Month: September 2017

The lifeless body of a biker had to be pulled from under a rice truck on Monday afternoon after he reportedly lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into the truck at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead is Arnold Tinnis, who was returning home from an event which was hosted in Suriname. Guyana Times International was reliably informed that Tinnis was making his way to Georgetown from Corentyne, Berbice at about 16:00h when the accident occurred. C Division (East Coast Demerara) Commander, Calvin Brutus confirmed that the man was…

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A 50-year-old man died in the wee hours of Monday morning on the Land of Canaan Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), after his car was involved in a collision with an oncoming vehicle. Dead is Ferose Khan of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, who was the driver of one of the motorcars involved in the accident. According to reports, the accident occurred at around 04:25h when Khan was returning from the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital, EBD. This newspaper was told that motorcar HC 8204, which was being driven by a 33-year-old Forshaw…

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…cites massive negative impact on region’s economy The Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, is pleading with the Coalition Government to hold on its plans to close the Rose Hall Sugar Estate in East Canje Berbice, citing the massive negative impact such action would have on the region’s economy. Speaking at the launch of the Berbice Expo and Trade Fair late last week, when he addressed a gathering which included Government officials and members of the private sector, Armogan made the impassioned plea in regard to the foregoing, and said that…

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President David Granger, on Thursday, said that it is in the national interest that the Office of the Presidency be protected regardless of who is in power adding that the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the alleged assassination plot of the Head of State is aimed at identifying the weaknesses and deficiencies, which may exist that can compromise the safety of the sitting President and his family. According to a government release, President Granger made these remarks after receiving the Report of the COI from Head of the Commission, Mr.…

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Charges were laid against a former Police Officer on Tuesday, as he stood trial for harbouring the masterminds responsible for the Camp Street Prison unrest, while the two high-profile criminals are still on the run. Ex-Cop, 31-year-old Teon Allen, appeared before the Linden Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge of harbouring fugitive criminals Mark Royden Williams and Uree Varswyck – the duo who almost entirely destroyed the Camp Street Prison on July 9, in their plot to escape. According to information reaching this newspaper, Allen of Lobora…

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– as Brazilian forensic expert testifies as final witness Family members of the late Babita Sarjou, and those of murder accused Sharnandand Narine, called “Anand,” and accomplice Darel Ponton, called “Yankee”, flocked the courtroom in anticipation on Tuesday, as Brazilian forensic specialist Renato Teodoro Ferreira Paranaibo testified via a Skype video call before the court of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts. Paranaibo is a Brazilian Forensic Genetics Expert who has worked at the National Institute of Criminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police, since 2003. His testimony is based…

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As the eleventh Annual National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference concluded on Saturday, another toshao has come out in stinging criticisms of Yupukari Toshao Russian Dorrick, accusing him of being “an apologist” for the Government regarding issues relating to the development of Indigenous (Amerindian) people in Guyana. Dorrick had told this publication that the NTC Executive did not stick to the agenda for the conference. “To be honest, I am not too sure what I am going to tell my people. I came to the NTC with the hope that I…

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Given the reported deterioration in non-performing loans in Guyana’s banking sector, when compared to last year, a Guyanese financial analyst says it tells a bad picture that things are not going right in the local economy and the banking sector is performing poorly. In citing the recent Bank of Guyana 2017 Half Year Report, Sasenarine Singh said the Central Bank recorded 12.6 per cent or G$3.4 billion deterioration in non-performing loans compared to a year ago. This is 11.6 per cent of total loans. In addition to that, non-performing loans…

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