Guyana Times

– says more research unnecessary President David Granger has publicly pronounced, on numerous occasions, that ‘unhappy people commit suicide’ however non-governmental organisation The Caribbean Voice (TCV) believes the Head of State’s view on the matter is too simplistic, especially given his reputation as a scholar and researcher, and the fact that the country is nearing epidemic proportion. In a statement...

The lack of qualified teachers and adequate resources might prove as a major impediment in the STEM initiatives in all levels of schools’ curricula but President David Granger is certain that this not just a wild fantasy. STEM, acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, essentially defines the preparation of students in the proficiency in these core units while placing...

The APNU/AFC coalition has become embroiled in several controversies - manufactured or not - which to a large extent are self-inflicted and could have been avoided if they had their promised “Code of Conduct” in place. When the two parties were in Opposition, they were very strident in their denunciations of the actions of PPP/C Ministers, MPs and...

Dear Editor, The response and action of those who will be affected by the closure of Wales Sugar Estate support a theory of ethnic behaviour developed by scholars on ethnicity – ethnic solidarity supersedes class solidarity or class consciousness. This behaviour contradicts the theory developed by Marx and supported by classical Marxists (including Cheddi Jagan) that the working class will...

The three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) that are subject to the recently filed court proceedings have reportedly called meetings, despite the Court Order restricting any form of activities. The NDCs are Malgre Tout/Meer Zorgen, Industry/Plaisance, and Gibraltar/Fyrish. On April 6, Justice Diana Insanally ordered that the Councillors selected by the Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan be restrained from acting as or...

... says GRDB director, rubbishing GM’s claims Amidst swirling controversy over Raphael Trotman of the AFC describing campaign contributors to the AFC as “investors who expect returns”, Jinnah Rahman, a director on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is contradicting the claims made by the General Manager (GM) of GRDB, Nizam Hassan that a now dead $400 million fertiliser deal was for the farmers’...

... threatens survival of manufacturing businesses A move by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to amend the excise tax on alcohol, essentially increasing the tax levied based on the strength of the alcohol, has now delivered a crippling blow to local manufacturers that use alcohol in its purest concentration. Many local manufacturing companies had complained last year about having to...

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank attached to the Band Corp was early Saturday morning killed in a hit and run accident along Sheriff Street, Georgetown. Lashana Moore, 22, of Lot 917 Providence, East Bank Demerara, was reportedly struck by two cars at about 05:30h as she attempted to cross Sheriff Street in the vicinity of Campbellville Secondary School. After...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday declared that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s Office is nothing but a nest of political patronage whereby his family, friends and affiliates are regularly awarded. Jagdeo expressed these sentiments during a news conference at Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown. He was at the time offering his take on the controversy currently surrounding State Minister Joseph...

Guyanese-born Kelly Hyles, 17, achieved a remarkable accomplishment, getting accepted into all eight Ivy Leagues colleges in the US, as well as 13 other schools. While she is a straight A student, she is the first to admit that getting into so many schools didn’t come without a lot of hard work. Though she grew up in Queens, New York, Hyles...