Guyana News

A voir dire is currently being conducted before Justice Navindra Singh as the trial of the quartet accuse of murdering 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris continued yesterday.

Firefighters yesterday managed to contain a fire in a partially-constructed building along Alexander Street, near the Bourda Market.

Two youths were yesterday refused bail after being charged with armed robbery.

The government will be focusing on guaranteeing that Neighbourhood Democratic Councils’ revenue bases are adequate to allow for financial independence and general autonomy in the management of their affairs.

The Leader of the Opposition and former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo recently attended a meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States’ Eminent Persons Group (EPG) in Brussels, Belgium.

Officer Richard Macbeth of Leonora Police Station is presently in the Accident and Emergency Depart-ment of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

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.”