Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) at its weekly statutory meeting yesterday took a decision to commence continuous registration in anticipation of hosting Local Government Elections (LGE).

Following the nomination by PPP/C MPs of Hamley Case, Dunstan Barrow and Clement Sealey for one of the seats on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be making its own submissions today.

Former President and Representative of the List  for APNU+AFC, David Granger has been asked to extract the name of People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton to replace Nicolette Henry as a Member of Parliament.

Former prison warder, Sheldon Prince, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016 at the National Psychiatric Hospital, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison by Justice Sandil Kissoon who told him that the crime went beyond a case of domestic violence, stating, “it is a cold, calculated act of callous, gruesome premeditated murder carefully planned and violently executed.” 

STEMGuyana is set to benefit from the financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through its IDB Lab, which will help some 1,000 children across 40 communities in all ten regions of Guyana. 

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on Monday told the 11th Emergency  Special Session of the General Assembly that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a “threat to the region and countries everywhere”.

With credit for time served and other deductions from an 18-year sentence, Faizal Bacchus was yesterday released from prison over the 2015 killing of proprietor of the Regent Multiplex Mall, Ganesh Ramlall.

A data entry error resulted in the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) listing only one of the three companies in a consortium that bid to audit Guyana’s cost oil and the agency’s website has since made a correction to reflect all the companies involved.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Nicolas Pron, yesterday formally presented UNICEF’s Country Programme Document (CPD) 2022-2026 to Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marking the start of a new programme of cooperation to realise the rights and wellbeing of all children in Guyana.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N yesterday said it would exit Russia oil and gas operations that it has valued at more than US$4 billion and halt new investment as a result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has taken the decision to appoint attorney-at-law Kurt Anthony Da Silva as its Legal Officer.

Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh has filed a $70 million libel suit against retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe whom he says has made certain defamatory statements against him.

New Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Belizean Prime Minister John Antonio Briceño says that the situation in Haiti is a cause for concern for the entire region and while CARICOM is working with the member nation, there are no quick fixes.

The talk of economic integration and the creation of a single market and economy for all CARICOM member states should be followed by robust implementation, according to the new Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister of Belize, John Antonio Briceño.

A labourer has been placed on remand after police said that he used a knife to rob a woman of her cellphone and cash.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 25 new COVID-19 cases had been recorded.

The police today said that  Vinod Gopaul, called ‘Magga’, age 34 years of Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice and Anil Sancharra, called ‘Dan Pole’ and ‘Rasta’, age 33 years of D’Edward Village,  were today committed to stand trial for the murders of cousins Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro discussed increasing a strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela in a phone call today, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Kremlin.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N has begun removing U.S. employees working in Russia, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge yesterday insisted that it has the financial capacity to meet its responsibilities in the unlikely event of an oil spill and says it is committed to paying all “legitimate” costs.