Guyana News

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.

Stafrei Alexander was yesterday acquitted of the murder of Terrence Maxwell Thomas, with whom he had previously been charged for the 2015 murder of Linden businesswoman Shevon Gordon.

A man was yesterday remanded over the murder of Mark Benjamin, a vagrant who was bludgeoned to death with a brick while he slept.

The operation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament was left in limbo yesterday after opposition members refused to entertain a motion seeking to remove APNU+AFC MP David Patterson as Chair.

A mechanic was yesterday found dead, hanging from a step at his Meten-Meer-Zorg, West  Demerara residence.

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday says that he is open to constructive criticism and committed to engaging all stakeholders for the development of Guyana.

Rupert Marshall,  convicted three times for driving under the influence, was on Thursday permanently disqualified from having a licence.

Sentenced back in 2016 to 88 years for the murder of his former girlfriend, Jermaine Maynard currently has an appeal pending before the Guyana Court of Appeal where he is challenging the sentence which he describes as severe.

Guyana yesterday recorded its 177th COVID-19 fatality even as new cases were recorded.