Risha Persaud

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cut short his first official visit to neighbouring Guyana on Friday after his mother died, meaning talks on a planned South American energy alliance would be postponed. Bolsonaro said his mother Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro had died aged 94 without revealing the cause of death. “With deep …

Opposition parliamentarian, Sherod Duncan was arrested on Thursday and is under investigation following a police complaint against him filed by a staff of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), police said. According to the police, Mr. Giddings claimed to the Cyber Crime Unit that Duncan singled him out on his talk …

A 29-year-old woman from Guyana is stuck in a refugee camp in Syria. The woman identified as Rafena Kumar has asked President Dr Irfaan Ali to bring her back to safety along with her two kids. She ended up in Syria after coming in contact with a man from Facebook. The …

Italian energy services group Saipem said on Tuesday it had won two offshore contracts in Australia and Guyana for a total amount of $1.1 billion. Saipem received the second contract from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana (EEPGL) for the Yellowtail development project, located in the Stabroek block, offshore …

The Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, informed the general public that the partially and even fully vaccinated Guyanese with Sputnik V are now eligible to take their second or booster shot of Pzifer vaccine. The majority of the people choice in Guyana is the one-dose COVID-19 jab of the Johnson and …

Irfaan Ali, had a conversation with his neighbouring partner Brazil in the oil and gas industry and in bauxite mining before the visit of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, which is scheduled to later this month. As per the statement released by the office of the President, the two Presidents held …

Natural Resources minister, Vickram Barrat, has said his country will model the exploration of their newly found fossil resource by the oil sector management strategies of Ghana. According to him, Guyana is taking Ghana as a model because Ghana is managing its oil resources very efficient which is bringing many …

The death of Ron Loncke, 26, of Circuitville, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, whose decayed body was discovered on his bed, is being investigated by police. The man’s companion was going through the neighbourhood when he noticed the door open, according to the police. He came to a halt to check …

Oil and gas major ExxonMobil on Wednesday announced two new oil discoveries offshore Guyana, at Fangtooth and Lau Lau wells, adding to previous recoverable resource estimate of 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The Fangtooth-1 well, drilled with the Stena DrillMAX drillship, encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone …

Nicholas and Sasha Low-a-Chee, a married couple, were discovered dead in their Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara home on Tuesday morning. Investigators from the police department have arrived on the spot. The pair may have been deceased for more than 24 hours and had several gunshot wounds. Police Commander of …