Guyana News

The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) have flatly rejected the evaluation process currently being implemented by the Council to assess the performance of the Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith.

Interdicted Cadet Officer Franz Paul, who was charged with allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy in the mouth and threatening to shoot his reputed wife with an unlicensed gun, had his appointment recently revoked by the Police Service Commission (PSC).

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has declined to comment on a decision by the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Incorporated (GASCI) to suspend trading in the company’s shares.

Canadian oil explorer Frontera Energy Corporation now has a 33.33 per cent working interest in fellow Canadian oil explorer CGX Energy Inc’s two offshore blocks after a joint venture agreement was completed last week.

AFC executive member Imran Khan yesterday said that he was within his rights to object to the arbitrary removal of his wife’s name from the delegates’ list for the party’s upcoming National Executive Conference (NEC) and has expressed confidence that this issue will be satisfactorily resolved by the Management Committee.

The police say that none of the three bandits who were fatally shot during last Thursday evening’s shootout at Norton Street surrendered during the ordeal.

By the end of 2020, the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Accused of stealing $349,000 in items, including wigs and cash, a businesswoman got a lucky break yesterday, after the complainant in the matter offered no evidence against her.

As part of its mission of development and restoration, the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) has begun the rehabilitation of the Christianburg Cemetery.

After being sentenced in absentia last year to three years in prison for armed robbery, a mason was yesterday brought to a city court on an arrest warrant, and will begin to serve his time.

Although rum has become the Caribbean region’s largest agriculture-based export earner following a decline in sugar earnings, the region is competing with other territories that are afforded tax exemptions by the United States (US), its primary trading partner.

TOTALTEC Oilfield Services, in a partnership with Guyana Shore Base Inc.,

Even as he maintains that the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) is an illegal entity, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the agency needs to first make its annual reports public and prove that it actions are legally mandated before pursuing any alleged wrongdoings.

Bristow U.S. LLC, ExxonMobil’s offshore helicopter services provider, has advertised locally for pilots but the requirements it has outlined have raised questions once again about the country’s readiness for the imminent oil and gas sector.

A case involving an 18-year-old youth who allegedly robbed a woman of her motorcycle at gunpoint, was dismissed yesterday, after the complainant told the court that she no longer wished to proceed with the matter.

A man who was in February charged with escaping custody after he evaded police while under arrest for an armed robbery offence, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.

The trial of Semion Pompey, for the murder of Sydney Errol Campbell, is set to commence this morning at 9 before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has outlined a framework in an effort to assist member countries in their investigation and prosecution of corruption offences, which is estimated to cost the global economy some US$2 trillion yearly.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lending assistance to Guyana in customs and taxation related matters, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon announced late last month before pointing out that government has taken note of the Middle Eastern country’s capacity to invest in the oil and gas sector here.

A one-week electrical certification training programme, which brought together unlicensed electricians in Lethem and Mabaruma, Region One,  recently concluded.