Guyana News

A man was on Saturday found dead along the Number 76 Village, Corentyne Public Road in what appears to be a hit-and-run, since broken glass from a vehicle’s headlight was found on the roadway. 

Australian gold miner Troy Resources has restarted work in some areas and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says that he is confident that by the end of this month there would be production from the company.

Payments from hundreds of defaulters have boosted the coffers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which has advertised a number of vacancies as it begins scaling up preparations for oil and gas oversight.

On Saturday evening, three bandits armed with guns and machetes pounced on a young couple in Port Mourant, Corentyne, robbing them of over half a million dollars in cash and jewellery.

A Rosignol, West Coast Berbice pensioner, who was charged last year with the murder of his girlfriend, on Thursday pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he appeared in the High Court in Berbice.

Conservation International-Guyana (CI-G) is pioneering a project that could see the development of mercury-free jewellery under the El Dorado brand.

The Iwokrama Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development says it is seriously concerned about illegal activities in its forest and said it has already imposed penalties on one tourism operator and a gold miner is now being placed before the court.

Minister of Natural Re-sources, Raphael Trotman on Saturday committed to purchasing a new speed boat engine for the community of Red Hill in the Mabaruma sub-region, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Jafar Gibbons, who was recently elected as the President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS), has already made a change that will benefit the students on campus, according to a press release from the UGSS.

On October 5th, 2019, four Corentyne fishermen left home to head out to sea to ply their trade with the intention of returning with an income to take care of their families.

As part of a slew of improvements to their community, residents of Ituni, Upper Demerara-Berbice are now receiving up to eight hours of water supply following the installation of a well in their community by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

The police today issued bulletins for two men in connection with the murder of miner Deon Stoll on Monday at Da Silva Street, Kitty.

Dozens of Friendship, East Bank Demerara residents yesterday launched a petition for safer travel on their roads and an increased police presence in wake the deadly collision that resulted in five deaths last Tuesday.

Redstart Investments, which owns Unicomer and similar businesses in Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands and Belize, has established a presence in Guyana and is buying just over 52 acres of land in the Houston/Rome area, where a number of oil and gas companies are currently developing.

Olivia De Freitas, the 23-year-old woman who recently succumbed over a month after she was set on fire, was constantly threatened and had parted ways with her alleged attacker just days before, according to her family.

Explaining his decision to launch a new political party, businessman Robert Badal yesterday said he wants to lead Guyana out of “economic underdevelopment” after successive administrations since independence have failed to address the challenges of the day.

The police in Berbice are presently investigating an attack on a 15-year-old student by two of her schoolmates at a Corentyne Secondary School.

Just over one acre of state lands has been sold by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to Junior Agriculture Minister Valerie Adams-Yearwood According to a NICIL (Transfer of Property) Order, which was published in the Official Gazette of October 19th, Adams-Yearwood, as of September 13th, 2019, owns Lot 80 Richmond Hill, Mackenzie.

Four years ago, Jai Narine Singh Jr, well known as Don Singh, was feverishly battling on social media to remove the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) from government but today he is part of the Civic fold, part of the “bridge” between the rigidly structured and controlled PPP and civil society.

Former army Chief-of-Staff Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best has downplayed the addition of retired Brigadier Mark Phillips to the ranks of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), while saying the David Granger-led governing coalition is currently unmatched.