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The governments of the Dominican Republic and Guyana signed an agreement this Thursday to jointly explore and potentially develop oil and natural gas resources in the onshore Berbice block, marking a major step in their expanding energy partnership. Under the deal, the Dominican Petroleum Refinery will represent the Dominican state and receive a ...

See full statement from the Office of the Prime Minister: The 300 MW Wales Gas to Energy project, Guyana’s largest infrastructure initiative to date, is advancing. Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips expressed the view that in recent months the contractor has advance works.   He noted the company’s commitment to deliver first […]

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Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud met with the Director General of Central America and the Caribbean of Global Affairs Canada Mr. Mark Richardson, accompanied by High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, H.E. Sébestien Sigouin. The director general’s visit to Guyana follows on the heels of President Ali’s visit to Canada last week, during which he met […]

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Motorists using the East Bank Demerara (EBD) corridor and the Linden-Soesdyke Highway are being urged to exercise caution as ongoing road construction continues to create dangerous conditions along several sections of the roadway. During the “Road Safety and You” programme on Tuesday evening, traffic ranks from Regional Division 4B raised concerns about speeding, reckless ove...

A Berbice man was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at the Berbice High Court for raping a child, with the court ruling that he will become eligible for parole only after serving 15 years behind bars. Robert Campbell faced Justice Simone Morris on Wednesday, and in handing down the sentence, the Judge said […]

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