Guyana News

A businessman of Dartmouth, Region Two was fatally shot by the police early this morning in his home, triggering protests by residents of the community.

Already coming out with the best responsive bid during evaluation for the one-year contract to market Guyana’s oil, Saudi Arabian company, Aramco Trading Limited, was also awarded the single-lift slated for this month to avoid this country having to forfeit its one million barrels of crude, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat says.

Despite a global shortage of Sputnik V COVID-19 second-dose vaccines, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said the government will not suspend its use, as the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has advised that the gap between shots can be up to 180 days with the vaccine still maintaining its efficacy.

ExxonMobil’s local affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has been given approval to flare for a third time but will have to pay US$45 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed that five more persons, including a 34-year-old man, who were infected with COVID-19 have died.

Rockey Miguel, the farmer who police said admitted to killing his father at a backdam at Great Troolie Island a week ago, was on Monday charged with the murder and remanded to prison.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday said that it will be taking over management of a teachers’ scholarship and duty-free concessions programme from the GTU.

The operations of St Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) and Mercy Resident Care were yesterday awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2015 certification.

A man who is wanted for attempted murder was intercepted at the JFK Airport in New York this morning, placed on a flight to Guyana and has since been taken into custody by the authorities here.

An overheated electric fan is the suspected cause of a fire which severely damag-ed the Wales Masjid, West Bank Demerara yesterday.

The Full Court on Friday last affirmed a previous ruling that Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

Businessman and broad-caster Maxwell Thom has died from complications related to COVID-19.

Following a hiatus of nearly five years, the union GAWU says it held a “positive” meeting on September 9th with Demerara Timbers limited (DTL).

Seven Graduate Engineers from SBM Offshore’s Graduate Engineering Programme arrived in the Netherlands on August 10, 2021, to begin training to work on the Prosperity Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO), which is under construction in Singapore.

Four vehicles were damaged on Monday after a motorcycle failed to stop at the intersection at Croal and Albert streets, Georgetown.

Clyde Rodrigues was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving at Mahdia in Region Eight.

CARICOM yesterday reiterated its “unwavering support” for the territorial integrity of Guyana in the wake of a mediated agreement between the Venezuelan government and opposition restating a claim to this country’s county of Essequibo.

In the wake of a letter alleging that confidential information with its board had been misused, the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) yesterday said that it had found no such breach.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday assured that there is no issue with oxygen for COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, ExxonMobil Foundation, and ActionINVEST Caribbean Inc (ACI), yesterday launched a mobile learning app that was developed to assist women who own micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in low and middle income countries The app, HerVenture, is expected to bring vital entrepreneurial skills and support to 3,000 women across Guyana by January 2022.