Guyana News

uyana last month received US$80.4M for its latest one million barrels of oil which took its balance in an American bank account to US$534,016,987.03.

As questions mount on the government’s failure to have US$9b in Exxon-Mobil’s expenses audited, it has been disclosed that the Ministry of Natural Resources had been responsible for the evaluating of the financials of companies that had bid for the contract but it apparently abandoned the process without advising the procurement board.

Jamaican environmentalist Diana McCaulay has called for the Government of Guyana and its EPA to hold off on approving ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail well in the Stabroek Block until it shares the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with  other Caribbean territories.

Section 72 of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act which empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to order the committal of a murder accused for trial even though a Magistrate may have found no prima facie evidence to so do, came under extensive scrutiny before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday.

An Essequibo mother is being accused of abandoning another baby at the Suddie Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of November 10, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC and a government team on Friday visited Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo to initiate the process of titling for around 87 householders.

An electric fan’s motor overheated and caused the fire which destroyed the upper flat of a Duncan Street, Campbellville building on Wednesday afternoon, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo says.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who stormed Johnny P Shopping Centre in South Ruimveldt early yesterday morning and carted off  an undisclosed amount of cash and other items.

A Kingston, Georgetown man was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the offence of rape allegedly committed in January, 2019.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) through funding from the government to the tune of approximately $6M has provided improved and first-time access to potable water for some 225 residents of Gooharoo and Grant Sand Road, Soesdyke.

A man who faced previous charges in 2011 and 2019 for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, on Monday appeared in court facing similar charges.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of November 10, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman has written the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh SC urging that she moves to seek external support for the hiring of the new Chief Election Officer.

In 2018, then Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo blistered the APNU+AFC administration over its sloth in auditing US$460m in ExxonMobil costs but now in 2021, as PPP/C Vice-President he has casually excused his government from forensic scrutiny of nearly 20 times that amount – US$9b.

Though some top-tier jobs will not be immediately available to Guyanese, there will be ample employment opportunities for locals during the construction and operational phases for the Hyatt-branded hotel, Chairman of SIR Investment Guyana Imtiaz Ahamad yesterday said.

All systems are in place for a smooth Nomination Day tomorrow for the upcoming PNCR Congress where a leader will be elected.

What was once a coconut estate is currently being developed into modern housing scheme to accommodate 700 house lots at Gorchum-Wilhelmina, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the upper flat of a Duncan Street, Campbellville building and a quick response by the Guyana Fire Service prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings.

A robbery convict was yesterday recaptured shortly after he escaped from the Lusignan Prison while working on the facility’s farm.