Daily Archive: Monday, January 8, 2024

Articles published on Monday, January 8, 2024

Screenshot of the scene from Lionel Campbell’s video  on Facebook)

Woman dies in crash near Ruimveldt Police Station

The police today said that they are probing an accident involving a motorcar and minibus, that occurred on the Ruimveldt Public Road (in the vicinity of the Ruimveldt Police Station) at about 05:23 hrs this morning, which left a 51-year-old woman, Sarah Wilson, dead and several others hospitalised with injuries.

PPC claims Patterson withheld details on Akamai bid case, attempted to politicise issue

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) yesterday fired back at former minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, who said the PPC’s review of the complaint by Akamai Inc against the tender process which claimed the company was found wanting, was a whitewash of the administrative review process and fell short of the standards expected from a constitutional agency In its response, the PPC said that not only did Patterson withhold on accuracy of the issue which can be found on its website, but he attempted to politicise the matter by saying only PPP/C representatives on the commission voted on the matter when all others did except the candidate from the AFC – Patterson’s party.

Oil & gas sector achieved reconciliation of 99.6% coverage – GYEITI 2021 report

The 2021 earnings from the oil, gas, and mining sectors which were subject to reconciliation between the government and respective entities in these sectors represented 89.1% of the total incomes reported by stakeholders, the Guyana Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) disclosed in its 2021 report.  The body which seeks to promote revenue transparency in the extractive sector in resource-rich countries, in its 2021 report published on December 29, 2023, said that reconciliation of 99.6% coverage was achieved in the oil and gas sector.

The 83.3 grammes of marijuana.

Moruca miner held with ganja

Randolph Ganesh, a 35-year-old miner of Moruca, North West District, was apprehended on Friday at a police roadblock at the # 70 km check-point in Region Seven, after he was found with 83.3 grammes of marijuana in a haversack he was carrying.