Daily Archive: Saturday, December 26, 2015

Investigations are being conducted into the murder of a so far unidentified man of African descent which occurred in a minibus on the Demerara Harbour Bridge about 1830h.

Welcoming President David Granger’s commitment to improve conditions at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) today called for improvements at all state-run health institutions.

About 0440h. today, Dawson Bess, 22 years, of Crane Housing Scheme, WCD, was driving a motor car along the Ruimzigt Public Road, WCD, when he attempted to overtake another vehicle and collided with an oncoming motor vehicle.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns rewarded the Australian selectors’ faith with a pair of sparkling centuries as the hosts dominated a limp West Indies attack on the opening day of the second test on Saturday.

Last week Commander of Interior locations (F Division) Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram (right) presented hampers to his ranks who could not travel home to spend Christmas with their families because of work commitments.

Despite his denial, the MOU for Fedders Lloyd to continue work on the Specialty Hospital without the project going back to tender and outside of the Procurement Act, raises the question of whether Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan’s influence was brought to bear in the decision to award the contract, the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) has said.

With his mind set on becoming the Commissioner of Police of Guyana one day, Detective Sergeant Rodwell Sarrabo is working his way up by solving numerous crimes including high-profile murders.

Though reluctant to share information on the number of calls received by the inter-agency suicide prevention helpline since its launch in August, steering committee member Caitlin Vieira says it has been a success and continues to be manned 24 hours a day by trained personnel.

Government has granted Canadian firm First Bauxite Corporation a two-year extension to begin construction of its proposed bauxite mine at Bonasika.

Has there been an increase in naturalizations in recent years? Anecdotal evidence suggests that there has been.

The election of Mauricio Macri as President of Argentina will likely herald an interesting phase in relations with Guyana.