Guyana News

The Ministry of Indige-nous Peoples’ Affairs has been unable to properly account for the $865.1 million reportedly spent under the Hinterland Employment and Youth Services (HEYS) programme and amounts totalling $210.3 million that were released for projects in over 200 Amerindian villages, the 2017 Auditor General’s Report has said.

Yesterday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department, Headquarters Eve Leary conducted an exercise in Georgetown which targeted motor vehicles with obscured identification marks.

The Batavia Village Council is awaiting verification of a recent land survey by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) before commencing negotiations to resolve a dispute with miner Rickey Ramnarine.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Company yesterday received multi-million dollar bids for the construction of an Administrative and Quality Control Laboratory building.

Techemet which has been offering brokerage and trading services to the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) for approximately four years now last week paid a courtesy call on the agency as the latter continues to pursue measures to ensure compliance and enhance transparency.

The Government Analyst–Food & Drug Department (GA-FDD) is calling on all water processing factories to conform to all of the department’s requirements as it relates to the sale and distribution of treated water in five- gallon bottles.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is investigating the reported raids on the homes of two La Penitence families last Wednesday by persons purporting to be officers attached to CANU and the Police Narcotics Branch.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced the discovery of the skeletal remains of an unidentified male in the Diamond Backlands.

A five-member team from Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is in the Netherlands undergoing three weeks of well regeneration training.

Three former policemen  were on Monday sentenced to one year imprisonment and fined $25,000 each at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, after they were found guilty of accepting a $6M bribe in September, 2015.

The Vergenoegen Secondary School is now benefiting from a $14M annex as well as a $4M canteen, guard hut and landfilled compound, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

On its first solo outing at the Local Government Elections, the Alliance for Change (AFC)  is set to battle it out with its coalition partner, APNU in Linden.

The Linden Fund Trust (LFT)/Linden Community Forum has invited the parties contesting in the region at the November 12 local government elections – the AFC, APNU, PPP/C and the URP to participate in two Town Meetings/Debates.

Students in the East Canje, Berbice area will now get to school free of cost as the government  along with Princess Ramada Hotel commissioned its 29th David ‘G’ School Bus on Monday at the Canje Secondary School.

As part of efforts to strengthen its regulatory oversight role regarding the use of high risk drugs in Guyana, the Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) recently participated in a workshop on the registration process associated with biologics and biosimilar-type drugs.

Robert Forrester, whose photograph was placed in an advertisement over the weekend advising the public that he was not authorised to transact business on behalf of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), is not an agent of the CHPA says Chief Executive Officer Lelon Saul.

Michael Smith, the accused in a burglary, was yesterday remanded to prison after a court heard that he was seen leaving with the stolen goods, which were later found in his house.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he will seek to limit the right of citizenship for certain children born in the United States in a new bid to dramatically reshape immigration policies that was likely to spark a congressional battle.

All the results of the November 12th local government elections should be available by the end of the following day, according to Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, who yesterday assured that preparations for voting by both the disciplined services and civilians are on track.

Amid growing questions, about the state of President David Granger’s health, the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) today issued a release in which the President is reported as saying that he had been experiencing “symptoms” following a check-up in Trinidad in May and was proceeding to Cuba to have the relevant investigation done.