– to be based in Linden; have 4000 BPD start-up capacity GuyEnergy, the company that had publicly announced its intention to build an oil refinery in Guyana since last year, is on course to completing its refinery by next year. This is according its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Turhane Doerga. According to Dr Doerga in an interview with this publication over the weekend, the company is at the stage where the modules for the oil refinery are being built. And according to Dr Doerga, who is also well known…
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Waitress gets 6 months for stealing phone
A waitress who was charged for assaulting a man and then stealing his cellphone was on Friday found guilty of stealing the cellphone and was sentenced for that offence. Twenty-five-year-old Sherryann Marks, of Lot 123 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on July 31, 2019, at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, she stole one Alcatel cellphone valued at G$60,000, property of Collin Woolford. During her address to the court, Marks claimed that she walked away with the phone by mistake and was not given…
Read MoreBody of 9-year-old pulled from Linden creek
The body of nine-year-old Imani Leech was on Monday retrieved from Kara Kara Creek at Mackenzie, Linden, following a search led by residents of the neighbouring Speightland community. Leech went missing after he fell into a section of the Kara Kara Creek in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Saturday. His partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a section of the Creek at approximately 12:30h on Monday after residents who formed a search party ventured out by boat on the waterway. Following the discovery, Police visited the location and removed…
Read MoreEconomist warns of danger of inflation from oil and gas
– notes exchange rate fluctuation can damage economic sectors While Guyana is in the midst of a currency crisis before first oil has even arrived, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Director of Economics, Dr Justin Ram has urged Guyana to guard against the impact that inflation driven by oil can have on the overall economy and exchange rate. Dr Ram was at the time speaking at a public policy talk facilitated by the Guyana Budget Policy Institute last Saturday night at the Regency Suites hotel. The very theme of the…
Read MoreGuyana’s working class facing ‘tough times’
– GAWU tells int’l union The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has informed international trade unions of what is described as “heavy burdens” being endured by the working class in Guyana. Assistant General Secretary Aslim Singh recently participated in a two-day meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Trade Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). At the meeting held in Argentina, Singh informed trade unionists of the situation in Guyana. “Our Union pointed out that, in recent times, the workers and their families have…
Read MoreHigh tides batter WCD communities
Sandbags and other barriers secured the doors of houses along the West Coast of Demerara which were battered from flooding this weekend as normalcy is yet to return to the lives of many affected persons. As a matter of fact, the frequency of overtopping due to high tides has stirred fear among communities. As more high spring tides are expected, many are dreading how they will handle the situation. Those communities affected include Blankenburg, Hague, Den Amstel, Fellowship, Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina, and Uitvlugt Oceanview. Since Saturday morning, the tides…
Read More44-yr-old man remanded for attempting to murder neighbour
A 44-year-old man who told the court “He pelt me first with a brick and he beat me with a steel and threatened to kill me,” was on Wednesday slapped with an attempted murder charge for stabbing neighbour. Brian Matheson of Wortmanville, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The charge detailed that on September 27, 2019, at Wortmanville, Georgetown, he wounded Ronald Bettencourt with intent to commit murder. The facts of the matter, which was presented by Police Prosecutor…
Read MoreEBD teen granted bail on robbery charges
A wash bay attendant on Tuesday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to face two robbery charges. Nineteen-year-old Shaquille Thomas, of Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse and denied both charges when they were read to him. The first charge stated that on September 27, 2019 at Robb Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of others, he robbed Alfredo Rodrigues of a phone valued G$30,000. It was further alleged that on the same day and location, he robbed Morissa Spencer of a gold chain valued…
Read MoreSales rep slapped with 5 fraud charges
Jamal Gilbert, a sales representative at VSH United (Guyana) was released on bail by Magistrate Leron Daly after being slapped with five fraud-related charges and appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. The 21-year-old father of one is accused of forging audit documents, uttering same, and offering false information to Police ranks. The first charge alleged that between January 1, 2019, and March 5, 2019, at Middle Street, Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he forged a document, that is, an auditor’s report in favour of Midtown Hotel Restaurant and…
Read MoreTeen robbed by knife-wielding bandit on way to work
A 19-year-old was robbed on her way to work on Monday, after exiting a taxi at the Vreed-en-Hoop junction on the West Coast of Demerara. According to information received, the incident occurred at about 07:20h. Audriana Stoll told INews that she boarded a taxi from Versailles, West Bank Demerara (WBD), and stopped off at the junction to board a bus en route to the WCD. However, she was approached by a man, who held a knife at her as he demanded her phone and money. She explained that the man…
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