Guyana News

The accounting officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were on Monday taken to task by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over delayed payments to pensioners, as a result of a year-old robbery at the Finance Office at Eve Leary.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against the two men accused of receiving articles stolen from slain Bartica gold dealers is now fixed to commence on June 13.

A 56-year-old mechanic died while being treated at a private hospital on Monday, hours after he was struck in the back by a minibus.

Bids for the construction of the much-debated Hope Canal were opened yesterday in the boardroom of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) with most of the bid prices being above the engineer’s estimates.

Six persons have been left homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed a three-bedroom two-storey building at Lot 9 ‘F’ Ramphal St, Belvedere on the Corentyne around 10:30 am yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) tractor worker who drove over the head of an elderly man, killing him instantly, remained in police custody up to late last night.

A post mortem examination has revealed that Hemchandra Debi, who disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean and later washed up on shore dead, died from brain haemorrhage and hypertension.

Seven bids were opened yesterday for the construction of a sanitary block at the maternity building of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), with the highest bid being some $1.4 million less than the engineer’s estimate.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Monday said it is working to restore efficiency to the city’s garbage collection system, after reports that some communities have been neglected.  

Subrina Abiola Johnson, the woman who was severely burnt Friday last while burning garbage, said the incident was caused when a can of ‘dog spray’ fell into the lit pile.

Two Region One communities are set to undergo massive infrastructural changes as $50M was recently granted for the construction of a 30-mile road to link them.

Former soldier Delroy Mitchell was on Tuesday cleared of the dangerous driving death of a woman who was killed after she was struck by an army vehicle on the Linden Highway in 2009.

Guyana Water Inc. signed a $37M contract recently for the upgrade of the transmission main in Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, and in about three months more than 3,000 residents will have an improved water supply.

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced yesterday that in light of the recent resurgence of vandalism it has instituted with immediate effect a suspension of the trading of ferrous metal scrap until further notice.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said Guyana has a liberal policy that would shorten the time it takes for foreigners interested in investment, employment and citizenship to obtain permits here.

The Guyana Fire Service is now targeting hinterland locations such as Port Kaituma, Mahdia, Mabaruma/Kumaka, Kwakwani and Lethem, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported recently.

The strong demand in the housing sector prompted a meeting between sand pit miners and President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday at the Office of the President on how to boost sand output.

A former Guyana Lands and Surveys employee accused of  larceny by public officer and obtaining money by false pretence was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $200,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

In spite of the tremendous rich, tangible cultural heritage of the region, only six CARICOM member states have sites on the World Heritage list, according to Dr Hilary Brown, CARICOM Pro-gramme Manager of Culture and Community Develop-ment.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)-organized seminar on the trade-in- goods regime, including the Rules of Origin under the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, on Wednesday had as its facilitator, Specialist in the EPA Implementation Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat, Branford Isaacs.