Guyana Times

...will not reveal names of campaign donors or amounts  President David Granger has rejected wholesale corruption claims against his Administration in light of accusations currently hurled at Minister of State Joseph Harmon and he has demanded that non-governmental organisations address their concerns internally before releasing unverified information to the public, which can leave damaging effects on innocent individuals. Transparency Institute...

Leaked ‘Panama Papers’ By Edward Layne In light of the 11.5 million leaked documents, spanning some 40 years, from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, former President and current Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo has reissued an earlier call for there to be an independent international probe of local politicians, including himself, to determine the wealth both in Guyana and...

The Attorney General Chambers on Thursday denied reports that it has hammered out a billion settlement with construction conglomerate BK International and the Guyana Government after the Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang reversed a decision to terminate his contract to manage the Haag Bosch Landfill Site, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Local tabloid Kaieteur News in its Thursday,...

...in finance Your Eyewitness just can’t get these revelations from the Panama Papers out of his mind. No...not the US-30 TRILLION that’s supposedly squirrelled away from the taxmen of the world. Not the shadowy law firms from London to Timbuktu that ran the scam. What gets him is the hypocrisy of the leaders of the developed world who routinely...

A young Guyana Police Force (GPF) rank attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) is feared dead after the boat he was travelling in capsized in the Potaro River, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). The incident occurred sometime around noon on Friday in the Amatuk Falls area. The dead man has been identified as Special Constable 14536 Akeem Hyles, 22, of New...

... defendant to know fate on Monday Dhanpaul Singh of Helena Number Two, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, also called “Tailor Man”, who is currently on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a mixed 12-member jury for allegedly murdering a Mahaica farmer, is scheduled to know his fate on Monday when the jury will deliver their verdict. The trial commenced...

Junior Melville, 29, of Silvertown, Wismar, Linden, was remanded to prison on Wednesday by Magistrate Clive Nurse after pleading guilty to having unlicensed firearms and ammunition in his possession. The court heard that Melville was intercepted at a Police road block on August 1, 2015 at Old England (Upper Demerara-Berbice), where it was discovered that he had a quantity...

Scores of residents in Aurora Village, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), have registered concerns over the treatment and deteriorating health of animals that get impounded at the Aurora Police Station. Residents said the animals are kept in unkempt conditions and this was reported to the Aurora Police Station some six months ago. To date the conditions remain the same and according to...

Guyana-Trinidad land deal With a new Administration in place in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Noel Holder said he is yet to receive word from his counterpart Senator Clarence Rambharat, on the way forward for the Guyana-Trinidad land deal. Back in 2013, and under previous Administration, Guyana and Trinidad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), where Guyana...

A brilliant unbeaten Century from Port Mourant Cricket Club's Ezekiel Kempadoo paved the way for their victory over Whim National in the BCB/New York Business Group Under-19 two innings competition held at the Whim Ground on March 30. Winning the toss, and batting first, Port Mourant set a massive total of 270/7 declared in 45 overs with young Kempadoo...