Guyana News

Eighteen students of the Open Doors Centre, a vocational training institution for persons with disabilities, graduated yesterday with skills in information technology, carpentry and joinery, garment construction and electrical installation.

Three accused robbers were yesterday committed to stand trial for allegedly abducting two men, including a policeman a 2015 attack in which $42 million were stolen from the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) during a transfer to the Bourda Post Office.

Caribbean youth leaders have called for a review of the age of consent as it is not aligned with the age when most young people are allowed to access sexual and reproductive health services.

Vaccination week was officially launched yesterday at the Dorothy Bailey Health Centre, under the theme ‘Get vax to celebrate a healthy tomorrow.’

For potential homeowners seeking comfort, style and quality, at a price that is affordable, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) may have what they are looking for at the Perseverance Housing Development, East Bank Demerara.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has received much needed human resources with the addition of 60 detectives and aides all of whom would have successfully completed the recently concluded CID Induction Course No 1/2017.

With a focus on the welfare of Guyana’s elderly population, the Ministry of Social Protection is the process of establishing a committee aimed at ensuring elderly residential facilities are in compliance with the minimum standards set for operation of such facilities.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall was earlier today arrested by ranks of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).

On Wednesday April 19, 2017, the police say that fifty-seven year old farmer, Linden Gordon  of 5118 Central Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden was arrested in Amelia’s Ward by ranks of the Guyana Police Force with ninety-three grams of cannabis.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) says proposed ministerial powers to make regulations for the Integrity Commission should be expunged along with what it called a `terror’ clause and it has also criticised the proposed Code of Conduct for top officials as weak and low on specificity.

The issue of the cultivation of industrial hemp is not on the government’s list of priorities, according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited is reporting an after-tax profit for the first half of fiscal 2017 of $1.36b.

A chef employed by an established fast food outlet was about 4.30 this morning arrested for trafficking in narcotics at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri just as he was about to board a flight destined for The Bahamas.

The White Paper for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that the APNU+AFC government plans to debate in parliament would entail the issuing of land to workers and cane farmers.

More than a month after the disclosure of  the `fast-tracking’ of a $605m emergency drug purchase for the GPHC which did not comply with the procurement law, two separate investigations are still to issue findings.

With the ten-day ultimatum for the return of 15 seized computers from the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democra-tic Council (NDC) having expired without them being returned, attorney Anil Nandlall has said that he will file court action against the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) today.

One day after being served with an injunction delaying their elections, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has advised its members that elections will be held as planned today.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Embassy in Guyana on Friday signed an agreement for the advancement of the fisheries sector which will see Beijing providing training.

A city magistrate on Friday sentenced a Route 42 minibus driver to 56 months in jail for causing the death by dangerous driving of Lynette Joseph.

A rudimentary mechanic workshop on the reserve has residents in the Sandy Babb Street, Kitty area, pleading with authorities to remove the operations.