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Deadly Prison Riot As the Commission of Inquiry continues into the deadly Camp Street Prison fire, A Division Commander Clifton Hicken has revealed that whenever police seize certain items from inmates, they are returned to the Guyana Prison Service. In his testimony to Commissioners on Thursday, Commander Hicken stated that police ranks would normally search for “arms and ammunition” and...

Dear Editor, I take serious offence with the headlines in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of Friday, 15 April 2016, deeming Minister Harmon’s recent issue with GRA as interference. It seems that both of these dailies have lost their balance and are both bent on character assassination of Minister Joseph Harmon. One also gets the impression that neither of these...

Dear Editor, During the period that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) was in Government, the then A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Opposition, including most of the private media, launched a sustained and massive misinformation campaign against the then Administration, accusing it of corruption and racial discrimination. This malicious act was done without any substantial evidence, but with...

Dear Editor, It is with sheer repugnance that I read once again in the Wednesday 13 April, 2016 edition of Kaieteur News regurgitating lies and half-truths to manufacture an article captioned “GFC officials are as guilty as their former political bosses for corruption — WPA Executive Member”. I am also of the belief that Dr David Hinds, executive member of...

A homeless man on Friday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Annette Singh to answer to simple larceny. Mahase Sarjoo told the court he has no fixed place of abode, and pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that between April 12 and 13 at Cowan Street, Kingston, Georgetown, he broke and entered a building belonging to...

Newly elected President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Vishnu Doerga, believes that a comprehensive strategy is needed to further boost economic activities in Guyana. Speaking with reporters recently, the GCCI President noted that for Guyana to become a global player, its needs to operate with efficiency, both in good economic times as well as bad...

Vendors at Bourda Market are continuing their cry for better sanitary conditions at the facility. When Guyana Times visited the area yesterday, vendors voiced concerns over poor security and lack of sanitation within the market. Retailers at the Market were all eager to relay their daily experiences there with regards to security and sanitation. One clothes merchant pointed out that...

President David Granger has committed his Administration’s support to the University of Guyana’s Student Society (UGSS), after the student body picketed the Ministry of the Presidency last week, demanded an audience with the Head of State. After more than a week of waiting, President Granger finally met with representatives of the student body, where he pledged to continue to...

In a matter of days, approximately 14,500 students across the country are slated to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), commonly called the “Common Entrance” exams. This has always been regarded as quite an important exam for our students, considering that it plays a huge part in the authorities deciding which secondary school a student should be...

– lack of materials affecting work By Indrawattie Natram Several primary and secondary schools toilet facilities in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) are currently out of order and despite several reports made to the Department of Education and the engineering section of Region Two Administration nothing has been done. Guyana Times understands the facilities could not be fixed due to the lack of...