ExxonMobil sees greater potential for expansion in Guyana

ENCOURAGED by its massive successes and discoveries at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil is seeking to broaden its horizons, as the company has signalled an interest in the upcoming bidding rounds for offshore areas.

This is according to ExxonMobil Guyana Pres- ident Alistair Routledge, who made the announcement on Thursday during an engagement with reporters.

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— signals interest in upcoming oil-block auction

ested in new acreage, and, clearly, where we’ve had some success, it brings a certain degree of interest, and we should be knowledgeable on it. We’ve reg- istered for the bigger end,” Routledge said.

He related that the company will examine the data the government has provided, along with other things before making the decision on its participation in the auction.

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— with signing of milestone agreement between TOPCO, Israeli company for the establishment of Demerara Dairies Inc.

President Dr. Irfaan Ali and members of his Cabinet received more than 80 pupils and teachers from the No 56 Primary School in Berbice for a tour of the Office of the President, on Thursday.

The Head of State welcomed the children and invited them to sit around the table and interact with his Cabinet.

“Welcome to Cabinet ...these are all your ministers who are working hard every day to make things better for all the children and the parents of this country. So when you read about the Cabinet, this is the cabinet room, and these are the ministers,” Dr. Ali said.

The pupils were challenged to identify the Minister of Education, which they proudly did. The group also sang happy birthday to the Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh.

Head Teacher, Mr. Neville Bourne extended gratitude and expressed how pleased he was that the children and teachers were able to interact with the entire Cabinet. A number of school visits to the Office of the President and State House are scheduled for the coming weeks.

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US$200M withdrawn from NRF to finance national development priorities

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By Naomi Parris

THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), on Thursday awarded the annual Dennis Irvine Award to Atishta Seenarine of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School in Guyana for her achievement as the Most Outstanding Overall Student at the 2022 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

Outam Heeralall of the Anna Regina Secondary School was also awarded for his per-