Month: April 2013

Businessman had warned intruder before shooting – police

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Senior ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Wednesday confirmed that on the night of the fatal shooting at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, which resulted in the death of an intruder, the businessman had warned his unwanted guest several times before he discharged his licensed fire arm. According to information, the businessman, Andrew Forrester, returned home just after mid-night on the day in question and upon entering his home, he was greeted by an intruder who was later identified as 28-year-old James Williams. The house was reportedly locked and the…

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Irish volunteer charged for threatening President Ramotar

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A 17-year-old Irish man who is in Guyana on a teaching project, was on Monday charged for allegedly threatening to shoot President Donald Ramotar in the head during an event at a night club in Lethem over the weekend. Cillian James Crossan is accused of threatening to shoot the Guyanese leader on March 29 at ‘City Boy Club’, Tabatinga, Lethem. He appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday. According to the police, on March 29 at Central Rupununi, Crossan said he would shoot the president…

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IMF warns Caribbean countries about high debts

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Caribbean countries that they face an uphill battle fighting the debt crisis that has them in a stranglehold. An IMF paper this week titled “Caribbean Small States: Challenges of High Debt And Low Growth”, said the average debt as a percentage of GDP for the region now hovered around 79 per cent, with some individual nations’ ratios over 100 per cent and the global financial crisis had worsened the debt crisis. And in a sobering analysis, the document prepared by the Western Hemisphere…

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Job creation vs poverty alleviation

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APNUs point man on economics, Mr Carl Greenidge, charged that the government in its budget was not focusing sufficiently on poverty reduction. Making this charge against a background, as outlined by the finance minister last week, of manageable public debt, declining fiscal deficits, recurrent account surpluses, low inflation, a healthy banking sector and persistent growth of the GDP for the past six years even as the sugar industry is unable to attract workers, has to be a statement based on ideology rather than reality. Mr Greenidge is evidently still holding…

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Williams says APNU favours post-election coalition – urges govt to give workers more $$$, relief

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Basil Williams has sent a strong signal on Wednesday which indicated the opposition’s desire for constitutional reforms to take place which could see the post-electoral coalitions becoming a reality, and part of the Guyanese political system. “A single constitutional change before the last elections would have crystallised the PPP’s position. Had our Constitution a provision for post-elections coalitions, to yield up a president and thus form the government, that one-seat would have given the APNU- AFC…

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“Let good sense prevail” – multi-stakeholders urge parliamentarians as budget debate heats up

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As parliamentarians continue debates on Budget 2013, on Wednesday President Donald Ramotar met civil society stakeholders to discuss the budget’s priorities and to garner their feedback. There was general consensus that this year’s budget is “a people’s budget”, “a consumers’ budget”, “one that addressed the vulnerable in society” and “one that can work”. Among those present were the Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), religious organisations, trade unions, and members of the legal fraternity. Recommendations on several issues, that in the stakeholders’ perspectives need…

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Hundreds of U.S.-based Guyanese return home for Easter holidays

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On Monday, Guyana and the rest of the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to usher in this holy season, many Guyanese families in the diaspora returned home to be a part of a true Guyanese Easter celebrations. Guyana Times International caught up with Seon Bristol and his family, who expressed their excitement to be in Guyana, noting that they came back to have a blast. Some of them are visiting Guyana for the first time, while others are frequent visitors during this time of year. Bristol, the…

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Banks appointed NYPD’s new chief of department

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Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced on Wednesday the appointment of Philip Banks III as the NYPD’s new Chief of Department. The 26-year veteran of the force and its current Chief of Community Affairs will be officially installed as the Department’s highest ranking uniformed officer in promotion ceremonies at Police Headquarters. “Phil Banks has proven himself time and again to be as outstanding a field commander, adept in managing police personnel and operations, as he has a consummate builder of community relations whose robust School Safety and Juvenile Justice Divisions,…

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