Guyana News

A young motorcyclist is now dead after he collided with a pedestrian along the Seafield Village Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice.

A Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) delegation attended the recently held 35th Annual Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO) Conference and Trade Exhibition, in Trinidad.

One man is now dead and four others are injured after the pick-up they were travelling in toppled while speeding along a trail at Tipuru, Mazaruni River, on Sunday afternoon.

A bodyguard of a junior government minister was shot early yesterday morning when resisted two bandits, who attempted to relieve him of his jewellery in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

A missing pensioner was found dead in a trench at Adventure Village, Corentyne, yesterday afternoon.

Rickland Bovell, the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April, was yesterday committed to stand trial for murder.

Xinoxi Qu, the manager who was charged with the attempted murder of a customer of the FreshCo Supermarket, walked out of a city court a free man yesterday after a magistrate ruled that he was merely retrieving what belonged to his employer.

Andre Hetsberger, who is currently awaiting a new trial for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, was granted bail more than a week ago, but remains incarcerated due to what his attorney termed an “administrative hiccup.”

A Loo Creek fraud accused, who was recaptured after apparently giving police the slip by providing a fake name, was yesterday remanded to prison after a city court heard that he might be a flight risk.

Carlton Bourne, the accused in a series of armed robberies, is now a remanded prisoner.

All the signs and portents push towards an arc of escalation for gold prices. 

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man, who is accused of fatally beating porter Oswald Henry during an argument on Saturday night at Kumaka, in Region One.

US airline Jet Blue is likely to start services in Guyana.

Following its recent discovery of oil in commercial quantities offshore Guyana, the United Kingdom-headquartered Tullow Oil will shift operations from its Trinidad base to local shores and plans for its first shore base here are in the pipeline.

A deficit of $920 million is being projected by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at the end of this year.

ExxonMobil has relocated its local offices to the seven-storey Duke Street, Kingston building it has rented from businessman Rizwan Khan.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is projecting a deficit of $546.7 million, a major departure from a budgeted surplus of $469.3 million.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is looking for companies to provide a number of services including operate a food/restaurant/bar concession, a cambio, and sell indigenous products at a kiosk.

Paddy bug numbers have significantly decreased since the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) intensified their spraying programme.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is projecting a deficit at the end of this year of $9.5b compared to the figure of $9.8b which was projected at the start of the year.