Guyana Times

The Guyana Cricket Board became the latest organisation to congratulate the West Indies men and women squads on their World T20 title wins on Sunday in India. The full statement is as follows: The Executives, members and staff of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) congratulate the Windies men and women teams for creating history by winning both the male and...

Rohit Lall and Kavindranauth Sundar, two friends from Devonshire Castle on the Essequibo Coast, have ended up in court over a damaged bicycle. Twenty-year-old Rohit Lall was on Tuesday slapped with two charges after he made his first appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. Lall was charged with threatening behaviour and unlawfully and maliciously damaging...

Dear Editor, Dr Baytoram Ramharack this week penned a scathing critique on PPP governance that partly contributed to its defeat at last May’s polls: the Party alienated too many of its supporters and influential people or was too arrogant as Bharrat Jagdeo put it. And PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee recently roasted me for penning a critique of PPP for...

Region 5’s stalled 2016 work programme After a period of inaction, Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) Roderick Edinboro has finally promised to advertise contracts for the region’s 2016 work programme. This came after reports that this year’s budgetary allocations to advance the programme were left in limbo even as approval had long since been passed in...

The man charged with the murder of a Cuban national was on Tuesday remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that Lawrence Rowe, 32, of Lot 69 Parker Street, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) during the course of a robbery on March 8, 2016 at Providence, murdered...

Coldingen Railway murder Investigators have arrested the fourth suspect in the murder of 64-year-old Roger Manikam, whose body was dumped on the Coldingen, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Railway Embankment. Manikam, of Section B, Nonpareil, ECD, was found around 06:30h in Coldingen on Sunday with wounds to the head and upper neck by residents in the area. He was bound and...

2016 LGE Following reports of two People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Toevlugt-Patentia candidates being refused their Oath of Office, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has disclosed that it does not have responsibility for this matter. GECOM Public Relations Officer (PRO) Tamara Rodney on Tuesday explained to this publication that now the Elections were over and the names of candidates have been...

Dear Editor, I addressed a public message issued by President of the Amerindian Peoples’ Association (APA), Sharon Atkinson two days ago on a social media platform. Ms Atkinson indicated that this message was her expression of a “war dance” and I encourage all to research it, for clarity on the purpose of my aforementioned statement. The Amerindian Land Titling (ALT)...

After solving last weekend’s murder of Roger Manikam within two days’ time, Police ranks within C Division (East Coast Demerara) came in for high praises as the Division continues to record reductions in its crime and traffic figures. Speaking with Guyana Times on Tuesday, Divisional Commander, Assistant Police Commissioner Marlon Chapman, noted that there has been a general decrease...

Recent reports in the media about a Guyanese from Essequibo who made threatening remarks against President David Granger have received a lot of attention. As most people know, social media, particularly Facebook, is a powerful tool of communication. This platform ensures that information can be transmitted within seconds and can be accessed by people around the world. But one...