Guyana News

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd yesterday announced that the joint venture partners in the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana (the “JV Partners”) have successfully entered into the First Renewal Period of the Orinduik Petroleum Prospecting License.

The Ministry of Health today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and nurses of the Linden Hospital Complex are insisting on the removal of  Chief Executive Officer Rudolph Small from the post over controversial statements he had made, Small had suggested that some nurses clocked in their times and then for extramarital liaisons.

With optimism that the use of Portable Video Recording (PVR) devices also known as body cameras will not only increase accountability, transparency and public trust but also influence the behaviour of its ranks, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been actively employing the equipment in  its daily operations.

Kameel Calistro, a mother of two of Swan, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway was fatally stabbed during the wee hours of yesterday after being caught in the middle of a confrontation between two others.

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the construction of the Maraiko Bay luxury housing development project, according to principals of Construction and Investment Management Group (CIMGRO) Ragindra Persaud and Sudama Ramalingum.

By the end of April this year, the Law Reform Commission of Guyana is expected to begin its work since staffing and preparation of a building are being worked on,  Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday announced.

An 18-year-old Venezuelan woman was struck down yesterday on the Prospect Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

A nineteen-year-old chainsaw operator of Wauna, North West District, Region 1 has been admitted a patient at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital after he was found with stab wounds.

(Barbados Nation) The Guyanese shop proprietor taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after he fell ill while on remand at HMP Dodds for a breach of COVID-19 protocols was granted Bds$5 000 bail by the High Court on Friday.

Thirty-nine new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health’s dashboard.

Four-month-old Kaylee Williams of Annandale, Essequibo Coast died at approximately 1:55 am yesterday after she was found pinned under her father’s foot while they were sleeping on their bed.

A Bonasika, Essequibo River mother of seven died during the wee hours of yesterday while en route to the hospital after complaints of being unwell.

On the occasion of the 108th anniversary of the Rose Hall Estate Martyrs, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday announced in the East Canje, Berbice area that the Rose Hall Estate will be the first of the three closed sugar estates to be formally reopened.

The government yesterday announced a reduction of 38.5% in the transportation cost for paddy for farmers on the Essequibo River island of Leguan, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Works.

Tullow Oil of the United Kingdom last week said that it is focused on prospect maturation in the Guyana/Suriname basin and is working with partners to develop plans to unlock value from the Kanuku Licence here.

The Guyana Government yesterday advertised for a supervising consultant for the India-financed road from the East Bank of Demerara to the East Coast of Demerara.

A Blueberry Hill driver was hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following an accident at Moblissa, Linden Highway, which occurred in the early hours of March 9th after she lost control of the car she was driving.

An 18-year-old Venezuelan man died today in an accident at Prospect, East Bank Demerara.

Nineteen-year-old Kameel Calistro of Swan, Kuru Kururu, Soesdkye/Linden Highway was stabbed today at about 3.45 am and subsequently died, the police say.