Guyana News

Despite the challenges faced during their competitions, Team Guyana Robotics – an all-girls robotics team – emerged among the top 23 teams out of 191 at the First Global Challenge in Singapore which concluded on Tuesday, STEM Guyana Director Karen Abrams told Stabroek News.

Fifty-two-year-old Neil Dutchin yesterday  appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

While October 5 was given by GAICO Construction General Services Inc as the date for recommencing the dredging of the Pomeroon River, works have not yet started.

Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain on Tuesday directed his ire at photo-journalists for not showing sensitivity following the Mahdia dormitory fire which claimed 20 lives on May 21.

A 32-year-old labourer of Third Avenue Bartica, Raphael Schroeder, is in a serious condition at the Bartica Regional Hospital after he was stabbed in the neck by his drinking buddy yesterday morning.

The Central Immigration and Passport Office, as well as the Regional Passport Offices in Anna Regina, New Amsterdam, Springlands, Parika, Bartica, Lethem and Linden will now be open on Saturdays, beginning from Saturday 14th October, 2023 until further notice, only to facilitate the delivery of passports.

ExxonMobil yesterday received correspondence from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) notifying it that the IHS Markit audit findings of US$214 million in questionable expenses stands, and that the company should prepare financial transactions to reflect this, sources say.

By Antonio Dey Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussein, yesterday said that the regional executive and education officers of Potaro-Siparuni failed to inform the Education Ministry of deficiencies at the Mahdia secondary school dorm.

No successful cyber-espionage malware has been found on the Government of Guyana’s network according to the authority on such matters, the cybersecurity division of the National Data Manage-ment Authority (NDMA).

Charria Naitram, a 26-year-old lorry driver of Supply Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was yesterday charged with causing the death of a guard at Ogle by dangerous driving and placed on $1m bail.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday sharply criticised contractor S Maraj over his failure to complete the troubled Leguan Stelling project and it declared that it won’t be bullied into paying more for a contract that has seen many variations.

NEW YORK/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N agreed to buy U.S.

A 56-year-old pedestrian of Annandale, East Coast Demerara, was struck down and killed on Monday evening at the Lusignan Railway Embankment, ECD.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus yesterday said that a file has been completed and advice will be sought as it relates to the break and enter at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) bond located at Corriverton, Corentyne.

David Hayde, an 18-year-old labourer of Lot 16 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, has been charged with the felonious wounding of a 17-year-old student of the Leonora Technical Institute.

As the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) faces criticism in relation to the quality of its hoses used to fight fires, its Chief Gregory Wickham explained that the hoses are regularly replenished, checked and are also damaged regularly when the fire service is in action.

Amid heightened demand, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today announced that industrial/large (Tariff D) customers will face a higher rate during peak periods.

Former Chief Planning Officer in the Ministry of Education, Evelyn Hamilton has passed away.

Following questions raised by APNU+AFC MP, Ganesh Mahipaul, the NDIA yesterday disclosed that a  $978m contract for a pump station at Black Bush Polder (BBP), Corentyne was terminated in September for poor work and several others had been granted extensions for a variety of reasons.

Police in Regional Division No.2 are investigating an alleged hit-and-run fatal accident which occurred on Sunday at 12.30 am on the public road at Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast.