Year: 2019

– acting Crime Chief Guyana’s law enforcement officials are awaiting feedback from their overseas counterparts in relation to a request for assistance in solving the shooting incident of Director and Principal of School of the Nations, Dr Brian O’Toole, which occurred over five months ago. This is according to Crime Chief (ag), Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston, who, in a telephone interview with Guyana Times International on Monday, said a lot of work has already been done by local Police, but there is need for foreign assistance in this matter. “Every…

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A 22-year-old unemployed man, who admitted to snatching a woman’s cellular phone, was jailed for two years when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Oswald Cumberbatch of Laing Avenue, Georgetown stood before Magistrate Faith McGusty and admitted to the charge which stated that on July 2, 2019 at Croal Street, Stabroek, Georgetown while using personal violence, he robbed Ansar Abdul of a cellular phone valued G$120,000 and a phone case valued G$2,000. In plea of mitigation the man told the court: “I use to work at the wharf but…

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Thirteen teacher’s selected from schools within Region Four (4) are now being trained in a collaboration between the Public Health and Education Ministries to tackle mental health issues among young people in schools. The academic professionals will be trained over a-2 day period at the Mental Health Unit, Quamina Street, Georgetown. In Guyana 13-15% of mental health issues are found among adolescents in Guyana As such, the Ministries’ aim in training the teachers is to help them to recognize children and adolescents with mental health issues such as self-harm, suicide…

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…if PPP regains power – Jagdeo Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging officials of the various Government agencies, who last week received a circular from the Finance Ministry to submit their 2020 Budget proposals, to ignore the document. However, he did recognise that these public servants were being pressured into going along with the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government’s illegal acts. “It’s not the public servants we gotta go after because they are being pressured. We should go after the Director of the Office of Budget…

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…company denies unlawfully hindering unionisation Matters have come to a head at Aurora Goldmines (AGM), owned by Guyana Goldfields, where reports have emerged of some workers going on strike over grievances related to their unionisation and severance payments. According to a source, workers at Aurora Goldmines were even threatened with having their Wi-Fi – vital to ensure they can communicate from their Cuyuni/Mazaruni location to the coast— cut off. When contacted by this newspaper, Guyana Goldfields Human Resource Manager Peter Benny denied that the company turned off the Wi-Fi to…

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More than two weeks ago, a special Board of Inquiry (BoI) was commissioned by President David Granger to probe the arbitrary firing of staff at the Public Service Ministry by Minister Tabitha Sarabo-Halley but to date, no real groundwork has been done. Seasoned Human Resources practitioner, Lance Carberry was appointed by the Administration to investigate the dismissal of the three employees in June. Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon on Sunday told Guyana Times International that investigations into the matter did not commence at the expected…

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