Guyana News

(Reuters) -U.S. energy major Exxon Mobil said on Thursday that trader salaries would be adjusted based on benchmarking and will include performance bonuses at the end of the year and long-term incentives as compensation.

Oneil Melbourne, a 26-year-old from La Grange, West Bank Demerara, who was wanted by the Police on a commitment warrant for two years imprisonment, was arrested on Friday by Corporal Benjamin of Kaikan Police Station in Region #7.

On Friday, the Ministry of Health received 4000 Dignity Kits courtesy of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean in collaboration with the Canadian Government.

A family of six is now homeless after an early morning fire gutted their entire two-storey house in Canefield, East Canje Berbice. 

Nearly 100 Guyanese  benefited from programmes under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) last year.

Ranks from Regional Police Division #8 conducted a raid at Mahdia Landing/Arcade  on Friday during which they found 2,020 grams of marijuana.

The Ministry of Labour’s Region Nine officers, on February 28, 2024, conducted an outreach in the Marudi Mountain Mines, in the South Rupununi.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, performing the functions of President, on Friday conveyed Guyana’s appreciation for the growing alliance between this country and the Dominican Republic (DR), lauding the strides made in bilateral ties over the past two years.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today said that Dr Asha Kissoon of The New Movement is refusing to relinquish her seat in Parliament to make way for the ANUG representative as agreed by the three list joinder parties that won a seat at the 2020 general elections.

As the court ordered mediation began yesterday between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the government, a proposal was submitted by the GTU and the focus continues to be on teachers’ resumption of classes.

The 2023 Guyana Prize for Literature awardees were last night announced at the 2024 festival, honouring outstanding works in fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction, and youth categories.

Guyana’s Head of State, President Irfaan Ali has declared that his nation’s priority is peace and wants the region to remain a “Zone of Peace.”

Litigation will likely be the recourse of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) if President Irfaan Ali does not meet with Chief Citizen Alfred Mentore regarding the construction of the Qatari Hotel on disputed lands along Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

Two French senators who visited in January this year have called on Paris to establish an embassy here on account of Guyana’s growing economic importance and common security interests in the face of threats from Venezuela.

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday exchanged gifts upon their meeting at the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Reaffirming the right to freedom of expression and public speech, CARICOM Heads have nevertheless  strongly condemned lyrics that denigrate women and promote violence.

Ian Griffith appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul  at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court where he was sentenced to three years and one month imprisonment and fined $3,495,000 for trafficking cocaine.

Matthew Sylvain, a 20-year-old labourer of Lot 14 North Melanie, East Coast Demerara, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court #1 and #2 on seven charges of armed robbery and pleaded guilty to all.

On his Facebook page Trinidadian Foreign Minister Amery Browne has lauded the kindness of a Guyanese airport employee who helped him out when he was unable to pay for  breakfast at CJIA as all he had was his credit card and no Guyanese cash.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has expressed deep concern over the state of the nation’s electricity sector in light of the administration’s recent announcement that the Wales gas-to-shore project won’t be ready until next year.