Guyana News

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today announced the launch of a new firm in Guyana.

Former Chief-of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Mark Phillips says he was inspired to join the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and serve as its prime ministerial candidate after witnessing what he calls the current government’s disregard for the constitution of Guyana and the rule of law.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) collected some $225.99 billion in tax revenue for the 2019 fiscal period, with the oil and gas sector contributing significantly, Commissioner General Godfrey Statia disclosed on Friday.

Clifton Richmond, the man who attempted to end his own life on Thursday evening after he stabbed his wife during an altercation at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, succumbed at a city hospital yesterday morning.

After their pleas for help went unheard, some of the families that occupied the range houses that collapsed last month at East La Penitence have resorted to building temporary shelters using the material from the ruins.

By Dr Jan Mangal It may seem to Guyanese that oil issues are coming to a head, that is, to some conclusion.

The University of Guyana on Thursday hosted a special edition of its ‘Turkeyen and Tain Talks’ where young representatives from political parties contesting the March 2nd general and regional elections discussed leadership and the place of youth within the country’s political structure.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the Official List of Electors (OLE) for the March 2nd, 2020 general and regional elections.

Non-Governmental Organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is currently seeking the public’s assistance to raise funds for a four-year-old Berbice River girl, who is now critical after suffering burns to almost three-quarters of her body.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday made it clear to Berbicians that sugar estates closed by the current government would be reopened if his party wins the upcoming polls.

Fighting a move to remove him as a candidate for the upcoming March 2nd general and regional elections on the basis of dual citizenship, Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) leader Lenox Shuman is maintaining that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) lacks both the legal authority and objectivity to decide on the issue, while contending that he officially renounced his Canadian citizenship since last December.

With international corruption watchdog Global Witness estimating a potential loss for Guyana of up to US$55 billion over the 40-year period of the licence for the offshore Stabroek Block, Change Guyana presidential candidate Robert Badal has said if he is elected to office he will set up a formal inquiry into the processes and negotiations surrounding oil and gas contracts.

Bees invaded the National Park yesterday afternoon, forcing the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) to temporarily close the facility.

Members of a Rose Hall family have been displaced after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their house yesterday afternoon.

The National Park is temporarily closed until further notice as there seem to have been an invasion of bees, a release from the Protected Areas Commission said this afternoon.

Following recent revelations in Stabroek News of Global Witness’s estimate that Guyana stands  to lose some US$55B on one contract over the next 40 years, Change Guyana presidential candidate, Robert Badal said if he was elected to office he would set up a Commission of Enquiry into the processes and negotiations surrounding Oil and Gas Contracts.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is actively participating in the ongoing audit of the US$460 million in pre-contract costs claimed by ExxonMobil and its co-venturers and is working to have a 24-hour presence on offshore oil operations and closed-circuit television access as it yesterday promised strict tax oversight of the petroleum sector.

President David Granger last evening announced plans for a squatter resettlement body as he sought to make his case for re-election to residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara), where he also touted conditional cash transfers for families with school-age children from oil revenues and access to farming lands for laid off sugar workers.

Attorney General Basil Williams, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan, and Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland are among 74 public officials who have been identified as being delinquent in filing their declaration of assets for last year, according to the Integrity Commission.

A 22-year-old bank teller was allegedly stabbed by her “reputed husband,” who police say then attempted to end his own life by ingesting a poison and jumping into the Demerara River on Thursday evening.