Guyana News

(Reuters) – An Exxon Mobil arbitration case that could block the sale of one of its Guyana partners, Hess Corp, to Chevron could drag on until year-end, Hess said in a U.S.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed its discomfiture with what it sees as the rising levels of crime in the country including at state-run institutions.

A 50-year-old driver, Nigel Hutson, was placed on $150,000 bail on April 9 on a charge of  causing the death by dangerous driving of Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute.

The Parika Stelling linkspan bridge is back in operation following a successful $30 million repair job, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated on Friday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today announced the passing of 22258 Corporal Leroy Thom of 2 Infantry Battalion and of Blueberry Hill Linden who died last evening, hours after concluding a training exercise at the Colonel John Clarke Military School at Tacama, Upper Berbice River.

In addition to the agreement signed with Qatari power company, UCC Holdings, which has a strategic alliance in Latin America for the Turkish Karpower ship, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that Cuba will assist with engineers to help manage the Guyana Power and Light’s electricity system.

By Antonio Dey Former PNCR General Secretary, Amna Ally has launched a searing attack on party Leader Aubrey Norton and says she is backing Roysdale Forde SC in the upcoming leadership contest.

Amaziah Hohenkirk, a  36-year-old labourer of Lot 1803 Unity Place, Festival City, Georgetown, died yesterday after he was allegedly stabbed by a 42-year-old housewife of Lot 3 Perry Street, Tucville, Georgetown.

Forty-eight-year-old Lee Holder, of Lot 661 Paradise, East Coast Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday announced an entry ban on former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and six former military officials, citing alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killings of political opponents in the 1980s.

Over 1,000 Region Three families were allocated house lots yesterday in the new Wales Housing Development Scheme on the West Bank of Demerara, as the first ‘Dream Realised’ House Lot Allocation exercise for 2024 was held.

The mortality and disability associated with cervical cancer are set to drop significantly with the introduction of a new 2024-2030 National Action Plan.

Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, yesterday morning visited several infrastructural projects in Region 3.

A Corentyne family is now mourning the loss of their mother after she was found brutally murdered yesterday morning in the Corentyne backlands. 

Sheriff Construction,  a subsidiary of the Sheriff Group of Companies, has announced that it has successfully transitioned from private to public projects with the completion of a Guyana Sugar Corporation revetment project at the Albion estate.

AThirty-three-year old, Junior DaSilva, a Brazilian national, of Lot 23 Hadfield Street, Georgetown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court concerning the matter of his extradition to Brazil.

Yesterday, officers from the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department inspected multiple construction sites along Oronoque, Robb, and Charlotte streets in Georgetown.

Lawrence Fanfair, a 38-year-old taxi driver was allegedly shot by his brother on Thursday night at their Lot 21 Castello Housing Scheme, La Penitence home during an argument over a woman.

Rophro Peters, a 27-year-old pastry maker of Lot 301 Middle Road, East La Penitence, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbery with violence.

The residents of Wailang/Kurobrang, in District Two of Region Eight will now have some of their transport woes alleviated with the acquisition of a pick-up truck.