Guyana News

(Reuters) -Oil major Exxon Mobil is in talks with Tesla, Ford Motor, Volkswagen and other automakers to supply lithium for electric vehicle batteries, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

By Mia Anthony Guyanese turned out in droves in bright sunshine at the National Park in Georgetown yesterday as the country celebrated the 185th anniversary of emancipation from slavery.

By Deneita Fredericks After a 10-year absence, the Bartica Miss Emancipation Pageant took centre stage on Monday at the Bartica Community Centre Ground and Tytheon Jones, an aspiring psychologist, walked away with the crown.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on July 25 met with the founder and Chairman of the Digicel Group,  Denis O’Brien, along with several executives from Digicel Guyana, at his office in Georgetown.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on July 18, 2023, hosted a Public Open Day from 9am – 2:00pm at the Kumaka Waterfront, Region #1 (Barima-Waini).  

The Guyana Fire Service received a call at 1:49 a.m. today and was informed of a fire at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling, West Coast Demerara.

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting yesterday that it is losing trained and skilled personnel as oil companies are enticing them away with far higher salaries.

Vanessa Emmanuel, 25, of Lot 992 Section B, Block “X” Greater Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs- Marcus to answer to the charge of man-slaughter.

With the prosecution failing to establish the identity of the person it said they murdered, Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore were yesterday discharged of the crime and set free.

Ram & McRae, Chartered Accountants, Professional Services Firm hosted a sod-turning exercise yesterday for the company’s new three-storey office building, the cost of which is estimated to be $400m.

Twenty-five employees of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) recently underwent training on land mapping techniques and administration.

A trip to a stretch of mangroves on the East Coast of Demerara was organised on Sunday to underline the need for their conservation.

Trinidad Company, Kallco Guyana Inc. is expected to produce a proposal to the Ministry of Public Work on how it plans to finish the second leg of the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street road project in Georgetown.

Last week an overseas-based Guyanese nurse who is visiting her residence in Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice and a Corentyne businessman were robbed of a large amount of cash in separate attacks at their respective homes.

Former Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine is among 10 Guyanese selected for the twenty-five  day-long 66th Know India Programme organized by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.

Quincy Barker, a 27-year-old taxi driver of Timehri who was arrested on the 21st July, 2023 in Region One for robbing two women at Providence has been sentenced to 56 months imprisonment.

Caldwell Jackson (address not stated) who in 2022 was nabbed with narcotics by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was yesterday found guilty of the offence of drug trafficking and was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, who is currently performing the functions of President, met with the Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Lorna Smith, OBE and a high-level trade delegation, this morning at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.

The village of Chinese Landing in Region One yesterday said that it looked forward to working with the Government of Guyana on the protective measures which were requested for the community by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Even as the nation awaits word on the first two audits of oil expenses, the government has determined that all questionable claims still not justified by the company in the IHS Markit audit of expenses from 1999-2018 would be disallowed, actions which could possibly trigger the US oil major moving to arbitration in a holdout to not pay, sources close to the process say.