Guyana News

A High Court judge last week issued orders directing the Town Clerk to instruct the City Constabulary to prevent vendors from operating along the pavement in front of the Shamdas Kirpalani building on Regent Street, Georgetown.

Party stalwart Amna Ally yesterday reported that she would be concluding her stint as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).

Following government’s recent criticism of the Mayor and City Council’s management of Georgetown’s pumps and sluices after citywide flooding just over a week ago, Mayor Ubraj Narine has asked City Engineer Colvern Venture for a full account.

A Canefield man is now dead after he crashed into a parked lorry along the Gangaram Public Road, East Canje, Berbice, around 2.30 am on Saturday.

A probe has been launched into the death of a prisoner, Julian Harrison, who was found hanging in a cell at the Beterverwagting Police Station last Wednesday.

When artist Christina Izbasa began doing some sketches to distract herself earlier this year, she had no clue that she was embarking on a journey to use her skills to help Guyanese express themselves.

Eleven students have been awarded US$1,000 among other prizes for being winners of the Guyana-China Youth Leadership Development Competition.

With no production in process, Australian gold mining company Troy Resources’ operations here have been placed into a care and maintenance phase.

A man who allegedly instructed a child to steal a cellphone was on Wednesday charged with theft after the child told police what occurred.

A Plaisance, East Coast Demerara man’s motorcycle was destroyed in a fire during the wee hours on Thursday morning. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 66 new cases of COVID-19.

Saying that the recently tabled Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill will allow for greater accountability and transparency in the management of Guyana’s oil resources, the Ministry of Finance has rejected criticisms of it contained in a Page One Comment in Friday’s edition of Stabroek News.

The court proceedings for the elections fraud conspiracy charge against former Chair of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence, former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and APNU+AFC activist Carol Smith-Joseph will be called again in March.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced that it will start  a recruitment process for the new Men’s Selection Panel in January.

Outgoing Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence this morning told the opening of the party’s 21st Biennial Delegates Congress that it is time the PNCR takes a new road with renewed leadership.

Multiple deaths have been reported thus far following an early morning West Coast Berbice (WCB) accident.

American deep-sea scientist, Dr Erik Cordes, has informed the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail project is seriously deficient and does not paint the correct picture of the impact of its offshore activities.

While saying he would not be contesting for the leadership of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) at its Biennial Delegates’ Congress today due to concerns about the process, former Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday made a call for the party’s executive to allow its membership to help fashion the way forward no matter the outcome of the voting.

CGX Energy Inc yesterday commissioned a bridge that leads to the company’s Deep Water Port, located aback Seawell village, Corentyne, Berbice, while the company’s Executive Chairman, Professor Suresh Narine, announced that it is on schedule for full operation by October 2022.

The Ministry of Finance last night said that the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill 2021 tabled in Parliament on Thursday will allow for greater accountability and transparency in the management of Guyana’s oil resources and it rejected criticisms of it contained in a Page One Comment in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News.