Guyana Times

Dear Editor, Ever since the AFC/APNU coalition replaced the PPP in government last year May, people feel there has been an increase in corruption. Scholars define corruption as an abuse of trust given by the electorate to a government or its officials. In short, corruption is dishonest governance and/or illicit behaviour by people in government. It includes acts of shady...

Clean-up efforts have commenced in an effort to have the newly established town of Bartica, in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) smoothly transition into township status. Four more communities are soon to benefit from the clean-up initiative themed “A Clean Environment”. The town of Bartica was selected to be the first of the new towns to benefit from the initiative which...

May Day Rally 2016 – want Govt's continued financial support for sugar industry By Eddy Layne Trade unions rallying for the first time in almost 30 years under one banner, have called on the one-year-old A Partnership for National Unit/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition government to abandon its plans to close at least two sugar estates by the end of this...

…moments later trade unionist/politicians clash over workers’ rights By Devina Samaroo Heavy downpours on an early Sunday morning did nothing to stop scores of workers from leaving the comfort of their homes to participate in the historic Labour Day Rally, during which the two main trade union bodies finally put aside their differences and gyrated in one accord through the...

Stabroek Square restoration – vendors accuse APNU/AFC of abandoning elections promise Despite opposition from vendors, who ply their trade in the historic Stabroek Market Square, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Sunday morning moved in and dismantled some 130 stalls, some of which were at that location for almost 30 years. The council had informed the vendors last week that...

... "loudmouth Vieira in conflict of interest", financials to be resubmitted The Management of TVG Ch 28 reacted sharply to the statement in other sections of the press attributed to Tony Vieira at a press conference by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) on the status of the broadcasting licence to the corporation. They said “the loudmouth as usual was...

– Gouveia disappointed with choice of words by HOS President David Granger in his weekly television programme “Public Interest” has slammed aircraft operators for the delay in renaming the Ogle International Airport (OIA), describing the behaviour of those operators as “small minded”. A few months ago, the president suggested the idea of renaming the airport as Eugene Correia International Airport...

The Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a pistol and several matching rounds of ammunition at a vacant plot of land at Alberttown, Georgetown on Sunday morning. According to information received, Police acting on information went to the vacant lot where a .32 Walter Pistol and 23 rounds of matching ammunition were discovered under a heap...

Broadcast licensing Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig has said more than 95 per cent of the holders of Television Broadcast Licences are not fulfilling their legal obligations as is prescribed by the Broadcast Act. Speaking with Guyana Times on Sunday, Craig said very few operators are adhering to the laws, including those governing the payment...

CPL failed to announce Guyana as finals host … T&T prepares to make counter-offer BY JOHN RAMSINGH The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise had set April 30 as the day for the official announcement of which Caribbean country would host the final of the Hero Caribbean Premier League 2016; however, after waiting with bathed breath, nothing was forthcoming from CPL officials. The...