Guyana Times

In the wake of the protest by parents of Mocha Nursery School pupils over the unsatisfactory conditions, Chief Education Officer Olato Sam has said he has not received a report on the incident. The Education Ministry official made the disclosure and declined to further comment when contacted by Guyana Times about what mechanisms were being put in place to...

The long-awaited Telecommunications Bill will soon be tabled in the National Assembly. This comes after months of consultations with many of the relevant stakeholders. In a recent interview, Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes related to the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the date was still being finalised and should be completed before May 31. “There were extensive discussions, so what...

As the inquiry into the riots at the Camp Street Prison continues, Commissioners heard on Tuesday that defective surveillance cameras at the penitentiary increase the risk of a jailbreak. Prison Officer Dekanna Benjamin in her testimony explained that surveillance equipment has been in a non-operational state for “three or four months”. She conceded that the non-functioning equipment did impact...

The Mayor and City Council will be moving to prosecute non-compliant taxpayers as it strives to recover the more than $2 billion it is owed. In a telephone interview with Guyana Times on Tuesday, Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase Green said that indeed the Town Clerk, Royston King would be taking legal action against the defaulters. It was revealed earlier this year...

Monk Acharya Siddeshvaranana from the Ananda Marga Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) is visiting Guyana after five years to establish a centre for the Ananda Marga Yoga Society Guyana branch. Siddeshvaranana disclosed he was happy about the construction of a facility to accommodate members instead of having them use various locations to host their meetings. The NGO is focused mainly on yoga,...

Occupational Health and Safety Month The Ministry of the Presidency in collaboration with a number of agencies hosted a mini-health fair for employees, as part of observances for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Month. From mid-afternoon over the last two Fridays, inter-departmental sessions were held at the Training Division of the Department of Public Service and in the Ministry’s compound where...

Dear Editor, I read with interest over the years the debates over the sustainability and viability of the Guyana sugar industry. Firstly, it is clear, on a stand-alone basis, sugar is not a straight-line profitable industry. How could it be with costs running at US0/tonne and being sold for US0/tonne? Clearly, each tonne of sugar contributes negative US0 to...

Dear Editor, I said it in a letter about a year ago and I will say it again. The Ministry of Public Security, perhaps, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, needs to have someone or a team, go into the Guyana prisons and find out from the inmates why they are becoming so violent. Those who have...

As Police reopen the investigation into the 2008 murder of East Bank Essequibo (EBE) businessman Habiboodean, four persons have been arrested while law enforcement continues the search for a fifth suspect, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed. Superintendent Blanhum said that investigators were now seeking the late businessman’s daughter who was a person of interest in the probe. He said despite...

Twenty-year-old Shawn Spellen, of Lot 143 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, was in the wee hours of Monday killed after the vehicle in which he was travelling suffered a puncture and turned turtle. According to information received, the accident occurred about 03:30h at Bushy Park Public Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). The now dead man was heading home when one of the...