Guyana News

A search and rescue mission was underway yesterday for three fishermen after their Noble House Seafoods trawler capsized on Saturday morning some 18 miles off the Mahaicony Coast.

More than a year after it first saw the IHS Markit audit of the US$460m in pre-contract costs claimed by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL, the PPP/C government says it is finalizing queries of “lumped” sums and investigating costs of items such as risers and the process should be completed in weeks.

Project Manager of the Hope Energy Development (HED) Inc, Johan Sydow said that with the incorporation of a solar aspect into the Hope wind farm, they are now in a position to offer power in the vicinity of US$0.07 per kilowatt-hour.

Two persons were injured after a car slammed into a restaurant in New Amsterdam last evening.

With Guyana seeking to diversify its faltering sugar industry and the PPP/C reopening closed estates, General Electric’s (GE) Regional Product Director John Ingram advised that ethanol can be used to aid the transition to renewable energy and he was bullish on the proposed use of natural gas here.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that an unvaccinated Region Four woman, 80, died on February 20 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Two Corentyne men have been held over the raiding of a tomb at Hampshire Cemetery on Thursday evening.

The decision to reverse the EPA’s non-requirement of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara River Bridge lies solely with the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) according to EPA’s Executive Director Kemraj Parsram.

The Civil Aviation Training School, Air Navigation Services, on Friday held a Graduation Ceremony for 17 Aeronautical Information Management Officers (AIMO) who completed the course in 2021.

Addressing questions about the staffing complement at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said that while the country’s premier health institution is adequately staffed, it is expected that the Festival City Polyclinic would reduce its outpatient load.

On Friday 18th of February 2022, CANU officers intercepted a male passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri who was about to travel on Jet Blue Airways Flight 2166 destined for JFK, New York.

The capsizing of a trawler off the coast of Guyana has left at least three fishermen missing and the Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue mission.

The Indian supplier of the nine non-performing drainage pumps procured under the previous APNU+AFC government has signalled its preparedness to send a team of engineers to resolve the matter and it has also been issued with an ultimatum.

The Guyana Police Force is currently searching for a 44-year-old man who it says disguised himself as a woman and fatally shot his daughter’s boyfriend.

After a prolonged period of silence from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sunday Stabroek has been able to confirm that no decision has been reached as yet on whether to grant an environmental permit for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail development project.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has announced that executive Kian Jabour would be withdrawing from all of the party’s activities pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against him over the alleged assault of his former girlfriend. 

A West Coast Berbice youth is now dead after he crashed into a bus while riding his motorcycle along the Number 8 Village Public Road on Saturday.

After a hiatus over five years, the National Ophthalmology Hospital, located at Port Mourant, has restarted cataract surgeries.

Guyana’s future lies beyond oil and gas, according to Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) Peter Ramsaroop, who says there are other significant opportunities for development.

Oil exploration within the Repsol-operated Kanuku Block, offshore Guyana, is set to continue with the spudding of the Beebei-Potaro well in May.