Guyana News

A South Ruimveldt man, who police say was found in unlawful possession of a pistol, has been granted his release on $100,000 bail.

A miner was granted bail yesterday after he denied stealing articles valuing $185,000.

The Guyana Police Force has issued an advisory on changes for some traffic routes today in regions Three, Four, Five and Six.

ExxonMobil today said it had made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the Stabroek Block.

Up to Saturday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was able to verify approximately 55 – 60 per cent of the new registrants from the House to House (HtH) exercise.

Guyana has begun to publish a range of macroeconomic data on the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) on the Bureau of Statistics website.

PPP/C Member of Parliament Harry Gill is calling on Agriculture Minister Noel Holder to investigate an alleged “massive land-grab” by persons connected to the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary – Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA).

The police say they are investigating the murder of a labourer who died yesterday after being stabbed with a barbecue fork.

A father of two whose leg was crushed when the mining pit he was working in caved in, is distressed that he is still unable to walk and that his family would spend a “dull Christmas” this year.  

President David Granger yesterday hailed the late President Desmond Hoyte as a true patriot, whose policies laid a firm foundation for sustained economic growth and environmental stewardship in Guyana.

The shopping district in Georgetown was unusually busy yesterday as persons shopped around for last minute items for the Christmas season.

An Albouystown man was recently remanded to prison after he was accused of stealing $43,000 from a man in an attack at La Penitence.

Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division is probing a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 401 westbound on Saturday morning that claimed the lives of a Guyanese couple.

Two miners were on Monday each granted $200,000 bail after pleading not guilty to stealing a $3.5 million All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV).

The Medical Council of Guyana will in January be conducting hearings on the deaths of the three children who died earlier this year at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after medication was incorrectly administered to them, according to Chairman Dr Navindranauth Rambaran.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) recently awarded the two winners of its inaugural essay competition.

The Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) today announced that effective from January 2nd, 2020, the weight for all categories of vehicles crossing the bridge will be reduced.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and the Federal United Party (FEDUP) will contest the March 2, 2020 elections as a “single entity” though the details of what that entity will be called or how it will function to maintain the individual identities of the two parties remain unclear.

A day after the announcement of first oil and hailing what it said was visionary leadership by the late President Janet Jagan in engaging ExxonMobil, the opposition PPP yesterday flayed the government’s handling of the petroleum sector and pledged to have the necessary legislative framework installed in six months were it to win the March 2 general elections.

Over the last month UK explorer Tullow Oil has lost more than £1bn from its market value after announcing a decrease in its production capabilities over the next three years.