Guyana News

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.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF), through its Fallen Heroes Foundation, on Friday handed over cheques to the relatives and children of nine officers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the years.

A Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara youth, who was stabbed on Thursday night as he rushed to the aid of two neighbours who were being attacked by a bandit, is recovering but remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Seventeen members of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) last week participated in port security training by Chile’s DIRECTEMAR.

Rehabilitation works at Le Repentir cemetery have been stalled due to the heavy rains and an assessment will be done to determine the way forward, Assistant City Engineer Kabila Hollingsworth says.

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings-Williams, yesterday thanked the United States (US) Air Force New Horizons team for building three community centres, one women’s shelter and providing health services to 13, 346 persons during their exercise here from May to August 2019.

A 35-year-old man, who allegedly stole $300,000 worth of articles from a mechanic shop in Charlestown, was on Friday remanded to prison after he failed to give the court a fixed address where he resides.

Denish Nunes, who was charged in June with possession of 60 grammes of cannabis, was on Friday told that he would have to lead his defence in the matter.

A 23-year-old man charged with possession of narcotics was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

A Sophia woman accused of stealing money from another woman was granted bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Drainage and security issues in the Profit/Foulis area on the West Coast of Berbice will be addressed.

Residents of Mahaicony in Region 5 have called for the re-opening of the sub-office of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in the area.

An election date has not been named but the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has started training Election Day staff.