Guyana News

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today found that the unilateral process by President David Granger to appoint Justice (retired) James Patterson as Chairman of GECOM was flawed.

With ExxonMobil having found 12 operable wells in the offshore Stabroek Block, the Guyana government is concerned that the absence of a ring-fencing arrangement could negatively affect revenue earned from its explorations.

The police in ‘A’ Division are probing the death of a 60-year-old security guard of Cummings Electrical Company, who was found with a wound to his head, in a guard hut in Campbell-ville, where he had been on the night shift.

Two more youths accused of killing retired professor Pairaudeau `Perry’ Mars have pleaded  to man-slaughter charges and are now awaiting sentencing, pending the presentation of probation reports.

A 38-year-old cook has died and four other members of her family, including her husband, have been hospitalised after they fell ill over the weekend.

All of Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) operations will be reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after a number of environmental infringements were observed by an EPA team during a visit, head of the agency Dr.

The body of a hire car driver of Adventure Village, Corentyne, was discovered just after lunch yesterday on the shoulder of the Corentyne Highway, while his car was found in a nearby trench.

(This is the fifth in a series of articles by Transparency Institute Guyana Inc on the Production Sharing Agreement signed between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.)

As the opposition PPP/C maintains that it is open to an independent probe of the awards of offshore oil exploration blocks to small, unproven companies during its tenure in office, an internationally recognised forensic auditor is open to taking up the task.

Bank of Guyana Governor Gobind Ganga will be meeting with Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited today and he says it has to refund for all fraudulent activity on its Visa International Debit Cards.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), in an effort to promote prostate cancer screening and raise awareness of the disease, through a multi-agency collaboration, will be distributing vouchers to 150 underprivileged males to access screening and consultation services.

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Guyana’s economic growth was in 2018 strengthened with broad-based expansion across all major sectors but structural reforms including possibly “more liberal” immigration policies are needed to support economic diversification, and achieve inclusive and equitable growth.

A Guyanese man living in Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes bird-singing competitions in New York, according to the New York Post citing federal officials yesterday.

Stabroek News was recently informed by one of its main sources that ranks within the ‘B’ Division’s (Berbice) administration are on the hunt for the persons who have spoken out to the media levelling allegations of corruption against a senior officer of the force, who is allegedly aided by several junior ranks within the division.

Moments after being recaptured following an escape while they were being brought to a city court, two men were charged with robbing a couple and one of them was sentenced to two-and-half years in jail after he admitted to the crime.

While Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has suggested that the Alliance For Change’s recent selection of a coalition prime ministerial candidate was ill-timed, newly-elected Vice Chairperson Cathy Hughes had defended the decision, while saying it was a necessary move.

Shaquille Grant was yesterday morning discharged of the 2017 murder of Sophia bread vendor Andre Melroy Alexander, after Justice Navindra Singh upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney.

The police have been called in to investigate a suspected break-in at the office of Mayor of Georgetown Pandit Ubraj Narine.

A 59-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a gas cylinder.

An Inter-Agency Task Force for the crafting of an Urban Development Master Plan was yesterday launched, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency.