Guyana News

City Mayor Ubraj Narine was on Boxing Day questioned by police subsequent to allegations of him indiscriminatingly firing off his gun at his home in Pigeon Island, Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara.

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge says the company has had a safe year of operations in line with its commitment to its “Nobody Gets Hurt” occupational health and safety philosophy. 

Following torrential rain, flooding in parts  of Georgetown began to recede late yesterday afternoon as pumps and sluices in and around the city were all functioning.

Martial Arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton was killed on Christmas Eve in a robbery after visiting a goldsmith in Albouystown, Georgetown.

A Christmas Day fire has left a Corentyne family homeless after their fully furnished two-story wooden house was completely destroyed.

A Middle Road, La Penitence man was gunned down by two men on Christmas Eve while standing on the corner of James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.

A Corentyne man lost his life on the eve of Christmas after he was involved in an accident along the Bush Lot Public Road.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday along with 12 new cases of the virus.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) today said it has received reports that several locations in and around Georgetown are flooded.

The statutory 60-day scrutiny process for ExxonMobil and partners’ offshore Yellowtail Project in the Stabroek Blocks recently came to an  end but questions about the work of consultancy firm and local affiliate of the United Kingdom-headquartered Environmental Resources Management (ERM) remain unanswered.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 25, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) today said that 13 persons are homeless after three Christmas Day fires.

Police on the East Coast of Demerara (Division 4 ‘C’) say they are probing the discovery of  the skeletal remains  suspected to be those of  Dhanmattie Paul Deopaul, according a 57-year-old female of East Indian descent.

Deon Charles, 28, of Lot 42 Middle Road, La Penitence was gunned down just before midnight yesterday.

The police today said that  Garfield Newton age 36 years, a training officer/ bodyguard employed at Beharry Group of Companies and of Lot 454 Mandela Avenue was killed during a robbery yesterday.

The People’s National Congress Reform today expressed  its sympathy at the passing of Professor Joycelynne Eleanor Loncke, AA, CCH, on Friday 24th December 2021 at the St.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)  today said it is shocked with the unprofessional and unethical conduct of the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, who on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 bluntly accused two female Court of Appeal Judges, namely, the Honourable Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings and the Honourable Justice of Appeal, Dawn Gregory, of bias and suggested that they be defrocked. 

The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 24, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

John Fernandes Limited (JFL) has pulled out of an agreement of sale for 143.10 acres of land for $35m with the BV/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council, following public objection and protests from owners of the land who not only criticised the deal but called the price a “vulgar undervalue.”

Retired Professor, Dr. Joycelynne Loncke passed away yesterday. This was revealed to Stabroek News in a letter from Hamilton Green which stated that the professor died yesterday shortly after noon at the St.