Guyana Times

Dear Editor, The role of women and empowering women within the Guyana labour force has been a matter of controversy for over decades. The GPSU has a vibrant Women’s Committee, and has been on the front burner of advocating for women and their empowerment not just to fulfil the goal of gender equality, they have also done so to...

... parents reluctant to send children to children The optimum educational advancement of students at the Mortice Primary School at Mahaicony, Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) is being hindered because of the school’s current deplorable conditions. On Friday Guyana Times was shown evidence of hanging wires with accompanying sockets for fluorescent lights at various sections of the school. Information reaching this publication stated...

Dear Editor, I welcome the appointment of Therese Turner-Jones as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) General Manager for the Caribbean with oversight of the Guyana office.  Turner-Jones holds a very important post and developing countries like Guyana look forward to her support and co-operation. I welcome her to this important and challenging post.  Turner-Jones’s appointment no doubt comes at a...

Months after former councillors within the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) passed a No- Confidence motion against Town Clerk Jenella Bowen, Mayor Carwyn Holland has accused her of lacking respect for the municipality and failing to relate correspondence regarding the Council in a timely manner. During the recent statutory meeting, Holland also informed councillors that he had resorted to...

...and social history Acting President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Minister of Information Moses Nagamootoo couldn’t make it to the Arrival Ceremony at the Monument Gardens. Your Eyewitness doesn’t know why he stayed away, since the organisers took pains to emphasise it wasn’t “Indian” Arrival Day. Nagamootoo, of course, had rather ostentatiously emphasised in NY he wasn’t “Indian”, but...

Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux has stressed his country’s intent to further strengthen the close relationship it enjoys with Guyana. The High Commissioner made the comments on Friday during the handing over of equipment, worth some Cdn$13,500, by Canada-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Caribbean North Charities Foundation (CNCF) to the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital. The...

– as inclement weather intensifies Inclement weather over the past few days has left several already “substandard” roads in Linden in a deplorable state. Residents, particularly drivers, have voiced concerns over the state of several roads in both Wismar and Mackenzie in areas such as Block 22, Amelia’s Ward, Victory Valley and Wisroc. They noted that some of the roads have...

As the Ogle International Airport (OIA) renaming debacle deepens, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has signalled its intention to appeal a Supreme Court decision not to grant its injunction blocking the change of name to the Eugene F Correia International Airport. On Wednesday, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson told the media that the  injunction filed by NATA was...

High Court Judge Roxanne Wiltshire-George on Wednesday issued an interim order blocking the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) from removing some vendors from around the Stabroek Market. An injunction filed by a vendor, Peter Warner, on Wednesday in the High Court, sought to restrain Town Clerk Royston King and the City Council from removing some vendors from the...

– defends project against Opposition probing As the D’Urban Park Development Project continues to face public scrutiny and criticisms, Government has sought to defend the Project, revealing details including the names of contractors. This follows the submission of a list of oral questions on the Project by Opposition Member of Parliament Juan Edghill during Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly. Despite...