Year: 2019

Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall has written the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Police Complaints Authority and Police Commissioner Leslie James as he requested an investigation into the death of 39-year-old Lallbachan Bachan, who died in Police-lockups on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). These letters were written on behalf of the deceased’s wife, Samanta Elizabeth Bachan, who had positioned her determination for justice and to know what happened on the night her husband was killed. These calls mounted after photos of the deceased demonstrated multiple injuries about the body. According to…

…Public Service Minister says on ‘arbitrary’ firing of staff Minister of Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley on Thursday defended the arbitrary firing of employees at her Ministry, shortly after she assumed office. “I think that the evidence that was before me suggested that something needed to be done and the investigation would bear whether or not that was rational,” she told reporters during a press conference. On May 31, 2019, the personnel staff and chief accountant at the Public Service Ministry were dismissed, with no reason given for the termination of…

Almost six months have passed since the deaths of three juveniles at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and although there were two independent investigations into those matters that have been concluded, sanctions, if any, are yet to be imposed. The buck was finally passed to the Guyana Medical Council for it to conduct its own probe into the children’s deaths and this too has been completed. The files were then sent to the Council’s Disciplinary Committee for review but to date, there has been no word as to the…

Several persons who obtained a home through the Government’s housing initiative in Perseverance, Providence, East Bank Demerara, are complaining of faulty foundation works and leaking roofs among other things. On Saturday, Guyana Times International visited the area where some residents said they have been waiting several months for contractors to rectify the faulty works, some of which they were forced to fix themselves owing to the long delay. One resident told this publication that persons would have complained to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) several months ago and…

With General and Regional Elections expected to held soon and considering the current political climate, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has already intensified its monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the various media entities across Guyana – television, radio, newspaper and online news entities behave in a responsible and ethical manner. In a press release, on Wednesday evening, the ERC said that its monitoring mechanisms, over the past few months, have captured various instances, through publishing, facilitated and self-perpetuated, that are deemed “counterproductive to the process of promoting harmony and good…