Guyana News

Newly elected Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Lionel Jaikarran has vowed that come April 1, 2017 the only thing that will change about him is his seat at the horseshoe table.

Venezuela is celebrating the United Nations’ decision to continue the Good Offices process for another year to settle its border controversy with Guyana and has made it clear that it does not favour the matter reaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

While the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) recognizes that something needs to be done to secure the returns on its investment in the Berbice Bridge, it is right now placing its faith in the three directors representing it on the Bridge’s board, as well as the terms of its contract with the entity.

A large amount of prohibited items was yesterday found in the Georgetown Prison during a search by Joint Services ranks, just over a month after a similar operation conducted there hauled in a record number of similar articles.

A labourer succumbed to his injuries early Friday morning, less than two days after he was crushed by a metal silo while working at the Shameer’s Poultry Farm located on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

Nearly 100 police officers from ‘A’ Division were on Friday recognised for their hard work and dedication throughout the year, at their Annual Christmas Luncheon and Award Ceremony, where Com-missioner of Police Seelall Persaud also offered the division the sum of $400,000.

Months after a worker fell off a building in Diamond and died, the Department of Labour is still to complete its investigation.

The Fellows of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) recently hosted their first networking event, ‘YLAI Connect’, where as many as 70 business minds came together to share a whirlpool of innovative ideas.

A total of $2.3 billion was approved on Thursday evening by the Committee of Supply, for Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), during the consideration of the 2017 estimates in the National Assembly.

Regardless of who you are, once caught with narcotics you will be charged and placed before the court, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh said last Friday, but stressed that the unit could not make arrests solely on hearsay.

The delayed payments of the facilitators and participants of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) fuelled intense scrutiny of the allocation of funds for the programme by the opposition in parliament last week.

Revenue to be collected from the newly instituted Value Added Tax (VAT) on data, water and electricity is expected to bring in close to $3 billion next year, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Godfrey Statia has said.

The 2017 budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Natural Resources have been approved, allowing for, among other things, the procurement and outfitting of a building for the newly established Petroleum Division.

The Port Mourant Hospital is a step closer to being baby friendly with its new $14 million Maternity Unit, which was commissioned on Friday last.

Though Guyana’s oil and gas sector is still in its in infancy stage, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman warns that not everyone will be included in the sector, instead, Guyanese must pay attention to the extending benefits it will provide.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul struck his second straight hundred and the 73rd of an illustrious first class career to help Guyana Jaguars batter a hapless Trinidad and Tobago Red Force here today.

Ranks of the Joint Services this morning carried out a search in the Georgetown Prison and the undermentioned prohibited items were found, the police said.

Contending that around 30% to 40% of taxes are not being paid over, Tax Chief Godfrey Statia yesterday served notice that presumptive taxation will be employed to rope in professional who are avoiding their obligations and he also signalled a crackdown on smuggling while emphasising that all  public officials must submit their returns.

In a much-anticipated decision, outgoing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has decided that the Good Offices process on the decades-old border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela will be given one more year and if by the end of 2017 “significant progress” has not been made, the case will move to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The collaborative efforts of all stakeholders, scrutiny from international partners and the building of political will to tackle ‘sacred cows’ are necessary to win the ongoing war on drug use and drug trafficking, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday.