Guyana News

Caribbean nationals can expect to benefit from an estimated 70 percent reduction in roaming charges from as early as the second quarter of this year following Wednesday’s signing of a declaration between Grenada and two major telecommunications providers.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday stated that a truck driver is in custody assisting with the investigation into the death of a porter who was run over by a truck while travelling on the Yarrowkabra Public Road.

Even as inclement weather conditions at sea pose challenges, search efforts are continuing for the three fishermen who went missing on Saturday after the vessel they were aboard, capsized some 18 miles off the Mahaicony Coast in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a Region Four man, 62, is the latest COVID-19 fatality.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, yesterday declared that the thirteen pumps in Georgetown are fully operational and that the ministry is prepared to allocate additional resources to strengthen the flood response.

Finding the 25 years imposed upon him for the unlawful killing of businessman, Ashok Raghoo, to have been appropriate, the Guyana Court of Appeal has affirmed the sentence against Travis McDougall and dismissed his appeal.

The NABI\KCL Oilfield Construction Services Guyana will be hosting a job-fair on Saturday, 26th February at ExxonMobil’s Guyana office complex construction site at the Eugene F Correia International Airport, East Coast Demerara, The fair will commence at 10 am and end at 2 pm. 

Lloyd Narian who had been accused of the March 2020 murder of Leland Couchman has been freed after High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow on Tuesday upheld a no-case submission made on his behalf.

The trial of Kurt Erskine and Lennox Roberts who are accused of the 2015 murder of Regent Multiplex Mall proprietor Ganesh Ramlall, is set to commence on Monday, February 28th, at the High Court in Demerara.

A man was yesterday remanded after a City Court heard that he allegedly beat up his ex-girlfriend.

The opposition PNCR today deplored Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.   A statement from the PNCR follows:   The People’s National Congress Reform has been following with keen interest the events leading to the very unfortunate development of the armed forces of the Russian Federation invading the Republic of Ukraine.

The Government Guyana today condemned the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty by Russia and says a full statement will be issued by the end of the day.

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.