Guyana Times

Guyana has received approval for membership in the Islamic Development Bank from the Board of Executive Directors. This has been communicated by Finance Minister Winston Jordan. The Islamic Development Bank is an entity which provides interest-free loan financing for developmental projects, mainly in the areas of basic infrastructure and agriculture.  Loans are limited to US$10 million and only carry a fee...

Government has green-lighted a proposal submitted by Business Minister Dominic Gaskin to introduce a ‘Trusted Trader’ programme to benefit legitimate businesses in Guyana. This proposal was developed as a result of complaints received over the past 10 months that the refusal of several well-established businesses to pay inducements to public officials has resulted in them being targeted with delays...

The Government of Guyana has approved the application of Surinamese Airline ‘Fly All Ways N V’ to operate scheduled air services in Guyana. This will take effect from this month and will be for an initial period of two years. The airline will operate on two routes, both twice weekly – Paramaribo, Suriname to Georgetown, Guyana to Bridgetown, Barbados; and...

Two men were on Thursday arrested at Turtle Creek, Middle Mazaruni with an unlicensed .9mm pistol and eight matching rounds of ammunition. Based on reports, ranks of a Police mobile patrol conducted a search on the two men who were travelling on an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) during which the gun and ammunition were discovered. The men were taken into...

Scores of diabetic patients in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) have been complaining of having to incur additional expenses to purchase insulin medication and also the syringes for them to receive their treatment at the Suddie Public Hospital. The State-run medical facility is without insulin injections and syringes since late January, and although requests were made for additional supplies, there still...

Dear Editor, I have read a recent report in the local press captioned ‘City Hall reviews relationship with delinquent contractors’ which goes on to state that the Town Clerk Royston King is concerned about these delinquent contractors who were provided with tools and other resources and already paid by the Council, but who are callously depriving their workers of...

Dear Editor, Minister of State Joseph Harmon, in defending the government’s action in hiring Brian Tiwari as Advisor of Business, has let the cat out of the bag in relation to which group/class this country is being governed for. Harmon stated that he had made many appointments of persons who had helped the two parties during the 2015 elections. But Harmon...

Dear Editor, Many commentators, particularly those defenders of this A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) regime, when referring to the APNU/AFC government and their actions, speak about a new beginning. However this is not a new beginning, but more of a throwback to the past. The People’s National Congress’s (PNC) old habits, when they previously ran the country...

Dear Editor, I have seen Nigel Hinds’ letter concerning Harmon. I dare say that everything he wrote, and more, have crossed my mind since this thing started, and I have been trying to figure out what is going on. It just couldn’t be that appointing Tiwari as a Business Advisor, or telling the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to hold its...

Dear Editor, I wish to appeal to the newly elected City Council of Georgetown to take urgent action on behalf of the physically challenged population of our capital, to reverse the callous and corrupt actions of the City Engineer’s Department. The first thing that needs to be addressed would be the standardisation of the pavements or sidewalks in the city,...