Guyana News

Noting that major actors have shown a decreased interest in finding a collective approach to global problems, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has advised that regional states continue to press for multilateralism, as they coordinate efforts going forward.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, it was inadvertently stated that the Dipcon contempt proceedings against Finance Minister Winston Jordan will come up for first hearing today.

Investigations into the murder of Parika backdam farmer and grocer Somdat Ramgobin remains active, Divisional Commander Edmond Cooper says.

Weeks after a Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) audit was completed and the findings and recommendations handed over to Police Commissioner Leslie James, action is yet to be taken.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Antonio Dos Santos, 21, of Lot 22 second Avenue, Bartica which occurred in front of an entertainment bar at First Avenue, Bartica yesterday; allegedly by a 29 year carpenter of First Avenue, Bartica who is currently being sought.

Guyana’s green energy transformation could be realised if it doesn’t buckle to pressure for downstream investments in oil here and the country should instead focus on diversification, Chatham House fellow and oil consultant Valerie Marcel told Thursday’s Houston, Texas petroleum summit.

In addition to the preparation of more civil recovery proceedings in relation to the lands allocated at `Pradoville 2’ under the previous PPP/C administration, the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) is currently preparing two other land sale matters which have a combined value of close to $1 billion.

Two armed bandits on Saturday evening robbed the proprietors of a Chinese supermarket, located a stone’s throw away from the Albion Police Station, of $250,000 in cash and one iPhone, before escaping.

An inquest has been ordered into the death of 15-year-old Karamchand Khemraj, who was killed in a hit-and-run involving a white Toyota ‘Pitbull’ minibus on the Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road in December last year.

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry will at 9 am on Thursday commence hearing the application made by Dipcon for Finance Minister Winston Jordan to be jailed for his failure to pay the US$2,228,400 awarded to the company in 2015.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force do not have the right to refuse to take reports from victims regardless of the jurisdiction where the incident occurred and those who are found guilty of such action will be disciplined.

The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) report has recommended that confidentiality restrictions be amended to enable the comprehensive recording of revenues from the extractive industries.

On Saturday,  24 pharmacists recited the pharmacist’s oath after donning their white coats and being awarded their licences to practise.

An advocate in the fight against  breast cancer and a motivational speaker, 32-year-old Devika Tinsarran lost her battle last evening three years after being diagnosed. 

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) is awaiting additional information it requested from PPP executive member Gail Teixeira regarding the complaint she lodged over a year ago about government’s handling of the controversial US$18 million signing bonus it received from ExxonMobil and its partners.

The Audit Office of Guyana is currently awaiting the submission of additional information from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) to complete the audit of the spending associated with the controversial D’Urban Park project.

Business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Qualfon won two awards last week at the Caribbean Export Development Agency biennial conference in Curacao.

Renegotiate, rescind, reimburse, then auction off so that Guyana reaps the maximum value from its oil blocks, is the advice that petroleum expert Dr Jan Mangal drilled into those who attended his presentation at the Guyana Petro-leum Summit in Houston, Texas on Thursday.

Over two months after moving to the Supreme Court to strip seven ‘Pradoville 2’ land allottees including former president Bharrat Jagdeo of the ownership of the plots they controversially obtained in 2010, the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) has filed two more matters.

Investors in a proposed mega ‘green’ project at Linden are bemoaning what they believe is the deliberate delay by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) in notarising and filing their lease agreement although they have been paying rent for over a year.