Guyana News

Government on Wednesday released a petroleum agreement that was signed between the then president Donald Ramotar and Israeli company Ratio Energy Limited just two weeks prior to the May 11th, 2015 general elections, and it also includes terms that mirror those in the controversial 2016 deal between the current administration and the local ExxonMobil affiliate and partners.

Lethem has a new Mayor-elect in businessman Kerry Jarvis, who has vowed to be transparent with the public in the operations of the town council.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the 2008 Lindo Creek massacre has called on outgoing Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud to attend an interview.

Guyana Goldfields/Aurora Gold Mine Inc donated over $16 million to 19 social development organisations on Wednesday at a “networking circle,” where representatives testified to the impacts the company’s financial support has had on their initiatives The event, hosted at Herdmanston Lodge, brought together social change workers from across the country to share on their work and connect with each other.

Assistant Secretary of Finance at the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine Debra Rampersaud on Thursday testified that she was unaware of any training activity being facilitated for public servants in the region by then PPP/C minister Dr Jennifer Westford during the years 2011 to 2015.

Police in Kurupung, in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni District, are investigating the death of an unidentified man of Amerindian descent, who was found floating in the Kurupung River.

Miner Cheryl Williams was elected as President of the National Mining Syndicate (NMS) on Thursday.

A woman was on Thursday charged with unlawfully wounding her husband after they had a drunken fight.

A conflict between a motorist and a homeowner landed them both in a city court on Thursday, on separate charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and causing damage to property.

A Venezuelan national, who says he came for work, was fined $50,000 on Thursday after he admitted to illegally entering Guyana.

Police are searching for two suspects in the attack carried out on the Barama Company Limited compound at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, where the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other workers were robbed last Saturday.

The police say that two bandits were killed in a shootout with law enforcers today after a raid on a ranch in the Berbice River.

Just days after its 7th major oil find in the Stabroek Block offshore, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary is set to begin drilling at another site.

Regional Three Officials and the Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr.

Chief Sea and River Defence Officer at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Kevin Samad has reported that there is severe overtopping along West Demerara between the Den Amstel and De Willem area.

Thirty lots of what would be considered prime lands of the now shuttered Wales Sugar Estate on the West Bank of Demerara are up for sale.

Close to a decade after the Lindo Creek killings, a former policeman yesterday recounted the recovery of  the charred remains of the eight miners at the crime scene.

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) under the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), yesterday announced that 100 cane cutters have been contracted to harvest cane in the fields at the former GuySuCo Rose Hall Estate.

The High Court on Wednesday ruled that the revocation of 35 gun licences that were granted to miner Saddiqi Rasul, owner of SRS Security Services, was lawful.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday signed a grant with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for just under US$150,000 ($31m) to begin the process for a new library while government has provided US$26, 000 towards the project.