Guyana News

(Reuters) – ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and subsidiaries of Suncor Energy have lost their bids to dismiss a lawsuit by Boulder, Colorado, alleging the energy companies contributed to climate change by concealing from the public the dangers of unchecked fossil fuel use.

Convicted prisoner, Niron Yacoob from the Mazaruni prison was pronounced dead at about 2 am on Saturday June 22, 2024 at the Bartica Hospital.

(Reuters) – West Indies captain Rovman Powell said his team should take pride in bringing the buzz back to Caribbean cricket during the Twenty20 World Cup, even though they bowed out of the tournament in the Super Eight stage yesterday.

The quiet community of Best Village, West Coast Demerara was rocked on Saturday by the murder of a 34-year-old fruits’ vendor.

Three people were found dead in a minibus on the Mabura trail at 28 Miles sometime after 9 o’clock yesterday morning.

In preparation for general election next year, the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) has again advertised to fill vacancies for a Logistics Manager and a Civic and Voter Education Manager, even as it gave notice to buildings countrywide that will have the preliminary voters list to facilitate the claims and objections period.

As government prepares laws to tighten gold smuggling, it has assured inbound and outbound travellers that they can wear their personal jewellery hassle free.

President Irfaan Ali’s treatment of a Kaieteur News (KN) reporter at Thursday’s press conference has raised questions.

Part 81 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Farm, East Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and several NGOs lavished praise on Guyana for its welcoming stance towards refugees at a panel discussion hosted on World Refugee Day under the theme ‘Building Bridges Beyond Borders: Inclusion and Acceptance,’ in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus last week.

The Ministry of Education is still to review the suggestions made by the Board of Queen’s College regarding the teacher involved in the flogging of ten students.

Road repairs Homestretch Avenue are continuing after a delay caused by inclement weather.

A 74-year-old Guyanese man died last Friday after falling from an iron staircase into a boat on the premises of Suriname Coast Traders in Nieuwe Haven, according to a report in the Associates Times.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has said that will hold a statutory meeting to facilitate a presentation by the Qatari group proposing to build a US $300 million hotel on Carifesta Avenue.

Another quarrying company has been exempted from conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment here at two locations as the Environmental Protection Agency believes the project will not significantly affect the environment.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday delivered a significant quantity of cleaning hampers to residents of Blair-mont and Rosignol, two communities severely impacted by recent floods in Region Five.

x The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday emerged victorious against Regional Police Division 4A in the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Justice Horace Mitchell Debate Competition 2024.

Three people were found dead in a minibus on the Mabura trail this morning.

Police are investigating the murder of Anuradha Khatoon, called ‘Mama’, a 34-year-old fruits vendor of Best Village, West Coast Demerara, which occurred at about 23:30 hrs last night.