Guyana News

Police are questioning the credibility of a report of robbery committed on Vilvoorden, Essequibo businessman Naime Sabar and his family, who were reportedly held at gunpoint and robbed of over $11 million in cash and cellphones last Sunday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – More than two dozen heavily-armed men stormed into the center of Guararema early on a recent morning, rousing the Brazilian town’s residents with the sound of broken glass, explosions – and then gunshots.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – An array of U.S. companies have told the Trump administration that a citizenship question on the 2020 Census would harm business if it leads to an undercount of immigrants, undermining the data they use to place stores, plan inventory and plot ad campaigns.

An inmate, who is suspected to have mental illness, last evening attempted to start a fire at the New Amsterdam Prison.

Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, April 20, 2019 – The following statement is issued by the Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles in immediate response to news of the passing of Sir Alister McIntyre, who served as UWI Vice-Chancellor during the period 1988-1998.

President David Granger completed his regime of radiotherapy in Cuba today and will be returning to Guyana later this evening.

While Guyana has moved up four places to 51 of the 180 listed in the latest World Press Freedom Index, the assessment by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) maintains that while the country’s constitution guarantees free speech and the right to information, officials often use laws to silence “opposition” journalists.

Four projects submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Environmental Authorisation, and which the entity mistakenly announced did not require Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), are currently being screened for their possible impacts on the environment.

PPP executive Gail Teixeira says she is not retracting statements she made about Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes in relation to a contract that her company, Videomega secured from the Department of Energy (DoE).

Noting the discovery of the 13th deposit of oil by ExxonMobil, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has lamented that Guyanese still have no idea how they will benefit from this resource.

Miners were on Wednesday reminded of the changes in tax laws that will result in their payments on income derived from gold produced being treated as a final tax as of 2018.

Head of the National Secretariat of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI), Dr.

Region 9 now has a digital X-ray Machine which will save time and millions of dollars compared to that of the traditional X-ray practice, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday, Purchased at approximately $8M by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region 9), the residents of the region are expected to benefit from the equipment as well as persons from neighbouring Brazil.

The Medical Council of Guyana has begun discussions on the findings of investigations into the deaths of three children, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital in January after being administered cancer drugs.

Going beyond the scope of works, construction company BK International, funded the rehabilitation of a seven-mile stretch of road from St.

Businessman Lawrence ‘Larry’ Singh on Wednesday lost his bid at recouping what he says are millions owed for rental of a Camp Street, Georgetown property, which he had sub-let to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in 2016 and a judge opined that the agreement’s evident breach of the procurement law warrants a criminal investigation.

The Auditor General’s Office is to undertake a special audit of the finances of the University of Guyana (UG) and Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith says he welcomes it.

A man who was yesterday afternoon acquitted of charges that he had raped a nine-year-old girl, was encouraged by Justice Brassington Reynolds to use the opportunity granted to him to avoid brushes with the law in future.

While sitting on the bench, Magistrate Renita Singh yesterday drew her firearm after a Corentyne robbery accused, who she remanded to prison, sprang from the docks at the Whim Magistrate’s Court and attempted to get at her.

Junior Hercules, the coach for the national basketball team, and his family are now traumatised after they were robbed by four men in an early morning attack yesterday.