Year: 2017

A gang inclusive of a Guyanese man and two Barbadian women who were busted with some $625,000 worth of cocaine were jointly charged Tuesday in Barbados. The Guyanese, 34-year-old Kwanza Canterbury, was charged, along with Barbadian entertainer Betty Griffith-Payne, 38, of Lot 8 West Terrace Heights, St James and her 35-year-old sister Marie Alexa Griffith, of Phillips Road, Cleavers Hill, St Joseph. The charge against the three stated that between November 7 and 10 at West Terrace Heights, St James, and Mason Hall Street, St Michael, Barbados, they had in…

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…as 2 more youths commit suicide Residents of the Suddie Housing Scheme on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) have reported that two youths recently committed suicide in the area, and both incidents were as a result of frustration and alcohol abuse. Alluding to the social ills plaguing the community, the residents are appealing for more counsellors and mental health workers to be stationed along the Essequibo Coast, so that persons can have access to these services. They pointed out that as recent as November 11, a 20-year-old labourer…

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Preparations are ongoing to have Kato Secondary School opened for the new school term in January. Region Eight’s Regional Executive Officer (REO), Gavin Gunga explained to the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the school was currently still being outfitted with furniture, equipment, and other requisite supplies. “The plan right now is to commission the Kato School in the last week of this school term. So right now, the trucks and contractors are delivering those furniture and necessary supplies to commence school in January,” Gunga said. The REO added that…

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President David Granger, who attended the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) 46th Plenary Meeting at the Marriott Hotel Guyana on Wednesday, spoke of the country’s readiness to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In his address to the dignitaries gathered the President said, among other things, that the Caribbean is currently fighting a war against “financial privateers to preserve the integrity of its institutions and to counter money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.” The Caribbean, according to President Granger, has become a paradise…

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…Finances Committee proposes cutting staff to save money By Lakhram Bhagirat A decision has been taken by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) to offer a one-month amnesty period to defaulting ratepayers on the accumulated interest on unpaid property rates. In addition, Chairman of the Finance Committee Oscar Clarke suggested that the municipality consider downsizing its number of staff since salaries account for 68 per cent of the Council’s revenue. The option of amnesty was flouted so that the Council could accumulate monies to pay staff members for…

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There is no doubt that teenage pregnancy in Guyana, which ranks second highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, is at its highest in remote hinterland communities. Acknowledgments are due to the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) as the community of Mahdia, the administrative centre of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), will now have access to Community Parenting Support Groups, Adolescent Antenatal Clinic Days, Adolescent Health and Wellness Days, and a Men’s Health Clinic. Last week, at the launch of ‘Adolescent and Men-Friendly Health Programme’ at the Mahdia Health Centre, Deputy Chief…

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Even as it tries to secure headquarters from where it can function properly, the newly-constituted Local Government Commission (LGC) is leaving the proverbial door open for those with complaints to bring their issue to the body’s attention. This is according to the Commission’s Chairman, Mortimer Mingo. In an interview with this publication, Mingo bluntly stated that the entity was not required by law to seek out problems affecting Local Authority Areas, but to act on complaints received. “The Local Government Commission Act spells out the functions and responsibilities of the…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat The two Constabulary officers dismissed by City Hall, are expected to be reinstated and then sent on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation of the alleged sexual assault on a minor and dereliction of duty, by the Legal Affairs and Security Committee of the municipality. This action comes following a letter to the Town Clerk by Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan last week. Corporal Quacy Baveghems claimed that he witnessed a Lance Corporal of the City Constabulary engaged in a sexual act with a minor in…

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