Guyana Times

By Devina Samaroo Recently appointed University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) President Ron Glasgow eagerly embarks on his new journey to represent the student body and to work alongside other creative minds in implementing measures that will transform overall experience at the Turkeyen Campus. Though he was never previously involved in the core of UGSS activities, Glasgow has always participated...

… says there is no rift with APNU Concerns abound that there might be a rift brewing between the Alliance For Change (AFC) faction and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) arm of the coalition government; however President David Granger indicated that this is not the case. Suspicions of this kind arose after AFC issued an official statement calling...

– toll booth, reduction of debt major parts of agenda By Utamu Belle Newly-elected Mayor of Linden Carwyn Holland has outlined a number of plans to improve conditions in the community, revealing that the re-establishment of the toll booth at Kara Kara forms part of the immediate agenda of the council. The mayor said he is presently putting the logistics in...

Drowned TSU officer The funeral of the 22-year-old Constable attached to the Guyana Police Force’s Tactical Services Unit (TSU) who drowned in the Potaro River, will take place today. According to Police Public Relations Officer Ivelaw Whittaker, the body of Special Constable 14536 Akeem Hyles will be at his mother’s residence at Lot 41 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, for viewing...

Effective immediately, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is advising miners that all mining activities on river banks and permits for such mining have been rescinded until further notice. According to a notice in a local newspaper on Saturday, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman issued policy directives as a result of which protocols in relation to the...

…says only 1 Director objected By Devina Samaroo Chairman of National Communications Network (NCN) Inc Bish Panday has rejected claims outright that there was a bitter clash among board members over the appointment of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lennox Cornette. An online media outlet reported on a leaked email exchange which suggested that the NCN chairman took it upon himself to...

...on the Big Jail Back in 1981, when Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reagan had just taken over the Governments of Britain and the US, the short-lived band, “Fun Boy Three”, came out with a hit single, “The lunatics have taken over the asylum”. The phrase, of course, means those in charge are the most incompetent and unqualified – and...

Dear Editor, The Hindu festival of Navratri, nine nights of worshipping Mother Durga and her incarnations, is being observed (from April 7 to 16 – a one day difference in dates from the East due to lunar calendar) by Hindus throughout the metropolitan area and worldwide. Navratri is associated with the propitiation of the feminine aspects of the Almighty. This...

0M fertiliser deal Following the pronouncements made by a Director on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Jinnah Rahman, that the $420 million fertiliser contract that Cabinet approved to HDM Labs to supply fertiliser was a “return” on political investment, done secretly and that its principal Hardat Singh should be investigated, Singh has since responded to Guyana Times, seeking...

Mc Doom gas station robbery Three persons have been arrested and are being grilled in connection with the early morning robbery committed on a Shell Service Station at Mc Doom, Greater Georgetown. This was according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum who stated that the Police are questioning the men in an attempt to get additional information about the planning the...