Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) A woman who published defamation claims about a family on Facebook, will have to compensate her victims.

Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI)  is forging ahead with preparations for a US$120M underground mining project and since the Canadian miner poured its first gold bar here in 2015 it has paid US$26.5m in royalties to the state.

A money changer was yesterday shot dead on America Street by a gunman during an attempted robbery.

Susana Culpepper, a 17-year-old girl of Charity Ex-tension Housing Scheme is now battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she sustained first degree burns in an attack in the wee hours of Saturday.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has sounded a call for the urgent reformulation of campaign financing legislation, saying that it will not only curb corruption but ensure that democracy reigns.

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive David Hinds says that the APNU+AFC government needs to publicly explain why no action has been taken on the recommendations of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI), some of which are worthy of urgent implementation.

Bandits on Saturday afternoon terrorised a businesswoman and her family when they invaded her store at Klien-Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

The timing of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the crime spree  is only to score political points at the upcoming Local Government Elections and 2020 General Elections, former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party/Civic  parliamentarian Anil Nandall says.

A senior manager of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph was on Saturday night robbed upon his arrival at his Bent Street home minutes after visiting Scotia Bank on Robb Street.

Senior Engineer Jermaine Braithwaite from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says that the works to reinforce the Rumzigt, West Coast Demerara shore with rocks was necessary since the mangroves and other vegetation there were progressively dying.

A legal challenge is the only recourse to suspend the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed between the Guyana Government and ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its partners, according to analyst Ramon Gaskin.

Relatives of a Mahaicony resident who has been missing for the past five days, are desperate for his safe return.

The driver of a minibus escaped unhurt after it toppled along the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Saturday after he reportedly swerved to avoid hitting a motorcycle.

Police on Saturday night arrested a man after he was found with an unlicensed pistol with nine live rounds.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, (Reuters) – Boxing could be knocked out of the 2020 Tokyo Games if the International Olympic Committee is not satisfied problems with the sport’s finances and governance are sorted out, IOC President Thomas Bach warned today.

An America Street money changer was this morning shot dead after a robbery by a lone gunman.

With billions already gained on the stock market from its oil find here, ExxonMobil and its partners can “more than afford” to pay Guyana US$1 billion instead of the US$18 million received as a signing bonus, according to energy expert Dr Vincent Adams, who also strongly believes that the government should go back to the negotiating table for a better deal.

Amidst concerns that government will have to spend extra to finance a major revamp of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Minister of State Joseph Harmon says that money has already been budgeted.

A South Ruimveldt Park resident was taken into custody on Friday evening after a search of his residence uncovered a quantity of cocaine, some of which he reportedly flushed down his toilet.

A young mother died yesterday following a head-on collision along the Parfaite Harmonie access road, on the West Bank of Demerara, which left nine other persons injured.