Guyana News

A 31-year-old woman is now dead while her husband and their three minor children are injured after the minibus in which they were travelling was involved in an accident with another vehicle along the De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara Public Road yesterday morning.

After months of negotiations, the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday confirmed that its revised governance coalition accord with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will see it being allocated 10 parliamentary seats as opposed to the 12 it currently holds.

The New Movement (TNM), a new political party promising a vision to transform Guyana for all and boasting a clean slate and young leaders in key positions, was launched on Thursday afternoon.

Magistrates comprised the latest group yesterday to be guided on alternative sentencing options for juveniles to ensure that they could be rehabilitated and not become hardened criminals in jail.

The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX) yesterday ended with high praise from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) which lauded the move to make booth space rentals more affordable to locals this year.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday criticised government’s treatment of Troy Resources Guyana Inc and accused Junior Social Protection Minister Keith Scott of incompetence.

Food importer Aizal Asif Iqbal Alli has signalled his intention to withdraw legal proceedings against the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) for stating that the businessman had imported and disseminated substandard food items, according to Director Marlan Cole.

Chevy Devonish, the valedictorian of the 2019 graduating class of the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), was admitted to practice law in Guyana on Tuesday.

Despite welcoming the opportunity to showcase their products, entrepreneurs who participated in the Market Day hosted by the Small Business Bureau (SBB) yesterday said that the event would have been more successful if it had been advertised.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday launched its 2020 calendar, which features artistic visions of Guyana’s future from the hands of the country’s youth.

Police arrested six persons on Thursday after separate intelligence-led operations resulted in the discovery of four guns and a quantity of live ammunition.

Police in Lethem are still on the hunt for the teen suspect in the murder of Brazilian national Dico Davi Roberto Moreira, Police Commander of Region Nine Keithon King has said.

A man was on Wednesday freed of two drug trafficking charges after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised that they be dismissed.

The investigation of the death of six-year-old Kelissa Richards, who was struck down at Farm last week, is still ongoing, according to Commander of Region Three Simon McBean.

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly–Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Sunday concluded its 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which saw the gathering of representatives from 48 member organisations, drawn from a wide cross-section of villages and communities around the country.

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) led a Trade Mission to Guyana, from Wednesday to today, to engage in mutual trade with Guyanese companies. 

United States oil and gas service provider Hallibur-ton yesterday signed a US$2 million agreement with the University of Guyana (UG) to support the Faculty of Engineering and Technology as education and skills building took centre stage when the Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition Summit (GIPEX) continued yesterday.

A meeting yesterday between the two members of the governing APNU+AFC coalition ended with bright smiles and declarations of “excellent” as sources say the terms of a revised Cummingsburg Accord have been agreed for the 2020 general elections.

Marcus Brian Bisram, who was finally returned to Guyana on Wednesday evening after fighting his extradition from the United States for over two years, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with procuring and com-manding the 2016 murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil plans to sell up to US$25 billion of oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and Africa in its biggest asset sales for decades, seeking to free up cash to focus on a handful of mega-projects, according to three banking sources.