Guyana News

In the wake of a dispute, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) says that the Carifesta Avenue grounds earmarked for a massive Qatari resort are held by the state and not the Mayor and City Council.

By Shuntel Glasgow Delegates and dignitaries who turned up for the Third Annual Energy Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston yesterday were greeted by striking teachers who are now into their eleventh day of protest action demanding livable wages and salaries.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says that representatives from MARAD will visit Trinidad to discuss the recent oil spill off the coast of Tobago but he denied that the barge that overturned and leaked was from Guyana.

Two remanded prisoners yesterday escaped from police custody as they were being transported from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of Demerara.

Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud has said that he does not have jurisdiction to order ExxonMobil to provide proof that it has indeed lodged a US$2 billion guarantee which is intended to indemnify Guyana against an oil spill and associated perils.

The police are  investigating an accident that claimed the life of a 23-year-old unlicensed driver on Sunday night.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in a release yesterday said that nine attorneys at law have been selected to serve as magistrates.

Two cars were damaged and a business destroyed on Sunday morning after a driver lost control of his truck at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara.

Over the last 11 years,  bilateral trade between Guyana and China has zoomed from US$180m to US$1.23b and Chinese enterprises here employ about 2,000 Guyanese, Beijing’s top diplomat here said.

Scores of teachers in Region Two continued to strike for the 11th day yesterday for a review of salaries and collective bargaining.

The police are currently investigating an accident on the #72 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice on Sunday around 6 am involving an officer attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

Four persons have been rendered homeless after a fire on Sunday at Agatash, Region Seven  which is believed to have been maliciously set.

Jamal Anthony, a 27-year-old construction worker of Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara and of Guyhoc Park Squatting Area, Georgetown, was arrested on 2024-02-14 and charged on 2024-02-16 with the following offences: 1.

A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne driver died on Sunday around 5 am after losing control and slamming into a concrete bridge along Kilcoy/Chesney Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

President Irfaan Ali declared the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo 2024 open this morning at the Marriott Hotel.

(Trinidad Express) Maritime attorney Nyree Alfonso says she has uncovered new information about the mysterious oil spill which has stained parts of the Tobago coastline and caused environmental damage.

By Antonio Dey The sod was turned yesterday for a US$300 million resort and convention centre, at Carifesta Avenue, an initiative of a Qatari company, Assets Group.

Fire Chief Gregroy Wickham told Stabroek News yesterday that a “stray bullet” went through the window of the sleeping quarters of the Emergency Medical Tech-nicians (ETMs) at the New Guyana Fire Service, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

By Abigail Headley Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) President Mark Lyte is urging the government to swiftly resolve the ongoing teachers’ strike that has persisted for an extended period.

A fire of unknown origin, which struck about 2 am yesterday, destroyed a house in Suddie, Region Two, which was owned by Jason Narine.