Guyana Times

Dear Editor, It is with a deep sense of sadness that Bibi Jamila Munir and Mohammed Munir met their end. The circumstances can only be described as barbaric and beyond human comprehension. Those responsible for this dastardly act cannot be considered to be humans. These two persons have made significant contributions to community and the country. Their lost is...

Dear Editor, The Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA) is outraged at the wave of attacks targeting the farming community generally, and the rice farmers specifically. The first assault on rice farmers was the reneging by the government of a multiplicity of pre-election promises, which is now perceived as a ploy to win the votes of the farming community. This was followed...

Former Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill was slapped with a charge of breaching the City’s bylaws and appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Edghill pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on March 17 at South Ruimveldt he covered the southern parapet of Sugar Cane Street with a derelict vehicle. The...

...Trader? Yup! That's the name of a programme our Minister of Business has come up with to speed up the processing of our imports. To tell the truth, we wish he'd come up with something to speed up the processing of our exports – since this would mean foreigners are buying our "stuff" and willing to spend foreign money...

… “we are inheritors of that” – Ramjattan By Devina Samaroo Cautioning that nothing good could be achieved once criminals feel empowered, former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday expressed concerns that the David Granger-led Administration may be too sympathetic towards prisoners. Following the three-day deadly rioting at the overcrowded Camp Street Prisons, much focus has been placed on management...

– 12 homeless By: Kizzy Coleman A fire suspected to be electrical in origin completely ravaged two houses in a family yard at Tucville, Georgetown on Monday evening leaving at least 12 persons homeless. The two houses located at Lot 3 Tucville Squatting Area were completely destroyed while another in the same yard had extensive water damage. Reports reaching this newspaper stated...

GFF/Stag Elite League Finale… Alpha “The Hammer” United seemed to have returned to their usual destructiveness on the football field when they inflicted a 5-0 thrashing on Georgetown Football Club (GFC) on Sunday in the Guyana Football Federation’s Stag Elite League Finale. Playing on GFC’s home turf at Bourda, home team had no answers for the aggression of Alpha United,...

Coverden fatal accident – Police moving full steam ahead to institute charges Even as Jason Bhaskaran remains in serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the Police are moving full steam ahead with regard to instituting charges in connection with the deadly smash-up at Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Sunday morning. Guyana Times understands that the Police have completed their...

A Norwegian technical team is due in Guyana next Tuesday for a series of engagements with the Guyana Government, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Tuesday in a statement. The team comprises officials from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative. The focus of the April 26 to May 4, 2016 visit is...

Businessman Shahab Hack made yet another donation of footballs and athletic shoes to individuals in the Tiger Bay area on Sunday. Hack, who is actively involved in the area for over two years, explained that his involvement arose through the various initiatives the Guyana Police Force would have in communities like Albouystown and those similar in nature. The businessman explained...