Guyana News

LAGOS, (Reuters) – ExxonMobil XOM.N is not renewing a 33-year-old lease on its expansive offices in Lagos’s upscale Lekki district which expires tomorrow, three sources inside the company told Reuters, as it looks to scale down operations in Nigeria.

-Pirara Bridge submerged A section of the Kurupukari to Lethem Corridor collapsed yesterday under continuous pressure from a storm surge and traffic between Georgetown and Lethem will be affected, the Ministry of Public Works said last night.

By Khadidja Ba As Linden residents grappled yesterday with ongoing flooding and property damage following 48 hours of heavy rainfall, regional officials and the Opposition Leader heaped blame on the government for the problems in a rebuttal to claims on Tuesday by Prime Minister Mark Phillips.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil investors yesterday voted to re-elect Chairman Darren Woods and Lead Director Joseph Hooley by wide margins despite activist shareholder opposition.

A family is now mourning the loss of a one-year-old boy following an accident at West Coast Berbice (WCB).

Rudolph Caines, 68, died yesterday while his wife was injured after an early morning accident between a car and a truck at the Junction of Hillfoot Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

In a recent comprehensive audit conducted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMSS) has been distinguished as the exemplar institution for Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) in the country.

On Tuesday 28th May, 2024, Shafeek Latiff and Naresh Totaram appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where they were found guilty in relation to the charge of trafficking in narcotics to wit 42.844 kg of cannabis.

The Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) Chronic Diseases Unit yesterday handed over to the Eccles Health Centre a quantity of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) supplies to support smoking cessation efforts.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday notified the public that there is a  visible haze in the Georgetown area.

-after application thrown out by High Court The elections fraud case is now finally set to begin in the magistrate’s court at the end of July following the rejection by the High Court of an application by the defence.

-councillors in heated clash over letter The Mayor and City Council’s budget for 2024 is now set for presentation on Monday, June 3rd.

In keeping with its push for the decentralisation and modernisation of its services, the Ministry of Labour yesterday launched an application on Google Play and App Stores to deal with labour concerns.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Safraz Hydaralie, 39,  over the discharging of a loaded firearm and felonious wounding of a serving member of the Guyana Police Force.

Police in Regional Division 4A say they are investigating the  death of Norman Emanuel Vieira called ‘Peter’,  73, of Lot 116 Section ‘E’ Cummings Park, East Coast Demerara which occurred at his address between 7 pm on Tuesday and 4.05 pm yesterday.

Mayor of Linden, Sharma Solomon today lashed back at the government over flooding in the town yesterday. 

-PM sees negligence by town council Heavy rain over the last two days has swamped large parts of Region 10 and sections of Region Nine and Five and the Ministry of Public Works has mobilized resources to ease flooding.

The Guyana Police Force  last evening said that  Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Kidackie Amsterdam has been arrested over the alleged inciting of the murder of President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.

By Abigail Headley Emotions ran high yesterday as residents of Mocha/Arcadia expressed their concerns to visiting US Congressman Jonathan Jackson over injustices they said they have been facing at the hands of the government.