Year: 2017

The US Embassy in Georgetown has generously donated a collection of legal materials to the National Library to add to the existing law collection in an effort to facilitate and provide a means to research Guyana’s laws, and criminal and civil judicial procedures. The materials include new copies of the Laws of Guyana, and various titles from noted authors such as Harvey McGregor and DJ Galligan. The Embassy also donated a computer, printer, and other materials in hopes that the donation will be of good use to researchers, students, and…

By Samuel Sukhnandan Businesses would be taking a huge risk to lay out any substantial investment on massive imports for Christmas 2017; and worse yet, investing on the importation of premium products. This is according to Financial Analyst and former Alliance For Change (AFC) member Sasenarine Singh. Companies importing low-end Chinese-made products are more likely to do better than the high-end product sellers, Singh has claimed. One can therefore expect a growing reliance on the Chinese “discount price” stores, rather than the boutique type (higher priced) stores. “This is a…

Often times when prisoners appear at the Georgetown, Wales and Leonora Magistrate’s Courts and other courts across the country, on varying offences, they claim that they were beaten by Police ranks who allegedly forced them to sign confession statements, admitting to carrying out crimes for which they were accused. These are, however, not fresh claims as investigative ranks have been long accused of inflicting such acts to garner information. Acting Crime Chief Paul Williams who spoke to media operatives at a recent Police event earlier this week was asked if…

PPP/C Member of Paliament, Bishop Juan Edghill on Friday last, held a ‘town hall meeting’ in New York to sensitise New York-based Guyanese on the current political affairs in Guyana. One of the main topics on the agenda was the President’s unilateral appointment of the new GECOM Chairman. The meeting was held at the Fair Field Pavillion, South Richmond Hill, New York and saw a fair turnout of concerned Guyanese. A similar meeting was held in London last Sunday with the Guyanese diaspora there. Below are some photos from the…

President David Granger has pledged to work through the Guyana Defence Board, which he chairs — and with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Guyana Veterans’ Legion (GVL) and civil society — to ensure that recommendations emanating from the Commission of Inquiry that was launched to investigate the living conditions of veterans are effectively reviewed and implemented. The Head of State made these remarks on Sunday at a Remembrance Day ceremony hosted by the GVL at Coghlan House on Carifesta Avenue, where as patron of the Legion he handed over…

The ex-boyfriend of 22-year-old Kescia Branche, who succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital while being treated after she was brutally beaten, along with the four Police Constables who were detained by investigators for questioning, have been released. This is according to acting Crime Chief Paul Williams, who told Guyana Times International that the ex-boyfriend of the dead woman was released on bail, while the Police Constables have also been released but remain under close arrest. Investigators are now said to be pursuing the driver whose taxi Branche used on the…

The next meeting between representatives of Guyana and Venezuela relative to the ongoing border controversy would determine the outcome of the Good Offices Process initiated by the United Nations, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge. He said while he cannot comment on the Good Offices Process, he did confirm that the team is expected to meet by next week, and that meeting would pave the way for determining the outcome of the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. “We are going to be meeting soon, probably next week; and…

– as robberies increase by 15%, serious crimes decrease by 9% By Shemuel Fanfair Against the backdrop of a 15 per cent overall increase in robberies with a 54 per cent uptick in robberies with violence, coupled with other criminal activities, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has announced several measures to beef up security during this year’s Christmas season. Some of the measures include vehicle, foot and bicycle patrols; road blocks; “riverine postures” and parking arrangements to reduce traffic congestion. These security initiatives were announced at a press conference at…

…as blackouts continue By Samuel Sukhnandan A recent decision taken by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to alter one of its advertisements to procure a 50 megawatt dual fuel plant that uses Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) and natural gas, to natural gas only, has raised some concerns since it is believed that natural gas may not become available until 2020. While it has been noted that several existing GPL generators can be converted to use natural gas that ExxonMobil will be extracting during commercial oil production in another…