Three men were arrested late Wednesday afternoon at a house on Unity Street, Festival City, Georgetown after two guns and ammunition were found, police said. Investigators said the guns were unlicensed. One of the men tried to escape but was “pursued and apprehended”. The Guyana Police Force said  a search ofthe property unearthed one 9MM Glock pistol along with three ...

A woman’s body found on the Kingston foreshore earlier this week has been identified as that of former Information Technology (IT) Manager, Jennifer Sweetnam. Police said no marks of violence were found on the woman’s body when it was found on March 3, 2022 on the shore aback the Marriot Hotel. Police said investigators were informed that the 57-year old ...

ExxonMobil’s controlled Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on Wednesday said it was very close to reaching agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a US$2 billion assurance to help fund a clean-up should there be an oil spill. EEPGL’s Vice President and Business Services  Manager, Phillip Rietema said his consortium and the EPA were quite close to ...

The High Court on Wednesday afternoon ruled that now former Chairman of the Police Service Commission Paul Slowe can challenge the suspension of himself and the other then commissioners by President Irfaan Ali. But Attorney General Anil Nandlall hours later filed a notice of appeal saying that the Judge’s decision  is “unlawful, unconstitutional, and is not supported by established legal ...

By GHK Lall The war in Ukraine has now arrived in Guyana.  In days ahead, I believe that more of its effects and the surrounding visions generated will visit this land, and have several impacts on it.  They are all negative for the Guyanese people, and I start with the immediate: prices. In times of war, commodity prices soar, with ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Tuesday said it was yet to shortlist candidates who might replace Mr. Joseph Harmon as parliamentarian for the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). PNCR General Secretary, Shurwayne Holder declined to confirm whether Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best and Indigenous Affairs activist, Mervyn Williams are among those on ...

The state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on Monday said the Russia-Ukraine war has triggered a sharp spike in the price of fuel, resulting in monthly operational expenses being GY$4.5 billion compared to GY$3 billion in revenues. “As we witness these developments from a safe distance, the effects have already reached our shores and by extension, the Company,” GPL ...

The Chairman of  Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), Daniel Seeram and his father-in-law are under investigation over allegations that they threatened each other with their licensed firearms. Head of the Guyana Police Force Criminal Investigations Department, Wendell Blanhum confirms that a probe is underway. He says that Mr. Seeram’s licensed handgun has been seized pending investigations. Mr. Blanhum also confirmed that Mr. ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said government was turning to Guatemala, Latin America’s second largest sugar producer, to revive the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) which he insisted would not be closed because of its socio-economic and financial importance. “That is why Guatemala is also coming in to help us.  We are not going to reinvent the wheel so sugar ...

Ahead of the reduction of more COVID-19 measures, President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said arriving passengers at Guyana’s two international airports would no longer have to fill out COVID location forms. He said passengers no longer needed to fill up COVID locator forms and have them stamped at the Health Desk before going to immigration, in response to complaints by ...