Guyana News

The Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Church marked its 200th anniversary on Sunday and Bishop of the Diocese of Georgetown Francis Alleyne has said the history of Roman Catholicism in Guyana is linked to the establishment of the church.

TOTALTEC Oilfield Services Limited (TOTALTEC) successfully completed its second equity finance raising from a large international investor, price undisclosed, on the 28th February.

Two men were yesterday released on $30,000 bail after they denied breaking and entering a Port Kaituma hotel room and stealing items valued over $100,000.

CARICOM National Drug Observatories representatives will benefit from a regional seminar to be held today and tomorrow in Georgetown.

Comparing a prospecting contract to that of a production one is absurd,  former attorney general Anil Nandlall says in response to the government’s inclusion of  the requirement for seven days’ notice to the contractor  if it wants to visit the offshore oil operations of ExxonMobil.

Commissioners of the National Commission for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCPC-NCD) yesterday conducted outreaches at post offices in Campbellville, Bourda, at the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) head office and the Grove facility on the East Bank of Demerara.

The Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday received bids for the provision of dietary supplies.

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin visited the Lethem Industrial Estate site while he was in the border town over the weekend, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

SOL Guyana Inc on March 27th launched Shell’s new motor oil formulation – the fully synthetic Helix Ultra range of premium lubricants manufactured from natural gas with patented Shell PurePlus Technology.

There have been positive efforts on the Government’s part to push tourism in Guyana, says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roraima Captain Gerry Gouveia.

RUBIS Guyana Inc and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) have highlighted the importance of corporate companies supporting the Biennial Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Education.

The Human Rights and Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana celebrated International Women’s Day with a March and Awards Presentation on  March 31, 2018.

Amid the construction of a water reservoir at Nappi in Region Nine and large-scale agricultural plans, the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) and others have expressed concern about the fate of wetlands in the area and have written to President David Granger seeking their protection.

Liberian President George Weah has ordered an investigation into the allegation of bribery surrounding the purchase by ExxonMobil of an offshore oil block in 2013.

A bandit yesterday shot a La Penitence Market vendor in his head after he tried to defend his wife who was being robbed.

Nine persons are now in custody over the murder of a watchman including seven employees of the Rose Hall store he was guarding.

The opposition PPP has poured scorn on the government’s $30b bond financing plan for the sugar industry and has called for a feasibility study and transparent plan to restore it to viability.

The family of Reona Payne, the woman who was shot and killed on Saturday during an argument with her common-law husband, GDF  Captain Orwain Sandy, believes that she had kept them in the dark about the problems in her relationship.

Family members of the Guyanese sailor, who was crushed to death on Sunday while loading a vessel at the Trinidad Cement Ltd.

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall has skewered statements by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman that impromptu inspections can be made by the government of ExxonMobil’s operations even though the agreement signed mandates seven days’ notice.