Year: 2014

Former US Ambassador D Brent Hardt said the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project would pave the way for more US-based airlines to operate in Guyana. Hardt, who demitted office last Saturday, told Guyana Times International that a number of American carriers have signalled their interest. He explained during a recent interview with this newspaper that US-based carriers had set their eyes on Guyana during the crafting of their “medium- and long-term” plans. “Certainly, the expansion of the airport would open up doors to different types of planes,” the…

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The Port of Spain-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has a new Registrar and Marshal. Guyanese national Jacqueline Graham, who took up the post from July 1, is an Attorney with an MBA in Finance (University of Manchester, UK), and an undergraduate degree in Management Studies (University of Guyana) and is a graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School at St Augustine. Before her appointment at the CCJ, Graham was the legal assistant to the Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the Registrar of the Court of Appeal. As…

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Due to operational difficulties with securing time slots at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York for the month of July, Dynamic Airways has announced the suspension of all flights until August 8. “We are announcing temporary suspension of JFK – GEO service until August 8 2014,” the troubled airline said in a release. Dynamic Airways said it will operate flights on July 8, July 11 and July 15, and transport passengers which already started their travel. “We are currently protecting all passengers who have started their…

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Two ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were placed before the court on Tuesday, facing charges which stemmed from an allegation of torture made by 19-year-old Junior Thorrington while in custody at the Sparendaam Police Station over a month ago. Police Inspector Dexter Thornton and Constable Earwin Forrester both appeared before Magistrate Sueann Lovell at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, slapped with separate charges arising out of the incident. Inspector Thornton was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and was placed on Gy$100,000 bail while Forrester faced…

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Nineteen rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast were on Tuesday charged for leading a violent protest last Friday over non-payment for paddy supplied to millers. The men were all granted Gy$5000 bail each. The farmers appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce. They were jointly charged for causing a riot and were not required to plead to the indictable charge. Police alleged that on July 4, the farmers, headed by Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillors Naithram and Tajpersaud Seecharran, along with members of the Essequibo Paddy…

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A mother is currently seeking financial assistance to help provide medical care for her nine-year-old son. Javier Jamaine Anderson was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a common type of childhood-bone cancer in December 2013. Lizanna Anderson stated that her son was at first distraught about his condition, but has managed to learn to accept his fate. However, she is attempting to make life as comfortable as possible for him, as he has undergone several surgeries over the past few months. The first being a biopsy, which was what determined his condition, followed…

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Recognising the role of the private sector in the current garbage situation in Georgetown, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Norman Whittaker, is calling on business people to take action to help improve the situation. At the fourth consultation for the Gy$500M cleanup Georgetown project last Saturday at the Campbellville Secondary School, Whittaker noted that while the private sector has been very vocal in the call for effective solid waste management, they have contributed considerably to the situation. While engaging the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is not out…

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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should get its “act together”, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee said, as he again contended that the Commission was in no state to hold Local Government Elections, which were last held approximately 20 years ago. Under the chairmanship of Dr Steve Surujbally, GECOM has publicly stated that it was in a state of readiness, but on Wednesday, during a weekly press conference at Freedom House, Rohee argued that there were many loopholes within the system. The General Secretary explained that based on…

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By Gomatie Gangadin The Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have registered their concern over recent revelations that more than 80 per cent of the country’s graduates and skilled workers have been migrating out of the country. The organisations noted that they were not only concerned but alarmed as well, since this would mean that the operations, expansion and growth of the private sector and subsequently the economy will be greatly affected since these workers are the most crucial ones for…

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