Guyana News

It seems likely that the Berbice River water taxi pilot that started last Monday will continue as there has been an overwhelming response from residents.

Tenders were opened on Tuesday for the acquisition of spares for the Transport and Harbours Department’s fleet of aged vessels.

“Connecting with an important partner in Latin America. PM @narendramodi meets Prez David Arthur Granger of Guyana,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted today in New York, according to the Indian news agency, IANS.

At about 2030h. last night, acting on a report that armed men were seen in the Powis Landing area, Five Star Backdam, NWD, police ranks went to a house where they came under fire.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Pope Francis beseeched Americans to end hostility toward immigrants in a historic speech before the U.S.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Bolivia won the first round of its battle against Chile to gain unfettered access to the Pacific Ocean, as an International Court of Justice decision went in its favour, disappointing Chileans who had hoped the case would end today.

The Police Office of Professional Responsibility (POPR) says it is investigating an alleged corrupt transaction involving a number of police ranks following the seizure of a quantity of cocaine from a motor vehicle along the Corentyne, Berbice, on September 10, 2015.

– international agencies, friendly countries briefed As Georgetown prepares to dispatch a diplomatic note to Caracas about the breach of Guyanese sovereignty, international bodies and friendly countries are being briefed about current developments relating to the Venezuelan military presence here.

Amid an ongoing investigation into reported high levels of gold smuggling, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman disclosed yesterday that a task force will be established to examine the issue as well as boost inter-agency cooperation.

The State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) has hit a snag in recovering stolen state assets and is awaiting new legislation as well as reformed laws to comprehensively move to recover these assets.

A farm owned by former PPP/C public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford was searched for about five hours on Tuesday as part of the work being done by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) but nothing was found, sources say.

A European Union funded Child Advocacy Centre at Fort Wellington, Berbice was officially declared open yesterday in a move to avoid children traumatized by abuse having to recount their experiences repeatedly at different agencies.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has deferred his ruling on the court’s jurisdiction to hear the opposition PPP/C’s challenge to APNU+AFC technocrat ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott sitting in the National Assembly.

In the wake of underbidding by contractors to ensure that they win contracts, following which they would apply for increases amounting to millions of dollars, government yesterday said that new tender guidelines will be created that will see penalties for works delivered late.

A man accused of being part of a gang of seven that robbed another man at the seawall on Monday, was granted bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Penny Smith, the Leopold Street woman who was allegedly found with 17 grammes of cocaine hidden in a plastic bag at her Werk-en-Rust home, was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison after she was found guilty of possession of cocaine for trafficking by a city court.

A North Ruimveldt youth who was arrested over robbing an acquaintance, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday and was also charged with escaping from lawful custody.

Stabroek Classifieds (http://classifieds.stabroeknews.com) is the latest enhancement to the Stabroek News website.

There is no merit appraisal for public servants, senior personnel officer in the central department of the Public Service Department within the Ministry of the Presidency Gail Williams revealed during yesterday’s proceedings of the Public Service Commission of Inquiry (CoI).

A woman who was injured last month after the driver of the bus she was travelling in lost control of the vehicle and plunged into a nearby canal, is calling on the police to investigate the matter.