Guyana News

 (Reuters) – Tullow Oil said today it would abandon drilling operations at Beebei-Potaro exploration well in offshore Guyana after results showed the well bore water.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) today said that the fire which ravaged the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), located at the Guyana Police Force Headquarters Annex, Rabbit Walk, Eve Leary on November 20, 2021 was electrical in origin.

The Essequibo River island of Leguan is scheduled for a six-hour power interruption tomorrow, Saturday, August 6.

A youth was this morning charged with manslaughter after he allegedly confessed to fatally stabbing an East Canje Berbice businessman last Sunday evening. 

Contrary to what the developers of the Vreed-en-Hoop shore base have asserted, fishermen on Tuesday and Wednesday told Stabroek News that their fish pens have been fouled by mud and refuse thrown up by dredging off the  Demerara River mouth.

Two years and five months after a crane crashed into the city’s abattoir on Water Street, no slaughtering is occurring there and this has severely inconvenienced butchers and citizens.

Digicel Guyana yesterday launched its LTE service in Lethem, Region 9.

Months after the launch of a major Black Belly Sheep Project in West Coast Berbice by President Irfaan Ali, the first batch of the ruminants  arrived in Guyana yesterday from Barbados.

In light of the  parliamentary sitting set for next Monday, lawyer for the eight suspended APNU+AFC MPs, made an application before High Court Judge Damone Younge, for them to be allowed to attend.

Construction of the first fifty flat, three-bedroom homes at the Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, is underway, the Central Housing and Planning Authority says.

The International Solar Alliance’s (ISA) mission to solarize the world by 2030 looks promising as solar adoption in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has increased by 44% in 2021, compared to 26 % in 2020 and 15 % in 2019 but cautions were yesterday sounded about the cost of transitioning and the need for finance.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal incident which occurred on Wednesday at about 11.30 pm on the Kuru Kururu Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway involving motor lorry GNN 4083 which was being driven by 47-year-old Shawn Lim of Hyde Park, Timehri EBD.

An 18-year-old north west labourer was murdered on Wednesday by two persons who beat and stabbed him.

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Dr Fernando Ponz Cantó along with Deputy Head of Delegation,  Evelina Melbarzde yesterday took a message of road safety to Region Two with the distribution of 1,000 reflective bands.

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) member David Hinds on Tuesday called at an opposition rally in Georgetown for the equitable sharing of the “oil money” to all Guyanese.   

By Guo Haiyan Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times.

President Irfaan Ali says  he wants the Guyana Defence Force’s Air Corps to be the premier Air Corps in the Region.

Police in Regional Division #1 today said that 18-year-old labourer, Jude Christino was fatally stabbed in the neck at Kumaka Water Front, Mabaruma, North West District yesterday morning.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal incident which occurred yesterday at about 11.30 pm on the Kuru Kururu Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway involving motor lorry GNN 4083 which was being driven by 47-year-old Shawn Lim of Hyde Park, Timehri EBD.

The Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is moving ahead to repay John Fernandes Limited (JFL), the monies it had lodged as a deposit for 143 acres of land being sold for $35 million, even as the company yesterday issued a public notification that it was no longer interested in or associated with the deal.