Month: March 2014

Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge said the government of Guyana might be on a “fishing expedition” in an effort to bring financial closure on the estimated US$58 million Marriott Hotel (Guyana) Project. On September 19, 2013, Atlantic Hotel Incorporated (AHI) Chairman Winston Brassington had boldly stated that AHI would have achieved financial closure at the end of that year. At the time, the company had already spent US$20 million on the project. But to date, Brassington has been tight-lipped on the matter. Brassington had announced that Republic Bank would have…

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First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar and members of the First Lady’s Foundation visited and delivered goodies to approximately 100 Region Three senior citizens who would have made significant contributions to Guyana’s development. The gesture was in observance of International Women’s Day on Saturday. The presentations were done at the Patentia Secondary School, West Bank Demerara and Zeelugt Primary School, West Coast Demerara, while visits were made to the homes of five senior citizens who were unable to travel to the venues. International Women’s Day which was launched in 1911 is celebrated…

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The Health Ministry has set up a Malaria Desk at the Ogle International Airport (OIA) in a bid to contain the transmission of the disease. Vector Control Services Director, Dr Reyad Rahaman said the initiative is a part of the department’s 2014 master plan to reduce malaria cases in Guyana. He noted that the desk will become operational in the coming weeks and praised the support of the OIA management, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud and Health Minister, Dr Bheri Ramsarran in making the project a reality. Dr Rahaman…

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Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell said the recent case of alleged assault committed on a former Miss Guyana Universe contestant by a policeman is currently under investigation and the officer named has been removed from his post. The Commissioner further stated that, for quite some time, he has been receiving complaints from persons about the rank’s behaviour, hence the decision to remove him from his post pending the outcome of the investigations. He said once the investigation into the claims made by the young lady is complete, based on the findings,…

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Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur has lashed out at the request made by Mayor and City Council Finance Committee Chairman Junior Garrett seeking VAT exemption from the city’s expenses. Last week, during the council’s Gy$2.5 billion 2014 budget presentation, Garrett had claimed that the council was losing millions of dollars by having to remit all of its money in VAT to the GRA, and had called on government to excuse the entity from paying the required consumption fees. However, when contacted on Monday, the Commissioner General said…

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– autopsy proves he bled to death The woman detained by police for the death of her common-law husband was on Monday evening released, after an autopsy on his body proved that he died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to incised wounds caused by self-inflicted injury. Yonette Gumbs, of 1525 Onderneeming, Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, had been detained after her spouse, Dennis Harris died minutes after injuring himself on Thursday evening. The woman’s release came hours after the post-mortem examination performed by Dr Nehaul Singh at…

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Guyanese women last Saturday joined together for the seventh annual Vital Voices Global Mentoring Walk, part of a global movement to inspire a rising generation through mentorship. Held on International Women’s Day and sponsored globally by Bank of America, the mentoring walk convened established women leaders and emerging women leaders to walk together in their community.  According to a U.S. embassy release, the event in Georgetown was one of more than 40 mentoring walks taking place around the world, as part of a global movement to highlight the importance of…

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Caricom Chairman, Dr Ralph Gonsalves is to write the University of the West Indies Council for Legal Education on the impasse over Guyanese law students being accepted at the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law School. The move comes days after the Council for Legal Education stated that it will not be guaranteeing any of the 25 places usually offered to Guyanese students at the end of the degree programme at the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana (UG). As part of an age-old agreement between the Council and UG, every…

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