Guyana News

The prosecution is expected to close its case against the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) salesman who was charged with causing the death of a pedestrian, who succumbed after being struck while crossing a city street.

An Essequibo man was remanded to prison on Friday after he was accused of stealing close to $250,000 in cash.

The United States Ambassador to Guyana,  Sarah-Ann Lynch; United Kingdom High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn; and the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana,  Jernej Videtič today issued a joint statement following the issuing of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s Definitive Orders on 12 July 2019.

Four years after it made its first offshore oil discovery in Guyana, ExxonMobil says that it and its contractors have created almost 1,200 new jobs for locals with over 200 of those being held by women and spent some US$119.5 million (approximately $24.9 billion) on local procurement.

A taxi driver and one of his passengers died after being involved in an accident on the Linden/Soesdyke High-way on Saturday night.

Over the weekend,  communication between representatives of  the President and Leader of the Opposition ended without a meeting set and saw a proposal by the government’s side that retired Justice Claudette La Bennett and GPHC Chairman Kesaundra Alves be on the list for chairmanship of GECOM, sources say.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will be establishing an environmental management department within the company and a Canadian consultancy firm and other personnel have been hired to assist with the process, Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday assured Berbicians that if there is  civil strife in the country the government is prepared to ensure stability.

In his address on Friday following the consequential orders issued by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), President Granger said as follows: “Guyanese, the Constitution of Guyana is sacrosanct and supreme”.

Although persons who attended the Creatives Go Global workshop were thrilled that the Creative and Cultural Industry was finally getting recognition from the government, they felt that the workshop, which focused primarily on marketing strategies and exporting services, did not address the challenges they are facing presently.

The police are yet to obtain legal advice on their investigations in the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian, police commissioner Leslie James said last night.

A shooting at a creek last evening on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway has left a man nursing a gunshot injury to the face.

Sanjeev Datadin, the attorney for Charrandass Persaud in the no confidence motion case on Friday expressed disappointment with the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), stressing that it was not what they were looking for.

Subscribers to Creditinfo Guyana (CIG) will now be able to request and view their credit reports online, as the company launched its new service on Friday.

Yesterday marked 40 years since Jesuit priest Father Bernard Darke was murdered while photographing a demonstration in Brickdam in Georgetown.

Almost two weeks after a sea defence breach in Mahaicony, floodwater is still receding, even as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure continues repair works in the area, Chairman of the Region Five Council Vickchand Ramphal said.

A motorcyclist of Sophia is now hospitalised following a collision with a minibus on the ‘B’ Field access road on Saturday morning.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday about 7.40 pm on the Soesdyke/Linden Public Road, EBD, involving motor car  # PVV 535 driven by Alonzo De Santos, 32, of Lot 136 Prospect ,EBD  and motor hire car  #HC 2554, driven by Royston Stewart, 44, of Sandville, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

Although accepting its “interim” status based on the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the APNU+AFC government yesterday declared that Cabinet is continuing to function, in apparent defiance of the Constitution.

While the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has established that the current APNU+AFC administration is now serving as a “caretaker” government, following the passage of a no-confidence motion against it last year, opinion so far is divided on the implications for the exercise of its authority.