Guyana News

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 3 am yesterday on the  Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

Mings Optical yesterday celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice location.

A man has been charged with larceny after breaking into a bond and stealing items valued at over $1 million,  Louis Ramsay appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court before Magis-trate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on May 17 to answer to the charge that was read to him.

The Ministry of Labour, the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) and the University of Guyana (UG) are currently working to develop an internship programme that would give all of the university’s final year students the opportunity to benefit from skills training programmes.

A thirty-year-old construction worker has pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics.

Anthony Wilson appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court on Friday charged with the possession of 18 lbs (8.2 kgs) of cannabis for trafficking, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 54 months imprisonment with a fine of approximately $7.3m, a CANU release stated.

Evadney Talbot of 51 Company Road, Buxton celebrated her 111th birthday on May 10 with a communion service presided over by Reverend Theodore Demonick of St.

Anil Singh, a 47-year-old bowman of Supenaam Creek, Essequibo Coast was on Thursday charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old.

The police say that two men who aided the escape of notorious murder convict, Royden `Smallie’ Williams from the Mazaruni Prison had hired a boat from Parika and then commandeered it to carry out the daring operation on the Mazaruni River.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 3 am today on the  Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

The police today said that a reward of $10m is being offered for any information that can lead to the recapture of convicted killer Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie’ who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison yesterday.

As the 30-day timeframe winds down for the implementation of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling on ExxonMobil’s parent company guarantee, the US oil major yesterday said that should their appeals fail and parent companies refuse to supply one, it could lead to the halting of operations at the Liza 1 Phase 1 project in the Stabroek Block.

Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’ yesterday escaped from the Mazaruni Prison, a maximum security facility, following an exchange of gunfire with prison officers.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) yesterday said the leaked Maths paper 02 will not be used in computing the grade for the subject.

A team from the European Union (EU) yesterday met with Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC on electoral reforms and reiterated an offer of assistance to the process.

ExxonMobil has submitted its responses to the findings of the US$7.3 billion audit for 2017 to 2020 and hinted that disagreements over revenue for blocks may be a hiccup but stated that it expects negotiations on the queries be completed in a few months.

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) yesterday announced that  Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali will be the first recipient of the IICA Award for Contribution to Food Security and Sustainable Development.

Ghana is set to grow closer ties with Guyana, especially through commerce, with the Ghana Chamber of Commerce being established here and it will focus on exploring possible investment paths.

A man who yesterday pleaded guilty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to stealing money from his sister, will spend the next nine months in prison. 

Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Fazil Karimbaksh is among four members of the Joint Services who have have been selected as part of the Police and Military training courses being offered by India under the Indian Technical and Economical Cooperation (ITEC) Programme.