Guyana News

The Vector Control Services of the Ministry of Health has set up shop at Main Street near to Courts for the day in observance of Mosquito Awareness Week 2023.

In the coming weeks, construction on the first 100 middle-income, three-bedroom flat housing units will begin in Bartica, Region 7.

ExxonMobil says it is reviewing Wednesday’s court ruling by Justice Sandil Kissoon, which found the company in breach of its insurance obligations for its first oil project Liza 1, a decision that can have major ramifications.

Guyana’s 26-point drop on the global press freedom index was influenced by the current executive of the Guyana Press Association’s attempt to gain sympathy ahead of the body’s upcoming elections, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.

A man was arrested yesterday after he and another man physically assaulted a traffic officer on the Turkeyen access road in the vicinity of MovieTowne cinemas.

As the family of 12-year-old Amanda Smith of Aishalton, Deep South Rupununi comes to grips with her sudden demise, her 17-year-old uncle, who has admitted to being in her presence at the time of her death, remains in police custody.

Although not a party in the action brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed that the government supports appealing the ruling that ordered the agency to be compliant with the liability clauses in ExxonMobil’s permits.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that there will be no no voting process in 13 areas as there is no contest in them.

Berbicians who turned out yesterday at Highbury, East Bank Berbice to celebrate Arrival Day were assured by India’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa that the relationship between the two countries remains strong as the governments are continuously working to strengthen the partnership.

Forty-six public servants from various ministries benefitted from a two-day training programme on public procurement procedures conducted by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service (MoPS).

A Gold Miner has now found himself in hot waters after he was allegedly nabbed by the Ranks of the Guyana Police Force with over half a pound of marijuana during a raid exercise.

A Kuru Kururu man will spend some three weeks on remand and more jail time over an allegation of felonious wounding, to which he has admitted.

Press workers are free to create a secondary association to advocate for their rights and work in the media, Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy said on Wednesday, emphasising that freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution and allows for such.

In what can be described as an about-turn, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has said that the government lacks the power to grant “outsiders” permission to operate on Indigenous peoples’ lands.

ExxonMobil today said it was reviewing Wednesday’s court decision by Justice Sandil Kissoon which found the company in breach of its insurance obligations for its first oil project Liza 1, a decision that can have major ramifications for it.

US Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 today more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.

A 46-year-old woman was yesterday found dead in a room at Alpha Hotel, Lot 2 Public Road Ogle, East Coast Demerara with 13 stab wounds and a slashed neck.

Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Vincent Adams yesterday slammed the government’s intention to file an appeal against Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling that the EPA failed to enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said yesterday that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) had filed court action to block the local government elections slated for June 12, after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) failed to address the charges of fraud APNU made about the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) nomination lists.