Month: May 2017

…over 500 vendors, minibus operators to be relocated Plans are moving apace to determine the best strategy to have hundreds of vendors and minibus operators in the Stabroek Wharf area relocated to facilitate construction on the wharf. A meeting was held last week between Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) members and representatives from the Finance and Public Infrastructure Ministry. This is according to Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase Green. Commenting on the meeting, Mayor Chase Green stated that its purpose was to bring Councillors up to date with plans for…

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The now 20-year-old Angelique Williams, who was charged with murdering her pregnant best friend in 2015, was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment when she appeared before Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court. Williams had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on April 6, 2017. While handing down his sentence to the visibly remorseful young woman, Justice Singh advised her to utilise the educational system while in prison and to abstain from consuming alcohol. As she was escorted out of the courtroom, the young woman…

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…for Housing Expo More than 400 persons are benefiting directly from the ongoing development of various housing solutions taking shape in the community of Perseverance aback Providence on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD). Just fewer than 30 houses are being constructed in time for the model village exhibition this month-end where the public can view the new housing solutions being rolled out by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). During a tour of the construction site on Monday, the Project Manager, Kennard Dazzel said these housing solutions were…

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The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) is alarmed over the 12-month transitory period it may take to rehire new leaders of the controversial State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA). According to the parliamentary Opposition, this long waiting time vindicates its position that the entity has very little to do with justice, but is driven by an agenda that is pregnant with political vengeance and discrimination. Guyana Times reported on Saturday that the Director of SARU can remain at the helm of the entity for up to twelve months after President David Granger…

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A New York court on Friday sentenced Queens-based Guyanese businessman Edul Ahmad to two years in jail for conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, reported the New York Daily News. The sentence was handed down by Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry. The Leonora, West Coast Demerara- born Ahmad had pleaded guilty in 2012, in a New York court, to mortgage fraud conspiracy and was looking at a sentence of 10 years, with US$15 million in fines and restitution. However, he became a key witness against his colleague, former New York State…

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People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member and former Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Collin Croal said residents of Indigenous communities were hurting as the economic downturn was being felt across the country. Croal was part of the two-man panel addressing the media at the PPP’s press conference on Monday. The former PS of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, now renamed the Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry, said the economic pressure being felt on the coastland was also being felt in the hinterland. These challenges include the Value Added Tax (VAT)…

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The Auditor General’s Office intends to carry out a special audit into the parking meter contractual arrangements which were made between Smart City Solutions Incorporated (SCSI) and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC). The move is in keeping with the current audit it is carrying out at City Hall. This was revealed by Auditor General Deodat Sharma in an interview with this publication on Thursday. While he could not provide details about the scope of the audit at this point in time, he confirmed that the audit office will…

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By Alexis Rodney A draft ‘white paper’ on the Future of the Sugar Industry is set to be laid in the National Assembly on May 8, 2017; and while its contents have not been discussed extensively, pronouncements by President David Granger regarding his administration’s plans to close several sugar estates are therein entailed. Minister of State Joseph Harmon, reporting on discussions coming out of Cabinet meeting earlier this week, said Government and the Opposition will debate the content of the ‘white paper’, which was submitted to Cabinet by Agriculture Minister…

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