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 variant. While the PNCR has said that a number of the ...

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 for rates and taxes.  He declined to say whether rates and ...

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 approximately 11 miles (18 kilometers) northwest of the Liza field. ...

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 Chairman, Retired Justice Claudette Singh, Ms. Ally informed that, “I hereby ...

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 her skull is fractured. The incident occurred at about 5 O’clock ...

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 D’urban (Joseph Pollydore) Street, Lodge to 30 months imprisonment. Police had ...

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 Low-a-Chee were found in a bedroom of their residence at Lot ...

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday said doctors and  nurses are among those afflicted  by what appears to to be the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus, COVID-19, but he assured Guyanese that there is a countrywide contingency plan should more health workers become sickened. “Currently we have enough staff to manage,” he told Demerara Waves Online ...

Eleven days after  two gold miners were stabbed to death and two others were injured following a drinking spree at Nassano Landing, North-West District, police on Tuesday reported about the incident and said they were looking for two prime suspects Those killed are 29-year old Sherwin Goddette of Dredge Creek, Upper Pomeroon River and 21-year old Shawn France of Akawini ...

As the number of daily coronavirus cases continues to increase, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said it appears that the highly contagious COVID variant, Omicron, is in Guyana. “We suspect that we might have the Omicron variant that is in circulation in Guyana because, based on these numbers, we know that in other countries with Omicron, it is highly contagious ...