Guyana Times

The owner of R Tularam and Sons Supermarket is now counting his losses after bandits broke into his premises in the wee hours of Monday morning carting off with a large sum of cash and other valuables. Rebenaut Tularam of Lot 10 Malgre Tout, West Bank Demerara (WBD), told Guyana Times that at around 01:00h, he awoke to startling...

A fisherman on Monday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a murder charge. Michael Ridley called “Nice Guy”, 36, of Lot 82 Garnett Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer the charge. According to Police Prosecutor Deneiro Jones, on November 23, 2015 at Albouystown he murdered Troy Brutus. Reports are that Brutus, 37, of...

– to serve in health and education sectors BY INDRAWATTIE NATRAM Twenty-nine Peace Corps Volunteers were on Monday sworn-in by Ambassador Perry Holloway at a simple ceremony held in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam). The trainees, who will provide voluntary services in the health and education sectors, will serve in seven of the 10 Administrative Regions in Guyana over the next two...

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic on Monday condemned what it said was inertia being displayed by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in the face of the gridlock which obtains in the town of Mabaruma and five Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). In these local authority areas, the governing A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) and the PPP/C gained equal number...

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force and Guyana Fire Service were called in to assist in what appears to be a standoff between prison officers and prisoners at the Camp Street Prison on Monday. While information remains sketchy about the incident, Operations Officer of the Guyana Fire Service Compton Sparman, when contacted told Guyana Times firefighters responded to a report...

– 1359 persons killed in accidents over the past 10 years The traffic department of the Guyana Police Force has recorded 34 road fatalities for the year so far when compared to 30 fatalities from 21 accidents in 2015. Out of the 34 fatalities, three were children. According to acting traffic officer Boodnarine Persaud, speeding and use of alcohol continued to...

There is little doubt that a new government needs time to adjust to the realities of good governance. To this thought, I agree, especially in light of the fact that many government ministers do not have the much needed skills and experience to perform or to carry out their assigned responsibilities effectively and efficiently. Many of them were not...

Region 10 TV Station Saga – claims some leaders in Linden trying to cause “problems” BY UTAMU BELLE As the saga surrounding the return of the television station to Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice) continues, Councillor within the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Gordon Callendar is adamant that there are some leaders within the community who are trying to stir up trouble with...

Chopping to death of Mahaica farmer – no chance of parole until 2041 By Ahreefa Bacchus Dhupaul Singh, called “Tailor Man”, of Helena Number Two, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, who was on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a mixed 12-member jury for murdering a Mahaica farmer, was on Monday sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole until...

A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice resident was on Monday freed of a charge of falsely accusing a Police officer of rape. Stephan Philips, 28, initially appeared before Magistrate Annet Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for making false allegations. The man had previously denied the charge, which stated that on October 22 at Brickdam Police Station, he gave...