Guyana Times

Pakaraima mountain safari Seventy-six plus participants and sponsors were on Thursday evening honoured for their participation in the annual Pakaraima Mountain Safari. Among the dignitaries present at the event were Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes, Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valarie Garrido-Lowe, Tourism Authority Director Indranaught Singh and tour organiser Frank Singh. According to Tourism Director Singh, what...

Dear Editor, It must be 50 years and more that the Common Entrance Exams now called the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) are being written with students all being assigned a number. The numbered system assured fairness across the board and that no one would be singled out for discrimination. In a country with a contentious racial divide, Government is...

Camp Street Prison riot By Shemuelfanfair The findings from the investigation into the fatal Camp Street Prison fire are in and it has revealed that prisoners were indeed responsible for the March 3 deadly blaze. Station Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, Andrew Holder, who led the investigation into the fire, told the Commission of Inquiry on Friday that after careful and...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is urging that President David Granger accept the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report as is it and change his position that the findings are flawed. The party, a member of the seven faction A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), was partly founded by Rodney, a historian and educator, who met his demise some...

As the trial against Kevin Rankin who allegedly murdered his two-year-old niece in 2013 continued Friday, the defendant vehemently denied sodomising or killing the child. Rankin, also known as “Lil Man”, is on trial before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and a jury for allegedly killing little Kimani Phillips on 12 October, 2013 at Lot 46 Haslington South, East Coast Demerara....

...on NGSA It’s said “Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.” This Eyewitness really believes some folks making policy at the Education Ministry may be “mad” – in the sense of how the ancients used it. Doing things that just doesn’t stand to reason. Take this latest decision on the NGSA – to now have...

– 800 workers to join 1700 from Wales on breadline By Devina Samaroo Some 800 workers may lose their jobs as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) moves to shut down the remaining operations at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Sugar Estate, making this the second sugar estate to be closed within a year under the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For...

With the international leg of the Miss Regal International Pageant set for August 13 in Antigua, Guyana will be searching for that one special delegate who has what it takes to walk on the international stage. The Miss Regal International Pageant will see 50 beauties from around the world assembling in one place, with the aim of winning the...

The Guyana Defece Force (GDF) Athletics Club will match strides with an old rival in the Police Sports Club when the Boyce and Jefford relay Festival is held on April 24 at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary. Despite the many battles between the two factions, April 24 will present an opportunity for the Police men and women to...

As Guyana celebrates 178 years of the arrival of East Indians to Guyana, Indian Culture International (ICI) will host a grand event titled “Indian Arrival Fest 2016” on May 5 on the lawns of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Lilendaal, Greater Georgetown. The day’s proceedings will see various cultural activities being performed by members of the Indian Cultural Centre;...