Guyana News

The PNCR today said that it has been informed of the passing yesterday of John Simon de Freitas, a former PNCR Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2001 in Madeira, Portugal.

Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Vincent Adams has called out the PPP/C government’s decision to halt the finalisation of an agreement guaranteeing full liability insurance coverage from ExxonMobil for the offshore Payara development project.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday wrote to ExxonMobil’s consultant Environmental Resource Management (ERM) outlining a list of recommendations to be addressed before a final decision is made on the Yellowtail Development Project’s environmental permit.

As Russian forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, forcing thousands of citizens to flee their homes, a Guyanese man remains hopeful for the safety of his Ukrainian wife and seven-year-old daughter who remain in their homeland while he is thousands of miles away.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that four more persons who tested positive with COVID-19 have succumbed.

Only one company has submitted a bid for consultancy services for cost recovery audit validation of the Government of Guyana’s profit oil share and it has tendered at over $340 million for the project.

With investments pegged at US$165 million for 2022, Canadian gold mining company Gran Colombia Mining (GCM) will be advancing developmental works of its mines area in the Toroparu, Cuyuni/Mazaruni in preparation of its 2024 production schedule.

The growing oil & gas industry has seen numerous international companies establishing a presence here but there is no legislation for arbitration within the sector which is why government is partnering to ensure disputes can be settled in country, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall.

Residents living in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River areas in Region Two are losing hope after their farmlands were once again inundated with floodwater.

The Ministry of Education on Saturday said it has already located at least 538 students who were absent from schools for the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) mock exams through the launch of its countrywide ‘Operation Recovery’ campaign.

Junior Public Works Minister Deodat Indar has assured vendors that the government will be addressing the state of the road at the Leonora Market, West Coast Demerara.

The partially decomposed body of a 19-year-old Venezuelan national was found floating in the Demerara River on Thursday afternoon and it is suspected that he might have drowned.

Months after he was severely burnt about his body during an incident at his West Coast Demerara (WCD) home, 10-year-old Jomahri Mortley is recovering in the United States (US), where he was flown for treatment.

The Alliance For Change today strongly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV, (Reuters) – A defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv today, as Western nations announced they were shipping more weapons to help the country’s outgunned military.

Some 11 Guyanese students are currently in Russia on scholarships and while they are not directly affected by the ongoing war which was launched on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud has said local authorities are closely monitoring the situation.

With major works expected to start soon for CGX Energy Inc’s deepwater port in Berbice, the company’s Executive Chairman Dr Suresh Narine has refused to say whether any mangroves were destroyed during the preparation of its 30-acre plot at Corentyne, Berbice.

The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Hope Wind Farm project on the East Coast Demerara has been approved.

Insaf Zakir, the 26-year-old taxi driver who was brutally stabbed by bandits who posed as customers, has succumbed to his injuries.

Terrence Thomas, the East La Penitence, Georgetown man who was wanted for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, has been apprehended and charged with the crime.