Guyana News

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana today flayed the government over the 2016 deal with an ExxonMobil subsidiary saying that recent revelations on it by the NGO Global Witness were disturbing and the buck stops at President David Granger.

A Cabinet-sanctioned review of the circumstances leading to the signing of a new Petroleum Agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) in 2016 has concluded that the agreement was negotiated and executed in accordance with the law though a lot of pressure was placed on government for a speedy signing prior to the scale of the “world class” Liza-2 discovery becoming fully known and understood.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon yesterday met with representatives of the Carter Center and said he is confident of free and fair general elections and expressed the hope that results will be declared in a timely manner.

A 48-year-old labourer was beaten to death on Tuesday evening at Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara allegedly by his neighbours who have since been arrested.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman will remain on his party’s list of candidates for the March 2 general and regional elections, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has confirmed. 

The New Amsterdam, Berbice man who was found floating in a canal in the town last week was murdered, the autopsy found and a suspect who is in police custody has since confessed to the crime.

Local public health officials have received no report of a passenger being sent back to Guyana by Trinidad authorities after they reportedly discovered the female passenger’s journey had originated in Hong Kong.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with killing his brother.

The Department of Energy (DoE) has committed to provide the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) with information about the sale of the country’s first share of oil done in secrecy last December.

The trial of Sherwin Clark and Godfrey Gill who are accused of murdering Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon, is scheduled to commence this morning before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown.

According to the members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) the secretariat is “on top of” preparations for the holding of the March 2,2020 General and Regional Elections (GRE).

Sentenced to life for the 2017 murder of a vagrant, Shawn Harris has lodged an appeal with the Guyana Court of Appeal through which he is challenging his conviction and sentence which he contends is too severe.

Following meetings with various stakeholders, Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has expressed confidence in the Guyanese electorate ahead of the March 2,2020 General and Regional Elections.

A miner was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

A labourer is now a remanded prisoner after police say he had 65 grammes of cannabis in his possession at Popekai Landing, Cuyuni-Mazaruni.

A security guard was yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment after he told a court that he did not know the items he was transporting were stolen.

A 39-year-old poultry farmer who was accused of stealing the money he was entrusted with to deliver lumber was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence.

Some 1,125 residents of the village of Aishalton in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) are now benefitting from access to potable water with the completion of a new $25 million water supply system.

Two men charged with wounding each other were granted bail after they both took turns to explain their side of the matter to a City Magistrate.

GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has disclosed that Lenox Shuman will remain on his party’s list for the upcoming general and regional elections.