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2025 elections: No evidence of bloated list, campaigning in Guyana remains peaceful – Carter Center
I News Guyana
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August 20, 2025
Releasing its Preelection Statement for Guyana’s September 1 General and Regional Elections (GRE), the Carter Center reported no evidence of inflation in the Official List of Electors (OLE) and noted that campaigning has proceeded mostly...
Guyana’s Oil Production Exceeds 650 Million Barrels
Our News Bahamas
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August 19, 2025
GUYANA – Guyana’s oil production has surpassed 650 million barrels in under six years, and industry leaders say the country is just getting started. ExxonMobil reports that three offshore projects are currently producing 660,000 barrels per day,...
Goldman Sachs Buy-Rated Energy Services Dividend Stocks With Up to 25% Upside
24/7 Wall St.
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August 19, 2025
Investing Hamara / Shutterstock.com Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is the world’s second-largest investment bank by revenue and is ranked 55th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The Wall Street...
Opinion: Brazil’s offshore moment demands global energy leadership
Offshore
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August 19, 2025
By Tim Tarpley, Energy Workforce & Technology Council With the recent discovery by bp in Brazil's Santos Basin, widely reported by ANP and industry analysts as the largest global oil and gas find in the past 25 years, Brazil’s offshore sector...
Majority of illegal drugs enter Guyana from Venezuela, transshipped to Europe and West Africa – CANU Head
News Room
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August 19, 2025
Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh, has revealed that the majority of narcotics entering Guyana originate from Venezuela, with much of it destined for international markets in Europe and West Africa. Speaking on this week’s...
PPP/C to consider extending local content law to mining sector
News Room
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August 19, 2025
The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it will explore extending the Local Content Act, which guarantees jobs and business opportunities for Guyanese in the oil and gas sector, to the mining industry if re-elected on September...
Majority of drugs in Guyana originate from Venezuela for transshipment to North America, West Africa, Europe – CANU
I News Guyana
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August 19, 2025
Director of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has revealed that majority of the narcotics in Guyana originate from Venezuela for transshipment to other parts of the world such as North America, West Africa and Europe. Speaking...
Transforming Guyana into a healthy, safe and prosperous nation for all Guyanese is not utopia
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, It is my hope that the Party that wins at the upcoming General Elections will produce a healthy and prosperous society for all Guyanese. The next five years must be a defining period in our history. A better life must be created for...
India-CARICOM prosthetic limbs camp launched in Guyana
Guyana Chronicle
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August 19, 2025
In a landmark effort to strengthen rehabilitation services across the country, Kalpataru Projects International Limited, in collaboration with the High Commission of India, the CARICOM Secretariat, and the Ministry of Health, launched the...
‘PPP/C does not put Guyana at risk’
Guyana Chronicle
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August 19, 2025
–VP Jagdeo emphasises, highlights party’s sound, realistic policies WITHOUT sound fiscal management, Guyana’s long-term prosperity can fall through, Vice-President and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has...
Saipem vessels conclude Yellowtail subsea installations offshore Guyana
Offshore
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August 18, 2025
Saipem has completed its work scope for the deepwater Yellowtail development in the Starbroek Block offshore Guyana. Last week operator ExxonMobil started operations through the field’s ONE GUYANA FPSO, which is moored in 1,800 m water depth....
IICA presidency candidates to be examined by agriculture ministers from 12 countries
Dominica News Online
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August 18, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 10:25 AM The contest for the leadership of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a prominent organization responsible for shaping agricultural policies and...
Guyana records 1st case of Oropouche Fever; over 12,000 cases in the C’bean
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has confirmed a surge of Oropouche fever cases across the Americas, with more than 12,000 infections reported regionally, as Guyana now records its first case of the mosquito-borne illness. Health...
PPP Civic launches Manifestofor a Better Guyana
News Source Guyana
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August 18, 2025
Promising to build on the foundation laid over the last five years, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) unveiled its 72-page manifesto this evening with a vision to transform Guyana into a respected global leader in climate...
New national museum, expanded School of Music, permanent Arts & Craft markets among PPP/C’s plans for creative industries
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has outlined in its 2025 manifesto its plans to position Guyana a leader in the Caribbean in the creative and cultural industries, by investing in, incentivising, and protecting these sectors. Among the...
PPP/C to construct Recycling Centre, work with private sector on converting waste to energy
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) said in the next five years, it will work on upgrading the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, including the construction of a recycling center to improve waste processing capabilities. In tandem, it will...
Cheaper fertiliser, cooking gas as PPP/C aims to establish industrial estates in Regions 3 and 6
News Room
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August 18, 2025
With the landmark Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project poised to halve electricity costs by the end of 2026, the next wave of industrial growth will see estates established in Regions Three and Six dedicated to manufacturing fertiliser, cooking gas, and...
Guyana’s education system nurturing future engineers, neurologists, science majors
Guyana Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
DESIROUS of pursuing studies in the sciences, mechanical engineering and other fields, Guyanese students have high hopes for their future following the release of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination results....
Saipem sheds light on its part in early start-up of ExxonMobil’s oil project offshore Guyana
Offshore Energy
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August 18, 2025
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has landed a helping hand to U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil to bring online its fourth oil project on the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana. SBM Offshore's FPSO One Guyana...
Jockey’s death overshadows Dataman’s Guyana Cup triumph
News Room
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August 18, 2025
The horse racing community in Guyana is in mourning after the tragic death of 18-year-old jockey Kishawn Pereira, which cast a solemn pall over the day’s events at the Guyana Cup 2025 at Rising Sun Turf Club. In Sunday’s premier event, Dataman,...