Guyana News

With the main focus on draining rain-fuelled flooding from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  immediately, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has promised that excavators will remain in each polder until the situation improves.

(Reuters) – A tiny hedge fund dealt a major blow to Exxon Mobil Corp yesterday, unseating at least two board members in a bid to force the company’s leadership to reckon with the risk of failing to adjust its business strategy to match global efforts to combat climate change.

Hundreds of residents of St Cuthbert’s Mission situated off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway are stranded after sections of the trail leading to their village were washed away following heavy rainfall in the area.

The Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), which had to be shut down after the sudden death of two of its workers and the air dashing of 10 others to China in 2019, has had its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Region One project approved by the EPA. 

A University of Guyana scientist and a conservationist have filed an action against the State in which they argue that the greenhouse gases emitted from petroleum operations in the Liza Phase 1 are  hazardous not only to the environment, but the health and wellbeing of citizens and must be stopped.

Hundreds of residents of Bartica, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) were severely affected by flooding yesterday afternoon caused by heavy rainfall.

Guyanese in New York (NY), USA are elated that Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens will officially be co-named ‘Little Guyana Avenue,’ as a recognition for their contributions to the community over the years.

The  Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) new US$52 million, 46.5 MW generating facility at Garden of Eden (GoE), East Bank of Demerara, is now set to be completed by August, Prime Minister Mark Phillips disclosed during a recent visit to the power plant.

Land allocated to the Estate Dam and Coconut Dam communities in Cane Grove on the East Coast of Demerara will be resurveyed for regularisation; meanwhile road rehabilitation works will continue.

The Ministry of Health’s second COVID vaccination drive-thru yesterday saw a great turnout of persons despite the inclement weather.  

A thief on Monday stole a car from outside a Friendship Village, Corentyne home and left in its place another which had been carted off from a Mount Sinai, West Canje Berbice residence on Sunday.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has made significant progress in its safety oversight functions, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Works.

A 53-year-old housewife of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, was on Tuesday afternoon robbed at gunpoint of her cellphone by a man attired in a Guyana Police Force uniform.

Four persons are currently in police custody following two separate incidents yesterday morning where they were found in possession of guns and ammunition.

The Ministry of Health today said that six deaths have been added to the total count of COVID-19 related fatalities.

(Reuters) – A tiny hedge fund dealt a major blow to Exxon Mobil Corp today as shareholders elected at least two of the fund’s nominated directors to the oil giant’s board after a months-long battle over the company’s carbon footprint and growth plans.

Due to heavy rainfall, the Tuschen Police Outpost on the East Bank of Essequibo  has five inches of water, according to a post on the Police Facebook page today.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – A Dutch court today ordered Royal Dutch Shell to significantly deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts, in a landmark ruling that could pave the way for legal action against energy companies around the world.

Citing unfulfilled contractual agreements, government yesterday terminated with immediate effect the contract with BK International for the construction of the US$4 million Good Hope Secondary School and also notified that it would be taking court action.

 The month of May has now surpassed April as the deadliest month in relation to COVID-19 after seven deaths  – including that of a 17-year-old – were reported yesterday.