Author: TIMES INT'L

The Opposition-nominated Commissioners at GECOM are not too happy about the decision to merge the House-to-House Registration data with the National Register of Registrants (NRR) saying that this will contaminate the NRR and lead to further delaying the General and Regional Elections. According to Commissioner Robeson Benn, this was not a product of their proposals. “The difficulty we have is merging and verification of the data. It was not our proposal. We have said that any merging or verification of the data is wrong, it will take a long time…

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Motivated by its first oil find, United Kingdom-based oil company Tullow has commenced preparations to drill a second well within the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana. Although an exact date was not published stating when the drilling works would commence, the Maritime Administration Department recently notified mariners of these operations as a precautionary measure when navigating the area. According to a notice published in one of the daily newspapers, the oil company will now be heading to the Joe-1 well site to drill. This operation, which will incorporate the use of…

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Indian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K.J. Srinivasa on Wednesday paid a courtesy call to Georgetown Mayor, Ubraj Narine. During that visit, several areas of interest were discussed. Among these was the granting of scholarships to Guyanese. In an invited comment by the Department of Public Information (DPI), Dr Srinivasa said the aim is to build the skills of young people in Guyana. He explained that as part of the International Cooperation Programme, there is ITEC, the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation programme; through which short course fully-funded scholarships are…

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Family members are still reeling after the horrid Sunday morning murder which claimed the life of a young mother of three at Victoria Village on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). While it was a tale of abuse dating back years ago, her six-year-old daughter was unfortunately left to witness her mother taking her last few breaths. Shamaine Frank, 27, who resided at Lot 317 Victoria Village, was brutally stabbed to death by the father of her children in the wee hours of Sunday. The woman’s brother, Junior Frank, detailed…

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The feasibility study for the construction of the 125 kilometre of road from Linden to Mabura, as well as the Kurupukari Bridge, is expected to be completed by the end of December 2019. The Kurupukari River crossing where the UK-funded bridge will be constructed The much-anticipated Linden to Lethem road project is divided into two phases: Linden to Mabura Hill and Mabura to Lethem. The United Kingdom (UK) Government is funding the first phase – Linden to Mabura including a bridge across the Essequibo River at the Kurupukari Stelling –…

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