Guyana News

Salt water from the recent spring tides has entered the rice lands in the Mahaicony Backlands and farmers are unsure of future cultivation since the land has become salted and will not be able to sustain growth.

Australian miner Troy Resources is reporting third quarter gold output of 10,042 ounces and says it won’t restart operations at its Region Seven mine until it is satisfied it can do so with certainty.

As more locals tap into benefits from the emerging oil and gas sector, John Fernandes Limited has partnered with industrial services firm, the Baker Hughes Company (BHC) to provide onshore support services here.

Nearly 40 years after the death of Walter Rodney, his widow Pat Rodney, is again calling on government to make public the report from the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) done on his June 13, 1980 death and to provide the public with a truthful account of his demise.

The press freedom attack by the government on Stabroek News via the Department of Public Information (DPI) will enter its fourth month today with the newspaper not having received a single advertisement from the agency in October.

Former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran, who is on trial for allegedly falsifying the entity’s account, is expected to lead his defence later this month.

Kevin Stephens, the former MMC Security Force guard who admitted to killing a colleague during an argument in 2016, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years in prison.

A twenty-eight-year-old man of Unity, Mahaica was yesterday charged with the murder of his cousin, Arvin ‘Krishna’ Dipchand of Dochfour, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall is challenging the validity of the Region Five Rice Assessment Committee and its authority to determine any claim before it, owing in part to the non-appointment of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which is required to advise on its Chairman.

The Corentyne woman who was  reported missing this week was yesterday found at Blairmont Village, West Coast Berbice.

Keisha Burke, the 20-year-old woman who dealt a policewoman several punches to the face, was yesterday ordered to serve a 14-day prison sentence for the crime after she opted to accept responsibility at the commencement of her trial.

A 44-year-old man, who police say had four grammes of cocaine in his possession, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of the crime.

Attorney Anil Nandlall has moved for an early and expedited hearing of his appeal of the Chief Justice’s decision to dismiss his application to compel Cabinet’s resignation.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) last night said that it is currently experiencing a shortfall in generation as a result of an inadequate supply of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) resulting from delays in deliveries by its contracted HFO supplier.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) on Wednesday staged a Full Scale Emergency Exercise during the evening.

The timetable for production of first oil has been moved up to December this year, earlier than the previously announced first quarter of 2020, ExxonMobil’s partner in the Stabroek Block, Hess, yesterday announced.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says that the decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to remove from the Official List of Electors (OLE), persons who have not collected their identification (ID) cards as far back as 2008, is “patently illegal” and called upon GECOM Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh to explain.

A 42-year-old rice farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of 14-year-old Christopher Basdeo, whose decomposed body was found in a shallow grave at Lust-en-Rust, West Bank Demerara (WBD) last Friday.

Guyana Goldfields Inc’s (GGI) output from its Aurora, Region Seven mine in the third quarter this year of 22,100 ounces was sharply down from the second quarter figure of 37,300 ounces.

A 28-year-old labourer, who is accused of fatally stabbing Transport and Harbours Department sailor, Shurlon Errol Cutting during an argument at the Parika Stelling last Thursday evening, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.