Guyana News

A security guard attached to the Shaveh Restaurant and Lounge along the Corentyne Public Road in Portuguese Quarters has been arrested after he allegedly fatally beat a man outside of the night club on Sunday evening.

-Guyana at lowest priority The Central Bank here says it is monitoring payouts by Trinidad’s CLICO to Bahamian shareholders left stranded after the company was put into administration in 2009 but noted that Guyanese policyholders are in the lowest tier for recompense.

NDTV and the Economic Times are among Indian media houses that yesterday reported that India’s Exim Bank has signed an agreement with the Guyana government to provide an India-supported line of credit (LoC) of USD 2.50 million for the installation of a solar photovoltaic power plant at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

If elected to office, the new Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes will have to sever ties with his law firm that currently provides services to ExxonMobil and other oil companies, according to former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.

The Ministry of Home Affairs Immigration Support Services department yesterday said it officially welcomed 34 new citizens from various countries who have gained Guyanese citizenship through registration and naturalization.

Three men, including a veterinarian, were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after pleading not guilty to the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

A fire suspected to be arson completely destroyed a two-storey concrete and wooden house during the wee hours of yesterday at Cumberland Village, East Canje Berbice leaving a man homeless.

Owen Accra, who was accused of killing Nair Khan back in 2018, has been found not guilty of manslaughter.

The Government of Guyana, through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), has sent a large shipment of Hurricane Beryl relief supplies bound for St.

The woman, whose body was found in Diamond, East Bank Demerara with a gunshot wound to the back of her head on Sunday, was today identified as Evelyn Alfonzo Alves also known as Fabianna Bentancourt, a 23-year-old unemployed mother of three of East Street, Georgetown.

China’s Ministry of Commerce is sponsoring a three-week oil development seminar here which began this morning.

(Reuters) – ExxonMobil said today changes in oil prices would increase the company’s second-quarter upstream earnings by US$300 million to US$700 million compared with the first quarter.

…large search party mobilized A search and rescue team up to late last night was searching for two young men who went missing after going for a swim at the Unity Beach, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

A 25-year-old labourer of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara was murdered on Saturday night, allegedly by three men during an argument over a motorcycle at Park Street, Enterprise.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) food import reduction programme 25 by 25 will see setbacks due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl on a number of countries’ agricultural sector and other sectors, Chair-person President Irfaan Ali said.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) met with a team from the Carter Center which was here on a pre-election visit and underlined the need for the electronic release of Statements of Poll immediately after the count at polling stations.

The lifeless body of a man was found pinned under an ATV on the trail between Paramakatoi and Kato villages, Region Eight yesterday morning.

Floodwaters had receded significantly in several parts of Bartica yesterday morning after prolonged heavy rainfall on Saturday.

SBM Offshore Guyana’s trainee technicians have completed training at the Facility Simulator (FacTor) Unit of the Guyana Technical Training College Incorporated (GTTCI).

Cumberland Primary School pupils took five of the top ten spots for Region Six in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.