Year: 2016

By Ramona Luthi and Merissa Wilson Enraged parents, teachers and students of the Brickdam Secondary School on Tuesday took to the street in front of the educational institution to express their frustration and disgust over the Education Ministry’s decision to permanently close the school instead of repairing the facility. In the eyes of the infuriated persons, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) Olato Sam was unreasonable. Teachers voiced that this and other protests were based on concerns for the safety of the students of the Secondary School, pointing out that even…

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Minister of State Joseph Harmon charged 57 graduates of the Youth Leadership Training Programme at the Madewini Training Centre to be ‘doers’ and not just talkers for the development of Guyana. The Minister was at the time speaking at the closing ceremony of the first in a series of eight training programmes on Sunday, which will draw on youth leaders from across the country between June and December. “The true demonstration of your effectiveness as youth leaders will be the practical things you get done and the positive tangible things…

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The long-awaited National Sports Policy is one step closer to completion now that consultations have been held with various sports associations across Guyana. Director of Sports, Christopher Jones, was quoted by GINA as saying that sports associations across Guyana were given a draft policy document which they would review and make their input. “We would have shared with them a draft sports policy document and with a view of the associations and the federations brining submissions to us to update that sports policy document,” Jones elaborated. According to Jones, once…

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A customs broker attached to a well-known company, along with another person, was arrested following the discovery of 1276 pounds of marijuana in a container at the John Fernandes Limited wharf at Water Street, Georgetown on Tuesday. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh told Guyana Times International on Wednesday that officials from the unit were in close contact with their counterparts in Jamaica since it was suspected that the compressed marijuana might have been loaded onto the vessel when it docked in that country. He, nevertheless, stated…

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By Devina Samaroo The move by Government to assign separate flags for each administrative region has been met with strong objections from the parliamentary Opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which believes more time, energy and resources ought to be spent on better governance. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Party declared that the Golden Arrowhead is the constitutional flag of Guyana, adding that any other flag imposed will be contrary to the country’s Constitution. The decision to give each region its own flag was announced last year by…

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The Guyana Government has expressed grave concerns about the Venezuelan Government’s staunch denial of the shooting incident which almost claimed the lives of four Guyanese. Approximately two weeks after the alleged shooting incident in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), the Venezuelan Government has denied that the shooting occurred, maintaining that officers of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces did not open fire at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officers as is being reported locally. Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips officially announced on May 30,…

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The Guyana Learning Channel (TGLC) is now broadcasting a number of Government Information Agency  (GINA) programmes, including activities of Cabinet Ministers, the President’s Diary, The President’s weekly telecast, “The Public Interest” among others, despite no public disclosure of this move to place such programmes on a television station established exclusively to broadcast educational materials, without having any political influence. After Guyana Times International learnt of the programmes being broadcasted, Coordinator of the TGLC, Dr Seeta Roath was contacted, but she dodged the question on whether or not the Channel is…

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Former Housing and Water Minister and current PPP/C Member of Parliament, Mr. Irfaan Ali said he is “saddened by the news that Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Mrs Myrna Pitt has tendered her resignation with effect from July”. “While I served as the Minister of Housing and Water during the Peoples Progressive Party Civic’s tenure in office, Mrs Pitt proved to be a competent, ardent and committed public servant as well as professional,” Ali said in a statement on Thursday. “She executed her functions with…

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