By Alexis Rodney The premature termination of the public hearings of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is set to have a dire impact on the final report scheduled to be handed over next week. This is according to Chairman of the Commission Sir Richard Cheltenham, who along with fellow commissioners Jamaican Queens Counsel Jacqueline Samuels-Brown and Trinidad-based Guyanese Senior Counsel Seenath Jairam, met with Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams Monday. The trio have returned to Guyana to complete the final draft of the report, to…
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Lindeners march against suicide, domestic violence
Holding placards bearing slogans such as “Say no to suicide and yes to life” and “We are the future”, students, teachers, representatives of the Charles Rosa School of Nursing at Linden, representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and others marched on in unison. “I don’t know what you’ve been told, but suicide is not the cure,” those were the words echoed by hundreds of Lindeners, mainly schoolchildren, who marched through the streets of the town on Wednesday, against the scourge of suicide and domestic violence across the nation. The march, which…
Read MoreYoung man shot at Rose Hall …battling for life at GPHC
By Kristen Macklingam A young man who lives in the county of Berbice is now fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being shot by one of four assailants last night (Wednesday). Saitanya Kishundyal of Rosehall, Corentyne, was returning home from attending a religious ceremony when the incident took place. This newspaper understands that the incident occurred when the 21-year-old entered his yard sometime around 22:00hrs. He was just about to close the gate when a lone gunman confronted him. His father, Harrybol, told this…
Read MoreA fight for survival!
Scores of workers employed at the Wales Sugar Estate, West Bank Demerara (WBD) converged in front of the Parliament Buildings, Georgetown on Thursday, January 21, in a peaceful picketing exercise to protest against the move by the government to close the estate. Loud shouts from irate sugar workers armed with placards reading “No to the closure of the Wales Estate”, “Workers Unite, Fight Unemployment”, “GAWU says CoI opposed closure” and more could be heard and seen from a distance near the Stabroek Market Square as Parliamentarians from the Opposition Party,…
Read MoreDiaspora protest Nagamootoo at New York meetings
Scores of disgruntled New York-based Guyanese braved the inclement weather to stage several protests outside of various events hosted by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who travelled to North America to launch Guyana’s 50 Independence Anniversary celebrations. The three-day activity attracted very poor attendances and were marred by loud protest actions. During the Saturday afternoon meeting, a group from the Diaspora community staged a picketing exercise outside of the Richie Rich Catering Hall, Richmond Hill, Queens, where Prime Minister Nagamootoo addressed a small gathering of members from the business sector. Some…
Read MorePolice Officer to be charged with rape
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that the Police Officer who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl be charged with rape of a child under 16 years of age. According to reports, the young woman who hails from the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) was allegedly abducted by a gold miner and after she escaped, she sought to lodge a complaint with the Police Officer whom she was previously acquainted with. The young woman reportedly went to the Officer’s home and it was there that the…
Read MoreSattaur sacked …following unanimous decision by Board
Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur’s services with the agency have now been terminated following a unanimous decision taken today, Thursday January 21 by members of GRA’s governing Board. According to a media release from the GRA, this decision was made at the Guyana Revenue Authority’s 171st meeting held earlier today (Thursday) and will take effect from March 1, 2016. Acting GRA Commissioner-General, Ingrid Griffith, is slated to continue to function in the position of Commissioner General until further notice. In July last year, Finance Minister…
Read MoreTime stands still for Stabroek Market clock: so does City Hall
As the time stands still at the Stabroek Market clock, residents of the Georgetown locality are still awaiting a response from City Hall as to when the restoration of the historical Stabroek Market clock will commence. According to an official at the National Trust of Guyana, who spoke with Guyana Times Wednesday, the Mayor and City Council has been organising to have the clock repaired for some time now. However, she was unable to provide a precise period when those repairs would commence. Attempts to contact Mayor Hamilton Green and…
Read MoreMore focus on youths in housing sector – Sharpe-Patterson
Young people will be better positioned to plan their lives as the new Minister with responsibility for housing, Valerie Sharpe-Patterson has announced a change in criteria for homeownership. The new measure will ensure young people have a better opportunity to own a home. Under the previous system, as part of dealing with the national housing backlog, preference was on delivering houses, lots and titles to married couples or single parents. “I would like to see some of our young people owning their own home. We have a lot of young…
Read MoreTeenagers charged for brutal Bush Lot double murders
The two teenagers, who confessed to the murder of a Berbice businessman and his wife, were remanded to prison on Wednesday when they appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weaver at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court. Neeman Rafeek, 19, also called ‘Shazam’ of Lot 5 Bush Lot New Housing Scheme and Kokum Madanpaul, 18, also called ‘Clown’ of Lot 175 Block D Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice were not required to plea to the indictable charge. The police stated that between January 8 and 9, 2016 along with others, they murdered Arthur…
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