Year: 2017

Samantha Kandasammy and Michael Singh; the parents of three-year-old Anisha Singh, are accusing some doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) of serious malpractice, which they claim resulted in the death of their child. Anisha, of Lot 2 Edon Street, Tucville, Georgetown, passed away at a private institution at around 02:00h on Monday after her parents transferred her from the GPHC. Chronicling the incidents that led up to the death of her daughter, Kandasammy related that she took her toddler to the GPHC on July 7, 2017 for medical treatment…

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…as Detective Training programmes launched The Canadian Justice Education Society (JES), in collaboration with key international partners, launched three detective training programmes at the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Training Centre on Monday. The courses are geared to build and strengthen the justice system in Guyana. Police have, over time, come in for scrutiny over their handling of evidence in some major cases, but it is hoped that this public distrust could be reduced, since police ranks, during the course of this week, will take the courses to improve their skills…

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…celebration themed “Let’s cooperate and celebrate Republic 48 The 2018 Mashramani observances were officially launched in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Saturday, amidst lively cultural presentations and performances. A colourful mini Mashramani-like parade which culminated at Republic Avenue formed a spectacular prelude to the official launching ceremony, which took place on the tarmac of the Linden-Georgetown minibus park. Next year’s official theme, coined by winner Harry Narine, “Let’s cooperate and celebrate Republic 48” was also unveiled, in addition to the official Calendar of Events which showcases over 20 days…

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In light of high-level meetings regarding the financial state of the sugar industry, workers were finally paid but only after information surfaced that several categories of employees had not been paid for their services for about two weeks. At Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) request for urgent monies was granted which paved the way for workers across the estates to receive their salaries. Guyana Times International was told that workers at Uitvlugt and at Wales received their weekly salaries by Wednesday afternoon. The disbursements for workers at…

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Several Guyanese living on some of the islands that have been ravaged by Hurricane Irma have expressed interest in returning home, while others prefer to remain and assist with the rebuilding efforts in their adopted homes, Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Director General, Colonel (retired) Chabilall Ramsarup, has said. Ramsarup told this publication on Monday that a team consisting of Citizenship Minister Winston Felix, two members of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, one from the CDC, and a public relations official from the Office of the Prime Minister visited Antigua, St Maarten…

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Despite intensified efforts by Police to curb drunk driving on the nation’s roadways, another person was killed as a result of the scourge. Sixty-six-year-old pedal cyclist, Basil Rambarran of Farm Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was on Tuesday afternoon killed at Herstelling, EBD after he was struck down by minibus BLL 4739 driven by a 44-year old Soesdyke, Back Road resident. The driver was subsequently arrested after he failed a breathalyser test where he was found to be over the legal limit of alcohol consumption. Police stated that the…

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ExxonMobil and the Guyana Government on Wednesday wrapped up another round of high-level technical talks aimed at looking at the feasibility of using natural gas transported from its wells in the Atlantic to shore, in order to be used to supplement the nation’s electricity demands. The first in what is being heralded as a series of continued discussions on commercial and power generation issues began on Tuesday last when officers of the Government of Guyana and technical members of ExxonMobil met in Georgetown. That meeting follows one held a day…

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…Granger tells world leaders at UN Guyana continues to be imperilled by the ever militaristic threats from Venezuela which has laid claim to more than two thirds of Guyana’s territories, a situation that threatens the very existence of peace in the Caribbean region once protracted. This was the clarion call of Head of State David Granger, who in his third appearance at the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York, appealed to world leaders dedicating a third of his presentation to the escalating conflict over Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo.…

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