Guyana News

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Parika Sea Dam on the East Bank of Essequibo about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The University of Guyana (UG) says that it has not been served with any documents in a purported defamation lawsuit against it by Dr Wayne Forde.

Two weeks after 38-year-old accountant, Chooromanie Tulsie, was murdered, her DNA samples are being tested and the Guyana Police Force is now awaiting those results.

Commissioner of Police  Clifton Hicken, Deputy Commissioner Mr Calvin Brutus, and members of the Admin Team met this morning with officers and ranks at the Guyana Police Force at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Square, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

A pipe that broke since Thursday morning due to a truck that was parked on the parapet in front of the St.

Speaking in a broadcast from Essequibo, President Irfaan Ali this morning assured Guyanese that there is nothing to fear in the coming days from Venezuela’s referendum today and he called on Venezuelans to join in supporting the resolution of the border controversy at the International Court of Justice.

By Antonio Dey Former Public Works Minister David Patterson has reiterated that the controversial award of the $865 million Belle Vue pump station contract to the Tepui Group, does not meet the standard evaluation criteria for bidders, and that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) must provide updates, on the subject and “stop playing games.”

As Venezuela votes today in a referendum that can see moves to annexe Guyana’s territory, President Irfaan Ali has called on Cuba to urge Caracas to ensure that the region remains a zone of peace.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday strongly refuted claims by the opposition of chicken smuggling and instructing police to release shipments being transported from Suriname to the New Guyana Marketing Corporation.

While adverting to Guyana’s booming economy, the IDB country strategy for 2023-2026 has cited risks to its successful implementation.

Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton, during an outreach in Essequibo yesterday, welcomed the ICJ’s (International Court of Justice) ruling ordering Venezue-la not to take any action that interferes with Guyana’s control over the Essequibo.

By Antonio Dey Trade between the UK and Guyana amounted to £1.6 billion up to the second quarter of 2023.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commis-sion (GGMC) yesterday said that no lives were lost following blasting activities at Aurora Gold Mines Inc.

Guyana’s Head of State, Irfaan Ali has urged world leaders to cast aside the “doctrinaire approach” towards achieving net zero by 2050, and devise realistic solutions as climate action cannot be to the detriment of the world’s developing countries and poorest people.

MovieTowne Guyana, located off the Rupert Craig Highway at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, yesterday held the grand opening for their Ferris wheel just in time for the Christmas Season and in celebration of their 4th  anniversary.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that workers attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) received their wages and he strongly condemned the Opposition for being mischievous and peddling information that the workers were not being paid.

Traffic ranks received certificates on completion of a short ‘crash’ course facilitated by United Kingdom-based Accident Investigation specialist, Chris Goddard.

The Guyana Police Association on Friday in a show of support for the children of the late Woman Police Constable Annette Abel, made a monetary donation to the two young adults to assist with any of their needs at the moment.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods today rejected the International Energy Agency’s recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible “illusion”, saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy.

Recognizing the referendum which Venezuela had planned for tomorrow as a seriously “urgent,” “real” and “imminent” threat to the rights which Guyana currently has to the Essequibo, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a warning of refrain to Venezuela.