Guyana News

An Essequibo Coast pensioner drowned yesterday morning at Henrietta, a few hours after leaving his home with a bottle of alcohol.

Later this month, the Guyana Court of Appeal will commence hearing the appeal filed by former Barama Company Limited supervisor Paul Abrams, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for sodomizing a 17-year-old girl.

Over 30 security guards attached to the Integrated Security Services Inc held a protest on Monday to seek two months of payments owed to them. 

The Sheriff Street/ Mandela Avenue project is currently 58% completed, according to the Ministry of Public Works, which says the intended deadline is August 4th.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be collaborating with the Ministry of Natural Resources for analysis of Region Nine’s vulnerability to seismic activities.

A young welder was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to committing a violent robbery.

A woman who was allegedly caught attempting to smuggle cannabis into Camp Street Prison was on Monday charged and released on bail.

Two women were on Monday robbed at gun-point of cash and other valuables in the vicinity of the Wild Caught Fresh Fish Depot, at Meadow Bank wharf, Georgetown.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd this evening confirmed that the 12 Guyanese fishermen detained in Venezuela have been released and will begin their journey home at first light.

A teenager was today charged with the attempted murder of his parents, whom he allegedly chopped in an attack at their Best Village, West Coast Demerara home on Saturday.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp today posted a historic annual loss after the COVID-19 pandemic hammered energy prices and reduced the value of the company’s shale gas properties by more than US$20 billion.

The Ministry of Human Services today said it is investigating an allegation that one of its officers may have assaulted a pensioner at its Cornhill Street location and the officer in question has been sent on administrative leave to facilitate the probe.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said  that Guyana is expected to receive around 104,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the WHO-led mechanism, COVAX has increased its allocation to the country.

 A Corentyne mother is now left to mourn the loss of her two sons after her husband’s brother stabbed them to death on Sunday, an attack which also left the woman hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. 

After two months of defiance, the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday finally released the name of the owner of two trawling licences, the issuing of which had roiled the industry and raised questions about transparency.

A 49-year-old employee attached to Gaico Construction and General Services Inc.

More than nine months after Pomeroon River farmer Ryan Khayum lost his life in an accident involving a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) vessel, a soldier was yesterday formally charged with manslaughter and released on $300,000 bail.

Finding that their defence was insufficiently put to a jury, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the convictions against Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore; while ordering that they face a fresh trial for the 2012 murder of Glen Xavier.

As food supplies on Lady Nayera and the Sea Wolf dwindle, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is hoping to utilize Guyana’s embassy in Caracas to fund supplies for the 12 fishermen still detained in Venezuela.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday received Letters of Credence from Mark Berman, accrediting him as High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Guyana.