A health and safety audit of the University of Guyana (UG) has found serious infrastructural deficiencies as well as infestations of rodents, bats and insects which currently pose risks to both the staff and students of the institution.
While the University of Guyana’s unions appreciate former Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith’s decision not to seek a contract renewal, they said on Thursday that they are also still insisting on having several things done, including a financial audit of the institution’s books.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials expressed interest in assets declarations of Guyana’s public officials when they met Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams last week.
Maverick De Abreu, who is charged with assaulting Trinidadian Soca singer, Rodney ‘Benjai’ LeBlanc, was on Friday told that he would have to lead his defence.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has improved its intelligence gathering capacity, as indicated by the increase in tip-offs received from the public in 2018.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences yesterday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s political crisis enters its second week today as uncertainty mounts over the fate of government leader Carrie Lam and an extradition bill she postponed at the weekend.
Alliance for Change (AFC) member Imran Khan on Saturday disclosed that he is yet to file an official complaint with the party regarding alleged threats he and his wife have received and is waiting for the appropriate time to do so.
The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Friday hosted its annual Blood Donor Award ceremony, an event held to reward and thank Guyana’s most committed blood donors and organisations which have helped in that regard.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Youth unemployment in South Africa has become a “national crisis”, President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday at an event commemorating youth activism during the apartheid era.
CARACAS (Reuters) – The ad-hoc board of Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaido, said on Saturday it had asked Jamaica’s government not to seize the company’s shares in an oil refinery on the island.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Power returned to much of Argentina and two neighbouring countries following a massive blackout that left tens of millions in the dark yesterday, but Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the cause of the “unprecedented” outage was still unclear.
Gafsons Industries Limited’s concrete blocks are officially a certified product, after the company was presented with a certificate from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), upon successfully fulfilling the requirements of the Guyana Standard (GYS) Specification for load bearing masonry concrete units.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, appeared in court yesterday to admit criminal wrongdoing over the misuse of state funds to order catered meals, in a plea bargain carrying no jail time.
The increasing influx of Venezuelan nationals into Guyana has prompted the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) via the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to partner in generating a referral pathway for the Venezuelan survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
(Trinidad Guardian) Government’s visa stipulation for Venezuelans is causing concerns among some Venezuelans who are due to come here soon, as well as recent registrants who had planned to bring relatives over.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Major businesses in Brazil are using court injunctions to avoid being named and shamed on the country’s slave labor “dirty list” – a practice that prosecutors and judges said weakened a key tool designed to stop companies profiting from slavery.
(Barbados Nation) A group of men who were playing dominoes under a street light at Well Gap, St Michael, early this morning ran for cover when they heard gunshots.
The prosecution on Friday afternoon closed its case against Shaquille Grant and Neville Forde, who are accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia bread vendor Andre Melroy Alexander, who was shot and killed.
TUMBES, Peru, (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Peru despite a crackdown on migrants without passports or visas meant to stem the flood of immigration from their crisis-stricken nation, as many lacking those documents filed asylum requests instead.
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