Daily Archive: Saturday, April 20, 2019

A scene from this year’s Lethem rodeo. (DPI photo) 

Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, April 20, 2019 – The following statement is issued by the Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles in immediate response to news of the passing of Sir Alister McIntyre, who served as UWI Vice-Chancellor during the period 1988-1998.

(Trinidad Guardian) An act­ing po­lice su­per­in­ten­dent with over 35 years of ser­vice has been ar­rest­ed and charged for un­law­ful­ly caus­ing the re­lease of a po­lice con­sta­ble with­out him be­ing pros­e­cut­ed for the of­fence of neg­li­gence in breach of the Firearm Act.

President David Granger completed his regime of radiotherapy in Cuba today and will be returning to Guyana later this evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith yes­ter­day de­nied that po­lice of­fi­cers raid­ed the of­fices of Jaagri­ti TV.

While Guyana has moved up four places to 51 of the 180 listed in the latest World Press Freedom Index, the assessment by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) maintains that while the country’s constitution guarantees free speech and the right to information, officials often use laws to silence “opposition” journalists.

Four projects submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Environmental Authorisation, and which the entity mistakenly announced did not require Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), are currently being screened for their possible impacts on the environment.

PPP executive Gail Teixeira says she is not retracting statements she made about Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes in relation to a contract that her company, Videomega secured from the Department of Energy (DoE).

Noting the discovery of the 13th deposit of oil by ExxonMobil, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has lamented that Guyanese still have no idea how they will benefit from this resource.

Miners were on Wednesday reminded of the changes in tax laws that will result in their payments on income derived from gold produced being treated as a final tax as of 2018.

Head of the National Secretariat of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI), Dr.

Region 9 now has a digital X-ray Machine which will save time and millions of dollars compared to that of the traditional X-ray practice, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday, Purchased at approximately $8M by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region 9), the residents of the region are expected to benefit from the equipment as well as persons from neighbouring Brazil.

The Medical Council of Guyana has begun discussions on the findings of investigations into the deaths of three children, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital in January after being administered cancer drugs.

Going beyond the scope of works, construction company BK International, funded the rehabilitation of a seven-mile stretch of road from St.