Guyana Times

A security guard, attached to the Best Buy Hardware Store, Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was killed after challenging two men who invaded his workplace while he was on duty. Dead is Sattaur Kaderr, 53, of Foulis, ECD. He was chopped about his body by two men in what is believed to have been an attempted robbery. According to...

-Fmr Natural Resources Minister still silent Former Secretary to the Guyana Gold Board (GGB), Bobby Gossai Jr has described as “misleading” the final report of a Forensic Audit into the operations of the GGB as he denied allegations of any wrongdoing. The 114-page audit report made public on Wednesday covered the period January 2012 to May 2015 and said there was...

Medex breaks down in tears as she recounted horror CoI hears prison officer “chocked and robbed” in Camp St jail By Shemuel Fanfair The level of violence and aggression inmates have shown towards prison wardens continues to increase. Chief Prison Officer Roddey Denhart on Thursday disclosed that one prison officer was recently “chocked and robbed” in the compound of the Georgetown...

A Richmond Housing Scheme, Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), man, who was wanted for escaping from lawful custody, was on Thursday jailed for 24 months for chopping his father. Ravindra Singh, 27, appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at Wakenaam's Magistrate Court and pleaded guilty to the felonious wounding charge. According to the Prosecution’s case, on 21 April, 2016 at Henrietta, Singh chopped...

BY UTAMU BELLE The prominence of truancy and child welfare issues were matters recently discussed by the Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) Democratic Council (RDC). Councillor Gordon Callendar stressed that there are visible signs of children not attending school in Linden, while he highlighted the need for Child Protection Services and intervention by Council in providing assistance. Callendar indicated that truancy...

The grim reality facing many Guyanese youths is the perpetual state of unemployment in which most find themselves. I wish I could state here that things will be looking up job-wise in the future for youths, but, based on the prevailing economic slowdown, both domestically and globally, this predicament will only get worse before it gets any better. According...

Free speech is protected by the Constitution – no one can mess with that right. Right? Except for some sleazy dictators in countries like North Korea and their wannabe imitators in Guyana like the Prime Minister and his shill. But free speech isn't just being able to speak your mind to the person next to you. It becomes...

Some 400 vendors who ply their trade around the Stabroek Market area, in down town Georgetown, will be temporarily relocated as City Hall launches a clean-up exercise in the area. The vendors were called to a meeting on Thursday morning at the Georgetown City Council where they were informed of plans to have them temporarily relocated. Town Clerk Royston King...

– report cites unilateral appointments, ordering payment of phantom employees Forensic auditors who examined the books of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) have concluded that former Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud, on several occasions, acted contrary to the powers vested in him. The Gold Board Act vests in the Minister the power to give directions of a general or...

A 58-year-old man is feared dead following a two-boat collision in the Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). The missing man has been identified as Abdool Shameer, also called Mohamed Shameer, of Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon. Reports are that the incident occurred about 02:00h on Monday when Shameer was crossing the Pomeroon River in his boat and another boat, which was powered by...