Guyana News

The Office of the First Lady is to collaborate with the Ministry of Public Works and Sheriff Guyana Inc to develop and beautify the Independence Park in Region Two.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – A group of around 40 large European and American institutional investors on Tuesday urged companies to refrain from taking shareholders to court over disagreements relating to their proposals.

As the 2024 Cricket World Cup T20 tournament prepares to kick off on June 1, 2024, the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) provided $10,000 USD in funding under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) to support Guyana’s security and counternarcotics preparations by improving canine capacity to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.

Taleshwar Persaud called `Baggi’, 23, was yesterday charged with the rape of a child under the age of 16 years. 

Two ‘Made in Guyana’ certified companies, Precision Global-Only Coconuts and SS Natural Fruit Flavor have been selected to participate in a major food and beverage forum in Manaus, Brazil.

On Wednesday,  Police in Regional Division #4 ‘A’ conducted a ‘Cordon and Search’  Exercise at Lot 4 Public Road, Ruimveldt, Georgetown and arrested a 24-year-old female after finding eleven  transparent ziplock bags  containing a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced plans to develop 500 acres of land to expand cassava production for Mabaruma communities in Region One (Barima-Waini).

An employee of Airton De Oliveira in Matarkai, Region One (Barima-Waini) is recovering from minor injuries after a 17-foot pit wall collapsed at the mining site of Arakaka Perseverance, Matarkai, on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at approximately 7:30 am.

Kidackie Amsterdam, 46, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court earlier today, where he was charged with the offence of using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to commit a criminal offence against the President of Guyana, in contravention of Section 18(1)(c) of the Cyber Crime Act, No 16 of 2018.

Members of the public are being  advised by the police that, as a result of the flood situation in the North Rupununi and South Pakaraimas, traffic between Georgetown and Lethem will be affected.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – ExxonMobil XOM.N is not renewing a 33-year-old lease on its expansive offices in Lagos’s upscale Lekki district which expires tomorrow, three sources inside the company told Reuters, as it looks to scale down operations in Nigeria.

-Pirara Bridge submerged A section of the Kurupukari to Lethem Corridor collapsed yesterday under continuous pressure from a storm surge and traffic between Georgetown and Lethem will be affected, the Ministry of Public Works said last night.

By Khadidja Ba As Linden residents grappled yesterday with ongoing flooding and property damage following 48 hours of heavy rainfall, regional officials and the Opposition Leader heaped blame on the government for the problems in a rebuttal to claims on Tuesday by Prime Minister Mark Phillips.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil investors yesterday voted to re-elect Chairman Darren Woods and Lead Director Joseph Hooley by wide margins despite activist shareholder opposition.

A family is now mourning the loss of a one-year-old boy following an accident at West Coast Berbice (WCB).

Rudolph Caines, 68, died yesterday while his wife was injured after an early morning accident between a car and a truck at the Junction of Hillfoot Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

In a recent comprehensive audit conducted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMSS) has been distinguished as the exemplar institution for Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) in the country.

On Tuesday 28th May, 2024, Shafeek Latiff and Naresh Totaram appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where they were found guilty in relation to the charge of trafficking in narcotics to wit 42.844 kg of cannabis.

The Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) Chronic Diseases Unit yesterday handed over to the Eccles Health Centre a quantity of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) supplies to support smoking cessation efforts.