Guyana News

Following an intelligence-led operation a team of police ranks on February 13, 2020 at about 21:20h intercepted a motorcar on the No.

The Ministry of Education today said that all  public schools will be closed on March 2nd to facilitate the smooth operations of general and regional elections.

Guyana is entitled to five million barrels of oil in 2020 as part of its profit share with ExxonMobil and its partners in addition to the 2% royalty on all production, according to the Director of the Department of Energy, Dr Mark Bynoe.

A suspected bandit was shot and killed, while another was wounded yesterday afternoon during an escape attempt after they allegedly robbed a woman at William Street, Campbellville.

The awarding by the APNU+AFC government of major contracts close to year-end to exhaust budgetary allocations is a serious breach of financial laws, says former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran and he has warned that officials involved could be held liable.

Berbice moneychanger Mohamed Jamalodeen Nazmodin has initiated contempt proceedings for the Commissioner of Police to be jailed for not returning the more than $7 million in local currency and millions more in foreign currencies to him, following the police’s failure to have the sums forfeited as part of a money laundering probe.

When electors go to the polls on March 2, 2020 they will cast their ballots at fewer private residences as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in response to lobbying from the major political parties has moved 95% of polling places to public buildings such as schools, community centres and churches.

Underlining that it does not expect to win the 2020 general elections, ANUG yesterday said its capturing of a small number of seats at the March 2nd elections would help to force the two major parties to work together and it also proposed a rotating presidency and that ministers of government not be Members of Parliament.

A 12-year-old girl, who was struck down by a speeding car while crossing a street last Thursday, is currently on life-support at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

According to Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander, GECOM has received a request to approve proxy votes for the hundreds of Guyanese currently working on ExxonMobil’s  offshore oil platform.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday signed an agreement for the avoidance and settlement of disputes.

The police officer who was involved in an accident while on his way to investigate a shooting in Region Seven is currently recovering after undergoing surgery to reduce the swelling in his brain.

The High Commission of India is currently inviting Guyanese nationals to apply for scholarships being offered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India, for the academic session 2020-2021.

Three families who were squatting on land at Demerara Distillers Limited’s, (DDL) Diamond Industrial site, will soon become land and homeowners According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release, this was made possible through a collaboration between the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) and DDL.

Restating its determination to capture enough seats in Parliament to prevent any party from holding a majority, A New and United Guyana today launched its manifesto for the March 2 general elections which includes a promise that within five years no child should leave the education system without a marketable qualification or skill.

A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted the Sachi Superstore on Regent Street, Georgetown yesterday morning, leaving the owners counting huge losses and almost two dozen employees contemplating their next move.

Guyana’s extractive industry continues to be dominated by foreign ownership and without true political consensus the country remains vulnerable to exploitation from these foreigners.

A re-migrant Guyanese succumbed on Sunday to the injuries he suffered in an accident along the De Kinderen public road the day before.

A security guard was yesterday charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl, with whom he was said to be in a relationship.

Three bandits early Sunday morning attacked a newspaper vendor and robbed him of his motorcycle and a small quantity of cash as he was delivering to customers in Meadowbrook.