Guyana News

An investigation into claims of attempts to defraud the government’s flood relief programme in Region Six has found no evidence of “corruption or skullduggery”, Regional Chairman David Armogan yesterday said.

As negotiations continue with China Railway Group Limited on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has announced that construction is slated to commence later this year.

With two of the five newly installed generators at the Guyana Power and Light’s Garden of Eden facility up and running, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharrat Dindyal said they are scheduled to conduct an assessment today to determine the cause of recent problems.

The Transcultura Programme: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union (EU), is receiving scholarship applications for online courses on cultural entrepreneurship at the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWIOC).

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 29th, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The Berbice Bridge entrance located in Region Six has now been furnished with streetlights.

Even as government continues negotiations with contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) for the building of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge, it yesterday issued a request for proposals for supervisory services for the project.

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, in response to questions from this newspaper, has confirmed that all workplace accidents investigations had commenced but said that these investigations are at different stages.

The Ministry of Education is advising that all recent graduates from Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9 of the Cyril Potter College of Education will not have to travel to the Ministry of Education in Georgetown to sign their contracts with the Government of Guyana.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday visited the site for a proposed family-friendly recreational park at Corriverton Waterfront in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne).

Ranks of the Ruimveldt Police Station on Saturday participated in a clean-up exercise at Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

See tomorrow’s edition of Stabroek News for a detailed review by accounting firm Ram and McRae of the 2022 budget.

Following the publication of a wanted bulletin on Friday  and based on information received, police ranks in Regional Division 4C went to a house at Helena #1, Mahaica, where murder suspect Shawn Bobb was arrested.

India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K J Srinivasa today clarified that the company that entered the winning bid for the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway had offered a 5% discount within its bid and this therefore made it the lowest bidder for the project and not the highest as reported in today’s Sunday Stabroek.

Taking umbrage at criticisms that the proposed 2022 national budget will not improve the lives of ordinary Guyanese, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said it was built with the framework of expanding opportunities and enhancing the livelihood of every citizen.

Government should stay away from supporting any non-oil project requiring subsidized energy, and instead focus on maximizing the revenues received from the non-oil economy and supporting local content initiatives to push that.

The Ministry of Education is investigating the circumstances that led to two uniformed members of the Guyana Police Force entering the Covent Garden Secondary School’s compound and manhandling a male student.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said that the government will be intensifying its campaign to go after assets implicated in drug-related offences and others believed to be the proceeds from organised crime.

Five more persons succumbed to COVID-19 between Friday and yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira, says that it is important there not be even a hint of a conflict of interest in the membership of the procurement commission.