Year: 2016

By Edward Layne As the week-long debate on the 2016 National Budget commenced, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Irfaan Ali has declared that the “good life” is just for a select few. Ali, who opened the debate on Monday afternoon, declared that with Budget 2016, poor Guyanese are poorer while the rich are becoming richer. “The “good life” is an illusion for most and a reality for a ‘select few’. If you are a Minister definitely, you would have enjoyed the ‘good life’. The contract workers are…

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Wedding Expo ‘Race to the altar’ 2016 kicked off the second phase of the competition, which saw the final five contestants vying for the top prize of Gy$3,000,000 all-inclusive wedding in this the 8th Annual Wedding Expo. The top five contestants are Hamilton Holder and Karen McAllister, Clay Harris and Maelisha Kellman, Steven Persaud and Monalisa Sammy, Troy Archer and Karen Alexander and Mutola Caesar and Eldon Pile. This event hosted by Roraima Airways saw the contestants competing in activities ranging from mountain biking, kayaking, forest expedition and couple communication…

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Minister of State Joseph Harmon has announced the decision to work to incorporate the operations of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) into its massive E-Governance operations. During a recent visit to the NDMA office attached to the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, the Minister was informed of the unit’s mandate as well as a number of challenges facing that authority. Meanwhile, in light of this process, Minister Harmon recapped his official visit to the operations in August 2015 where he found the operations of the unit to be apprising.…

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Chartered Accounting Firm Ram & McRae is calling on the David Granger-led Administration to put an end to the subverting of the Public Service by the practice of employing large numbers of contract workers who are remunerated with exorbitant salaries and benefits. The Christopher Ram-owned Ram & McRae had initially observed in its review of this year’s Budget – Budget Focus 2016 – that the number of contract workers under the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Administration along with the total employment costs had skyrocketed. Government through…

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A Berbice taxi driver is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to the leg after he was attacked and shot by two armed men during a robbery at his Cumberland, East Canje, home on Friday last. The injured man was identified as Darshan Rampersaud, 39, of Lot 125 Coburg Street, Canje, Berbice. According to reports, the taxi driver returned home at about 20:30h and took off his wristwatch and placed it on the steps along with the day’s earning. He then went into the…

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…Govt will help after Budget debate …Pomeroon residents also suffering By Jillicia Pinder & Indrawattie Natram Residents of Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) who have been experiencing severe drought conditions over the past several weeks now have to wait until the Budget 2016 debate ends before the Government of Guyana can provide adequate assistance. During a telephone interview with this publication on Monday, Region Nine Chairman Brian Allicock stated that he had recently returned from Georgetown after a visit with the Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Minister Sydney Allicock to initiate ways…

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…to chose between Uitvlugt/severance or be ousted Sugar workers on Monday were given a three-day ultimatum to sign an agreement indicating whether they will opt to receive a severance package from government or be transferred to Uitvlugt Sugar Estate. If the workers do not sign the agreement in the stipulated timeframe, they will be ousted from the Wales Sugar Estate. The workers of Wales Estate were informed of this during an intense meeting with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). Guyana Times International met with the aggrieved workers shortly after the…

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