Guyana News

Bids were tendered yesterday by nine companies to supply the Guyana Water Incorporated with Water Meter Boxes.

President David Granger yesterday  accepted an official invitation to the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Founding Conference and Solar Summit from Indian High Commissioner,  Venkatachalam Mahalingam and Ambassador of France to Guyana,  Antoine Joly at the Ministry of the Presidency.

Bisnauth Terry Chan, the electrical contractor who was shot in his head during a robbery last week shortly after he visited an East Coast Demerara bank, has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.

CARICOM requires significant grant funding and  financing on very soft terms to create climate resilience, CARICOM Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque said on Monday.

There has been another major oil find by ExxonMobil in the Pacora-1 Well offshore.

In the wake of a spate of attacks on their customers after conducting large cash transactions, the Guyana Association Bankers (GAB) says it is working with the “relevant authorities” to have this trend arrested.

In his continuing series, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that in financial terms, the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed in 2016 between Guyana and ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL is overwhelmingly weighted in favour of the oil giant.

The Guyana Police Force today responded to an article in today’s Stabroek News under the caption `Family seeking legal advice after cavity search of teen.’

Minutes after  councillor Sherod Duncan submitted a motion of no confidence against Town Clerk Royston King yesterday, the head of the city’s administration declared that the councillor was guilty of “unethical” behaviour and should be sanctioned for misconduct under the provisions of the Municipal and Districts Council Act.

An Industry, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday morning, three days after he was brutally beaten while visiting his doctor.

A father and son were yesterday charged in a city court with forging chassis plate numbers on two vehicles stolen in carjackings.

With Town Clerk Royston King warning that City Hall may no longer be fit for use for meetings, following the recent collapse of a section of the building, the City Council will be renewing its efforts to establish a restoration fund.

The 17-year-old girl who was subjected on Sunday to a cavity search for drugs at the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA) at Ogle has broken her silence and says that her family is currently seeking legal advice.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the recent acquittal of murder accused Edward Skeete and Nabadingi Gobin, saying that the alleged dying declaration made by the deceased should have been admitted into evidence.

A Corentyne  hire car driver was left in a state of shock after a woman robbed him of $2,000, one Blu cellphone costing $4,000 and then burnt his car valued $850,000 at the Number 63 beach, minutes to 7 yesterday morning.

Residents of Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) were on Sunday told by Guyana Power and Light (GPL) personnel of improved service.

CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque yesterday called on the region to counteract the threat of crime and violence, noting its severe toll on society.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the 2008 Lindo Creek killings will commence public hearings on Thursday.

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday presented relief packages, including beds, mattresses and cooking utensils, to the victims of last Friday’s Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara fire.

A North West District man was yesterday charged with the rape of six-year-old, which he allegedly committed in 2016.