Guyana News

-in New York Times interview Interviewed by the New York Times (NYT),  President Irfaan Ali said he sees an oil future for Guyana past 2050 but was pressed on the inherent contradictions with a low carbon economy and repeatedly dodged a question about taxes on the petroleum industry.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday said that as promised occupants of a section of Plantation Blairmont (Shieldstown), Region Five, are  having their land ownership documents processed.

Sixty-year-old Salima Heeralal succumbed to her injuries on Monday in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital following a vehicular accident on Sunday along the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, which also injured two others.

A mother and her reputed husband were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke after they appeared in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to the sexual abuse of the woman’s young daughter.

The Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, will be a hive of activity when it hosts the inaugural International Business Conference (IBC) 2024 from October 15 to 17 with over 550 businesses registered to attend.

The police yesterday said that on September 29, 2024, at around 22:20 hrs, a police sergeant, a corporal, and a constable were on traffic patrol duty along Hosororo Road, North West District, with motor pick-up PAB 3116 heading east.

Sabrina Bethune, a mother of three, was further remanded pending trial in the High Court when she appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Mark Forde, a Police Constable, has been placed under ‘close arrest’ at the La Grange Police Station following an incident that occurred at about 19:00hrs on 30th September 2024, where he was captured on video beating a 17-year-old boy Forde was arrested and placed under close arrest as investigations continue.

On Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central in collaboration with the Rotaract Club of University of Guyana and Rotaract Club Corriverton installed the first Mobile Library at the National Park within the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central’s Wellness Space.

One person was held following the break-in at Samtronix, a smartphone and electronic gadgets store located at 136 Regent Street, Bourda, Georgetown.

According to reports, the body of 47-year-old Theodore Baynes, also known as ‘Silver’, was discovered on Monday, outside his home at Lot 40 Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday morning met with the executive management and chair of the Board of Directors of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to emphasise the importance of service delivery.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today commissioned a new block at West Demerara Secondary School valued $27 million to accommodate sixth form students, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

President Irfaan Ali this morning met with the executive management and chair of the Board of Directors of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to emphasise the importance of service delivery.

Tenders were opened yesterday for the marketing of Guyana’s oil for the next fiscal year and there were 27 bidders including big names such as Equinor, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell.

-Chinese Ambassador says as 75th anniversary of China’s founding celebrated Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Ambassador, Guo Haiyan last evening stressed that “development holds the key to resolving all problems” and said that Beijing will never forget that Guyana was the first English-speaking Caribbean country to establish ties with it.

-police search Annandale backlands A Guyana Police Force (GPF) search team yesterday ventured into the Annandale backlands, East Coast Demerara, as a part of their ongoing investigation into the abduction of Joshua David and a wanted bulletin has been issued for a sixth suspect, identified as Damion Barlow of Lot 47 Norton Street, Georgetown.

The first Caribbean Premier League (CPL) eliminator between the Trinbago Knight Riders and the Barbados Royals was abruptly halted last night after three of the six lighting towers at the National Stadium in Providence went out during the former’s innings.

Police are investigating an accident which occurred on Monday on the Windsor Forest public road, West Coast Demerara, and resulted in the death of a 36-year-old motorcyclist Stephon Birkett.

Justice of Appeal Dawn Gregory on Monday denied the Government’s application for  a stay of Justice Nareshwar Harnanan’s ruling that deductions made from the pay of striking Linden nurses in 2021 be repaid.