Guyana News

The police are currently pursuing two suspects in connection with the armed robbery attack committed on food vendor Owen Xavier Khan, who was shot and robbed along the Lusignan Public Road, East Coast Demerara, two weeks ago.

By United States Ambassador Perry L. Holloway Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that patents, trademarks, and copyright play in promoting innovation, creativity, and progress. 

Fruit scented and patriotically coloured “Magnificent Candles” are being produced by the Mahaica Women’s Group, a group of single mothers and early school leavers, the Department of Public Information (DPI ) says.

The community of Good Intent, West Bank Demerara, has been left in shock after a man allegedly strangled his wife before attempting to kill himself by slitting his throat and drinking poison.

With the oil and gas sector set to bring in an estimated US$700 million in its first year of full operations, GRA Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia is convinced that once he is at the helm of the revenue agency there will be no successful tax evasion by ExxonMobil.

Trade unionist Micah Williams was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury unanimously found him guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has been ordered to pay Essequibo rice miller Arnold Sankar the more than $99 million it owes for paddy it asked him to supply.

GRA has detained a fuel boat pending the payment of some $36M in taxes.

After having been given an extension of time to pay, Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) is likely to find itself on the hook for more than the $3.8 billion liability to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) that a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling cleared the way for.

Government will today meet with workers and officials of Russian aluminum firm RUSAL, and German carrier, Oldendorff, at the company’s Kwakwani, Berbice  location to discuss the local implications of United States sanctions against the company’s majority shareholder  Oleg Deripaska.

Acknowledging that initial consultations might not have been as robust as they should have been, IDB Country Representative Sophie Makonnen is urging stakeholders in a hinterland agricultural project to take an active part in the process to find solutions and successfully implement the scheme.

Amid unrelenting concerns over health dangers from mercury, the Guyana Gold Board’s (GGB) laboratory at Upper Brickdam was closed yesterday and alternative arrangements are to be made for purchasing of the precious metal.

Rod Henson, Country Manager of ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), says statistically speaking, it is unlikely that Guyana will experience a significant oil spill when production begins in 2020 at the offshore Liza well.

A fire ripped through a Crabwood Creek sawmill yesterday morning, leaving its owners counting millions in losses.

Guyana will not be participating in this year’s Miss Universe pageant because currently there is no licensee, according to Public Relations Officer of the organisation Jackie Shahinian.

Saying that the smuggling of contraband items into the prison facilities, including the maximum security facility at Mazaruni, has been a growing issue, acting Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels on Monday sternly warned that officers found colluding in such activity will face the law.

Although Captain Orwain Sandy, who is charged with the murder of his common-law wife Reona Payne, has been seen by a psychiatrist, police yesterday said that an evaluation report is still outstanding.

A 21-year-old Albouystown man was yesterday ordered to do community service after he admitted to assaulting a city constabulary officer and using indecent language.

Two men are now both remanded prisoners after being separately charged with ganja trafficking on Monday.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Monday announced that the Department of the Environment (DoE) is working on a proposal which includes a ban on single-use plastics in Guyana.