Month: August 2019

Former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall has approached the court to compel the David Granger-led coalition Cabinet to stop meeting and resign. The proceedings were filed on Monday. However, a date is yet to be fixed for hearing of the Fixed Date Application. In the court documents seen by Guyana Times International, Nandlall is asking for an order compelling the Cabinet, including the President, to resign consequent of the Government being defeated by the vote of a no-confidence on December 21, 2018— which is in accordance with Article 106 (6)…

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Another Jamaican restaurateur in the United States has died suddenly. Rohan Martin White, 49, owner and executive chef of Bull Bay Caribbean Cuisine in Wilmington, Delaware, is suspected to have committed suicide Monday morning at his residence. His body was discovered at 9:20 a.m. by his distraught nephew, Sage White, who was spending time in Delaware, assisting his uncle with the restaurant. Towards the end of 2017, prominent restaurant owner Lowell Hawthorne, owner of the Golden Krust chain, committed suicide in his New York office. White, also known as Mark…

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Guyanese music legend, Johnny Critchlow Braithwaite, M.S., also known as ‘Johnny Braff’ died on Wednesday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Braff, who was a resident at Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, Georgetown, died at about 04:00h. Braff, who was known for the hit song “Stop the music…It Burns Inside”, celebrated his 82nd birthday in July and was feted by the Social Protection Ministry at a special concert held in his honour. In May, he was given the national award – Medal of Service – by President David Granger.…

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A Venezuelan woman was ordered to do community service after she was taken before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday for shoplifting. Twenty-seven-year-old Oliamith Gonsalves appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and admitted to the charge which stated that on August 24, 2019, at Regent Street, Georgetown, she stole two deodorants, two razors, beef cuts, and chicken feet – totalling G$5490, from Bounty Supermarket. Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh told the court that On August 24, Gonsalves went to the Bounty Supermarket and was observed by a security guard acting in a…

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City Hall will be exploring the introduction of by-laws to deal with delinquent taxpayers and sanctions being explored range from shutting down of businesses to the auctioning of properties. This is according to Georgetown Mayor, Ubraj Narine, who told the media on Wednesday that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues to be cash strapped as a result of taxpayers refusing to pay taxes despite the amnesty policy that it had introduced for delinquent taxpayers. He pointed out that the amnesty initiative is still ongoing but more needs to be…

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Police have arrested a 37-year-old man, who was found with a shotgun on Monday night in Wash Clothes, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD). According to Police, the man was discovered with the 12-gauge single barrel shotgun in a wooden boat by an Anti-Crime Unit which was on patrol. As such, he was taken into Police custody and is assisting with investigations. Last month, two males were arrested in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), after they were found with a shotgun and two cartridges. Based on reports received, Police ranks…

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Less than one month after Acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe was sent on administrative leave owing to the alleged failure to submit pertinent information for a forensic audit, these documents were finally submitted. Guyana Times International was informed that the new acting Town Clerk, Sherry Jerrick, handed over these documents after being provided with a one-week timeframe to do so. This is after the Audit Office of Guyana had written the Commission, ordering that the documents be provided. At Monday’s statutory meeting, the full Council was briefed by Jerrick about…

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