Guyana Times

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Karen Cummings has outlined that Government planned to pass legislation altering the use of tobacco in the country. According to Dr Cummings, Government will be embarking on a number of initiatives with the aim of promoting a healthier Guyana and improving the productivity of its people. She said during the recently-held Unicomer...

CoI into deadly prison riot The Fire Service’s implementation of measures outlined in the Fire Prevention Act was scrutinised at Tuesday’s hearing of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of 17 prisoners at the Camp Street Prison. In the cross-examination, Attorney Christopher Ram sought to determine whether the Fire Service indeed observed all of the Standard Operating...

International review of local audits As the apparent fall out continues to deepen between the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change AFC), independent analyst and economist Ramon Gaskin has dismissed as “nonsensical”, a call by the AFC for there to be an international review of the forensic audits into several State agencies, conducted by...

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) supported the national junior Table Tennis team that will be participating in the 2016 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships in the Dominican Republic. Members of the GOA that included President, KA Juman Yassin, Secretary General Hector Edwards and Garfiled Wiltshire, Honorary Treasure handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum of money to the...

...in the Coalition? Reading the tea leaves strewn around by the AFC, it’s hard not to conclude the marriage of Tain 2015 between APNU and AFC’s on the rocks. That’s a crying shame ‘cause so many folks had such high hopes from the moment the engagement was announced on Valentine’s Day 2015. It was such a modern marriage! Learning...

– 3 murder  accused granted bail Close to two months after several samples from the decomposed body of murdered British teen Dominic Bernard were sent to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago for DNA testing, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been informed that they are now ready for pick-up. The Head of the Criminal Investigations Department...

– no serious injuries Tragedy was averted on Tuesday when four vehicles collided on Mandela Avenue, near the East Bank carriageway. Reports are that at about 14:30h, the driver of motor pickup PNN 6834 was attempting to overtake a vehicle on the right lane in an apparent effort to jump the traffic light when he collided with Ralph...

In an effort to provide safe refuge for residents in cases of major emergency, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has collaborated with the Canadian Government to retrofit and equip the Fort Ordnance Primary School to be used as an emergency shelter. The project titled “Enhancement of Emergency Shelter Capacity to Mitigate Flood Risk in Ordnance Fortland” will be funded...

The Bar Association is wrong – we need legislation for the rights of LGBT citizens I was disappointed when Christopher Ram, on behalf of the Guyana Bar Association, insisted that Guyana does not need any new legislation to guarantee the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons. I am not a lawyer and I have no desire...

Eighty-three cartons of unregistered pesticides were confiscated by Inspection and Enforcement Officers of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) from China Trading, as the officers conducted routine inspection activities. The PTCCB in a media release stated that its seizure the 83 cartons of unregistered pesticides from China Trading is in keeping with the PTCCB’s mandate to “eliminate...