Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has refused to grant an order sought by former Attorney General Anil Nandlall compelling Cabinet and the President to resign or stop meeting, a decision which Nandlall says must be appealed. In her ruling on Wednesday, Justice George noted that a first instance court such as the High Court cannot contradict the higher court’s ruling. She pointed out that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) had said that notwithstanding the Cabinet’s resignation, it still continued in office as a caretaker government. She said that both…
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GECOM to fill key positions ‘soon’ – Alexander
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be moving ahead with the process of recruiting personnel for key positions within the elections body in preparation for the March 2020 polling day. This was revealed by Government-nominated GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander when he updated reporters on Tuesday’s more than three-hour-long meeting. According to Alexander, the Commission has agreed to commence interviews for the posts of: Assistant Chief Elections Officer (ACEO), Civic and Voters’ Education Officer, Research Officer and Logistics Officer. “So very soon we will be convening those panels for the interviews…
Read MoreRegion 2 tops list of corrupt practices in Police Force
Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Chairman, Retired Justice William Ramlall and a team of investigators on Tuesday met with the Mayor and Councillors of the Anna Regina Town Council, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) where they were briefed on the many corrupt practices within the Guyana Police Force in that Division. Justice Ramlall told the officials that most of the reports received from residents in the Region were against the Traffic Department, the Police patrol and the middle management of the Force. On this note, he related that Region Two was topping the…
Read MoreITEC programme having positive impact; over 500 Guyanese benefited – Indian High Commissioner
Over 500 Guyanese have benefited from the Indian Technical Economic Cooperation (ITEC), a programme that is offered to people of Guyana by the Government of India, to develop Guyana’s human resources. This is according to Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa, who hosted an event at his Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara home, in recognition of ITEC’S 55th anniversary. According to the High Commissioner, the ITEC programme has been constantly on the move, catching success for the past years. This programme has been building and training over…
Read MoreTeacher Day – Teachers use themselves as bridges – Miss Rabeena Rajkumar
By Mohanlall Suelall Nikos Kazantzakis had said, “True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.” Bearing that in mind, Rabeena Rajkumar joined the teaching profession over 20 years ago and to date she still goes to work every day feeling as though it is the first. For her, teaching gives her fulfilment and knowing that she is impacting the lives of the future generations of groundbreakers makes her the…
Read MoreCash transfers…
…or handouts? There’s a spirited debate roiling the political arena – and “arena” it is! – on whether some of the anticipated oil revenues should be passed directly to some (or all) citizens of Guyana. From where your Eyewitness is sitting, the debate boils down to whether we should call the idea “cash transfer” or “handout”. Interestingly, however, none of the combatants are calling their schemes, “handouts”! But if you were to look at the comments, most folks who are opposed to the scheme raise the supposedly deleterious effects of…
Read MoreAFC’s Nagamootoo and Ramjattan have been relegated to “rubber stamp” status
Dear Editor, It is now the foregone conclusion of the masses in Guyana and the Diaspora that the Alliance for Change has long become subservient to the PNC-dominated coalition Government to the point of being totally consumed. The identity is completely lost. They further opined that the leaders, namely, Moses Nagamootoo and Khemraj Ramjattan have been relegated to “rubber stamps” status, merely regurgitating the views, utterances, opinions and policies of the PNC. We have seen numerous examples: when Granger illegally appointed Patterson as GECOM’s Chairman, when the four estates were…
Read MoreLight aircraft crashes in Guyana’s interior, pilot rescued
A small aircraft, which was shuttling fuel to Guyana’s interior, has crashed at Aricheng, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The incident occurred on Thursday around 07:53h. The plane was piloted by Captain Bernard Singh, who is said to have survived the crash. The Piper PA31 aircraft, bearing registration 8R-HAI, is owned by Captain Orlando Charles of Domestic Airways. According to a press release from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (G, Air Traffic Services at Timehri has confirmed that an emergency locator signal was received from Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT).…
Read MoreFormer journalist admitted to Guyana bar
Thirty-year-old Tifaine Rutherford, the daughter of Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford who endured a high-risk pregnancy, during her final year at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, was admitted to practise Law in Guyana on Friday last at the Demerara High Court. The petition of Rutherford, a former Journalist, was presented to acting Chief Justice Roxane George by Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat, who described her as a woman of integrity and good character. The acting Chief Justice told Rutherford that law was a profession that called for lifelong learning, honesty,…
Read MoreT&T company implicates Finance Ministry in alleged kickbacks scheme
…documents show 20% of contract price requested Leaked documents on Monday revealed that a Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) based company was approached by a senior official from the Guyana Oil company (GuyOil), who requested money from the company on behalf of a top official in the Finance Ministry. It was previously reported in sections of the media that Commissiong and Company Limited was approached by GuyOil for payments after it would have signed three contracts with the State-owned oil company to construct two 10,000-barrel storage tanks at its Providence terminal.…
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