Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh Monday night announced that Friday, February 12 will be Budget Day 2021. He made the announcement following last weekend’s consultation with the private sector, trade union movement and other stakehokders. “We received a lot of very good suggestions  from those who were gathered; many of those who were gathered,” he said about the ongoing consultative ...

Geologists said there was no need for South Rupununi residents to move out of their villages as a result of a 5.7 magnitude earthquake there earlier this month, and they explained that the rumblings would continue for a few weeks more before everything returns to normal. Government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) said geologists Robeson Benn and Leandro Pires at ...

  Guyana’s oil production from the Liza One well has dropped by about 5,000 barrels per day, a top sector official said Sunday. Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat says the production has not dropped much and that ExxonMobil was trying to find the “right balance” between flaring excess gas and maximising production. Mr. Bharrat’s disclosure of an actual figure has ...

A 27-year old resident of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara is hospitalised with a fractured skull and internal bleeding after the motorcycle he was riding knocked a stray horse. The accident occurred on the Ogle Railway Embankment Road shortly before 11 O’clock Saturday night. Police say the injured man, who has been identified as Linden Mentis, is hospitalised in a ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says Guyana Shorebase Inc. paid US$18 million for the plot of land at Houston, East Bank Demerara. He says the transported land was bought in 2019 for US$18 million is equivalent to almost GYD$4 billion. Mr. Nandlall’s disclosure in court papers was made to compare the price of GYD$200 million (US$921,658) that he says BK Marine ...

A woman was shot to her abdomen after she resisted a bandit who eventually snatched her bag while she was  shopping at Bourda Market on Bourda Street and North Road. “She refused after which the suspect pulled away same (bag) and discharged a round in the her direction,  which hit her to the left side abdomen and fled the scene ...

The Guyana government has moved to the High Court to repossess the BK Marine Inc. Wharf in Kingston, Georgetown because it was sold at just over GYD$200 million although it is worth GYD$5 billion. Attorney General Anil Nandlall is asking the High Court to declare that BK Marine “has been unjustly enriched” by about GYD$5 billion as that “is the ...

Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 20-year old resident of Belle West, West Bank Demerara in front of his residence early Friday night after he allegedly struck one them with a piece of wood, police said on Saturday. The victim has been identified as 20-year old Emanuel Solomon of 317 Belle West. Investigators said ...

A gunman opened fire an Information Technology (IT) expert after pushing her off her motorcycle and riding off with it, the Guyana Police Force said. The victim’s name has been given as Munifa Erskine, 27, of Block X Liliendaal, South Sophia. She told police that she was robbed of her Haojue motorcycle, bearing licence number CK 1906 and valued GYD$178,000, ...

Guyana’s oil production has been dropped and the quantity of gas being flared has been reduced due to a faulty gas compressor that has been removed to be taken to Germany for repairs, the company said Friday. “We have lowered production levels on the Liza Destiny since the compressor failed and continue to seek ways to reduce flaring. We are ...