Guyana News

Three weeks after a  Richmond, Essequibo mother  died following the delivery of her baby boy at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), her mother is still desperately seeking answers.

One hundred and eighty members and stakeholders from thirty countries are here for the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO)’s 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Mini Expo which officially opened last evening at the Marriott Hotel.

A Moruca businessman, charged for the possession of narcotics, was granted bail on Friday by a city court.

More than a month after reports were made against police accused of invading the premises of a Mon Repos, East Coast Deme-rara family, injuring several persons during a row over music, the matter has been sent for legal advice.

Two men were remanded to prison on Friday, after they were accused of stealing close to $400,000 in items from a Stabroek Market vendor.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – White House national security adviser John Bolton warned today against violence or intimidation of American diplomats in Venezuela or opposition leader Juan Guaido, saying such action would trigger a response from the United States.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration today lifted sanctions on three firms, including aluminum giant Rusal, linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite a Democratic-led push in the U.S.

With first oil expected by year end or early 2020, the Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said it supports the use of the expected revenue to provide free education for nursery to university as well as housing for citizens.

Local conglomerate Banks DIH is disputing a tax assessment for an additional $500 million by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in relation to a subsidiary, Citizens Bank.

Over the past two weeks, miners from Georgetown, Lethem and Brazil have returned to the Marudi Mountain area in the South Rupununi and it is a “a hell hole right now,” according to South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) chairman Nicholas Fredericks.

As a part of the planned 10-year national mineral sector policy framework, miners across the country have proposed that a percentage of the government revenues collects in taxes and royalties from the sector go directly to the regions to cater for community specific projects.

All parties contesting in the next general elections should declare their views on the oil and gas sector, including if they support the re-negotiating of the controversial contract signed between government and ExxonMobil and its partners in the Stabroek Block, says former presidential advisor Jan Mangal.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James escaped unhurt yesterday afternoon after the force vehicle transporting him collided with a truck along the Covent Garden Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara.

Vancouver, Canada-based gold exploration company Goldsource Mines Inc has announced a new high-grade discovery from the first two diamond core hole results based on its ongoing exploration programme at the Salbora target, Eagle Mountain Gold Project in Guyana.

A group of Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) shareholders – including its former Executive Chairman Patrick Sheridan – who are seeking to have the board of the Canadian company removed are disappointed that the meeting to address the matter has been fixed for May 22, months after the request.

Residents of Central Rupununi, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo in Region Nine will soon benefit from government’s plan to construct a road directly linking the North to the Central Rupununi into Lethem.

With his latest nude calendar, local photographer Brian Gomes has turned his focus to the male figure and he admits that the results were not what he expected.

A few years after she got married Karen Mohamed-Dias decided it was time to have children, but she knew she had a hormonal condition and that it might pose some difficulty in her getting pregnant.

A cash prize of $250,000 will be given to the winner of the King of the Band prize at this year’s Mashramani celebrations in memory of Neil “Mr Solo’ Chan, a former costume designer and Mash Day and Mash Nite Convener.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Apprentice Training Centre at Port Mourant will re-commence its training programme next month, according to its Corporate Communications Manager Audreyanna Thomas.