Guyana News

The Opposition-nominated Commissioners on GECOM have raised concerns over the lack of a comprehensive public awareness campaign educating eligible persons on how they can get registered.

The Certificate in Advocacy and Evidence for Summary Courts and Prosecutor’s Course  was launched on Monday afternoon in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) of the University of Guyana.

Last Friday, the Carib-bean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its Original Jurisdiction, dismiss-ed an application by Rock Hard Distribution Limited, to annul the decision of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which allowed an increase in the tariff on “other hydraulic cement” imported into Trinidad and Tobago.

Illustrating their unpreparedness to answer questions from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by providing poor responses as well as making repeated requests to be allowed to provide information at a later date, the representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs were on Monday asked to “go and come again”.

Region Four  Chairman, Daniel Seeram, and his father-in-law are currently being investigated by the police after reports that the duo threatened each other with their licensed firearms.

Sol says the cost of a barrel of oil has risen by 44% in six weeks and it warned that gasoline and diesel prices will rise here shortly.

As part of its preparations to engage in exploration activities in the Kaieteur Block, offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has submitted an application to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation.

In celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday placed female employees to head major departments for a day.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn on Sunday made an impromptu visit to the Parfaite Harmonie Police Station.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday hosted a  ‘Bake Sale’ to raise funds to support free cancer screening tests for women, and to assist women diagnosed with cancer or survivors.

The Ministry of Health has reported fourteen new COVID-19 cases as of yesterday taking the number of active cases to 241.

A number of organisations including the Canadian High Commission, have pledged to combine their energies to combat gender bias and support gender equality.

Guyana today submitted to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, its Memorial on the Merits of its border controversy Case against Venezuela – as required by the Court following its decision of 18 December 2020 confirming its jurisdiction to decide the merits of Guyana’s claims.

Three men were killed and two were injured after a speeding vehicle ploughed into them and a bar before coming to a halt on the De Willem Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

GYSBI has disputed a claim made yesterday by IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone that financing of its oil and gas shore base had been turned down in October last year over design concerns.

A fire of unknown origin last night destroyed a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) building and quick action by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) prevented the blaze from engulfing nearby structures.

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday defended the Appointments Committee of Parliament’s choice of former MP and bauxite industry official Dunstan Barrow as a nominee for directorship of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board which will preside over proceeds from the oil and gas industry.

Forging ahead with its plan to relocate the Enmore Packaging Plant, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has advertised for the construction of a building to house it at the Albion Estate in Berbice.

What was supposed to be a fun day with relatives became a tragedy for the Persaud family of New Road, Region Two.

Kurt Erskine is likely to know his fate on Thursday after a jury deliberates on the case against him for the 2015 murder of Regent Multiplex Mall owner, Ganesh Ramlall called Boyo, who the court has heard was shot eight times.