Year: 2019

…Mother of 6 pleads for assistance after husband dies at sea   A mother of six is pleading for public assistance after her husband died at sea in April. Narainee Chunilall of Number 56 Village Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), is seeking help to ensure that five of her six children can complete school. The 33-year-old lost her husband six months ago when crew members returned to shore with his body and reported that he died at sea. She said she has been able to get part-time employment at a…

Police ranks in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) on Monday managed to locate a patch of land that had been cultivated between bushes on which 750 cannabis sativa plants were growing. According to Commander of that region, Senior Superintendent Linden Lord, an operation was carried out between 10:15h and 11:00h on Monday where several ranks from the La Grange Police Station conducted a “drug farm eradication” at the Inner Bagotville Backdam, West Bank Demerara. He noted that each of the suspected cannabis sativa plants measured between one to 12 inches…

…says shift to higher land will have to be done gradually In light of the recent overtopping caused by abnormally high tides, the topic of relocating Guyana’s coastal populace to higher grounds has reignited but Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said it is unrealistic to do so now and instead, it will have to be done gradually. “It’s unrealistic to expect people to move [now]. So I see the move as a gradual one, people going to high ground but we can’t give up our productive assets on the coast. We…

Former Opposition Chief Whip and parliamentarian Gail Teixeira has officially renounced her Canadian citizenship, paving the way for the veteran politician’s return to the National Assembly and her Party’s candidate list. Teixeira made this revelation on Monday, on the sidelines of the first day of the National Toshaos Conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. When asked, she informed Guyana Times International that her documents were in fact finalised a couple months ago. “I received my renunciation since June 26, 2019. My Canadian citizenship was renounced by the Canadian authorities.…

The 35-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed to death the mother of his three children, was on Thursday, arraigned for the crime at the Vigilance Magistrates Courts. Clive Wilson, a pork knocker of Montrose, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The charge detailed that on the August 25, 2019, at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, he murdered Shamain Frank, 27. Based on information received, the suspect was seen entering the woman’s yard at about 03:00hrs, but was ordered by…

Almost one year after the passage of the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against the coalition government, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is only now scrambling to fill a number of key posts, with only five months remaining before next year’s March 2 polling day. This is according to Government-nominated Commissioner at GECOM, Vincent Alexander who told reporters, following Tuesday’s three-hour statutory meeting, that they have advanced certain aspects of the Commission’s work. This, he noted, includes reactivating the work of the admin committee to look at a number of vacancies that…

…rehabilitation a critical part of Prison Service mandate – Director   Presently, there are 1917 inmates housed in the various penitentiaries across the country in Guyana. Of this amount, 371 (19 per cent) are persons between the ages of 18 and 30 years. This is according to Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, who on the occasion of the Guyana Prison Service’s 136th anniversary celebrations stated that of that 19 per cent, there are 354 males and 17 females. Of that total, 62 prisoners (17 per cent) are serving time behind…

Nineteen-year-old Rollan Abrams, of Melanie, East Coast Demerara, was on Tuesday arraigned for the murder of David Gentle, whose body was found lying motionless in a pool of blood near his bicycle at Haslington, ECD. Abrams was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. The Police stated that on September 2, 2019, Abrams murdered 58-year-old Gentle. He was remanded to prison by presiding Magistrate Fabayo Azore and was scheduled to make his next court appearance on October 22, 2019.…