Guyana News

President David Granger yesterday announced that the incumbent government is examining options for the introduction of a single national identification card which can be used for all government transactions.

There was a standoff yesterday morning between sacked workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and police who sought to remove a makeshift barrier that had been erected across the Berbice River to obstruct the company’s operations. 

Lethem resident Peter Juan was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail for the unlawful killing of his reputed wife, whom he assaulted during an argument over a bicycle tire. 

The European Union (EU) has sent a full-fledged team to observe the March 2nd general elections and their main focus will be to observe that it will be inclusive, transparent and credible.

A Corentyne youth was yesterday cleared of the murders of two Bush Lot farmers, who were fatally shot during a robbery at their mother’s house on the evening of December 31st, 2018.

As Guyana gets ready to vote on March 2, Ballot papers were due from Canada where they were printed by Canadian Bank Note, the same company which prints the country’s currency.

A team from Eastern Airlines LLC met with the Director General, Lt.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that both the Global Witness report and that by the United Kingdom-based law firm Clyde and Company, have shown the world that Guyana was “under-served” by the David Granger led government during the 2016 negotiation with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL).

After weeks of psychiatric evaluation, twenty-four-year-old Devon Johnson has been deemed fit to stand trial for the murders of two vagrants.

At its human rights review by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland  two weeks ago, Guyana was called out for still having the death penalty on its books, not doing enough for the LGBT community and failing to establish a human rights commission.

A team from JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) met with the Director General, Lt.

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.