Guyana News

Guyana is expected be featured this morning on US television network NBC’s Today show when a contributing editor of the Condé Nast Traveler Magazine is slated to appear to discuss some of the magazine’s selected destinations.

A Corentyne motorcyclist died yesterday after he lost control of his bike and slammed into the Number 69 Village, Corentyne signboard.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday denied that Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Michael Ten-Pow had resigned.

The UK‘s Tullow Oil plc today announced that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Repsol-operated Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of net oil pay based on preliminary interpretation but that this is below pre-drill estimates.

The Linden-based Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc. has been fined $1 million by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste waterdischarges from its tailings pond into the Kara Kara Creek.

The Guyana Police Force today announce its promotions.

A Johanna North, Black Bush Polder rice farmer succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital this morning to injuries he sustained after he was struck in his head with an iron bar during a beating by two villagers on Monday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has posted the Revised List of Electors (RLE) to allow for public scrutiny, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Declaring that 2020 will be an “unforgettable year”, President David Granger has announced the launch of a decade of development accompanied by an assortment of pledges for improved living conditions premised on the fruition of the oil economy.

A South Ruimveldt man was stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend on Monday night.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has sacked Chief Constable Andrew Foo from the city constabulary with effect from yesterday.

Two mothers will once more be breaking the New Year behind bars after each was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for their respective parts in a plot to smuggle cocaine out of the country.

Although the recent shutdown experienced in Central Georgetown was a sharp reminder that there is much critical work to be done, Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday reported significant gains for 2019, including attaining 97% and 85% access to potable water by coastal and hinterland regions, respectively, During its end-of-year press engagement, held at the company’s Vlissingen Road headquarters, GWI’s Managing Director Dr.

The Department of Energy (DE)  has  awarded a consultancy to Bayphase Ltd for the evaluation of plans for the development of ExxonMobil’s Payara oil field.

A total of 818 officers and ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have been promoted with effect from January 1, 2020, the GDF said in a press release last night.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications and M&P Investments Incorporated have signed a $116 Million contract for the renovation of the old call centre in Linden.

Up to December 20th, 2019, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) allocated 1,298 house lots across all administrative regions, surpassing its target of 1,000, according to its Director of Operations Denise King-Tudor. 

A Memorandum of Agreement for revised wages and salaries for Junior and Senior employees for the calendar year 2019 was signed yesterday between the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees (NAACIE) at NAACIE’s Head Office in Kingston.

Kevin Allicock, a fisherman who had been convicted in November for wounding a drinking companion, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months behind bars after he was found guilty of shooting at a city constable.

Bhabendra Chandrashakar, businessman, “For the New Year, I’m hoping for the economy and the cost of living to be better because to me it dropped.