Guyana News

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp today reported a 5.2% drop in fourth-quarter profit on weaknesses in chemicals and refining and flat oil and gas output, with asset sales helping to stem the decline.

The Guyana Government today issued an advisory on the Novel Coronavirus and said that persons arriving here from China will be subject to quarantine protocols.

The bullet-riddled body of a rice farmer of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, was this morning found at the Number 67 Village, Corentyne backlands.

Producing statistics and calculations to show that Guyana has an oil deal far below global standards and  will lose out on up to  US$55 Billion over the 40-year period of the licence for the Stabroek Block, international corruption watchdog Global Witness has written to ExxonMobil urging a  renegotiation.

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) has officially complained to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about calls by various leaders of the APNU+AFC on the campaign trail for their supporters to congregate at polling places after closing on March 2nd and “protect their ballot”  In a letter to the Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, the PPP/C said it was  “gravely disturbed” by APNU+AFC leaders urging their supporters to “assemble in large numbers at Polling places at the close of polls to protect their ballot.” 

President David Granger yesterday said that during his proposed “Decade of Development” the Guyana Police Force (GPF) would be restructured and augmented to effectively respond to local and transnational crime as well as interpersonal violence. 

One day before they must prove to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that they were not citizens of a foreign state on Nomination Day, Lenox Shuman and Valerie Leung are challenging the authority via which the commission is questioning them.

Change Guyana has chosen attorney, Mishka Puran, as its replacement prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming General and Regional Elections saying that her focus will be on women’s rights and empowerment.

After spending six years on remand without a trial, former murder-accused Cloyd Harris has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the state for what he says was the loss of his liberty.

The judiciary in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has embarked on a programme to facilitate remote court participation which will see specialised areas being set up at hospitals, police stations and the prisons, to allow witnesses to testify without having to visit the courts.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died during the wee hours of yesterday from injuries sustained after colliding with a motor car on the Capoey Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday called on the Government to take a firm stand against the firing of nearly 290 workers by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc, (BCGI), the union In a decade-long rift between the union and the Russian-owned bauxite mining company, union president, Lincoln Lewis, yesterday called for an end to the situation.

Guyana is currently negotiating with the team of internationally renowned British chef Gordon Ramsey for a film project here, the British High Commission confirmed yesterday.

A Mahaica family is in mourning following the sudden death of a 15-year-old boy on Tuesday, just a short while after he fell ill while getting ready to leave for school.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is concerned that politicians have so far failed to address the current spate of violent acts against women.

E-Networks on Wednesday granted Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, a tour of its subsea station, even as questions remain unanswered regarding what laws governed the granting of the permit for the project and the National Telecommunications Agency (NATA) continues to dodge answering.

Pupils of South Rupununi villages now have access to two fully equipped primary schools in Bashaizon and Achiwib.

A 55-year-old man who was allegedly found with ecstasy pills and cannabis was remanded to prison yesterday after a city court heard that he is already on trial in another court for a similar offence.

A New Amsterdam, Berbice woman has going into hiding after she allegedly doused her husband with a pan of hot oil around 8 am today.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday at about 11.20 pm  on the Capoey Public Road, Essequibo Coast, in which a member of the Guyana Defence Force lost his life.