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Winston Brassington, the Chairman of controversial government holding company, NICIL has been sent on leave with immediate effect to facilitate investigations by the Guyana Police Force and the Special Organised Crime Unit stemming from the audit report recently done on the entity.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) yesterday slammed government for its “cavalier” treatment of allegations against interim Guyana Power and Light (GPL) chief Colin Welch saying that he should be sent on leave to facilitate an investigation.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday accused government of being uncaring as a cabinet decision by the former PPP/C administration to have sweeper/cleaner workers benefit from a pay increase since 2013 is yet to be implemented.

The Ministry of Social Protection has from the period May to December 10, 2015 been able to recover $59M of wages owed to workers.

A guard attached to Massy Security died yesterday and several other persons were injured after a Route 44 minibus that was travelling to Georgetown reportedly toppled before slamming into a private car on the Goedverwagting Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Dr. Clement Rajpaul Sukdeo, 69, lost his life when his vehicle ran into a ditch at Leonora, West Coast Demerara around 11:25 pm on Monday.

After being on the run for a little over five years, murder accused Seon Anthony Edwards was on Monday arrested by the police and confessed to killing Haslington miner, Rawle Peters in 2010.

Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington said on Monday that the Marriott Hotel is covering all of its operating costs with no financial assistance.

President David Granger yesterday described late former President Desmond Hoyte as an example of selfless service to the people of Guyana and a man imbued with an acute awareness of the need to change the course of direction of the country.

Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) Winston Brassington says the entity’s role in the Pradoville 2 housing development was limited and it was only following Cabinet’s direction.

A Vryheid’s Lust resident was yesterday arraigned and refused bail on charges of unlicensed firearm possession before a city court.

Forensic auditor Anand Goolsarran yesterday defended his report on government’s holding company NICIL saying that the findings are backed by legal support and despite a hostile response from NICIL which placed a severe restriction on the audit, he tried his best to incorporate as many explanations as possible provided by the entity.

Former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang will continue working on rulings in the elections petition filed by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic, and their challenge to the APNU+AFC government’s technocratic ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott sitting in the national assembly.

The APNU+AFC government is presently seeking legal advice about whether logging company Baishan-lin Forestry Limited is able to engage in activities outside of the “wood processing” they originally came to Guyana to do.

Prakash Maniram, the carpenter who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in critical condition after he was struck by a speeding minibus earlier this month, has succumbed to his injuries.

In light of a fire which continues to burn at the Haags Bosch landfill site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown is advising residents in Georgetown that the routine cycle of waste collection has been disrupted.

No law was broken in government’s holding company NICIL’s funding of the ill-fated High Street project with the funding for the project being approved at the parliamentary level, the entity’s Executive Director Winston Brassington has said.

As Christmas Day draws near, the hustle and bustle of the seasonal shopping continues as everyone is trying to get in on their last minute purchases.

A group of Indigenous soap and beauty care producers from Region Nine are in the city benefiting from training at the laboratories of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) A release from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday said that the training is a result of a partnership between the Ministry of Social Cohesion and IAST.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition yesterday accused the ruling Socialist Party of seeking to block 22 lawmakers from taking office in January in what it described as an effort to undermine the opposition’s commanding victory in this month’s legislative election.