Guyana News

ExxonMobil on Monday disclosed that it will write down the value of North and South American natural gas fields by a staggering US$17 billion to US$20 billion according to a Bloomberg report.

Issues of overtime payment and being “handed over” to a contracted company were among the concerns highlighted to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, by local employees of Zijin Mining, the new owners of Aurora Gold Mines (AGM).

In the aftermath of Friday’s severing of the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) cable across the Demerara River, new measures have been announced to protect it.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been granted Orders authorizing the deportation of 26 Haitian nationals who have been detained for weeks at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

Investigators in Berbice yesterday after-noon arrested two more persons in connection with the robbery committed on Marcus Brian Bisram on Sunday evening at his Number 70 Village, Corentyne, home and two of his “friends” were said to be involved in the attack. 

Although enforcement of the national coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency measures is to be stepped up during the Christmas season, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said it would be as a last resort as the government is focusing on educating citizens about the virus and encouraging them to follow the measures.

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a challenge to the murder conviction of Mark Assing and substituted a manslaughter verdict and a lower sentence for the killing of his neighbour. 

On Saturday, City Mayor Ubraj Narine accompanied by Councillor Denroy Tudor met residents of D’ Aguiar Park to further discuss issues pertaining to the John Fernandes terminal which borders their neighbourhood.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that 15-year-old Trevon Atkins, the boy whose body was pulled from the Linden ‘blue lake’ on Sunday, died as a result of drowning.

Armed with information from their foreign counterparts, the Custom Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it is currently pursuing new leads as investigations continue into the record-breaking discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium that was shipped from Guyana.

As Guyana joined the world yesterday in observance of World AIDS Day, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony said that the country is one of several Caribbean states to have made significant strides in achieving the first of the UNAIDS 2020 “90-90-90” goals.

Guyana’s annual hackathon will this year be focusing on enhancing the education system, which has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first virtual Environmental Education training for teachers on November 15 and 22, 2020. 

Following an outreach last month to the villages of Orealla and Siparuta, located on the Corentyne, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that an extension officer has been identified and will commence working soon.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has presented 17 bursaries to children of its staff who excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A man is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after a crash along the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

A Kumaka businesswoman and her teenage son have been taken into custody after being implicated in the theft of $700,000 from a lumberyard manager.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President (OP) with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

The Ministry of Health has launched a 24-hour hotline to provide counselling services to people suffering from mental illness.

More than 2000 students have not turned out to school since the reopening for three grades and the reasons range from not having uniforms and supplies to entering the workforce to not having transportation money and fear of the pandemic.