Guyana Times

Alleged Police Rape A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice resident was on Monday freed of a charge of falsely accusing a Police officer of rape. Stephan Philips, 28, initially appeared before Magistrate Annet Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for making false allegations. The man had previously denied the charge, which stated that on October 22 at Brickdam Police Station,...

BY UTAMU BELLE The large number of issues affecting Kwakwani Hospital, as well as Ituni Health Centre, both in Berbice River, were highlighted when Vice Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Alroy Adolph presented his statutory monthly report to the RDC. Alroy indicated that the problems, which range from shortage and late distribution of drugs to the absence of an...

...AFC Old people do warn: “all smart fly does end up in cow backside”. And when these smart flies get entangled with the stuff in that orifice, it’s hell no hell to get out! Well it looks like the AFC and its “smart flies” are up to their neck in “entanglement” with what one of their fervent supporters described...

City Treasurer Ron McCalmon has projected an 11 per cent increase in City Hall’s revenue for this year. According to a press statement, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has foreseen a significant jump in its revenue this year and has credited this achievement to the new revenue collection mechanisms being put in place and the existing money sources the...

The owner of R Tularam and Sons Supermarket is now counting his losses after bandits broke into his premises in the wee hours of Monday morning carting off with a large sum of cash and other valuables. Rebenaut Tularam of Lot 10 Malgre Tout, West Bank Demerara (WBD), told Guyana Times that at around 01:00h, he awoke to startling...

A fisherman on Monday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a murder charge. Michael Ridley called “Nice Guy”, 36, of Lot 82 Garnett Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer the charge. According to Police Prosecutor Deneiro Jones, on November 23, 2015 at Albouystown he murdered Troy Brutus. Reports are that Brutus, 37, of...

– to serve in health and education sectors BY INDRAWATTIE NATRAM Twenty-nine Peace Corps Volunteers were on Monday sworn-in by Ambassador Perry Holloway at a simple ceremony held in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam). The trainees, who will provide voluntary services in the health and education sectors, will serve in seven of the 10 Administrative Regions in Guyana over the next two...

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic on Monday condemned what it said was inertia being displayed by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in the face of the gridlock which obtains in the town of Mabaruma and five Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). In these local authority areas, the governing A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) and the PPP/C gained equal number...

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force and Guyana Fire Service were called in to assist in what appears to be a standoff between prison officers and prisoners at the Camp Street Prison on Monday. While information remains sketchy about the incident, Operations Officer of the Guyana Fire Service Compton Sparman, when contacted told Guyana Times firefighters responded to a report...

– 1359 persons killed in accidents over the past 10 years The traffic department of the Guyana Police Force has recorded 34 road fatalities for the year so far when compared to 30 fatalities from 21 accidents in 2015. Out of the 34 fatalities, three were children. According to acting traffic officer Boodnarine Persaud, speeding and use of alcohol continued to...