Guyana News

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Activist investor Engine No. 1 spent roughly US$12.5 million to win three board seats at Exxon Mobil Corp, less than half its original budget, for the year’s biggest and most closely watched corporate contest, people familiar with the number said.

First Lady Arya Ali yesterday launched an ‘Adopt-an-Orphanage’ initiative with a view to improving the welfare of vulnerable children.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday said that it  is concerned at recent attempts to import food, drugs and cosmetics into Guyana, circumventing applicable Food and Drug regulations, especially regarding labeling and shelf-life/expiry dates.

The construction of the six-storey, 140-room, Courtyard Marriott Hotel at Timehri does not warrant an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced after reviewing and screening the developer’s application.

A University of Guyana student is now counting losses that include his final year project after he was robbed in the early hours of Monday at his Cummings Lodge residence.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths which has pushed the nation’s fatality toll to 468. 

Guyana Defence Force personnel are to benefit from army, naval and air force training courses offered by the Government of India with Lieutenant Coast Guard Derrick Johnson being the first recipient of a Naval scholarship.

The miner who died on Monday afternoon after a mining pit caved in at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River is yet to be identified.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the public criticism and call for the suspension of the use of the Sputnik V vaccine has caused setbacks in the country’s COVID-19 inoculation programme.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has endorsed and commended the efforts of the Guyana Police Force and reaffirmed its commitment to collaborate to advance peace and security in Guyana. 

The excavators that are supposed to clear the vegetation and silt which has been preventing effective drainage in the Abary River in Region Five should be deployed within two weeks as the machines are currently being used to execute similar works in the Mahaicony River, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha. 

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Guyana (UG) with the aim of bridging the gap between industry and academia.

“upskill and earn,” was one of the messages delivered on Monday by Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr.

Kishon Alexander, who was found guilty of an armed robbery attack on a vendor, was on Monday sentenced to nine months in jail.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that it is probing the death of a truck driver last week at the John Fernandes Limited wharf.

Although Guyana is still without second doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, the Minister of Health is still encouraging persons to go for their first dose as it does provide some protection against the COVID-19 virus.

Four persons who were arrested by ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Major Crimes Unit were charged today with Murder: “Contrary to Common Law” committed on Haresh Singh with occurred on 9th September, 2020 at Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice, the police said.

Last Tuesday, several members of the Cuban Medical Brigade who will shortly leave Havana for Guyana were received at the Guyana Embassy in Cuba by Ambassador Halim Majeed.

Hugh Todd, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, held informal discussions with Senator, Dr Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, last week.

Contending that President Irfaan Ali acted unconstitutionally in their suspension, the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chair-man Paul Slowe and other commissioners yesterday proceeded to announce the promotion of 132 ranks.