Guyana News

Declaring that the PPP/C government will not contribute to “monopoly behaviour,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he was assured by the Minister of Agriculture that the holder of the controversial trawler licences does exist. 

Construction work has resumed on two bus sheds that were recently erected at Belle West, West Bank Demerara and became the subject of public criticism. 

Several persons were taken into custody yesterday after the police conducted a cordon and search operation in the Plum Park, Sophia and Liliendaal areas.

A police officer was robbed of a motorcycle when he was held at knife-point by two men at Tuschen on Monday night.

The Ministry of Public Works today said that it has taken note of a decision by Eastern Airlines to suspend its service to Guyana with immediate effect.

The coast guard and the police have begun a search for three people who reportedly went missing this morning after they disembarked in waist-high water at No.63 Beach, Corentyne after returning from Suriname.

Minister of Public Works  Juan Edghill yesterday wrote  to Auditor General, Deodat Sharma requesting a forensic audit to be conducted at the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC Limited, co-venturers in offshore oil development in the Stabroek Block, today announced the formation of the Greater Guyana Initiative, a 10-year commitment of more than G$20 billion (US$100 million) to significantly expand capacity building efforts and promote sustainable economic development in Guyana.

Following the recent gas compressor malfunction on the offshore Liza Destiny platform, President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge yesterday disclosed that oil production has been pared to 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) – its previously stated maximum capacity – while gas flaring has increased to 16 million cubic feet per day.

A sum of US$17.4M will be allocated towards improving the Informa-tion and Communications Techno-logy (ICT) capabilities of more than two hundred communities across the country.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is working towards a production target of 97,420 metric tonnes (MT) for 2021 and it is rapidly moving ahead with maintenance as it prepares for the start of the first crop later this month.

A second suspect in the murder of Kitty contractor Peter Gonsalves, was charged with the capital offence yesterday and remanded to prison.

A flagship project of the APNU+AFC government appears to have been ended with the discontinuation of operations at the Bertram Collins Staff College.

A motorcyclist died on Sunday afternoon after he crashed into a utility pole at East La Penitence.

With a jury unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, former police officer Enfield Price was able to  walk out of the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court as a free man yesterday afternoon.

A large majority of the new COVID-19 cases recorded in Region Seven have been recorded in Waramadong and authorities are now considering imposing a lockdown.

An autopsy yesterday showed that Victor Soomaru, the 40-year-old Kitty resident who succumbed at a city hospital last Thursday, hours after he was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate at the Lusignan prison died as a result of brain haemorrhage due to multiple fractures.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Hugh Todd and Ambassador of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch met yesterday to discuss matters on the bilateral agenda of Guyana and the USA.

Guyana yesterday recorded its 181st COVID-19 fatality as cases of the virus in the country surpassed 8,000.

Four City Hall employees who were previously sent on leave after being implicated in fraudulent activity recently returned to work.