Guyana News

A mother is calling on the relevant authorities to investigate an issue of bullying which left her 8-year-old son hospitalised.

A Region One farmer, who is accused of attempted murder, was released on bail yesterday after he claimed his actions were in self defence.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York state and Exxon Mobil Corp delivered closing arguments in a closely watched trial accusing the oil company of hiding from investors the true cost of addressing climate change.

Police in Region 4 (B) Division during an intelligence-led operation yesterday arrested 13 persons after they were found to be in possession of stolen vehicles and vehicle parts.

Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan yesterday asked Region Six AFC Executive, Dereck Basdeo, to leave the region’s boardroom after he was disrespectful. 

Albion Estate sugar workers yesterday joined the protest for a wage increase noting that they have not received any since 2014.

The need for trained, local protected-species observers to monitor oil and gas activity on marine life was among the calls made when ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL), held the last of required stakeholder meetings for its Payara project yesterday.

The Ministry of the Presidency has complained about an editorial appearing in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday reiterated that his party is willing to support a strengthening of polling day measures as a means to prevent voter fraud.

Police officers yesterday during two separate operations in Alberttown, Georgetown arrested two persons who were found with 261 ecstasy pills and 8 grammes of Amphetamine drugs known as `Molly’.

The police today issued wanted bulletins for three men in connection with an armed robbery on November 2nd on Zhou Chumia, the proprietor of a supermarket at No.

ExxonMobil will take the first three liftings of crude oil from the country’s huge offshore deposits and Guyana will receive its share in its ground-breaking petroleum endeavour beginning around March next year.

Four containers of assorted food items which were imported from Canada were denied entry into Guyana by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) and the department is preparing to institute legal proceedings against the importer, an East Coast Demerara businessman.

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the more than three-week-old accident along the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road which claimed the lives of five persons has been completed and speeding by the police vehicle was excessive, according to President David Granger.

The Government of India will be doubling the the number of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Training Slots allocated to Guyana from the current 24 to 50 with immediate effect. 

GECOM is set to pave the way for persons who have not collected their identification cards to vote on elections day provided they take along additional identification, sources at the Commission say.

Veteran doctor Carl ‘Max’ Hanoman passed away last evening at a private city hospital, even as he was preparing to leave the country for Trinidad and Tobago for further medical treatment.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a 28-year sentence on a man who killed an East La Penitence woman in 2006.

After managing to elude the police for more than six years, a 36-year-old gold miner who is accused of fatally stabbing his wife at Tenapu Backdam, North West District in 2013 was arrested on Tuesday.

A 19-year-old who was charged with three offences including resisting arrest was allowed his pre-trial freedom yesterday.