Guyana News

ExxonMobil today said it has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals.

Surinamese entertainment group, Pasha Global is seeking to establish a 200-room hotel at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Civil society group, Article 13 yesterday called on the government to release the production licence for the Yellowtail well development and expressed consternation at the speed with which approval had come and the studies that still need to be done.

A small group of local jewellers is expected to visit Barbados by the end of this month as they prepare to set up shop for the sale of items manufactured here.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that auditing of the financials of Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) for the years 2016 to 2021 is ongoing but his office is not to be blamed for the seven-year blackout as the process was delayed because the documents it had requested from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) were not forthcoming.

Although more than nine years have passed and there has been no sign of missing Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) field manager, Levoy Taljit, his father remains hopeful that he is alive somewhere and believes that the police should have solved the case already since he said they have sufficient information.

A 97-year-old woman, Marvernie Brewley of Lot 55 First Alley, Wismar, Region Ten is now homeless after her house went up in flames yesterday morning.

Approximately 2,000 persons  who have been allocated lands in Region Three (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands) can look forward to starting construction of their homes by the end of this month.

Development of a hotel is expected on a large swathe of land facing the Atlantic Ocean in the city, following court resolution of a dispute, sources say.

Foreign Affairs ministers from Canada and the Caribbean have agreed to deepen collaboration on climate change mitigation by pursuing joint advocacy for enhancing access to climate financing for adaptation and mitigation.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC on Friday witnessed the handing over of an ambulance to the Kwakwani hospital by the Kwakwani Natural Resources Organi-zation (KNRO) at Independence Park, Kwakwani, Region 10. 

The Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard yesterday reported five new cases of the virus.

As part of its efforts at strengthening relations with its customers, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) is engaging in a series of Community Outreaches and is encouraging customers to participate in these engagements.

After being closed for more than two years over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Zoo is to reopen from tomorrow.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) took approximately five working days to complete its review of the over 6000-page revised environmental impact assessment report for ExxonMobil’s recently licensed Yellowtail development project.

Following the emergency shutdown of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Garden of Eden generating facility in January, the manufacturers of the engines have said that there were no findings to indicate any risk to personnel or equipment safety.

For the first quarter of this year, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized 49.2 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2,077 kilogrammes of cannabis, among other drugs, and a total of 39 persons were charged as a result, according to the agency’s head James Singh.

Maintaining that Guyana’s local content law is not in violation of any CARICOM Treaty obligation, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall has said this nation will abide with all commitments made and therefore any talk of leaving CARICOM is rubbish, “I wish to assure that our government considers our membership in CARICOM as invaluable to national development, as well as fundamental to our status as a sovereign nation,” Nandall told the Stabroek News as he sought to settle the matter, which has been publicly debated.

Two persons are currently in police custody in connection with the murder of driver Pitamber Sharma, who was allegedly strangled last week at his workplace in Mazaruni River, Region Seven.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Saturday destroyed over $500 million worth of marijuana seized over the last year.