Last Updated on Thursday, 6 January 2022, 15:17 by Denis Chabrol A woman and her six-year old daughter have died after their house collapsed on them Wednesday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said. The incident occurred at about 4 PM at Lower Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River. Dead are 35-year-old female farmer Seematie Chandra and her 6-year-old daughter Christine Sookdeo. The ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 6 January 2022, 14:55 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) new General Secretary is Attorney-at-Law, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, and the party stressed that is receiving the full backing of its membership. “Ms. Chandan-Edmond is a Member of Parliament and enjoys the support of the membership of the PNCR as manifest in the election ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 6 January 2022, 5:39 by Denis Chabrol Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine wants approval for City Police to fine litterbugs between GY$10,000 and $500,000 because he says enforcing the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) in the town makes no financial sense. “I will spend money and I will not get money…If I bring in fifty people a day, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 15:23 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Wednesday raised a range of concerns including a lack of information about the variants of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guyana, but the Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said all the available evidence points to the presence of the highly contagious Omicron ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 10:50 by Denis Chabrol Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Wednesday announced a 10 percent increase in wages and salaries. He explained that 5 percent would be retroactive to January 2021 and 5 percent would be paid from January 2022. The Mayor said he was relying on revenues coming in from amnesty being granted ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 9:52 by Writer IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil today said it made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838 meters) of water and is located ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, 22:41 by Denis Chabrol Outgoing General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Amna Ally has quit her post as Chief Scrutineer for the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), she has informed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In a letter dated January 3, 2022 to GECOM ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, 22:08 by Denis Chabrol A man is in custody for allegedly attempting to murder his reputed wife by lashing her head several times with a piece of wood, the Guyana Police Force said. Police say 31-year old Simone Edwards has since been admitted to the Linden Hospital Complex in a critical condition, as ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, 21:41 by Denis Chabrol Two youths from Georgetown  on Tuesday pleaded guilty to robbing a businessman and his wife at their shop at Charity waterfront, Essequibo Coast, the Guyana Police Force said. Magistrate Esther Sam sentenced 25-year old Nigel Bentick of South Ruimveldt and 21-year old Isaiah Okmie Barclay called Black Boy  of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, 21:14 by Denis Chabrol A 27-year old woman was shot dead and her partner’s body was found with a single gunshot wound to the head, and a handgun about two feet away from him in what police suspect was a murder-suicide. Guyana Police Force investigators said the bodies of Elizabeth Dass and Nicholas ...