Guyana News

Customers between Auchlyne to Moleson Creek experienced a service disruption from 04:30 to 06:12 AM this morning, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said.

Around US$100m in expenses claimed by ExxonMobil and partners have been classified as disputed in the audit of the massive US$7.3b amount for the period 2017 to 2020, well-placed sources say.

Two companies have submitted proposals to build the bridge over the Corentyne River to link Guyana and Suriname, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Friday confirmed.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday hailed the resumption of sugar production at the Rose Hall Estate while announcing that GuySuCo has surpassed last year’s production total.

A 50-year-old labourer, Shaun Leitch, of Mora, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, who is believed to have been struck in the head with a piece of wood by his cousin on Thursday morning at Mora, East Bank Essequibo, succumbed to his injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospital on Thursday afternoon.

A porter employed by waste disposal company, Puran Brothers, in Region Two, died yesterday morning after the driver lost control of the garbage truck and ended up in a muddy trench.

The two suspects in the shooting of three men at Lot 252 Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, Georgetown, on Thursday night, were apprehended by police after they abandoned a motorcycle when cornered by ranks.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that he was disappointed in Region Six’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Narindra Persaud after several issues were raised during an outreach in Mara, East Bank Berbice.

After PNCR Executive Daniel Seeram was granted $50,000 bail amid charges of alleged domestic abuse towards his wife, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said “that only the court can decide on whether the regional chairman is guilty or not”.

Following reports by former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran that eight futile attempts had been made to serve court papers on Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for a libel case brought against him, Jagdeo said on Thursday that he was not aware of the number of attempts but said that the documents can be delivered to either the Attorney General or his attorney.

A police constable attached to Regional Division # 2, Pomeroon/Supenaam, has been under ‘close arrest’ since Friday after an air pistol was found in his car along with two live 9mm rounds.

The pocket size tourist guide hand book, “Guyana Where and What”, has, now, in 2023 accomplished 15 years of continuous production annually except for 2021 because of the COVID pandemic.

Kevin Odit, a 23-year-old labourer of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 months jail for the wounding of a man.

Omesh Chandra, a 23-year-old labourer of Riverstown, Essequibo Coast was charged with the wounding of Sheldon Patterson, a 25-year-old labourer of Zorg, Essequibo Coast and was placed on $500,000 bail.

The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facilitated a three-day Firearms Identification and Tracing Workshop for the  Guyana Police Force at the Officers’ Training Centre.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) today advised the public that yesterday, at approximately 20:30 hrs, a barge loaded with sand allided with the Berbice River Bridge.

Opposition members present during the September meeting with ExxonMobil insist that the company did say government agreed to the cost reduction from US$214 million to US$3 million and are of the view that the United States oil major should make its position public.

Eyewitness: `The crack them get bigger and we see the earth bubbling up and then you hear boom!

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain has issued a 12-point memorandum to deal with the heat in classrooms that teachers have been complaining about.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that four minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries were performed by surgeons/professors from the Caribbean Asso-ciation of Endoscopic Surgeons (CaSES)  – including one for the first time ever here – and these were broadcast to a training room.