2014 – Page 24 – Guyana Times International

Guyana police crack several murder cases with electronic fingerprint system

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Crime Chief Leslie James said the Police have already cracked a number of cases with the new Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) gifted to them by the United States Government through its Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), which was launched in 2010. Speaking briefly at the equipment handing over ceremony, James related that the new system has been tested and has assisted the Force in making major breakthroughs in numerous cases. These include three murder cases, 53 break and enter and larceny cases, three simple larceny cases and four robberies…

Bosai shelves US$100M project

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

…cites struggling global bauxite market By Svetlana Marshall Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI) on Tuesday said it has shelved its US$100 million expansion project owing to the challenges being faced on the global bauxite market. In 2012, the bauxite company in Linden announced its intention to invest approximately US$40 million to mine additional ore in an area called Block 37, in addition to the construction of a third kiln to the tune of US$57 million. This massive expansion project was designed to create more than 500 jobs in…

Opposition seems prepared for blacklisting – Nandlall

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall believes the combined Opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) – seems prepared to face the effects of the pending blacklisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for Guyana’s delay in passing the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill. Speaking at an Indian Arrival Day event at Highbury, the Attorney General told the crowd gathered for the event: “We face an Opposition in the National Assembly who is prepared to cause…

Ronald Webster served Guyana well

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change expresses deep regret at the sudden passing of former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Mr Ronald Webster. Ron as he was fondly known had an extensive career of service to Guyana for more than five decades that ranged from his early days with the then Bookers which preceded GuySuCo, at DDL, at Seals and Packaging Limited, SAPIL and most recently at Caribbean Containers Limited. The AFC recognises his distinguished career dedicated to contributing to the development of Guyana through the many non-governmental and…

Use the CoI to determine the real cause of Rodney’s death

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Even after acknowledging all the advantages of holding the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Walter Rodney’s death, I believe that we need to look at the possible implications of this course of action and the dire consequences it may have on the general peace and harmony in our country when all would have been said and done. Whatever comes out of this attempt to find the guilty party in this gruesome affair is bound to cast a shadow on relationships at various levels of our national co-existence, and…

Journalists must recommit to Guyana’s developmental agenda

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) wishes to recognise the important contributions made by the press corps to the development of a more democratic and developed Guyana as the world observes Press Freedom Day 2014. World Press Freedom Day 2014 is being observed in Guyana at a time when the press has never been freer to criticise, report and give coverage to all matters under the sun and all issues of national importance. The PPP/C acknowledges the right to report freely without undue Government interference and coercion and will…

Why I referred to the Opposition’s behaviour as cavalier and irresponsible

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, In my personal opinion, if collateral damage is to continue being the order of the day come budget time, Guyana’s fragile developmental trajectory cannot continue to suffer these multiple annual interruptions to its progress without irreparable damage to its competitiveness. This is patently not why our electorate enfranchised the Opposition with a majority. In addition to Mr Ramjattan’s letter, I note a letter in response to mine from Mr Sasenarine Singh, who if it is the same person, was a year or two ahead of me at Queen’s…

Caribbean Airlines sees drop in passengers as Fly Jamaica grows

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) recorded a one-third drop in passengers since last year amid the growth in privately-owned Fly Jamaica, according to official data on Jamaica’s airports. The decline reflects a reduction in its CAL flights, but also in reduced activity at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), stated the Planning Institute of Jamaica in its annual Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) 2013. “The reduction in flight frequency by CAL on a number of its major routes, starting in April 2013,” said the ESSJ, which added other overseas airlines Jet…

Visually-impaired Resource Unit commissioned

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

The Education Ministry is now in a better position to address the needs of the differently-able population, subject Minister Priya Manickchand said as she commissioned the Visually-Impaired Resource Unit at Albert Street, Georgetown. Minister Manickchand said major attention has been given to “Special Education Needs”, but noted that the commissioning of the unit will be followed by greater investments. Manickchand made it clear, however, that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has invested heavily in the development of the Education Sector. Turning back the pages of history, she said when…

Wife confesses she saw lover chopping husband

May 9, 2014 TIMES INT'L

Lomattie Ramdat, the wife of slain fisherman Chetram Bharrat, told investigators that it was her lover, Errol Khan, who carried out the fatal attack on her husband last Friday at the couple’s Haslington, East Coast Demerara home. The woman who initially stated that she and her now dead husband were attacked by two bandits on the day in question confessed on Tuesday evening that Khan entered the home and attacked her husband with a cutlass in the wee hours of Friday. Ramdat reportedly told investigators that after she intervened, the…