The Ministry of Finance is expected to begin financial audits of at least four agencies today, three of which are the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC), the Guyana Gold Board (GCB) and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL)
GINA said that this was disclosed by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan
Over 100 Amerindian communities will be holding meetings for Toshaos and Village Councillors shortly, Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock says.
The condition of the National Psychiatric Hos-pital in New Amsterdam, Region Six, has been described as ‘disgraceful’ by Minister of Public Health, Dr.
The APNU+AFC government should use the opportunity it now has to quickly break the back of political majoritarianism and bring the opposition PPP/C into a “general compromise”, according to commentator Dr Henry Jeffrey.
A teenager who appeared to be confused was on Friday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court charged with breaking and entering the house of another and stealing a quantity of valuables.
The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) on Saturday evening honoured Head of State, David Granger, Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo and other members of the Cabinet on their acceding to office, GINA said.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s hopes of assuming greater powers suffered a major setback yesterday when the ruling AK Party he founded failed to win an outright majority in a parliamentary election for the first time.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s party is expected to retain its slim working majority in the lower house of Congress in mid-term elections yesterday despite discontent about corruption, gang violence and lackluster economic growth.
(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain: Two scapegoats. That’s how fired chairman of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Gerald Yetming has described Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran’s decision to terminate him and the company’s chief executive Carolyn John on Friday.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China could be wasting enough hydroelectricity to power Britain and Germany for a year, depriving its smog-bound eastern regions of huge volumes of clean energy as a result of poor planning and weak grid infrastructure.
At about 2140h. today, the police say that a group of men were under a shed at North Sophia when a car drove up and a man armed with a firearm exited and discharged rounds in their direction.
At about 1805h. today, police ranks responded to a report of threatening behaviour in which Regan Richards, 18 years, of One Mile Extension, Wismar, who is reported to be mentally unstable, was armed with a cutlass and chasing down residents.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – The former head of Egypt’s football federation said today that ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner asked for $7 million from Egypt, suggesting it could help with Egypt’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The British Broadcasting Corp claims to have seen evidence detailing what happened to the $10 million soccer’s world governing body FIFA sent to former vice-president Jack Warner.
Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro has issued a decree claiming sovereignty over Guyana’s territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean off the Essequibo region and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday said the Venezuelan ambassador will be summoned to give an explanation.