Guyana News

On the heels of obtaining government regulatory approvals for its Yellowtail well and the announcement of its US$10 billion Final Investment Decision on that project, US oil major ExxonMobil is now seeking approval for a fifth development, at the Uaru+ well.

Months after the announcement of training for 6,000 Guyanese from the Barbados tourism and hospitality sector, those opportunities are yet to be realized and Minister Oneidge Walrond told this newspaper that it is still a work in progress.

Acting Commissioner of Police  Clifton Hicken yesterday told police inspectors that the force will be seeking to increase its human resource capacity with diversity being a key aspect of its recruitment drive.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is expected to re-advertise for applications to fill the vacant posts of Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) and Assistant CEO, according to opposition-nominated Commissioner Vincent Alexander.

Two men have been charged and remanded to prison over the robbery of a Kimbia, Berbice family.

President Irfaan Ali accepted the letters of credence yesterday appointing Liselle Blankendal as the Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to Guyana, the Office of the President said yesterday.

The body of the Corriverton fisherman who allegedly fell overboard on Sunday was yesterday morning discovered in the area where the incident happened in the Corentyne River in the vicinity of Orealla Village.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Friday commissioned a smart classroom at the Christianburg Secondary School.

Ten new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health out of 800 tests that were conducted as of yesterday.

A Linden labourer was on Monday charged with trafficking a quantity of ecstasy in Wismar, Linden, Region Ten.

Amid reports that the authenticity of a letter he sent to GECOM had been in doubt, former President David Granger today said that as Representative of the APNU+AFC list he had dispatched a letter to the Chief Election Officer asking him to extract the names of Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence to take up two vacant seats in Parliament.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the government is working on a holistic immigration policy to cater for mounting issues such as contractors not being able to find labourers.

Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken yesterday met with Sergeants from across the country and warned them to desist from “harassing” members of the public and admonished that unprofessionalism will not be tolerated.

A 16-year-old La Penitence, Georgetown resident was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon and the suspect is currently in police custody.

In an investment pitch to its Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, the Guyana Manufac-turing and Services Association (GMSA) hopes that glass production here could be to the benefit of both sides.

Stafrei Alexander and Owen Belfield are now awaiting sentencing after being convicted last Friday of the 2015 murder of Linden resident, Richard Remmington, whose decomposing remains had been found in a clump of bushes.

The Guyana Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Centre and the Botanical Gardens, located in Georgetown, reopened to the public yesterday.

Though the Orchid Garden Hotel and Shopping Mall on Mandela Avenue is still a year away from completion two businesses have already opened there.

Amid sharp criticisms of its handling of the approval process for ExxonMobil’s fourth well development, the EPA yesterday said it complied with the law and had conducted public consultations above and beyond what was expected.

Winston Fraser, one of the two men who was shot by the police during an operation in July 2020, succumbed at his East La Penitence, Georgetown home last Friday.