Guyana News

Private professionals, who practise their trade for reward, will need a practice certificate issued by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in order to practise their profession, according to Commis-sioner General of the GRA, Khurshid Sattaur.

A HIV counsellor/tester was yesterday afternoon discovered dead, lying in a crouched position on the floor of his office at the Parika Health Centre with suspicious marks around his neck.

-slams silence on tax reform, investment plan PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray yesterday criticised the government’s 2010 budget as big on spending but short on good policies, saying the measure of its worth is the impact it makes on the lives of ordinary citizens.

A Guyanese man, who became the first black man to appear regularly on British television, recently died in London at age 90, according to a BBC news report.

-complainant refuses to testify Four soldiers, who were accused of robbing a Region One mining camp last May, were freed after the virtual complainant (VC) declined to give evidence against them.

– in bid to avoid other vehicle Several persons were awaiting treatment at the Georgetown Hospital yesterday afternoon after the bus they were travelling in slammed into a street light pole in a bid to avoid a collision with another vehicle.

Beginning March 2, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will begin a national disconnection campaign, targeting those who have not paid their bills.

Police yesterday searched the home of a ‘drug lord’ at Ithaca, West Berbice and intercepted a fibreglass boat and an engine that was reportedly used to transport illegal drugs.

-Health Ministry urges good hygiene Following a slight increase in diarrheal illnesses since the start of the year, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy is urging the public to adopt good hygiene practices to curb incidences.

The second phase of the creation of a playfield for the children of the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages is progressing at the girls’ home at Oleander Gardens.

A 37-year-old GUYOIL driver is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital after his vehicle was hit by a car, whose occupants abandoned it and fled the scene on Valentine’s Day.

Joseph Barker was yesterday remanded to jail after he pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition.

-Westford Faced with criticisms such as corruption and abuse of power, Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford yesterday said the government is taking steps to deal with the problem.

The thirty-five Community Health Workers (CHWs) who graduated last Friday at the West Demerara Regional Hospital  will help to modernise services and boost staff capacity in the health sector.

-Singh Although the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) projects increased expenditure over the next three years, according to Finance Minister Dr.

GuySuCo will pay sugar workers an Annual Production Incentive (API) of 6 days pay for last year.

Two British women were arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday with cocaine in the wigs they were wearing as they were preparing to board the same flight.

– moves to curb cash transactions Scotiabank yesterday un-veiled its Small Business Banking (SBB), a suite of products, which promises to help proprietors grow their businesses.

The Ministry of Housing and Water is embarking on an initiative to promote home ownership by professionals and low-income persons, revealing that it expects to allocate about 5,500 house lots this year.

A clothes vendor was not required to plead to the indictable charge of robbery under arms when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday.