Guyana News

A traumatized mining employee yesterday detailed how he was handcuffed and abducted from behind Giftland Mall by three men pretending to be police officers, taken to his home and forced to hand over $9.5 million, the proceeds from a small sand truck business he operates.

In an effort to better understand the economic landscape of Linden, the fifth council of the municipality will conduct a comprehensive Household Income Index Survey on October 19 and 20, 2024.

Police early yesterday morning found a pistol with matching ammunition in a grey wagon parked on Norton Street and efforts are not being made to contact the owner of the vehicle based on the documentation found inside.

Acknowledging that Guyana’s non-oil economy is growing rapidly, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is echoing its Article IV recommendations that this country institute policy priorities to prevent the economy from overheating, but according to former minister of finance Winston Jordan this country is already overheating.

Certified esthetician and entrepreneur Falisha Hakh yesterday hosted a seminar on skincare, wellness, and entrepreneurship, targeting skincare enthusiasts and budding business owners, which emphasized the importance of self-care in both personal and professional success.

As part of the Ministry of Labour’s (MoL) ongoing efforts to uphold and enhance occupational safety and health practices in the growing oil and gas industry in Guyana, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Officer, Karen Singh, and Labour Officer, Ravi Persaud, both of the MoL, visited the offshore Stena Drillmax drillship to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, under the Laws of Guyana, a MoL release stated.   According to MoL, the inspection involved a thorough evaluation of various safety and health protocols, including the vessel’s health, safety, and environment (HSE) policy, the preventative maintenance program for equipment, and the risk assessment records.

In its ongoing efforts to bolster workplace safety and health awareness across all sectors in Guyana, the Ministry of Labour’s (MoL) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is currently facilitating a two-day Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Programme with several employees of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

Three persons were charged today with trafficking in narcotics in relation to the illegal landing of an aircraft at an unauthorised airstrip in Bashaizon Village, South Rupununi, Region 9, on 6th October 2024.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 17:45 hrs yesterday afternoon on the Lichfield public road, West Coast Berbice.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world is on the brink of a new age of electricity with fossil fuel demand set to peak by the end of the decade, meaning surplus oil and gas supplies could drive investment into green energy, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) today announced that dozens of charges have been recommended in an expanded probe of Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus and the matter is now with the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a man accused of being among three men claiming to be members of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) who abducted an Aurora Gold Mining Inc employee from Giftland and took him to his home where he was forced to hand over $9.5M.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday said that on October 10, 2024, it received a report from Crane Village, West Coast Demerara, regarding a substance seeping from the ground.

The investigation into Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus, conducted by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), has officially concluded with no evidence of any offence being committed.

With final decisions of two oil audits still outstanding, the contract for the third has been won by the same Vitality Accounting, Haynes and Ramdihal and Eclisar Financial (VHE) Consortium that did the second one and it will be inked next week, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said yesterday. 

President Irfaan Ali on Monday commissioned a new state-of-the art North West Secondary School in Mabaruma that will provide some 575 students with academic classes and vocational training.

As it moves towards outlawing corporal punishment with regard to children, the government, through the Ministry of Legal Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Schools Welfare Division is hosting a two-day Restorative Justice Training exercise with schools’ welfare officers and counsellors.

Three months after six-year-old Jeremiah Gustave was shot in his head at Charles Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, his condition continues to worsen as he remains hospitalised.

Randy Wiggins has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2021 killing of Kevin Smith.

A 16-year-old girl of Region Two was stabbed several times about her body on Monday afternoon, by a man who was accused of raping her since she was 14 years old.