Day: <span>September 16, 2019</span>

First Lady urges women to use home management skills to make money

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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2019) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, said that in the absence of academic qualifications, women can use the skills they acquire in the management of their homes to make money. Mrs. Granger was at the time delivering remarks at the opening of her one-week Self- Reliance and Success in …

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Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe’s feature address at the ‘Enhancing Offshore E&P Regional Capacity: Operational and Environmental Safeguards’ Conference

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Finding the Balance between Oil Operations and Environmental Risk Management Good morning one and all. Mr. Chairperson, members of the head table, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, special invitees, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen: We are often reminded that to whom much is given, much is required. This verse has never been more …

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First set of Guyanese return home from hurricane-ravaged The Bahamas -Minister Felix says 23 more want to return

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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2019) Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix, last evening, assured that the Government is working to have approximately 23 Guyanese on hurricane ravage island, The Bahamas, back on home soil. Minister Felix made this commitment moments after he along with Minister of State, Mrs. Dawn Hastings-Williams; Minister of Foreign Affairs, …

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Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 2019.09.16

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Credible elections at the earliest time possible Guyanese, The Elections Commission has exclusive and explicit responsibility for the conduct of general and regional elections in accordance with the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana (at Article 62). The Constitution (at Article 162 (1) I) states, further, that: “…The Elections Commission shall have such functions …

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President Granger iterates support for GECOM at meeting with Carter Center

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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2019): President David Granger, this afternoon, received a courtesy call from representatives of the Carter Center at State House. President Granger, during the meeting, assured the representatives that he will act decisively on receiving advice from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as to its readiness to conduct General and Regional …

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ExxonMobil makes 1st Tripletail-1 well discovery offshore Guyana

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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2019) Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that ExxonMobil made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. This well was being drilled by the Tom Madden drillship. This discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource …

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Tullow discovers oil in Joe-1 well

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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2019): Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that UK-based Tullow Oil plc’s (Tullow) Joe-1 exploration well has successfully opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin. This is second discovery of oil in two different wells operated by Tullow, in less than six weeks. …

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