Last Updated on Saturday, 3 November 2018, 15:10 by Denis Chabrol Three prison officers and a disruptive prisoner at the Timehri Prison were Saturday morning injured during the fracas that began Friday night, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said. He said an investigation has since been launched and by police and prison authorities. Samuels said a convicted murderer stabbed a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 November 2018, 8:43 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s oil and gas industry is already boosting jobs, standards and investment opportunities ahead of first oil expected in early 2020, and the work-ethic by Guyanese aboard support vessels for ExxonMobil is already coming in for high praise. “We are just extremely pleased with all of the employees we ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 November 2018, 17:32 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Distillers Limited, DDL, on Friday announced that after much deliberation, the company decided not to submit a bid for the Enmore Sugar Estate over its inability to find the right due diligence model. The announcement comes after the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial & Commercial ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 November 2018, 17:09 by Denis Chabrol The Special Purpose Unit of the Guyana government’s holding company for government assets on Friday released the names of the five companies that have bid to buy out the four estates of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), but did not disclose the details of the entities. A senior ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 November 2018, 13:28 by Denis Chabrol A number of members of Guyana’s State security services were Friday unable to vote because their names were not on the voters’ list where they were stationed, but the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said provisions would be made for them to cast their ballots with the rest of the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 November 2018, 12:53 by Denis Chabrol Town Clerk Royston King was Friday upbraided for merely having verbal agreements with a number of private contracting companies instead of written contracts for multi-million dollar works Among them is a deal with XL Engineering or GYD$150 million on the basis of a verbal agreement, he told the Commission of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 November 2018, 22:34 by Denis Chabrol One of two bandits, who had earlier stolen a taxi driver’s car and escaped, was killed after he opened fire at police who cornered them during a second escape bid, the Guyana Police Force said. The dead man has been identified as 27-year old Melroy “Souse Mouth” Solomon of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 November 2018, 18:05 by Denis Chabrol Dexroy Pollard, one of the three prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Holding Bay, on the East Coast Demerara on October 15, is in custody, government’s Department of Public Information said. The 29-year-old Wales resident was recaptured by public-spirited citizens on the West Bank of Demerara on Thursday. Pollard ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 November 2018, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol Several companies, including a United States (US) company with Middle Eastern connections, have bid to buy three of the six sugar estates owned by the Guyana government, on condition the buyers would continue to plant sugarcane and guarantee local employment, officials said Thursday. Managing Director (Deals) of PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax ...