Guyana News

Hello there Stabroek News readers and friends. Welcome to this SN feature which first appeared during 1997 Elections Campaign.

After not placing any state ads with Stabroek News (SN) for the month of October and placing a small number in November, the Department of Public Information (DPI) increased its allocation to the newspaper in December.

Three persons suffered injuries about their bodies during the wee hours of Wednesday morning after their vehicle turned turtle and slammed into a utility pole along the Crabwood Creek Public Road. 

Change Guyana Leader Robert Badal has flayed President David Granger over his New Year’s address containing plans for the coalition government if re-elected.

Tucville resident Akeem Morris was sentenced to 18 months in jail yesterday after admitting to using a cutlass to rob a Cuban national, while his co-accused, who denied the charge, was remanded to prison.

A $200M technical institute has been completed at Bina Hill, Annai (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and will be inaugurated this month, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

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.