Guyana News

HONX, a subsidiary of former St Croix refinery owners Hess Corp.,

In the face of reports that it had submitted documents to the court with at least three gross errors in the matter regarding ExxonMobil and its parent company guarantee, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that it will respond after the judicial process is completed.

A 19-year-old farmer of Lot 25 Conservancy Dam, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was remanded to prison on Thursday for the offence of murder committed on Seeram Krishna last Saturday at the conservancy dam, Canal Number One.

By Shemika Karim (Intern with the Guyana and Media and Communication Academy) The price of coconut water has soared sharply throughout Georgetown.

On Thursday, a $34 million Infectious Diseases Centre was commissioned in Lethem, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI) Prime Minister Mark Phillips highlighted the importance of the health sector and government’s commitment to ensuring that all Guyanese have access to adequate services.

Photographer Keron Bruce has lost a $150 million lawsuit he had brought against social media personality Mikhail Rodrigues, popularly known as “Guyanese Critic,” whom he said had defamed him.

A teenager was found hanging yesterday in the backlands of Anna Regina.

As the Local Government Elections (LGE)  date of June 12 edges closer, the joint services, as is the norm, will cast their ballots earlier, on June 2.

At around 12.30hrs today, one of the two critically ill girls from the Mahdia fire who was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), was medically evacuated for the Northwell Health, Burns Centre, Staten Island University Hospital, the Ministry of Public Health said today.

President Irfaan Ali today said that the Government is working on the creation of a new outfall on the West Bank of Demerara to enhance drainage in the area.

“We are… committed to establishing a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the causes and circumstances of the fire which destroyed the dormitory, and to inquire into related issues.

A Guyanese businessman, his son and a health care worker attached to the Lethem Regional Hospital, died in an accident on Boa Vista Highway, Brazil, yesterday morning.

A devastating fire on Thursday evening destroyed two houses at Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice leaving seven persons from two families contemplating their next move.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that all of the remains from the horrific fire on Sunday at Mahdia have been identified following DNA testing and families can now take possession of them.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington looks forward to continue working with Guyana on the move towards net zero carbon emissions and accountability in governance among other areas.

One week after notorious convicted killer, Mark Royden Williams known as ‘Smallie’ escaped the maximum security Mazaruni Prison, he is yet to be captured.

As the government’s road rehabilitation and construction programme continues apace, the Ministry of Works in a release yesterday informed residents along the East Bank of Demerara corridor within the Diamond/Grove area that the final part of the construction of the bypass road from Diamond to Good Success which has been ongoing, will commence in the new week.

Eighty-one allottees of Tract CHPA, Lethem, Region Nine, known as Poke Bridge received their Certificates of Title yesterday. 

Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton announced on Thursday that the government has taken a significant step towards strengthening legislation governing the sector by seeking technical assistance from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

By Andre De Silva (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) Marthel Semple of the Independent Citizens for Progress will be going up against PPP/C and APNU candidates in the June 12 Local Government Elections (LGE) in Constituency Nine in the city which includes Lodge North.