Guyana News

The Government of Guyana will be paying out a year-end bonus to public service employees, who earn less than $500,000 per month, the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 1440h.

Miss Guyana Lisa Punch has won the Miss World Talent competition, which guarantees her a place in the final.

Tax exemptions for the Marriott Hotel project from January 2013 to July 2015 stand at $1.2 billion, according to the forensic audit into the project which also highlighted the other concessions it received.

After a hiatus of several weeks, Parliament is to meet on Thursday for a packed agenda which includes a motion for all Members of the National Assembly to make public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the last 10 years.

Over several years, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) transferred over $3.7 billion to government’s holding company NICIL for the maintenance of hinterland roads and at least $1.3 billion has not been accounted for.

A bandit will now lose sight in his left eye and another one is on the run after an early morning shootout with the police yesterday in Grove following a robbery.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is warning the public that it has to give planning permission before the start of any building operations or the change of land use for the purposes of establishing a business.

At about 0700h. today, the police say that the bodies of Roy Roopnarine, 46 years, and Trevor Persaud, 27 years, both of Itaballi, were recovered in the vicinity of Bradford Point, Mazaruni River.

The man who lost his life on Saturday night after he crashed into a tree was identified yesterday.

Over two years after laws were passed providing for the establishment of a Local Government Com-mission, such a body is yet to be established despite strident calls by APNU and the AFC when in opposition, for it to be set up.

The recommendations put forth by the Public Infrastructure Ministry as it relates to the Guyana Power and Light’s Board of Directors are still with cabinet and awaiting approval.

Almost two months after revelations that the National Communications Network (NCN) may have had equipment for satellite uplinking, a service which it had contracted out at significant expense, the entity is mum on the investigation.

The mother of Denilson Rose, the 17-year-old who died after he was allegedly hit down and dragged some distance by a member of the Guyana Police Force in October, is hoping that the person responsible for her son’s death will be brought to justice soon.

Commuters are happy that parking space has been provided for them at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling but are concerned at the condition of one section.

An Albouystown man was on Friday granted $10,000 bail after he appeared before a city court to face a charge of stealing $760.

President David Granger yesterday arrived in Baracara, Region Six to a warm welcome from residents and delivered a message of self-reliance and gifts to the children.

The 3rd Annual Tree lighting and Family Festival will be held in the National Park on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 from 6pm.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – In the clearest sign yet it intends to resist the recommendations of CARICOM’s Governance Review Panel, the West Indies Cricket Board says it has retained the services of Dominican lawyer Anthony Astaphan.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday commissioned the multi-million-dollar Aruwai Whitewater Resort in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area, the brainchild of Bartica gold miner, Chunilall Baboolall.