Guyana News

-says contractors have no confidence in it based on handling of complaints APNU+AFC Parliamentarian, David Patterson has expressed concern over the silence and seeming sloth by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) given that there have been many reports on questionable contracts and even the ongoing scandal in the Guyana Police Force on purchases.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) last night conducted an enforcement operation at the Peng Teng Chinese Supermarket located on Independence Boulevard and Hunter Street in Georgetown.

A fire broke out at Fireside Suites located on Garnett Street in Kitty yesterday, engulfing the rooftop of the building that housed a storage section for the hotel.

Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus and his wife, Adonika Aulder on Friday withdrew and discontinued a High Court action filed on August 19, against the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), the Commissioner of Police, and the Attorney General, a release from the Attorney General’s Chambers stated yesterday.

The Labour Ministry is to meet this week with Fernandes Guyana Enterprise Inc over its sudden decision to close its bakery operations here.

-in effort to arrest falling pass rates As part of its efforts to effect a turnaround in the national mathematics pass rate which has been on a downward trend in recent years, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched a Math Intervention Awareness Campaign to promote its revised National Mathematics Intervention Programme which kicked off  earlier in September.

A total of 60 contracts valued at $300 million were signed yesterday to upgrade infrastructure in 25 communities across Region Eight, as part of the government’s community participation programme, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that the government is eager to work closely with the incoming Trump administration in the United States, expressing a commitment to address what he said were misinformation campaigns against the PPP/C administration especially by opposition forces.

The National Visual Arts Exhibition and Fair currently being held at Castellani House, Georgetown, aims to showcase the progress made in visual arts education, which has transitioned from the Allied Arts Unit to the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Unit.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Part 17 Introduction A transactional electorate has overwhelmingly voted to return to the presidency in the United States of America a convicted felon, a misogynist, a businessman who owes his success to scamming, the exploitation of the tax and bankruptcy laws of that country, and a man who has been ordered by the courts to pay millions for sexual assault.

The Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) has partnered with the Guyana Police Force in an initiative to address rising crime and improve security in Regional Division #2 by donating two new motorcycles.

As part of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) outreach programme to communities across the regions, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday visited the communities of Orealla/Siparuta along the Corentyne River in Region Six where he handed over items to the villagers to further boost their production.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `GYSBI terminated 65 employees after gas to energy task came to an end’ it was incorrectly reported that ExxonMobil was the client that GYSBI was doing work for.

Guyana has once again topped the region in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and has managed to dominate in multiple categories.

-says all benefits paid By Milton Grannum Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) yesterday said that following the completion of a project which it had been working on for the oil and gas industry it terminated the services of 65 persons and paid them in lieu of notice.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday clarified that while no “special” legislation will be put in place for the planned $100,000 disbursement to all adults it will be covered by a supplementary appropriation in Parliament.

-slams GGDMA Slamming the miners association, the  South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) yesterday called again on the government to suspend mining in the Marudi area in light of the rising security threats.

The Mehra family, which launched the  Vivaanta Spa here  in 2019, is now venturing into the automotive industry with the launch of Vivaanta Auto Spa.

The two men allegedly involved in the staged multi-million-dollar robbery — Paramdeo Victor of Rosignol and Cornell Taylor of Ithaca, West Berbice — were charged and placed before the court yesterday.

Another local private sector initiative has been put in place to assist small businesses grow and develop, recognising that such enterprises are an important part of Guyana’s economic growth.