By News Source Guyana on May 8, 2026
News, Politics
The Guyana Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the 2023 ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s Order for Exxon Mobil Guyana to provide an unlimited guarantee for liability. The Court of Appeal also overturned Justice Kissoon’s Order that the Environmental Permit issued to Exxon Mobil be suspended until Exxon provided the unlimited guarantee. In the High […]
By News Source Guyana on May 8, 2026
News, Politics
A 14-year-old student of a secondary school at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo was taken into custody on Thursday following the stabbing of two other boys from the same school. The incident took place on Thursday morning. The two injured boys were rushed to the emergency room at a nearby hospital, and are […]
By News Source Guyana on May 7, 2026
News, Politics
After seven months of extensive training in Banking Operations and Office Procedures, 26 young professionals have graduated from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme. At the graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, the Youth Link Apprentices were each presented with a Caribbean Vocational Qualification Banking Operations Level 1 Certification. The certificate was approved by the Council […]
By News Source Guyana on May 7, 2026
Finance, News, Politics
By a majority decision, the Full Court has dismissed the appeal by Demerara Bank in the case of the bank closing the accounts of a number of candidates of the WIN party. The High Court had earlier ruled that there was an established case against the Bank and that the Bank should file a defence. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 5, 2026
News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force today seized a number of licensed guns and ammunition from the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed. The Guyanese billionaires, who remain under US sanction and are currently fighting an Extradition Request from the US in the Courts, said the seizure of their personal weapons and […]
By News Source Guyana on May 5, 2026
News, Politics
In an address that struck at the heart of issues plaguing the local press, former Editor-in-Chief of the now defunct Stabroek News, Anand Persaud, challenged the Government to do better by the local media. Mr. Persaud delivered the keynote address on Monday evening at a reception hosted by the Guyana Press Association in observance of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2026
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The International Court of Justice early this morning began hearing oral arguments in the case filed by Guyana against Venezuela, challenging Venezuela’s claims over Guyana’s Essequibo region. Guyana’s main legal argument before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is that the land boundary between Guyana and Venezuela was finally and definitively settled by the 1899 […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2026
News, Politics
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is seeking more than $30 Million in damages from the China Railway group for damaging one of its transmission lines which saw widespread blackouts last Sunday. The line was damaged by a heavy-duty machinery that was being operated by the company during road construction works in Dennis Street, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2026
News, Politics
The Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force has dragged a number of errant road users before the Courts for various traffic offenses after those offences werre caught on camera. On Wednesday, a number of drivers appeared before the Courts to answer charges of dangerous driving. The Police Force noted that dangerous driving cases continue […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2026
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Paraguay have come out in support of Panama’s sovereignty, amid what they have described as “increased economic pressures” from China against the Latin American country. China reportedly detained 70 Panamanian-flagged ships in March in retaliation to a Court ruling that saw a Hong Kong-based […]