Guyana Times

– Public Security Minister dodges transparency question Members of the media were on Monday barred from hearing the testimonies of members of the Prison Service at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deadly Camp Street Prison fire. This decision followed a meeting with Commissioners which delayed the start of Monday’s session. Sometime after 10:30h, Chairman of the CoI, retired Justice...

The US State Department has just issued its latest annual Human Rights Report that is based on data from 2015. As such, it evaluated the record of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition Government over the last six months of the year. With the new Government insisting its raison d’être was “change”, the Report...

Approximately million has been allocated to facilitate night court sessions, which are expected to commence in a matter of weeks. Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan told media operatives on Monday that while certain terms were yet to be determined, Government has set aside a huge sum of money to cover the expenses of this undertaking. “The Minister of Finance...

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...

– lit stove resulted in East Bank Berbice blaze After thorough investigations by the Guyana Fire Service to ascertain the cause of the fire that destroyed an Enmore, East Coast Demerara, home resulting in death of a pensioner, the Fire Chief has confirmed that the origin was a kerosene lamp. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle in an interview with Guyana Times on...

Dear Editor, I am writing out of concern about a problematic issue that continues to affect the residents of Leguan for a number of years. I am referring to contractors who are awarded sea defence work on the island. These contractors in a very unscrupulous manner would damage infrastructure work on the island example roads, bridges and dams and...

... Business owners downscaling, employees laid off The Berbice economy is experiencing difficulty as urgent measures are needed to cushion effects of the current economic downturn in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne). This is according to Regional Chairman David Armogan who was speaking at the 83rd anniversary of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) where he said there...

Two persons, including a 15-year-old girl, was killed in the wee hours of Sunday, while two others are critical foll owing a three-vehicle collision at Coverden Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The dead are Rudolph Bess, 22, of Lot 220 Kaneville, EBD and Hansranie Persaud, 15, of Grove Housing Scheme, EBD. Those injured are Jason Baskarran, 23, of Track “B”...

A 70-year-old woman was early Sunday morning burnt to death after fire engulfed her Lot 90 Hope Street, Enmore, East Coast Demerara home. The dead woman was identified as Banmattie John. The fire reportedly started around 02:30h Sunday and quickly engulfed the small two-storey wooden structure. Firefighters were summoned, but by the time they arrived the building was already destroyed. The woman...

DDL/GRA settlement …Govt will lose billion Beverage giant Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) whopping $3.8 billion Consumption Tax write-off from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) just opened avenues for other companies to seek refunds on taxes paid, thus ultimately depriving the state of billions of dollars. Condemning in the strongest possible sense the controversial out-of-court settlement, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed that...