Year: 2018

The NEW Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) on Wednesday distributed several bursary awards to its employees’ children who would have written the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations. Among those in attendance at this ceremony were the awardees, summer attachments of the company, staff members, and representatives from the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU). The six bursary awardees, Narendra Maraj, Menakshi Singh, Kelly Singh, Darryle David, Reshma Seemangal and Alaycie Datson, were also given school supplies. Meanwhile, recognition was also given to three…

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The 26-year-old mother who allegedly killed her 3-year-old son on August 25, 2018 was, on Wednesday, arraigned for murder at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Pat Brenda Ferrieria, a housewife of Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara was not allowed to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to her by Magistrate Peter Hughes. She was remanded to prison until September 12, 2018. This newspaper had reported that on the day in question, 3-year-old Ramdeo Ferriera was killed after his mother allegedly pursued him with a knife and…

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Canadian mining company Guyana Goldfields has taken a decision to lay off approximately 80 local workers in a bid to consolidate its operations. Any rehiring would be contingent on their skills sets. This position was explained to this publication by Aurora Gold Mines’ Public Relations Officer Leon Roberts. According to Roberts, the company will be focusing its operations at Aurora, located in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). This means that the company will be cutting back operations from its Greenfield prospect, also located in Region Seven. “Yes, Guyana Goldfields Inc will let…

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Despite the need for the President and the Opposition Leader to consult before top judicial posts such as that of the Chief Justice and Chancellor can be filled, no contact has been made with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to set a date for a meeting. This was conveyed by Jagdeo during a recent press conference, where he was asked about the status of this process. While Jagdeo had previously said that the two sides were unlikely to meet before Local Government Elections (LGE), he revealed that overtures to set a…

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Eighteen-year-old Eton Calistro was on Monday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon for stabbing a CD vendor to death July 18, 2015 at Soesdyke, on the East Bank of Demerara. Upon the State’s murder indictment, Calistro, who plead not guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Leroy Moore, called “Jim Carrey”, admitted guilt to the lesser count of manslaughter. State Counsels Abigail Gibbs and Mandell Moore appeared for the prosecution while attorneys George Thomas and Sonia Parag defended Calistro. According to the facts of the case…

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The election of Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC), Mortimer Mingo, to the executive of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) last week, is not sitting well with Opposition members, who see this move as a conflict of interest. In an interview with Guyana Times International, former Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud pointed out the importance of the Chairman being as unbiased towards a particular party as possible. “It is clear now that as a central committee member of the PNC, he’s in the decision-making body of that party…

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, anticipates that by October, the Department of Citizenship will be responsible for designating persons as remigrants and his Ministry, which is currently responsible for the process, will play a consultative role as the need arises. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI) Minister Greenidge said in 2015 the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance made several recommendations to the Cabinet, including a proposal for this responsibility be transferred from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to the Department of Citizenship. Furthermore, it was outlined that…

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