Year: 2012

One week after 25-year-old Sean De Freitas Sookdeo of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was killed, police are still to make an arrest. The businessman was laid to rest on Sunday. Police are still looking for leads that can assist them in apprehending the man’s murderers. Sookdeo was the owner of a boutique opposite the Quality Super Centre at the Berbice car park. A member of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force disclosed that reports that Sookdeo was a taxi driver by relatives are false. The…

A 19-year-old teenager was found hanging from the ceiling of his Lot 144 Grass Field, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara home by a neighbour last Friday. Dead is Rajendra “Anil” Kumar who was discovered around 14: 00h, hanging from the ceiling in his room. Guyana Times International understands that the young man was last seen around 10: 00h that morning before his family left for an outing at the creek. He was supposed to join his family; however, he reportedly refused to go. According to an officer attached to the investigations,…

One security official attached to the Roraima Airways, along with a representative of a catering service, was on Monday morning taken into custody following another cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri. Five kilograms of cocaine was discovered neatly sewn into airline blankets around 06:50h. The blankets were intended for a Delta flight destined for the United States of America. According to information received, the cocaine was in the possession of the security official who was attempting to pass through a security checkpoint. An airport official disclosed…

The British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre on Tuesday hosted a reception at his residence to bid farewell to the two recipients of the Chevening Scholarship to further their studies in the United Kingdom. Two persons, Chavika Harilal and Joel Simpson, were each awarded a one-year scholarship to study at universities in the United Kingdom. Harrilal will be going to the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK, to further her studies in conservation in rural development whilst Simpson will be furthering his studies in the law on human rights…

Acting Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali on Monday met with several small, medium and large-scale Canadian companies and individuals who are interested in doing business in Guyana, particularly providing more airlift services to the domestic market. Ali, along with a small contingent, hosted a string of meetings at various locations in Canada which aimed to not only promote the investment opportunities available in Guyana, but create linkages that could result in joint investment ventures in various sectors. The tourism minister also met with Michael Thompson, a city councillor for Scarborough, Ontario…

Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations kicked off last Saturday night at the Amerindian village in Sophia Exhibition Site, with President Donald Ramotar urging Amerindians to preserve their culture. He warned that if they allow their languages to die, it would be the beginning of the end of their culture. Focusing on the theme of the celebrations, the head of state said, “a person who is not rooted in his heritage loses his identity, and is thus akin to a rolling stone”. He added that Amerindians must continue to pass on their…

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said that government may consider reviewing the Broadcast Act, based on calls made by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and its leader, David Granger. Hinds was at the time responding to questions posed to him on the act and government’s intention to create a free press for the purpose of social and economic development, last week. “We are always open to review on things, and I think the issue would determine how we feel about it and how the population at large feels…

Former Human Services Minister and attorney Bibi Shadick has been identified as the chairperson of the governing board of the newly created Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA). This was announced by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday at his post-Cabinet news briefing. The other board members are opposition nominee Sherwood Lowe and presidential nominees Margo Boyce, Gerry Gouveia, Norman Mclean, Charles Ramson Jr; and Dindyal Permaul. None of them has any experience in broadcasting, though the law does not specifically lay that down as a requirement. “The governing board…