Guyana News

By Joseph Allen Local photographer, Keron Bruce’s Eccles, East Bank Demerara home was shot at by a lone gunman at around 10:30 pm on Tuesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd yesterday met with Permanent Representatives of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States (GRULAC) at the United Nations headquarters in New York and pitched Guyana’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2024-2025 term.

A cattle farmer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the murder of the Bloomfield block maker whose remains were discovered in two shallow graves at Number 55 Village, Corentyne in October, 2017.

Labour and materials shortages are being blamed for significant delays in the construction of the Bamia Primary School which was controversially awarded to a company of entertainers and sports persons with no prior experience.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has issued a call for domestic observers for the June 12th local government polls.

The mother of the UG student who died last week after a beating outside of a bar wants justice for her son.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that it is working to establish a network of skilled personnel on Leguan to assist with the timely installation of new service on the island.

Fire on Tuesday night destroyed Mario’s Juice Bar and Grill on Sheriff Street, Georgetown.

With discussions still ongoing between lawyers for the Government and Ramps Logistics, there has still not been any  resolution regarding costs in the local content case won by the company.

GTT Inc yesterday said  that a permanent and secure replacement for a deficient manhole cover on Sheriff Street will be in place by April 15,2023.

On May 11th at 3:30 pm, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC will deliver her ruling on the action filed by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith Joseph who had moved to the High Court to challenge the Guyana Elections Commission’s method used in compiling the voters list which was to be used in the Local Government Elections (LGE) which had previously been slated for March 13th.

The Government of Guyana on Monday embarked on a diaspora outreach in the United Kingdom.

President Irfaan Ali today welcomed the news from the CEO of Sky Cana, Frank Diaz Gonzalez that the airline would commence the Guyana to Canada route from June 1, 2023.

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India will be on an official visit to Guyana from April 20-24, 2023.

After nearly three years of delays with excuses about poor weather and stone shortage, to equipment malfunctions, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar today  called for a $87M concrete road project at Mahdia to be terminated.

The Ministry of Natural Resources today announced the extension of the Guyana 2022 Licensing Round’s bid submission deadline to July 15, 2023.

Declaring that he is not involved in any `scampish’ business, businessman Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed has secured the Washington DC public relations and lobbying firm, Barbour Griffith & Rogers [BGR], to investigate why he has been blocked for more than a decade from securing a US non-immigrant visa.

The early arrival in Guyana’s waters of ExxonMobil’s third FPSO has underlined the determination of the company – and the government here – to extract oil as rapidly as possible from the country’s lucrative offshore Stabroek Block.

An 18-year-old yesterday succumbed at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital to injuries sustained during a chopping incident at Number 77 Village, Corentyne on Monday morning.

For the year ended December 31st, 2022, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) recorded a 35.54% increase in after-tax profit.