Guyana News

Three men have been arrested for questioning in relation to the death of a 58-year-old man whose body was found in a hammock at No.60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Sunday afternoon.

Cease work orders have been issued by the Ministry of Labour to three mining operations at it investigates the death of a 17-year-old miner.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council was served a demand letter from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the outstanding payments for Pay-As-You-Earn-Tax (PAYE) amounting to the total of $1.4b.

Twenty-nine-year-old Avinash Kumal appear-ed before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday at the Diamond Magis-trate’s Court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Ministry of Public Works is again appealing to vendors along the Kingston Seawall, to desist from illegally connecting electricity to their businesses.

The Guyana Police Force has remained silent on the stripping of striking Berbice sugar workers although the men have reiterated their claims.

President Irfaan Ali (left) yesterday met with the Chief Execu-tive Officer of the ANSA McAL Group of Companies, Anthony Sagba III (right) and his team at State House.

  Guyana Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission SEPTEMBER 11, 2023   The Guyanese economy continues to grow very rapidly, supported by the government’s modernization plans, including the unparalleled oil sector expansion.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today commissioned the Mrs. Maureen Massiah Wing  at the Bishops’ High School in Georgetown.

Given its commitment to transparency of the petroleum sector and having announced that ExxonMobil’s expenses went down from US$214 million to US$11 million even after a final audit report was submitted, the government should explain to the nation how the decision was made, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

What started as a celebration ended in sorrow as a student of President’s College and her father were among four people killed in a collision on the public road at De-Hoop, Mahaica on Saturday evening.

Police are investigating the murder of Shawnie (only name given, age and address unknown), which occurred around 07:30 hrs yesterday at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. 

Guyana’s External Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG) debt grew by 3.8 percent, from US$1,571.9 million at the end of 2022 to US$1,631.1 million at end of June 2023, according to a mid-year report published by the Ministry of Finance on Saturday.

Four buildings were destroyed over the last two days in fires determined to be arson in three different parts of the country leaving four people homeless.

The depressed community of Plastic City, located on the foreshore of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara, has been earmarked to be regularised, according to Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal, pending his decision on relocation or settlement.

ExxonMobil has changed its business name here from Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, according to a notice by the company.

Government has expressed to two American banks that it prefers to have a major United States commercial financial operation here, President Irfaan Ali said, even as he expressed that the Bank of America (BoA) representatives seemed upbeat during the meeting he held with them last week.

Interviews and photos  by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Annandale, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Three teen residents of the St John’s Bosco Orphanage who decided not to allow life’s challenges to limit them, are celebrating their performances at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams.

Residents of 3rd Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, are urgently calling on the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to investigate a bar that has been constantly disturbing the tranquility of their residential neighbourhood.