Year: 2015

By Jillica Pinder Twenty-four-year-old Jonathan Gordon is alleging that he was beaten and robbed on Wednesday morning while plying his trade as a taxi driver attached to the Gem’s Taxi Service. Gordon, speaking during an interview with Guyana Times International on Thursday, said that the incident occurred at 12:30h when he stopped to pick up three male passengers who were destined for Lamaha Springs, Greater Georgetown. He said that on his way to that location, one of the passengers asked to be dropped off at Mandela Avenue and Meadow Brook…

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Team Operations Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) Omar Khan said that home fans support will be important to the Warriors for their home games in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) beginning next Wednesday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Fresh off their second victory against the St. Kitts/Nevis Patriots Wednesday night at Warner Park in St. Kitts, Khan expressed confidence that Amazon Warriors will bounce back into contention for the playoffs in their crucial home matches against the Jamaica Tallawahs on July 15th, St. Lucia…

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….puts words into Finance Minister’s mouth In a totally unwarranted attack against  Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop, CEO of the NewGPC, which owns the Guyana Amazon Warriors T-20 cricket team, the Kaieteur News headlined on Wednesday  that Finance Minister Winston Jordan said the “Govt will not pay Ramroop’s Gy$100M CPL invoice”. In the story, however, there is no quote that the Finance Minister, in fact, made any such assertion and after being contacted verified he did not mention Dr Ramroop. Asked for a comment on the allegation, Dr Ramroop said, “The people…

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Jagdeo confirmed as Opposition Leader Although left off of the Party’s List of Members of Parliament (MPs), Central Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Donald Ramotar, who ran for another term as President of Guyana, has pledged his support for those who will be going to Parliament. Ramotar, in explaining why he did not appear on the MPs’ List, stated that it was time for the PPP/C to allow the younger generation to take charge and lead. “…why am I not in Parliament? I would like to answer…

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Four men have been taken into custody following the early morning home invasion and beating of Land Court Judge, Nicole Pierre and her husband. The ordeal took place at the couple’s Felicity, East Coast Demerara home just after 1:20 AM on Thursday. According to a police statement, the Special Constable who provides security duties for the Judge was overpowered and tied up before the bandits moved inside the house and physically assaulted the Judge and her husband. The couple’s young son was also home at the time but was reportedly…

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– US$24.5M injected into Guyana’s economy from 2013 tourney Amid a slowdown following the long election campaign season and its aftermath, the recently launched third edition of the Caribbean Premier League is seen as a the right fillip to help jumpstart the economy. According to an independent Economic Impact study on the tournament last year, Guyana’s economy cashed in on some US$24.5 million from the overall US$166 million that was injected into the Region’s economy during the 2014 tournament – a significant increase of 58 per cent on 2013. Only…

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By Michael Younge he A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is still to deliver on key aspects of its 100-day plan which was unveiled in the lead-up to the 2015 General and Regional Elections, even though it has been occupying Government for over 40 days now. In the 100 day plan, which was used to score political points before the elections, the new Government said it would reduce the Berbice River Bridge toll, significantly increase the salaries of Government and Public Sector employees, return the television station…

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A major human rights group says thousands of Caribbean families in the United States have been torn apart in recent years by detention and deportation for drug offences. In its latest report, Human Rights Watch said that disproportionately harsh laws and policies relating to drug offences can lead to deportation for lawful permanent Caribbean and other residents and unauthorised immigrants alike. The 93-page report, “A Price Too high: US Families torn apart by deportations for drug offences,” documents how the US regularly places legal residents and other immigrants with strong…

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