Year: 2015

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now ‘back up to strength’ with the appointment of former Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn and former Human Services and Social Security Minister Bibi Shaddick as Commissioners. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Commissioners were sworn in on Tuesday by President David Granger in the presence of GECOM’s Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally; Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield; GECOM Commissioner, Attorney Sase Gunraj and Minister of State, Joseph Harmon at the Ministry of the Presidency. Benn and Shaddick have now replaced Mohamood Shaw and Athmaram…

The People’s Progressive Party on Monday said that it was interested in participating in the Government-sponsored Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service, however, there were systems that must be put in place. The Party’s General Secretary, Clement Rohee said that while it has an interest in participating, it is of the strong belief that the CoI was an unsuitable tool by which the terms of reference that were published can be achieved. He said the Party has recommended the recruitment of a suitable and qualified consultant to prepare a…

Several of the series of forensic audits launched into the various State agencies across Guyana are on the verge of wrapping up, according to Junior Finance Minister Jaipaul Sharma. During a telephone interview with the Guyana Times International on Tuesday, Sharma disclosed that the Ministry was in receipt of preliminary reports from five agencies and that the draft reports from 16 agencies were still to be submitted. “Some are completed, some are in the stage of completion,” the Minister stated, however, he declined to comment on which entities’ probes have…

Two armed robbers attacked a chicken outlet at Rosignol and carted off an undisclosed amount of cash, in the process firing a shot at one of the employees. The incident occurred at Arjune Chicken Depot along Stelling Road Rosignol, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Sunday. According to the cashier of the business, Sonita Chisholm, at the time of the robbery she and six workers were in the building when two masked men came in.” They had kerchief over their face and one come straight to me with a knife and the…

Almost two years after the death of her four-year-old son Jaden Mars, his mother Natalie Casey is still seeking justice and trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The broken-hearted mother said that she was now forced to be in the eyes of the media once again as she was still waiting on answers. Mars succumbed on December 10, 2013 while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital for an injured tongue. A post-mortem performed on the body of the four-year-old proved that he died from a…

The Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Ministry has announced that the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service Programme, announced by the Government of Guyana in August to replace the Youth Entrepreneurship and Apprentice Programme, will be officially launched on October 1. This was according to Ministerial Advisor on Indigenous Affairs, Mervyn Williams in a telephone interview with this publication. Williams shared that the final documents to solidify the programme were in their advanced stages and everything seemed to be on track. As for consultations, the Ministerial Advisor stated that they had begun talks…

– to attract media attention to vent about ‘poor treatment’ The Camp Street Prison erupted in pandemonium on Tuesday evening when irritated prisoners set ablaze several newspapers in one of the cells to draw the media’s attention to the prison so they can vent their frustrations over the maltreatment they have been enduring over the years at the penitentiary. When the Guyana Times International arrived on the scene around 20:00h, a single fire truck was parked by the prison, while Guyana Fire Service officers were examining the compound. The small…