Guyana News

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been approved funding to source much needed drugs.

A total of $24.6 billion has been proposed in this year’s budget for the security sector, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, who says emphasis will be placed on rebuilding public trust.

Government is proposing to spend $1 billion on the justice sector this year, according to Minister Winston Jordan who told the National Assembly that efforts will be made to make the justice system fair and accessible to all.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday announced that fuel prices at the state-owned Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) will be slashed from the start of next week.

Government hopes to conclude negotiations with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to liberalise the telecommunications sector and pass laws in this regard later this year.

The members of six governing boards within the environmental sector were on Thursday given their letters of appointment.

Although a post-mortem examination performed on Kurt Burke revealed that the injuries which caused his death were injuries sustained in a vehicular accident, his distressed relatives continue to insist that foul play was involved.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, were foiled in their attempt to rob proprietor of Edun’s Poultry Farm Sidiq Edun on Thursday morning at the corner of Sheriff and Duncan streets.

The Sparendaam Magis-trate’s Court building is to be demolished to facilitate the construction of a new courthouse and sittings will be held at the nearby Better Hope Community Centre in the interim.

Floyd Anthony Ramit and Kemo Tyron Evans, the two men accused of murdering Hamson’s owner Abdul Farouk Hamid, were yesterday charged jointly with the crime.

A former Caribbean Chemicals Limited employee, who had been accused of stealing over $7.8 million from the company, was freed of the charge on Thursday.

A West Bank Demerara youth was yesterday denied bail by a city court after being accused of using an icepick to rob a Third Form-level student.

The Speaker of the National Assembly and Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday observed a minute of silence as a mark of respect for prominent attorney at law Hukumchand Parag, who died last Sunday after a period of illness.

Facing allegations of stealing an air-conditioning unit, a Prospect man was on Thursday granted $25,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty.

Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) says fallen branches from a city tree clearing exercise yesterday caused a short circuit on one of the main feeders out of its Kingston plant, resulting in several outages.

Some of the major 2016 budget measures announced yesterday by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

Shawn Harris called ‘Shawny’ or ‘Bruk Up’ and Timothy Asher Morrison, 26, are wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the robbery under arms committed on the Bank of Baroda at Mon Repos, ECD, on 2016-01-22.

Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Rickford Vieira has been dismissed.

Measures 6.1       Mr. Speaker, a range of measures are being proposed in this budget.

Introduction1.1        Mr. Speaker, I rise to move the motion for the approval of the Estimates of the Public Sector and the Budget for the Financial Year 2016 and, in doing so, I wish to indicate that Cabinet has recommended that the National Assembly proceed upon this motion, pursuant to Article 171 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.