Year: 2017

As the time of sharing and giving gets underway, the Salvation Army, in collaboration with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and Food For The Poor Guyana, distributed some 1200 hampers to senior citizens. The activity was executed on Monday when the venerable organisation hosted its annual Christmas distribution exercise at its divisional headquarters, Alexander Street, Georgetown. The facility was filled to capacity, leaving the organisers with no other alternative but to bring in extra seating. The Salvation Army’s Divisional Commander, Major Saint-Lot explained that the distribution drive would continue in…

…Top Cop says Police should not have entered Parliament Days after approximately one dozen ranks of the Guyana Police Force had barged into the Parliament Chambers to remove Opposition Parliamentarian Juan Edghill, acting Police Commission David Ramnarine has stated that the ranks “ought not” to have been in the Chambers. In a statement on the recent events at Parliament, which has raised security concerns among Parliamentarians, the acting Top Cop assured that security around the Public Buildings remains intact. In an attempt to physically remove Edghill from the Parliament Chambers,…

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…

Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred around 21:00h on Tuesday night on the Wallers Delight Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) that resulted in the death of pedestrian Mohamed Nazim, age 44. Felicia Persaud, 30, the daughter-in-law of the deceased, was injured in the accident. The vehicle involved in the accident, a Jeep bearing registration plates PTT 779, was driven by a 43-year-old resident of Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD. According to the Police, the vehicle was proceeding East along the northern carriageway, allegedly at a fast rate. It…

A prominent Lethem businessman, who was named as the prime suspect by the recently-concluded Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the construction of an illegal airstrip in Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), was on Monday slapped with a conspiracy charge. Hutashan Ramsingh, of Tabatinga, Lethem, was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that between August 10, 2017 and August 13, 2017 at Mandacoro Island Savannah, Region Nine, he conspired with persons unknown to facilitate the illegal landing of an aircraft at an unauthorised port of entry.…

The Appeal Court of Guyana has upheld the High Court’s awarding of over G$59 million in pension benefits to former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon, more than 10 years after he was dismissed from his post. However, the remaining G$20 million for which the High Court had also determined that Arjoon should receive was not awarded and will form part of substantive appeal as the Bank secured a stay of execution against the former CEO’s judgment. These determinations were made by Appeal Court…

Fifty-eight young professionals on Monday graduated from the public service training institute – the Bertram Collins College and would be integrated into the Public Sector. Proudly adorned in their signature purple and black uniforms, graduating professionals were presented with certificates, outlining their qualifications to officially serve the people of Guyana. As a result of the 12 months of extensive training, 58 young professionals will now embark on careers within the Public Sector as they will soon be attached to Ministries and other public offices across the country. The first six…