Guyana News

Exxon Mobil Corp. showed its highest profit since 2008 as Russia’s war in Ukraine shook up global commodity markets, according to Bloomberg.

Acknowledging the absence of former Permanent Secretaries (PS) and Regional Executive Officers (REO) from sittings of the Public Accounts Committee, government member Gail Teixeira on Monday said that the committee must consider what sort of action it must take to put a stop to the absenteeism.

Two Sophia cousins are nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an  incident in North Sophia in the wee hours of Saturday.

The Ministry of Tourism is seeking expressions of interest for bed and breakfast packages for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) matches scheduled for September 16 to October 2 this year.

Premnauth Persaud, a 54-year-old businessman also known as ‘Greens Man’ died after he was struck down on Saturday night by a motorcyclist at First Avenue, Bartica.

The Chinese Embassy in Georgetown has voiced concern over a Project Syndicate column in Stabroek News authored by former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in which he argues that American ambiguity over the defence of Taiwan must come to an end.

Bartica businessman Premnauth Persaud, 54, died yesterday after he was struck by a motorcycle.

Yesterday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation at a residence in Bel Air Avenue, Lamaha Gardens  and found two parcels of cocaine and an amount of ganja.

Saying that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “systematically and knowingly” violated the law,  environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly is contending that the environmental permit issued for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Development Project is “illegal and Invalid” as a result.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has lodged a complaint with the Local Content Secretariat over the practice here by foreign companies of bundling contracts for services in the oil and gas sector to the disadvantage of local companies.

Government has hired Indian policy advisor and labour economics researcher Dr Anil Yadav to conduct an assessment of Guyana’s short and long-term cross-sectoral labour capacity needs and design a strategy to guide government-planned immigration and labour policies, President Irfaan Ali says.

Petitions calling for the removal of Wikki/Calcuni toshao Ezard Fredericks were not in accordance with the relevant laws, according to Minister of Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai.

Mr. Parsram Executive Director The Environmental Protection Agency  Georgetown Guyana   Dear Mr.

Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) are investigating the murder of a 36-year-old woman, whose lifeless body was found with a chop wound to the head last Wednesday morning and a man, with whom she was last seen, has been arrested.

A Venezuelan national was fatally stabbed during a confrontation with a fellow national on Friday night at Port Kaituma, Region One.

Six persons were taken into custody last Wednesday after a search of a Mahdia-bound minibus in which they were travelling unearthed over 40 pounds of cannabis with a street value of some $6 million.

Members of the Joint Services yesterday conducted raids for contraband at all the prisons across the country, uncovering phones and improvised weapons.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken on Thursday read the proverbial “riot act” to junior officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as he reminded them of their roles and responsibilities outlined in the Standing Orders and charged them to work towards changing the public perception of the force.

Nominations are open to the public for the 25 Influential Women Leaders Awards (25IWLA), which have returned to highlight the outstanding achievements of women nationwide.

Seeking to promote creativity among youths within the Good Hope and Pomona Neighbourhood Democratic Council and Bethany in Region Two, the Altruists Youth Group on Saturday hosted Easter Hat, Basket and Egg Hunt contests at the Pomona Playground.