Guyana News

Five Memoranda of Under-standing (MoUs) were yesterday signed between Guyana and India covering health, pharmaceuticals, broadcasting, culture, agriculture and the hydrocarbon sector.

`All like this morning, I wet the road, and now is like we got a dust storm’ By Milton Grannum The residents of Sisters Village, located on the West Bank of Demerara, are continuing to express  frustration at ongoing road construction between Duncan Street and Saw Pit Turn that saw the undermining of part of the thoroughfare on Saturday after excavation works..

The Attorney General’s Chambers says that Justice Nareshwar Harnanan yesterday upheld the jurisdictional objection made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disputing the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear and determine the application filed by Opposition Members of Parliament seeking to have his seat declared vacant because of absences from Parliamentary sitings.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed an application for an Environmental Permit by Biddle Verwey Inc.

Chester Thompson, a 67-year-old miner from Kaikan Village, appeared yesterday at the Kamarang Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of ‘sexual activity with a child under 16 years.

-judge calls for societal action against `epidemic of domestic violence’ A 32-year-old man from Strathspey was  sentenced  on November 14, 2024 to life in prison for the  murder of his mother-in-law, Velma Pickering.

Leoner Gonzalez, a 26-year-old miner and Vene-zuelan national, appeared yesterday at the Kama-rang Magistrate’s Court to answer separate charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Nathaniel Burrowes, a 25-year-old labourer of Agatash Village, Bartica, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed, to answer to the charge of driving a motor vehicle whilst his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit.

The police say that legal advice is still being sought from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to Marshall Allicock whose vehicle collided with another vehicle along the La Bonne Intention Railway Embankment, ECD on September 29, resulting in the death of Salima Heeralal.

President Irfaan Ali last night conferred Guyana’s highest national award “The Order of Excellence” on India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at a State Dinner hosted by the President and his wife, First Lady Arya Ali, at their official residence.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Guyana’s fourth oil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to depart for this  country in the first quarter next year, the CEO of U.S.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – Suriname’s state-run oil company Staatsolie said today that U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil has withdrawn from its offshore block 52, and block operator Petronas Suriname E&P will take over its 50% stake.

Francis Azore celebrated her 100th birthday on November 8th, 2024, the Ministry of Human Services said today.

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Devendra Persaud, 32, over rape.

A truck laden with sand toppled this morning on the Mandela to Eccles Interlink causing traffic delays, the police said. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here last night to a 21-gun salute.

By Khamisi Slowe An electrician was crushed to death yesterday on Sheriff Street after two speeding trucks came into contact with each other and one careened into a house and the other was left precariously perched over a trench after piercing a water main.

The Ministry of Human Services yesterday said that Old Age Pension Books for 2025 will be available from next month.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced the launch of “Operation Brain Tumour”, an initiative aimed at reducing the national backlog of patients diagnosed with brain tumours.

-Antigua PM lauds development The inaugural flight of LIAT (2020) touched down at CJIA  yesterday from Antigua and the development was hailed by the Prime Minister of that country who underlined its importance to regional connectivity.