Month: January 2015

Georgetown: US giant oil company Exxon Mobil said that the company is finalising preparations to begin drilling for oil off the coast of Guyana in March. The drill site is…

Georgetown: A top visiting U.S. State Department official began talks with the Cuban government this week after a hiatus of 38 years since any top official visited Havana, according to…

Georgetown: Guyana, South America South Undiscovered- With a brisk wind whipping at her stern, the Cruise Ship MS Hamburg, with 300 passengers on board arrived in Guyana for the second…

Georgetown : The Alliance For Change says the party welcomes the announcement of a date for new General and Regional Elections as a victory of pro-democracy forces in Guyana.  …

Georgetown: Former Minister and Attorney-at-Law Bibi Shadick, was appointed the eighth Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) at an adjourned Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. The…

Georgetown: Dr. Ernesto Samper Pizano, Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and former President of Colombia today noted that among his list of priorities for UNASUR,…

Georgetown: CARICOM on Tuesday accredited the first Plenipotentiary Representative of New Zealand to the Community. Her Excellency Jan Henderson, who is also accredited to several CARICOM Member States, presented her…

Guyana will participate in the first ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington, DC on January 26, 2015 which is to be hosted by Vice President Biden. Guyana will be…

Georgetown: A six storey building at the junction of Camp and Robb Streets, Georgetown will be the opened in May for a Paris based call centre called “Teleperformance.” The call…

Fresh on the heels of the Obama administration’s changes in the U.S. relationship with Cuba, a top U.S. State Department official is set for talks in the Caribbean island beginning…