Guyana News

Former presidential advisor on petroleum Jan Mangal has expressed shock that ExxonMobil has flared over 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas offshore and said that he had insisted in 2018 that there be no flaring and that gas be brought to shore for electricity, fertilizer and other uses.

Guyana’s confirmed COVID-19 cases are now at 125 as one new case has been recorded based on the latest testing.

Even though there are currently over 100 persons currently in self-quarantine in Region Nine, after they were in contact with the region’s first, and thus far only confirmed COVID-19 case, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has denied a request by regional authorities to institute a regional lockdown.

US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday took part in a handover ceremony at the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Headquarters, where cleaning and hygiene supplies were donated in order to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The family of a West Coast Berbice man are still seeking answers about his mysterious disappearance in August, 2000, and are now pleading with investigators to reopen the case. 

A young boy of Guyanese heritage was reunited with his family in New York last week after he was hospitalised for what is being called a ‘shock syndrome” linked to COVID-19.

Donald Sheriff, who was recently arrested over the fatal beating of a fellow Berbice resident, was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge.

Through a farm-down agreement with Malaysian company, PETRONAS – Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), ExxonMobil has bought some 50 per cent of participating interest in the Suriname offshore Block 52 which is in range of its Guyana’s Stabroek Block offshore oil basin where it has already made 17 discoveries.

As the police probe into the murder of security guard Margaret Dawson widens, investigators have arrested a second suspect and are on the hunt for another, Police Commander of Region 4(A) Phillip Azore confirmed.

Guyana currently has an adequate supply of testing kits but plans are underway to bring approximately 10,000 more into the country in early June, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative to Guyana Dr.

The Palms Geriatric Home has recorded six positive COVID-19 cases, including a staff member.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has launched an investigation into a video posted on Facebook during the weekend in which a locally-based Guyanese woman made “racially insensitive” remarks about persons of another ethnicity.

In an effort to help mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic faced by many Guyanese, the Rural Affairs Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has launched an initiative to get persons to start their own kitchen gardens.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) probe into the fuel spill at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Kingston Power Complex is ongoing and the company has given its assurance to the environmental agency that all efforts are being made to clean up the spill.

The Ministry of Education today announced that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) is expected to be administered in July.

With the COVID-19 measures taking a significant economic toll, the Ministry of Business today announced that relief grants are available to small businesses experiencing challenges.

At the end of more than half of the 25 days assign-ed to the National Recount, the Guyana Elections Commission has completed the processing of 642 ballot boxes, a mere 27% of the 2,339 boxes from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections (GRE).

The battered body of a 68-year-old security guard was found in Le Repentir Cemetery early yesterday morning and the police have since arrested a taxi driver who they believe is the prime suspect in the crime.

A motorcyclist was fatally wounded by the police during the wee hours of yesterday in Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) after he and another man attempted to evade lawmen shortly after they allegedly stole a motorcycle.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has claimed that there is  “deliberate sloth” in the recounting of District Four ballots and suggested that a recently promoted work station supervisor is acting in concert with the incumbent to further slow that process.