Guyana News

Wages and salary negotiations between the management of the BOSAI Mineral Group (BGM) and the workers’ union, the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), ended on Thursday after the parties agreed to a 7% increase, retroactive to April, 2021.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Friday commissioned a $96 million Regional Disaster Management Centre at Lethem, in Region Nine.

The construction of a 150-room hotel and conference centre, under an international franchise brand, is planned for Houston, Greater Georgetown.

A West Coast Berbice cyclist is now dead after being struck by a car.

Shamar Prince, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison and was recaptured, has been sentenced to three years in jail for his breakout.

A man was sentenced to nearly three years behind bars on Thursday after being found guilty of unlawful wounding.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported 119 new COVID-19 new cases.

Following an outstanding performance at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Kelly Sankar has been given a full-tuition paid pre-medical scholarship by the Texila American University (TAU).

Cattle rustling is the most prevalent crime in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and the police in the division lack the needed resources to proactively respond.

A Diamond Housing Scheme man was yesterday freed of three-year-old possession of firearm and ammunition charges after a magistrate upheld no-case submissions.

A Kwakwani, Upper Berbice River youth was remanded on a rape charge on Thursday.

A youth is now in police custody after he was allegedly found with two guns in his possession at South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara.

The body of a Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice man has been found floating in a trench near his home and it is suspected that he drowned.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) today adopted a resolution criticizing Nicaragua’s presidential elections, panning President Daniel Ortega’s electoral victory over the weekend as unfair and urging future action.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce today said that it is gravely concerned about recent flight cancellations by American Airlines.

A cyclist died this morning on the Profit Public Road, West Coast Berbice following an accident.

By Lakhram Bhagirat St8ment Investment Inc on Monday clinched a $346 million contract for the building of a Primary School at Bamia/Amelia’s Ward, Linden despite being removed from the Register of Companies and questions are also being raised about its background in construction given its newness and connections to the PPP/C government.

uyana last month received US$80.4M for its latest one million barrels of oil which took its balance in an American bank account to US$534,016,987.03.

As questions mount on the government’s failure to have US$9b in Exxon-Mobil’s expenses audited, it has been disclosed that the Ministry of Natural Resources had been responsible for the evaluating of the financials of companies that had bid for the contract but it apparently abandoned the process without advising the procurement board.

Jamaican environmentalist Diana McCaulay has called for the Government of Guyana and its EPA to hold off on approving ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail well in the Stabroek Block until it shares the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with  other Caribbean territories.