Guyana Remains On The Cusp Of Greatness…Destruction Also A Possibility
by Karen Abrams Guyana stands on the cusp of major economic development, but cusp is not achievement and even if some of the projected oil funds are gained in the…
Health Minister stresses compliance with mandatory mask-wearing
−Says that fines and imprisonment can be avoided As part of the new COVID measures implemented by the government persons can be fined for not wearing a face mask in…
Central Housing CEO Has Contract Terminated! Housing Contracts May Not Be honoured
by Aileen Cummings It has been reported that the CEO of the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA) Mr Lelon Saul, has been notified that his contract has been terminated…
Meet Lynden Archer: Community Profile
(Republish from mycaribbeanscoop.com) The list of accomplishments that Professor Lynden Archer, a native of Guyana, has made over the past 20 years is remarkable. Archer is James A. Friend Family…
STEMGuyana Launches 4-4-4 Program To Put Local Teens To Work
Last Summer, STEMGuyana designed a Website Development course and engaged a team of 10 Trainers to teach Website Development (WordPress) to more than 200 Guyanese teenagers in regions 2, 3,…
Guyana borrows $20M USD loan from OPEC Fund to provide COVID-19 support; Bangladesh, Benin, Dominica also benefits
Vienna, Austria, August 24, 2020. The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has extended four loans to support COVID-19 response efforts in Bangladesh, Benin, Dominica and Guyana. The…
Stena Carron Drillship Set to Begin Drilling at Kaieteur Block, Offshore Guyana; Deepest Well Yet
(Reprint from https://www.oedigital.com/) U.S. oil major ExxonMobil is set to begin drilling at the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana, hoping to replicate successes made in the adjacent Stabroek block where it…
Guyana re-launches search for company to market government’s crude; will honouring contracts be an issue in the future?
Aug 24 (Reuters) – Guyana has re-launched a search for a company to market the government’s share of the crude produced at the offshore Liza project, operated by Exxon Mobil…
A Not-To-Do List for Guyana’s New Administration When It Comes to Oil
Reprint from http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Jeremy M. Martin and Kathryn Hillis LA JOLLA, California, Aug 24 2020 (IPS) – Just over five years ago, a major oil discovery occurred on the…
CaribEd is bridging the internet access gap for Guyanese students amid the pandemic
By Jordan Frias (reprint bizjournal.com) Feeling the need to make a difference while in quarantine, Harvard student Shawn Shivdat assembled a team to bring educational resources to his father’s home…