Even as Opposition Leader  Joseph Harmon’s 24-hour ultimatum for the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs was  about to expire  on Tuesday for him to show government minister Oneidge Walrond’s loss of American nationality certificate, the United States (US) said persons lose their citizenship immediately on taking an oath before a Consular Officer. US Embassy spokeswoman,  Violeta Talandis told ...

Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes on Tuesday said the trousers in which the body of one of Joel Henry cousins was found did not undergo DNA testing for possible traces of biological material for matching with suspects, and he and the family are pressing for an Argentine team of experts to come to Guyana to conduct high-tech tests. The Attorney-at-Law said the ...

Robert Benn, a contractor, who was charged with fatally shooting a man and who was attempting to turn his vehicle around using his bridge was brought before High Court Judge Navindra Singh on Tuesday, November 03, 2020. Benn was indicted on two charges by State Prosecutors Tuanna Hardy and Tyra Bakker. He was charged with the August 23, 2016 murder ...

A farmer of Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, who allegedly stole a handgun and ammunition belonging to the Guyana Police Force, has been granted bail. He is 26-year old Symeon “Burn Hand” Lynch of Hazel Street, Springlands. Police  say that on October 28 at Number 76 Village, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, he robbed Shibike Calder and Anette Mckenzie of: one  Samsung A20 cellphone ...

The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday issued a GYD$3 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of  the killers of Isaiah and Joel Henry, and Haresh Singh in early October. “As such, the GPF hereby announces that a reward in the sum of G$3,000,000.00  is being offered to any person or persons who can provide information leading to ...

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of two Bell 412EPi and two Bell 429 helicopters to Guyana for an estimated US$256 million, the Defence Post reported on Saturday. While the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is expected to be involved in processing some paperwork at a later stage, that agency’s Director-General, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said ...

Bibi Goopaul, who along with her former lover, Jarvis Small were sentenced to 102- and 96-years’ imprisonment respectively for the 2010 murder of her 16-year-old daughter Ms Neesa Gopaul, on Friday asked the Court of Appeal to quash their conviction. Hearing the case were Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justices of Appeal Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud. ...

Hess Corporation, one of the co-venturers in the Stabroek Block, is keeping its eyes on Guyana as a low-cost supplier of oil, saying that global projections show that the world needs just under 50 percent oil and gas in an energy mix up  to another 30 years by when the cost of renewable energy is expected to fall. Chief Executive ...

Noble Corporation plc’s ultra-deepwater drillship Noble Tom Madden has received about 6.5 years of additional contract term under the commercial enabling agreement (CEA) with ExxonMobil for work offshore Guyana, Mercopress reported Wednesday.Ulr The Noble Tom Madden was previously contracted until mid-February 2024, and the additional term will extend the rig contract to mid-August 2030. According to the company, the rig ...

The Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs on Wednesday said he would be seeking legal advice on Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Oneidge Waldron’s renunciation of her American citizenship. “I am going to seek legal advice and I don’t want to make any statement and I am not certain,” he told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online News. ...