Guyana News

The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Foundation last Saturday presented its first three graduates at its Fifth Annual Fundraising Dinner at the Marriott Hotel.

Classes at the Mae’s School were called off yesterday after a nearby power pole began sparking.

The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Depart-ment (GA-FDD) is reminding food importers for the local market that these imports must be accompanied by the relevant documents, including a Free Sale Certificate or a Health Certificate and/or a Certificate of Analysis.

A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conducted a trainer of trainers’ course on human rights for members of the Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force from October 26-30.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has announced the appointment of Parbatie Khan as its new General Manager (Credit).

Minister of Health, Dr George Norton in his presentation at the UNAIDS 37th Programme Coor-dinating Board meeting last month in Geneva, Switzerland said not enough has been done to address HIV in prisons.

The Guyana National Computer Incident Response Team (Guyana National CIRT) has issued a warning to the general public against the use of ‘pirated’ or ‘cracked’ software as they can lend to infection and security breaches in computers.

A report in Tuesday’s edition, headlined “Labour violations uncovered at Camp and Robb Streets work site,” erroneously stated that a structure being erected at the corner of Camp and Robb streets is to be an addition to the Teleperformance call centre, which is located on the northern side.

Following a District Conference hosted by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in Mabaruma on 18th October 2015, a resolution disagreeing with the government’s decision to officially declare Mabaruma a town in 2016, was presented and unanimously passed According to a PPP press release, residents of the districts within the Mabaruma/Hosororo/Kumaka Neighbourhood Democratic Council are of the opinion that despite the improvements over the last two decades, further infrastructural development and upgrades particularly in the area of utility services need to be realised before the community can attain the status of Township.

Scores of tenders poured in yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) building, Ministry of Finance. 

The month of October saw a number of initiatives and outreach programmes being conducted by the Guyana Police Force (F-Division) in Bartica, as it aims to create public trust and strengthen the reinforcement of secure communities.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman represented Guyana at the fifth Korea-Caribbean Forum held in Seoul, South Korea last month.

Persons living in the Timehri North area will soon benefit from better access to potable water and a paved access road.

The Mayor and Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown has deemed the recently concluded Green Conference and Expo a “great success.”

One of the persons who was found dead on the seawall yesterday after reportedly ingesting poison has been identified as 19-year-old Cummings Lodge resident Kavita Ackloo.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-A Director on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has resigned with immediate effect accusing the Antigua based organization of unprofessionalism, poor business methods and being responsible for a spate of public disputes with players.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-The much-anticipated report by the Cricket Review Panel set up to examine the governance structure and recommendations on the way forward for West Indies cricket will be revealed tomorrow, a Grenada government Information Statement announced today.

Detectives  in ‘F’ Division are currently wrapping up their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of gold miner, Sheldon Rodrigues, male, 36 yrs of Ondeerneeming Village, Essequibo Coast, which occurred about 02:15hrs on November 02, 2015, at Falls Top, Arimu, Cuyuni River, the police say.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Minister Regilio Dodson of Natural Resources will receive a feasibility study for the export of drinking water today.

The bodies of a man and a woman were yesterday afternoon discovered on the Kingston seawall in the vicinity of Pegasus Hotel and police believe, pending further investigations that they are dealing with a double suicide.