Guyana News

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) today said that it will tomorrow present 70 lists to contest local government elections in 550 constituencies and nine municipalities.

The government and the IDB today launched a US$15m plan to fight crime.

Guyana’s nominee as Ambassador to Venezuela, Cheryl Miles is still to be officially recognised by Caracas despite a UN-brokered agreement in September last year following months of border-inspired tensions between the two countries.

For last year, Mohamed’s Enterprise was the dealer who declared the highest amount of gold of 155 800 ounces, according to the Guyana Gold Board’s General Manager’s report which says that the agency will have audits of licensed gold dealers and traders.

With large acreage of paddy across the rice-growing belt under threat due to a lack of water, blame is being cast at officials who were warned months ago of the strong El Nino but took no action particularly in relation to pumping water into the Tapakuma Conservancy in Region Two.

Despite promises to speedily set up the Integrity Commission, the APNU+AFC government is yet to do so and there is no indication of when it will be done.

A team from Norway is due here this week for talks with Guyana on the five-year forest protection agreement which ended last year with mixed results.

Another person is in police custody along with the car that was allegedly used in the daring daylight robbery of the Bank of Baroda branch at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara on Friday.

While 4434 land titles were distributed by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) in 2015, the agency was only able to allocate 251 house lots for the last seven months of the year.

Head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene is appealing for the members of the public to report all cases of child abuse.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has issued a warning to city dwellers over unauthorised signs and other structures on council property.

Restoration of the Kitty market would be in the hands of the next Mayor of Georgetown, city mayor Hamilton Green says.

President David Granger on Saturday pledged to add two more ‘B’s to his ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ programme, in the form of books and breakfast, to ensure children from across the country are not stymied in attending school.

University of Guyana (UG) law student, Glenfield Dennison who was shot twice in front of his home on Thursday night remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital as the police investigation continues.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is broadening its search for candidates for the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and a new deadline for nominees of February 19th, 2016 has been set.

Banks DIH’s shareholders will be receiving a special interim dividend due to the sale of its shares in Barbados beverage conglomerate Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) and Chairman Clifford Reis told shareholders yesterday that a deal with the buyer would also see the company getting access to manufacture almost two dozen more beer brands.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday denied that its ranks seized jewellery estimated to be valued over US$10,000 from a Better Hope goldsmith, who has since filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

One person is currently in custody in connection with last Friday’s armed robbery of the Bank of Baroda branch at Mon Repos and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum says investigators are searching for the man suspected to have led the attack.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is moving to regulate the operations of taxis in the city, which may see fees being charged on properties used as bases as well as the demarcation of special zones for independent drivers.

Residents of Mabaruma, North West District and other parts of Region One are currently experiencing water woes as the drought effects of the ongoing El Nino weather phenomenon continue to pose countrywide water problems.