Guyana News

The local ExxonMobil subsidiary and its partners Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (Hess) and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (Nexen) have been added as parties in the challenge filed by Ramon Gaskin to the grant of a petroleum production licence to the latter two companies.

Guyana, Brazil and Suriname are collaborating to eradicate the carambola fruit fly which plagues agricultural produce, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Wednesday. 

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The Police say they are investigating the murder of Vernon Cummings, 51, a labourer of Ice House Road, Timehri, E.B.D,

Attorney Anil Nandlall has filed an appeal at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) over the appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

A fifty-three-year-old man was yesterday afternoon convicted for raping a three-year old in 2016, and has been placed on remand as he awaits sentencing.

As Jaguar Oil Field Services Inc. – a partnership between Mines Services Limited, TOTALTEC and Trinidadian company Process Components Limited launched yesterday, the Minister of Business emphasised that the private sector, more than government, plays a role in ensuring Guyanese benefit from “Guyanese oil”.

Four contracts signed in 2017 for bridge and road work projects in Region Eight as of August 7, had not started and one had not been honoured, through all the contractors were given advance payments, according to the 2017 Auditor General’s report.

The submission of inaccurate information resulted in a delay in the payment of October salaries for the employees of seven Ministry of Public Security agencies but by the end of the workday yesterday the problem had been rectified and monies were said to be available.

A former gold miner was yesterday sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison after he admitted to conning three persons out of more than $3 million.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has sent a team to the South Rupununi to investigate the reported drowning of Teron Halley, reports say.

The Alliance for Change finds ironic the People’s Progressive Party’s claim of fraudulent conduct by AFC candidates considering that the PPP/C was forced to pull out of a constituency in the Wakenaam Neighbourhood Democratic Council for fraudulent behaviour, says AFC Georgetown chairman Michael Leonard.

Strongly disputing the state’s case that it was merely a quantity of ‘stones’ retrieved and lodged by the police after a robbery at his Potaro mining camp back in 1994, miner Ronald Khan remained adamant that it was instead $54M worth of uncut diamonds.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the 105,522 figure listed in the 2017 Auditor General’s Report of self-employed persons is not accurate as it contains the names of pensioners, housewives, the deceased and persons who had migrated, among others.

A woman was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by a city court after she denied forging a will to obtain property valued over $14 million.

A Reliance man, Mangalam Chetram was last evening found dead in his bottom house, while a woman, Samdai Persaud Samnarine who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead in a trench at Albion, Corentyne, sometime around 5 pm yesterday.

An investigation into allegations that General Manager Sherod Duncan mismanaged funds from the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) and engaged in excessive spending has apparently not begun six weeks after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo ordered that it be conducted.

Two East Canje men found dead in separate houses Two East Canje men over the last two days were found dead in their houses located in Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice.

One of the suspects in the almost $9 million Princess Casino robbery trial, has asked to review all evidence presented to the court, before the case is closed by the prosecution.

Persons without national identification (ID) cards and who would not have been able to get replacement cards in time for the local government can still cast their ballots in the November 12 Local Government Elections (LGEs).