Guyana News

The man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner last Wednesday at Hururu Mission, Berbice River, was arrested on Sunday, Commander Linden Lord said.

Guyana is better off with more operators and countries involved in its oil fields, British High Commissioner to Guyana Gregory Quinn has said in wake of UK-based Tullow Oil’s recent offshore oil discovery.

Like many of his peers, Davindra Bridgmohan is today celebrating his success at the recently concluded Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, where he secured 10 passes.

Nineteen teachers are to commence training this week in order to teach English as a second language to children of Venezuelan migrants in Region One.

Eight young Guyanese working with ExxonMobil and its subcontractors are proud that they have been afforded the opportunity to work towards transforming their country.

The representatives of 15 Guyanese companies will be participating in an oil and gas conference and exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland, next month.

Today’s expected statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been rescheduled to tomorrow as members of the commission are still to be provided a copy of the Chief Justice’s recent ruling on house-to-house registration, which is expected to inform a highly anticipated decision on the holding of general elections.

US airline JetBlue is expected to embark on a scouting mission next month for possible operations in Guyana, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson. 

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.