Year: 2019

Geared at answering questions and concerns of residents of Houston, Greater Georgetown who were outraged when United States-based company, Nalco Champion Inc, had commenced the construction of a chemical warehousing facility at John Fernandes Ltd, Inland Terminal at 4055 Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, the company on Tuesday held consultations with the residents. The consultation is part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) being carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the safety of the project, where residents were given an opportunity to make submission of questions that…

The special audit into the finances at the University of Guyana (UG) is at a standstill as authorities are yet to figure out who will stand the expense to conduct the probe. This is according to Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, who told the Guyana Times International that although the payment plan has not yet been finalised, plans are still onboard to have the audit done. “We still got it in plans… we are still waiting to hear but we have not gone in as yet and at the same time…

A 12-member jury was on Tuesday empanelled to hear the case of 24-year-old Avishkar Bissoon and 74-year-old Ganga Krishna, who were charged for three counts of murder. The jury was empanelled before Justice Brassington at the High Court. Bissoon, formerly of Sheriff Street, Campbellville, and Krishna, also called “Buddie” and “Scientist”, formerly of North Road, Bourda, Georgetown, both pleaded not guilty to the indictments which detailed that on November 14, 2014, at Lot 65 King and Robb Streets, Georgetown, they murdered 14-year-old Clarissa Rozario and her 11-year-old sister, Tressa Rozario.…

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has announced that a JetBlue team will be arriving in Guyana next month. “They will be mounting a mission next month… the first or second week of next month. They will start looking at things like facilities, hotels, staffing,” Patterson was quoted as saying by the Department of Public Information. The minister was responding to the reports that that the American carrier is expected to add Guyana to its international routes in early 2020. “From my understanding, they received the aircraft late, so it is…

A 24-year-old man of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice (WCB), lost his life following an accident on Sunday evening at the Number 42 Village Public Road, WCB. Dead is Latchman Hansraj called “Kevin”. Reports are the young man was on his way home from a horse racing event when the accident occurred. According to the police, Hansraj was riding motorcycle CJ 5154 at a fast rate of speed when he collided with 19-year-old Franyelys Rondon of Lot 78 Plantation Washington. The police stated that Hansraj fell onto the road and…

The Chief Justice (CJ) has delivered her written ruling on the No-Confidence Motion (NCM), issuing a stern reminder to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that a NCM was passed, and as such, the body cannot ignore this and proceed as though it’s business as usual. This reminder is contained in paragraph 113 of acting CJ Roxane George’s almost 50-page document. According to the written judgement, former GECOM Chairman James Patterson’s order to begin House-to-House Registration did not take into consideration the December 21, 2018 passage of the NCM. “The fact…

President David Granger, on Thursday morning, attended the viewing of the body of the late Constable Winston Cooper, former member of the Presidential Guard, at the Lyken Funeral Parlour, the Ministry of the Presidency has reported. President Granger had called for an inquiry into the death of Constable 2045 Cooper, during a visit to his East Ruimveldt, Georgetown home after learning of his death on August 14, 2019. President Granger empathized with Cooper’s grieving mother, Ms. Loraine Peters and other relatives. The 32-year-old Presidential Guard died after a few weeks…

Two multi-million-dollar elevators are now operational at the Peter’s Hall overpass, East Bank Demerara (EBD), which were constructed to reduce road fatalities around that heavily trafficked area. According to Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, who commissioned the elevators on Friday last, the other elevators are scheduled to be up and running soon. Focus is being placed on the one at Houston, Greater Georgetown in time for the new academic year. However, five persons from the community were selected to operate the two elevators at Peter’s Hall. The operators will be…