams in Guyana. The president was at the time speaking at the commissioning of South America’s largest Lord Shiva statue at the Badrinaath Aashram on the Essequibo Coast on Wednesday. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan
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In a strange move to bat first against the pink ball in overcast and extremely windy conditions, Guyana Harpy Eagles were reduced to 87-4 from 25.4 overs by stumps on a rain-affected day against the West Indies Academy in third round action of the West Indies Four-Day Championship at the National Stadium, Providence. The entire
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An ExxonMobil-led consortium is still locked in discussions with the Government of Guyana for a shallow water block offshore the country where there have been prolific oil finds over the past decade. The consortium comprising ExxonMobil, Hess, and CNOOC won shallow block S8 in Guyana’s first auction which was launched in 2022. The fiscal terms
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(Reuters) – Guyana’s government has given a CGX Energy and Frontera Energy joint venture a 30-day cancellation notice of its license to explore the offshore Corentyne block, where it has found oil, the Canada-based companies said on Tuesday. The group last year requested its license for Corentyne to be extended so it could finish well-appraisal work while looking
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ExxonMobil Guyana and its co-venturers in the prolific Stabroek Block are seeking environmental authorisation for another project, Longtail, from the Government of Guyana. Longtail will be the eighth project the company forges ahead with in the giant Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana. “The Longtail project is still a little bit early in the
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A 91-year-old man was rescued Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at his Durban Street, Worthmanville, Georgetown residence. Herbert Gaskin, who lived alone, was rescued from the blazing house by public-spirited citizens and rushed by EMTs to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is being evaluated. Due to the speedy response by the Guyana
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After failing to prove legal rights to the Mocha Arcadia/Caneview lands, the remaining squatters must pay $2 million in costs to the case’s three respondents: the Attorney General, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). The landmark ruling was delivered last week by Chief Justice Roxanne George, solidifying the
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Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Wednesday officially turned the sod for the $1.7 billion reconstruction of the Cottonfield Secondary School on the Essequibo Coast. The demolition of the old school is expected to commence soon. In the meantime, the 636 students currently enrolled at Cottonfield Secondary will be relocated for about 18 months while
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A contractor/driver is in police custody after he was found with 61.2 grammes of marijuana in three Pringles containers. The contractor, Khemraj Lall, was apprehended by Kevin Chester, a security officer employed by Aurora Gold Mines. Police Headquarters reported that at about 11:00hrs on Monday, Chester observed Lall carrying four bags and he [Chester] examined
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