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A delivery man was shot and robbed of his motorcycle in Campbelville while he was going to visit his family, police said. Injured his 33-year old Navin Mahadal. The incident occurred on John Smith Street, Campbellville. He told police that he was robbed of one black and red XR motorcycle. Investigators were told that Mr. Mahadal was was about to ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) would address any division internally, executive member Joseph Harmon said Thursday amid perceptions in some quarters that himself and party Chairman Volda Lawrence are in two different camps. “Any question about division and so on will be dealt with inside of  the party. That is the kind of democracy which we have,” he said, ...

ExxonMobil Guyana on Thursday said  Guyana would not have to pay costs related to faulty equipment aboard the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, Liza Destiny. “We are working with the people of Guyana to make sure we get things fixed as quickly as possible and the cost stays with the companies that are responsible for the equipment,” President ...

A fifth juvenile, who escaped from the Sophia Holding Centre, early Thursday morning has been recaptured, police said. The Guyana Police Force said he was recaptured “with the aid of relatives.” The seven “breached the building and its fence between” 2:30 am and 2:40 am. Police continue the search for the remaining duo. Earlier Thursday, four of them were returned ...

Reproduced from https://www.oedigital.com/  CGX Resources, an oil and gas company with offshore blocks in Guyana, has awarded Maersk Drilling a one-well rig contract. The Danish offshore drilling contractor said Thursday that CGX would use its semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer to for exploration drilling in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. The drilling contract has an estimated duration of 75-85 days ...

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a man who allegedly gunned down another man on Drysdale Street, Charlestown last night. Wanted is Lenroy Michael Forde. Police say he is wanted for murder committed on 25-year old Odingo Anthony Haywood which occurred last night. Investigators have linked the killing to a suspect who is known as ‘Biggie’. Preliminary information reveals ...

A man, who was wanted by police in connection with two incidents at Ann’s Grove village, East Coast Demerara, was Wednesday afternoon shot and injured as he allegedly attacked police with a knife,  the law enforcement agency said. Sustaining a gunshot wound to his right thigh is 24-year old Conway “Ninja Man” Higgins of Clonbrook village, East Coast Demerara. “He ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Band Mistress, Superintendent Charmaine Stuart died Wednesday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital after complaining of chest pain, police said in a statement. Police said her son, Kevin Jones, stated that his mother was rushed to the health care institution due to the pain. She was officially designated the force’s Director of Music and Culture. Police ...

ExxonMobil Guyana on Wednesday said production was being gradually increased to a maximum of 110,000 barrels per day, although the discharge silencer has not yet been fixed, the company said. The company, whose local partners in Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) are Hess Corporation and China National Overseas Oil Company (CNOOC), said production was being gradually increased from ...

Amid continuing concern about the prevalence of robberies by bandits moving around on bicycles and motorcycles, the Guyana Police Force on Tuesday said it was taking aim at those criminals, even as  that law enforcement agency reported a reduction in armed robberies. “Recognising that criminal minded persons have been riding motor cycles and bicycles in their robbery attacks on citizens, ...