Guyana News

The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC) yesterday  expressed its condolences to the family and friends of Guyanese, Dr Desmond Roderick Rodwell Broomes, known to many at CXC as Dr Broomes or “Dessie.”

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is inviting bids for the installation of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on 57 government buildings.

Donations toward fundraising for Ephraim Collins, the seven-year-old boy diagnosed with Hydrocephaly, have slowed, but preparations are in place to have these efforts taken internationally.

The Nand Persaud Group of Companies on Friday commissioned a $110m solar power system at its call centre in Tain, Corentyne.

Residents of Georgetown who live in areas where parking meters will be placed are being invited to apply for discounted parking.

Norway says the Norconsult report on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) is not a “decision document” but merely says that the project is worth another look.

Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson SC strongly believes that efforts are being made to frustrate his work even as he has vowed that he will continue to function and will resist any attempt to force him out of office.

A 61-year-old watchman succumbed in a city hospital on Friday morning, two days after he was discovered with his throat slit at Pigeon Island, Corentyne River where he was working and his employer along with several others is being questioned by the police.

A Chinese family who fled Guyana two years ago and have attempted to gain refugee status in Canada on the basis of being targeted by bandits purely because of their ethnicity was late last month granted a reprieve when a Federal Court ruled that the initial denial of their application be reviewed.

The fire that gutted the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara apartment complex on Friday night is suspected to have been electrical, says Operations Manager of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Compton Sparman.

Ed Caesar was re-elected as president of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) when the body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday at the National Racquet Centre.

Having noted that the current drainage structure in Georgetown cannot cope with the intensity and volume of rainfall being recorded Cabinet has requested the formation of an entity which would oversee the maintenance of the existing structure while working to greatly increase its capacity by 2018.

Acting Chancellor Carl Singh last Friday proceeded with the hearing of the appeal of the ruling made by now retired Chief Justice Ian Chang that the presidential term-limit is unconstitutional and has set February 15 for decision after giving specific time periods for each party involved to make written submissions.

The Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) remains resolute in its drive to address the continued wanton dumping in the area, despite the challenges faced with uncooperative residents and market vendors.

A breathtaking photograph of a benab with children standing around outside and the Pakaraima Mountains in the background planted a seed in young Odacy Davis’s mind and though it was not watered for many years it continued to grow and today it is a full-fledged tree; the love she developed for the environment is now her career.

Five weeks before acting Chancellor Carl Singh goes into retirement, the government has advertised for suitable persons to apply for the post as well as that of the Chief Justice.

The police on Friday exhumed the body of Surujpaul Dindyal and while his family is certain that the remains are indeed his, they are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) may get an additional seven investigators later this year through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded project, according to Chairman retired Justice Cecil Kennard, who says this year would also see more outreaches and the establishment of regional offices.

The Ministry of Education is urging teachers to embrace technology, repudiating the alleged demands by education officials that teachers prepare handwritten schemes and notes of lessons.

The Ministry of Communities is to approach the National Assembly to amend the provisions of the Municipal and District Councils Act so that the term for Mayors and Deputy Mayors will coincide with that of office holders in the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils.