Month: April 2013

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran said the Specialty Hospital project is still “alive”, noting that the ministry will have to go back to the drawing board and find “innovative ways to continue the initiative”. The combined opposition, the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) last week cut the Gy$1.25 billion allocated for the hospital during the consideration of the estimates for the Health Ministry. Speaking with Guyana Times International in a recent interview, Dr Ramsaran said “we have to do our jobs very diligently…

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Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was conferred with the highest honour of the State of Roraima, Brazil, the Order of Merit “Forte Sao Joaquim”. In a citation, governor of the State of Roraima Jose de Achieta Junior said the award was given for personal achievements and for the strengthening of relations between Brazil and Guyana. The recognition is one of many honours Jagdeo has received for his outstanding work as a statesman and distinguished advocate against climate change. He was recently honoured by the University of Central Lancashire for his global…

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Junior Finance Minister Bishop Juan Edghill said the fibre-optic cable from Lethem to Georgetown is expected to be operational by September this year. He made this revelation while responding to a question from the opposition during consideration of the budget estimates. The cable from Lethem to Georgetown is part of a connection from neighbouring Brazil, which coincides with government’s quest to transform and technologically modernise Guyana. Work on laying the 560 kilometres of fibre-optic cable started in the third quarter of 2012. Edghill said the Georgetown component of the project…

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Veteran journalist and survivor of the Jonestown massacre, Neville Annibourne, on Monday morning died, after being bed-ridden for almost one week. Annibourne was 82 years old and died at his Lot 27 Happy Acre, East Coast Demerara home around 04:00h in his sleep. The man’s reputed wife, Verna Cummings told Guyana Times International that he was constantly getting a fever, but this time proved to be the worst. She noted that Neville took ill on Tuesday last and was sleeping most of the time, since he was on bed rest.…

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The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is now between “a rock and a hard place” as it will soon have to choose whether it will increase tariffs or reduce operations. This is a direct impact of the joint opposition’s decision to axe GPL’s proposed subsidy by Gy$5.2 billion, almost 50 per cent. GPL Chairman Winston Brassington said despite extensive explanation before the presentation of the Gy$208.8 billion budget, the opposition, using its one-seat majority, proceeded to cut critical funding for GPL. “In the next few weeks, we will have…

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Grace Kennedy Remittances Services (GKRS), under the Western Union brand, celebrated its 20th anniversary of doing business in Guyana on Saturday with a gala dinner at the Pegasus Hotel. Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Don Wehby told Guyana Times International that Grace Kennedy has served Guyana for 20 years in the remittance services business and the Guyanese people in response have shown tremendous support. He recalled that the GKRS’s vision was and still is to provide excellent money services to the Guyanese populace, noting that remittance services in Guyana are…

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