Guyana News

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today strongly condemned the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by The Russian Federation and called for the immediate and complete withdrawal of the military presence and cessation of any further actions that may intensify the current “perilous situation” in that country. 

KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides today after Moscow unleashed the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

The government, through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, has been accused of deliberately excluding the APNU+AFC Parliamentary Opposition from the national flag-raising ceremony in observance of Guyana’s 52nd Republic Anniversary.

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company has submitted a prequalification bid in the hopes of bagging the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the gas to energy project.

The oilfield services to be undertaken at Enmore are currently outsourced overseas and will create jobs for the community and put the East Coast corridor on the global oilfield map, according to a newly minted joint venture.

A 49-year-old unlicensed driver is now dead after he lost control of his car on the Schoonord Public Road, West Bank Demerara in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday.

Several communities across Guyana experienced flooding as they were battered by continuous rainfall  over the last 24 hours.

A week after the announcement that the Enmore sugar packaging plant will be leased for an oilfield services joint venture, there has been silence from the government on what  that might mean for the future of the East Demerara Estate (EDE) and GuySuCo and GAWU are to meet tomorrow on the issue.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently rendered judgment in favour of the appellant over three siblings pertaining to land at Vryheid’s Lust on the East Coast of Demerara.

Two men opened fire on ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in Corentyne, Berbice on Tuesday following the interception of a motor car which contained more than $17 million in cannabis.

Two women are now in police custody for attacking and chopping a Corentyne woman over the weekend.

Civil society group, A Fair Deal for Guyana – A Fair Deal for the Planet is demanding the halt of oil and gas operations until proper environmental safety measures are in place.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday announced that bids are being invited for the design of a modern eight-storey Brickdam Police Station.

Six young entrepreneurs from Region Two yesterday each received $1 million in cash from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 33 new cases of the COVID-19 virus.

Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell and two major telecommunications providers today signed a declaration which will soon allow Caribbean nationals travelling within the region to benefit from a significant reduction in roaming charges.

With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yet to build capacity to independently monitor oil extraction activities offshore Guyana, the agency yesterday introduced its real-time monitoring platform to track operations onboard the Liza Destiny FPSO.

Tavita Natasha Lall yesterday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital some five weeks after she was allegedly set alight by her husband at their Number 64 Village, Corentyne house.

One of the two men accused of killing 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar, following a wedding house row at Triumph, East Coast Demerara back in 2016, now awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to the offence.

President Irfaan Ali has reiterated Guyana’s support and solidarity for Cuba and spoke about strengthening cooperation in key areas, during a telephone conversation yesterday with the  island’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel whom he also invited to visit this country.