Month: August 2019

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has announced that a JetBlue team will be arriving in Guyana next month. “They will be mounting a mission next month… the first or second week of next month. They will start looking at things like facilities, hotels, staffing,” Patterson was quoted as saying by the Department of Public Information. The minister was responding to the reports that that the American carrier is expected to add Guyana to its international routes in early 2020. “From my understanding, they received the aircraft late, so it is…

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A 24-year-old man of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice (WCB), lost his life following an accident on Sunday evening at the Number 42 Village Public Road, WCB. Dead is Latchman Hansraj called “Kevin”. Reports are the young man was on his way home from a horse racing event when the accident occurred. According to the police, Hansraj was riding motorcycle CJ 5154 at a fast rate of speed when he collided with 19-year-old Franyelys Rondon of Lot 78 Plantation Washington. The police stated that Hansraj fell onto the road and…

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The Chief Justice (CJ) has delivered her written ruling on the No-Confidence Motion (NCM), issuing a stern reminder to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that a NCM was passed, and as such, the body cannot ignore this and proceed as though it’s business as usual. This reminder is contained in paragraph 113 of acting CJ Roxane George’s almost 50-page document. According to the written judgement, former GECOM Chairman James Patterson’s order to begin House-to-House Registration did not take into consideration the December 21, 2018 passage of the NCM. “The fact…

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President David Granger, on Thursday morning, attended the viewing of the body of the late Constable Winston Cooper, former member of the Presidential Guard, at the Lyken Funeral Parlour, the Ministry of the Presidency has reported. President Granger had called for an inquiry into the death of Constable 2045 Cooper, during a visit to his East Ruimveldt, Georgetown home after learning of his death on August 14, 2019. President Granger empathized with Cooper’s grieving mother, Ms. Loraine Peters and other relatives. The 32-year-old Presidential Guard died after a few weeks…

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Two multi-million-dollar elevators are now operational at the Peter’s Hall overpass, East Bank Demerara (EBD), which were constructed to reduce road fatalities around that heavily trafficked area. According to Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, who commissioned the elevators on Friday last, the other elevators are scheduled to be up and running soon. Focus is being placed on the one at Houston, Greater Georgetown in time for the new academic year. However, five persons from the community were selected to operate the two elevators at Peter’s Hall. The operators will be…

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High Court Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln, on Tuesday, denied an injunction filed by engineer Charles Ceres to prevent Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo from speaking about Government’s alleged massive land giveaway, from which he reportedly benefitted. The court also denied Ceres’ application to prevent Guyana Times from publishing stories on the same matter. Ceres and his wife, who is an employee of the Ministry of the Presidency, filed for the injunction against Guyana Times after reports were published on alleged land corruption within the Government. The allegations were made by Opposition Leader…

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Abigale Joungaye Tells her Story By Lakhram Bhagirat Teachers are the creators of every other profession and they more than often become our second set of parents. They have our best interests at heart and take pride in our developments. They go above and beyond to ensure that we are given the best possible education we can get so that we can grow and be the best version of ourselves. It is a known fact that teachers are overworked and underpaid and suffer from severe mental exhaustion from dealing with…

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…Mayor urges residents to settle outstanding rates and taxes Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine is appealing to residents in the capital city to pay their rates and taxes so that City Hall, which has been delinquent in its payments to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), can pay off its debt. It was recently reported that City Hall owes NIS some G$218 million. The Mayor said that the treasurer and finance Committee are exploring options to have this issue resolved. “They are looking at how we can be able to honour…

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