Guyana News

(Reuters) ExxonMobil today signalled second-quarter operating profits fell sharply on lower natural gas prices and weaker oil refining margins, according to a regulatory filing.

Six contracts valued at $2.017 billion were signed today to construct a new secondary school at Kwebanna, Region One.

President Irfaan Ali last night accepted the resignation of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, hours after the DPP had advised the police that there was no basis to charge him with rape as the complainant had withdrawn the allegation.

The Government of Guyana yesterday said that it is pleased that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board lifted a temporary suspension on Guyana, which it had put in place on February 1, 2023, due to the country’s inability to publish its 2020 EITI Report.

The fire at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, that claimed the lives of a father and two children last Friday was electrical in origin, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham told Stabroek News yesterday.. 

The next Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Georgetown are to be elected tomorrow and former mayor Pat Chase-Green and deputy mayor Alfred Mentore are returning to the council.

Twenty-eight-year-old Akeem Bourne (address not stated), and 28-year-old Michael Cumber-batch of Lot 2 Rasville, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court before Acting Chief Magis-trate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to robbery charges.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday rolled out its new scheme to  have both the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pension payments and Old Age pensions payable on the first working day of every month.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has reiterated Guyana’s commitment to regional integration and to MERCOSUR objectives of advancing the possibilities for business, investment and expanding commercial relations, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday stated.

Twenty-five-year-old Orlando Scott of Cummings Park, Sophia, Georgetown, and Chris McKenzie, 24, of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where they both pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.

The American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana (AmCham) yesterday announced the successful re-election of its President and Board of Directors during the organization’s 5th Annual General Meeting held last Friday, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

Twenty-three-year-old Shambah Arjoun, of Lot 836-679 Tucville appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with robbery and escaping lawful custody.

The first vocational training course at Lusignan’s Prison’s Vocational Training School was recently carried out by Harris Paints Guyana who worked with the Guyana Prison Service and Str8edge Superior Painting contractors to develop finishing skills for the construction industry.

A twenty-seven-year-old man, who police say was found in unlawful possession of a firearm, has been granted release on $75,000 bail.

The driver who struck down and killed 52-year-old Vidya Tie on the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara last Monday was released on station bail and a file is being prepared for legal advice.

Region Seven police ranks on mobile patrol duty on Monday discovered a single-barrel shotgun and 12 gauge cartridge in a Karibee rice bag at Lime Tree Backdam, Cuyuni River.

A minibus driver and a conductor are in police custody after they were nabbed on Monday afternoon with 512.5 grammes of marijuana on Charity Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫 𝐈𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: Fellow Guyanese, as you’re aware, I am in Trinidad and Tobago attending the 45th session of the Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM and the 50th anniversary of CARICOM.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today said that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that there is no provision for the police to proceed with the rape allegation case against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall in light of the complainant’s decision  to withdraw her complaint.

Mélanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Maninder Sidhu, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will travel to Trinidad and Tobago and to Guyana from July 2 to 7, 2023.