Year: 2017

The recently appointed Country Manager of ExxonMobil in Guyana, Rod Henson, has announced that that company will be relocating to Guyana its onshore operations — used for support services — from neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, where they are currently based. Henson made the announcement over the weekend during an outreach in Corriverton, Berbice as part of Guyana’s application process to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) based in Oslo, Norway. Henson was at the time engaging a Berbice businessman who was looking to query what, if any, interest ExxonMobil…

While addressing the gathering at the launch of the University of Guyana’s School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) on Friday last, local entrepreneur, Captain Gerald Gouveia said the Private Sector currently existing in Guyana is one that is relatively new, and hence there is need for more efforts to refine the talents of local entrepreneurs. In his statement, the mastermind of several tourism and hospitality entities revisited Guyana’s economic standings in the late 1900’s and thereby pointed out the difference in the privately operated portions of the country when…

…kidnapped taxi driver recalls harrowing ordeal at hands of escapees Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Shivtahal who was abducted by four high-profile murderers following the jailbreak at the Camp Street Penitentiary on Sunday evening said he begged for his life as he recounted the harrowing ordeal. The traumatised father of one, who was scared for his life, trotted though thick vegetation, swamps, trenches and several hives as soon as he was given the green light to go by wanted fugitive Mark Royden Durant, also called “Mark Williams” and “Smallie”. Although Durant’s cohorts were…

In wake of Sunday’s inferno that gutted the wooden Camp Street Prison, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has criticised the slow pace of prison reform that allowed the catastrophe to occur. In addition, the body made it clear that it holds the Government accountable. According to the PSC, prison reform in its entirety should be a top priority of the Government. It noted that much of the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into a fire at the same facility last year were not implemented. The PSC also…

The complaints from truckers about the deplorable state of interior roads preceded Government’s declaration that weight limits would be imposed on vehicles traversing the interior. The announcement is being greeted by worry that the additional cost would be passed onto customers. Speaking specifically about the situation in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Opposition Member of Parliament, Alister Charlie acknowledged that the roads were in a sorry state and trucks were one contributory factor. “We’re looking at the roads specifically,” he said in an interview with this newspaper while in Region…

…was found at home disguised in women’s clothing Residents in the community of Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo are on guard against possible suspects roaming the area who are on remand for a double murder committed on an elderly couple in the community last year. This renewed fear followed the escape and subsequent recapture of murder suspect Shamedeen Mohamed, who was found draped in women’s apparel at his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, residence on Monday night. His escape was facilitated by Sunday afternoon’s Camp Street Prison inferno, which was believed…