Year: 2011

By Ariana Gordon A miner was shot dead while two others are seriously injured and woman kidnapped when gunmen ambushed them along a trail at Five Star Backdam, North West District (NWD) early Tuesday morning. Two persons have since been arrested. Dead is Cleveland Smithet, 37, of Ideal Road, Kuru Kuru, East Bank Demerara (EBD); the injured are Cleveland’s brother, Trevor, 41, also of Kuru Kuru and Lloyd David, reportedly from Matthews Ridge. Guyana Times International understands that the men, in the company of a female who is yet to be…

By North American Contributor  Guyanese-Canadian Sherryn Rambihar recently completed her medical studies and training in cardiology earning a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, FRCPC. She is now one of the newest additions to Canada’s prestigious list of cardiologists. She follows in the footsteps of her illustrious father, Toronto’s internationally recognized cardiologist Dr Vivian Rambihar, a graduate of Georgetown’s prestigious Queens College. Dr. Rambihar completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto with Highest Distinction and with the prize for the highest average for a student…

An early morning accident on Second Avenue, Bartica on Wednesday has left one man dead and another critical after the car in which they were travelling slammed into a parked truck. The accident occurred about 02:35h. Dead is 24-year-old Cleveland Jordon, a miner of Sixth Avenue, Bartica, while the injured man is known as Chavez Garcia. According to information received, Jordon, who was driving, was reportedly speeding and in the vicinity of Joe Hill Shop in Second Avenue when the accident occurred. Jordon reportedly died on the spot but was…

The Children’s Legal Aid service on Tuesday received more than Gy$3 million from UNICEF, bringing the total contribution to the agency to in excess of Gy$9 million over the past four years. Presenting the cheque was UNICEF representative to Guyana and Suriname Dr Suleiman Braimoh and receiving on behalf of Children’s Legal Aid was Guyana Legal Aid Director Josephine Whitehead. After the short handing over ceremony, Whitehead told Guyana Times International that the generous contributions by UNICEF single-handedly will help keep Children’s Legal Aid operational. In the PPP/ C’s 2006…

Public Service Minister Dr Jennifer Westford said she is not aware of any instance where a decision was taken to dismiss any public servant because they chose to wear the colour “green” during the just-concluded election season. Dr Westford was responding to a claim made by the chairman of the opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger. He had alleged, in one of the dailies, that APNU had received reports from affected persons which suggested that their services were terminated because of their decision to clad themselves…

Guyana has recommitted itself towards lobbying the government of the United States for the lifting of the decades-old economic and financial embargo on Cuba as it continues to forge deeper ties with the communist state. This was the message delivered by Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett to scores of diplomats, heads of state and high-level Caricom officials who converged in Trinidad and Tobago for the staging of the Fourth Caricom/ Cuba Summit. Minister Rodrigues-Birkett, read a message on behalf of newly-elected President Donald Ramotar because he was unable to attend…

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr Roger Luncheon on Friday, November 9 at his first media briefing under the new administration said the use of force by law enforcement officials is justified in cases of illegal or unlawful activities. He was at the time responding to questions raised by the media on the recent incident whereby police fired rubber pellets at A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) supporters on Tuesday as they marched through city streets. “My understanding about the use of force is that it depends on assessments…