Year: 2017

Amidst continued protest over the late payment of wages and salaries, the Municipality of Georgetown has embarked on a workforce audit, individually assessing the viability of its more than 800 staff members. This move comes after a continued call for downsizing from Chairman of the City’s Finance Committee, Oscar Clarke. City Hall currently employs over 800 persons, with its wages and salaries bill amounting to over 68 per cent of its revenue. In relation to this, Mayor Patricia Chase Green said the suggestions for the downsizing have been constant, even…

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A mother of one was on Sunday afternoon trailed and eventually attacked by a pair of armed and unmasked bandits while conducting business on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD). Bhavana Samtani is now left counting her losses which add up to approximately G$900,000. According to information reaching Guyana Times, Samtani, accompanied by her son, had just cashed a cheque at a bank in Parika, and while going about her business within the area, she was being tracked by the robbers. Shortly after the woman boarded a bus destined for…

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Even as the furore over a US$18 million signing bonus the Government received continues, ExxonMobil has distanced itself from Government’s decision to use the money to pay legal fees. While it acknowledged paying the money into the Bank of Guyana account, its input in the process ended there. According to Exxon’s Senior Director of Public and Government Affairs, Kimberly Brasington, the company followed, and will continue to follow, local laws and regulations it encounters. She noted that while the transaction was a normal one, Exxon did not have a say…

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The Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC) is currently examining the possibility of having a National Land Policy in place as early as 2018, Commissioner Trevor Benn said on Tuesday. According to Benn, Guyana has been without such a policy for many years. The Land Policy will see the proper governance of both public and private lands, he explained. “We are at the very infant stage of the policy and the board is spearheading the exercise… It will be through a participatory process, to reach out to all Guyanese to…

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Alim Ally, a Lusignan Prison inmate who called 911 threatening to assassinate President David Granger in November was on Monday hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that Ally while in a public place (Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara) telephoned 911, and threatened to kill the President and shoot at the Brickdam Police Station with intent to cause fear. Three charges of a similar nature followed and according to Prosecutor Arvin Moore, the telephone calls were made on different occasions between November 10 and November 19, 2017. Ally…

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Amid moves to make substantive appointments to the most important positions in the Judiciary, the Guyana Bar Association is calling for a timely end to protracted acting positions. This comes after President David Granger’s announcement that a nominee has been found to take over one of these posts. According to Vice President of the Bar Association, Teni Housty, acting appointments can affect the perception of the Judiciary’s fairness when making decisions. And while Housty noted that good decisions have so far been made by the appointees, such appointments are generally…

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A father of two was on Wednesday morning shot dead at Old Road, Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) by two gunmen, who attempted to relieve him of the gold chain he was wearing. Purcell Moore, who is visiting Guyana from Cayenne, was reportedly shot at least four times by two pedal cycle bandits who attempted to snatch his chain. The shooting incident occurred mere minutes after the 42-year-old left his parent’s house at Old Road, Craig. Guyana Times International was told that the clothes vendor arrived in the country two…

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