ExxonMobil’s Guyana Country Manager, Rod Henson on Friday declared that his company was not funding local political activities. Appearing before a bi-partisan parliamentary committee on Natural Resources, Henson was asked by opposition member Pauline Sukhai whether the United States (US) ...
The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) on Thursday lashed out at Bharrat Jagdeo, saying that as a former President and former Finance Minister he should know that the GY$30 billion bond for ...
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday denied silently asking Charles Ramson Jr. to publicly express his availability for the presidential candidacy of their party. “No, I did not, I did not,” he said, while ...
Norway’s outstanding US$80 million payments to Guyana for the preservation of standing forests will be used to fund the purchase of solar farms to supply 100 megawatts to the national grid, State Minister Joseph Harmon said Thursday. He said the ...
Guyana’s minimum State pension has been increased, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced Thursday. He said the new figure is now GY$360,000, up from GY$200,000. The State Minister further announced that well-known Guyanese historian, Professor Noel Menezes will now be ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says Trinidad and Tobago is the new Caribbean National Culinary Team of the Year. CHTA said last Wednesday that the team won top honors ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has warned governments in the region about the adverse effects of high air travel-related taxes and fees on travel as they wrestle with balancing ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne An assurance by the new Barbados government of an intention to exploit marijuana for its medicinal benefits — and make resulting products legal — must be welcome news to many on the ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. Nelson A. King In the wake of President Donald J. Trump’s new executive order on the separation of migrant children from their families, Brooklyn Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has headed New York’s congressional delegation ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali West Indies batsman Shai Hope collected three top awards — Windies Cricketer of the Year; Windies Test Cricketer of the Year; Windies ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2017 at a ceremony ...