Guyana News

Yesterday, the Creek and Waterways Taskforce carried out a risk assessment of local creeks and waterways as part of ongoing efforts to enhance public safety and environmental protection, a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

A new player has entered Guyana’s bustling fast food sector and it’s making waves across Georgetown.

-four finalists rewarded Torginol Paints has concluded its promotion, “Name That Shade”, which coincides with this year’s CPL cricket tournament, a release from the company announced on Friday.  It stated that after receiving almost 2,000 submissions on its website for the chance to name its new CPL-inspired paint colour, the company selected a distinguished Top Five.

-Fitzburg miner tells police when held with firearm On September 27, 2024, the police said that ranks from the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) were conducting enforcement duties at Five Stage Back Dam, North West District in Region One, when they arrested a gold miner who had in his possession an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

Daniel Rodrigues, a 31-year-old miner from Port Kaituma, North West District was arrested on 2024-09-25 and charged on Friday with possession of narcotics and the assault of a woman.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil board director Gregory Goff recently joined a newly formed Elliott Investment Management-backed company seeking to acquire control of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum.

A Ministry of Public Works release on Friday stated that on Thursday, September 26, a consortium of companies from neighbouring Brazil paid a courtesy call on Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, to express their interest in and enthusiasm for, Guyana’s growing infrastructural industry.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that earlier today, a truck collided with the company’s L17 Transmission Line structure at Mahaica, ECD.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) customers from La Union to Supenaam have been advised that their service interruption is due to a vehicular accident.

-says only eight of 32 bidders were compliant Government yesterday defended the contract awards for the construction of the $11.8 billion Schoonord-to-Crane Highway insisting that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) followed all legal procurement steps.

A generator that caught fire yesterday at around 4.30 pm in the compound of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) at Plantation Diamond forced a halt to the company’s operations and damaged other generating sets.

The Guyana Police Force last night issued wanted bulletins for Aaron Alleyne, Alpha Poole, Wayne Barker, Dwayne Griffith, and Osafo Peters over the abduction yesterday of Joshua David, called ‘Bricks’.

Alex Amsterdam, a 29-year-old security guard of Lot 11 De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and Terry Thorman, a 23-year-old mini bus conductor of Lot 113 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, were remanded to prison following their appearance in court to answer to two counts of murder committed on Arvinda Roopram and Mohammed Nazir.

Ronaldo Chapman, also known as `Packie’, was yesterday sentenced to 26 years in prison on two counts of rape by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

Three persons were charged yesterday  over the assault of a man at the  September 25th CPL match between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Royals at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Two persons are now homeless at SS Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, after a fire that was allegedly started by a relative, completely destroyed one house while the two other homes in the yard were partially damaged.

-Jagdeo says situation was `badly handled’ The Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday called for the resignation of Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.

Three men accused of the armed robbery of a Unity supermarket were granted $50,000 bail each on September 24th but were remanded a day later at another court over the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 138 After years of dithering and delays, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC-R) recently unveiled a 20-point plan – more a statement of intent – for managing Guyana’s fast-moving oil and gas sector.

At the Twentieth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reaffirmed its “unwavering support” for the candidature of  Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Inter-national Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname, for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the period 2025-2030, at elections to be held in March 2025.