Guyana News

ExxonMobil Guyana has provided some $15 million to SSYDR Inc. a not for profit organisation, to present a job readiness programme in several communities across the country.

A city magistrate is expected to rule on whether a case has been made out against one of the drivers who was involved in the 2016 Sheriff Street collision which resulted in four-year-old Ambeka Providence dying.

Sixty-three-year-old Gregory Ramkissoon who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for causing a four-year-old girl to perform oral sex on him, has filed an appeal before the appellate court, arguing that his sentence is severe. 

A 600-foot well has been drilled in the village of Moco Moco, Region 9, just one week following an announcement by Guyana Water Inc (GWI) officials. 

A bus driver and his conductor yesterday pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting a policeman and were placed on $10,000 bail each.

The Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine yesterday issued a statement saying that the city’s drainage system is working unlike under the former PPP/C administration.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 38-year-old Joseph Sargeant, who is accused of fatally shooting a Sophia miner during a confrontation at a pool party more than a week ago.

A date was yesterday set for a ruling in the matter against Brian Mohan, who was charged with the murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton, who was shot execution-style while sitting on the stairs of his home.

The body of an Upper Pomeroon River boat captain who went missing was found in the river in the vicinity of Siriki and Jacklow Villages, Upper Pomeroon on Tuesday.

Sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the strangling death of her eight-year-old son Emmanuel, Sonia King has appealed her sentence, arguing that it was too severe given the circumstances of her case.

Permission has been granted to a local bakery to utilise a section of the Stabroek Market Square for a promotional event, acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe said on Monday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is advising the general public that on Sunday, August 4, 2019 from 6 am to 6 pm a section of the Northern and Southern Lanes of the Rupert Craig highway will be partially closed.

A woman who was charged with damage to property was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after she admitted to the offence and created an uproar in court.

Investigations are still ongoing into the accident which left two persons dead and two others hospitalised.

Director-General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, yesterday afternoon, received a quantity of equipment valued $39,436,217, from the United States  Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP).

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI)  has launched its 2020 Calendar Art Competition under the theme `Guyana 2020 and Beyond.

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Joseph Sargeant, 38,  c/d “Joey” in connection with the  murder of  Terry Ault on 2019-07-21 in South Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

In a likely sign of their continuing interest in the current political standoff over general elections and the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), envoys from the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Union today met President David Granger and his team at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The City Council has halted the construction of a Nalco Champion Guyana chemical warehouse at the John Fernandes Ltd (JFL) Inland Terminal, at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt Georgetown, saying no permission had been granted.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, spent her first day yesterday being briefed on the functioning of the agency by its senior managers and has scheduled meetings with the two sides of the Commission today.