Guyana News

Police in Regional Division #7 have reported that they are investigating a boat mishap that resulted in the death of Chinese national, Dai Jianhua.

Grand Coastal Hotel this week  announced that it has been honoured with the Tripadvisor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024.

Daniel Jose Daza, 29, of Martyrs Ville,  East Coast Demerara was  on Tuesday jailed for two years over the possession of ammunition without a licence.

Today, at 2:00 pm, with collaboration and approval from the Government of Guyana, two U.S.

The Ministry of Education today announced that it had advised the withdrawal of an essay competition asking children about how they had benefited from the free breakfast provided to them.

-after they refused compulsory acquisition offers -Edghill says amounts being sought `outrageous’ By Marcelle Thomas With only six of the 21 residents in the pathway of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge accepting government’s compulsory acquisition package for the lands already now owned by the state, notices of eviction and demolition of property were yesterday served to the remaining homeowners.

-but Qatar Energy consortium close No contract has been entered into as yet from the 2022 oil blocks auction but the consortium of Qatar Energy, TotalEnergies, and Malaysian state-owned oil firm, PETRONAS has gone the  furthest in current negotiations with the government, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed yesterday.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – An ExxonMobil led oil consortium has achieved peak production of 252,000 barrels per day from its Liza Unity production vessel, Exxon Guyana Country Manager Alistair Routledge said yesterday.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force soldier is in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot by one of three masked men who invaded his Mon Repos residence early Monday morning while he was drinking with a relative and neighbour.

US Marine Corps Major General Julie Nethercot visited Guyana from May 6th  to 8th  in what Washington says is a sign of  its commitment to partnering with the GDF and significantly her directorate addresses matters such as deterring aggression and defeating threats.

A delegation of over 50 Guyanese attending the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, USA, were given a tour of the facilities of US-based consortium, Lindsayca-CH4 (LNDCH4). 

The driver of  Toyota Land Cruiser PAE 528 along with two other men who allegedly verbally abused police ranks at a roadblock yesterday appeared before Magistrate  Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove  Magistrate’s court.

The Canada-funded `Strengthening Justice for Women, Girls, and Indigenous Peoples in Guyana project’, implemented by the Justice Education Society (JES), recently hosted training for 26 medical professionals on the proper use of sexual assault evidence collection kits, which were donated by the project to the Ministry of Health in February of this year.

The police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two men over armed robberies on businesses owned by Chinese nationals.

On Tuesday, April 08, 2024, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) officially welcomed 24 newly graduated constables into the Immigration Department.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – China is investigating a former senior executive of China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, for suspected “serious disciplinary violations”, the country’s anti-graft watchdog said on its website late on Monday.

Government has earmarked $1.1 billion to rehabilitate key thoroughfares in Region Nine, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday. 

Under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) framework, Guyana has enlisted consultants to assist in implementing its Beneficial Ownership Roadmap, aimed at enhancing transparency in extractive industries.

The nation’s nurses are being urged to ready themselves for a pivotal role in Guyana’s evolving health sector transformation.

Thirty-year-old Sherman Bobb, and his 26-year-old, girlfriend, Monifa Edwards both appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with possession of narcotics and possession of a firearm and ammunition without a licence.