Guyana News

ExxonMobil said today it made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, the 19th thus far.

The PPP/C government yesterday said that it used five pre-existing studies done under the APNU+AFC administration to determine that the gas-to-shore project was financially viable and would cut energy costs by at least half.

The opposition APNU+AFC has lost its bid to invalidate the national recount of ballots cast which was undertaken by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following last year’s contentious General and Regional Elections.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

An Albouystown man was on Saturday night fatally stabbed by his girlfriend’s cousin at ‘A’ Field, Sophia, according to the police.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday set aside the conviction and sentencing of Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh, who was found guilty last year of paying herself just over $4.5 million in gratuity, on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Business executive, Paul Cheong is the new Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC).

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine has called on Central Government to immediately release subventions for 2020 and 2021 and additional funds to deep clean the city markets.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday rejected the High Court’s dismissal of Elections Petition 88 of 2020 and declared APNU+AFC’s  intention to appeal.

Over a hundred residents of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara are counting their losses from flash flooding, which has been blamed on the negligence of an excavator operator working on a newly-constructed sluice.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a wanted bulletin for Teto Browne, also known as “Tommy”, who is wanted for questioning by the police for alleged human trafficking between December, 2020 and April, 2021.

Bandits yesterday shot a 38-year-old resident of Providence, East Bank Demerara and robbed him of half a million dollars in  cash on Carifesta Avenue in broad daylight.

Tenders were recently opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of 20 pontoons for the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Darell Sinclair, called ‘Boots,’ was on Monday freed of a rape charge after a 12-member jury found him not guilty.

A 14-year-old boy was injured on Sunday in a hit-and-run accident along La Parfaite Harmonie Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

Region Ten’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday  expressed concern over a recent party that was held in breach of the current COVID-19 measures.

A man was yesterday asked to post a total of $80,000 bail for his release after being faced with multiple charges, including assaulting a policeman who was serving a summons to him for court.

CARICOM Member States and representatives of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)) met via virtual conferencing on April 21st and agreed that firearms trafficking needs to be urgently tackled.

A suspect in the armed robbery committed on a Health International Inc staffer, who was robbed of over $1.5 million after being pulled from his vehicle in Charlestown, was yesterday charged with the crime and released on $50,000 bail.

A Mibicuri man who attempted to make peace during an argument between two men on Sunday is now hospitalised after he sustained a serious stab injury.