The 24-year-old man who stabbed his reputed wife to the neck before consuming poison on Thursday evening in a churchyard on Timehri Base Road, East Bank Demerara, died on Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Clifton Richmond, a bus conductor, stabbed his reputed wife, Sheria Khalil called “Sherry”, 22, a bank teller attached to Republic Bank, during a dispute. Reports are the incident occurred at about 21:30h on Thursday evening. When contacted on Saturday, Commander of Region Four (B) (Eccles-Moblissa), Superintendent Kurleigh Simon, told Times International that Richmond…
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State sued for $450M by relatives of trio killed
The relatives of Ron Somerset, Shemroy Bouyea and Allan Lewis, who were killed on July 18, 2012, by ranks of the Guyana Police Force during a protest in Linden have filed $450 million lawsuit against the State, with Attorney General Basil Williams listed as the respondent. In the lawsuit’s application filed by Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade – a candidate on the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) candidates’ list for the upcoming elections – each of the families is making an application for a declaration that the deceased right…
Read MoreGRA accelerating paperless system – Deputy Commissioner
The Guyana Revenue Authority is accelerating its move towards a paperless environment and will soon begin to scan documents, among other things, to reduce its paper load. This was revealed by Deputy Commissioner of GRA, Hema Khan, during a press conference at the tax agency’s Camp Street, Georgetown, head office on Friday. According to Khan, soon, persons will no longer have to bring copies of documents such as proof of identification (ID) and addresses when transacting business at GRA. “We will just collect them, scan them and give them back…
Read MoreLesson may have come too late for David Granger
Dear Editor, In a display of willful ignorance, David Granger and his Cabinet sat on January 23, 2020, and decided upon appointments for various State Boards. While the ignorance of laws is the new normal for Granger as noted by the US State Department “The United States is concerned about recent actions by Guyana that may undermine democratic principles, including apparent misapplication of the Guyanese Constitution and certain court rulings,” it is the damage being done to the institutions and character of persons who accept these appointments that is the…
Read MoreSoesdyke labourer killed by drinking buddy
A labourer was in the wee hours of Sunday morning stabbed to death during an argument with a drinking buddy along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Dead is 44-year-old Winford Jacob, of Bonking Sand Road, Soesdyke, EBD, and of Blueberry Hill, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Based on reports received, on the day in question, Jacob had been consuming alcoholic beverages with a male friend and the mother of his child and at about 02:30h, they left the drinking bar and were walking along the Soesdyke Public Road,…
Read MoreSugar workers protest President’s office for wage hike
As a result of several picketing exercises in the past which yielded little to no results, sugar workers have returned again on Tuesday outside of the President’s office calling for a wage increase. The workers, from Uitvlugt, Blairmont and Albion Sugar Estates, converged to express their dismay over the fact that they are yet to benefit from an increase since 2015 – when the coalition administration took office. At the protest line, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Seepaul Narine, stated that he is disappointed…
Read MoreGuyana monitoring 9 persons – Health Official
…no knowledge of woman being sent back from Trinidad By Lakhram Bhagirat As fear continues to mount over the possibility of the coronavirus reaching these shores, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle, on Wednesday confirmed that Guyana is currently monitoring nine persons who recently returned from China. She noted that the monitoring of these persons, who are all believed to be students who were on scholarships in China, is routine and there is not cause for panic. “We are monitoring nine persons… (We are doing so by…
Read MoreMan gets 30 years for killing businessman
Justice Sandil Kissoon on Monday sentenced Floyd Rammit to 30 years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to killing the owner of Hamson’s General Store, Abdul Farouk Ghanie in April 2015. Rammit admitted that between April 15 and April 16, 2015 at Lot 97 Collingswood Avenue, Nandy Park, he murdered Ghanie, also called “Hamson”, in the course or furtherance of a robbery. He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Maxwell McKay while the State was represented by its Prosecutors, Tiffini Lyken, Nafeeza Baig, and Tuanna Hardy. Reports in 2015 were that the…
Read MoreIntegrity Commission to discuss prosecution of defaulters
Public officials including ministers and former parliamentarians, who failed to declare their assets to the Integrity Commission, are likely to face prosecution. Chairman Kumar Doraisami, in an exclusive interview with the Times International on Sunday, said the Commission will be discussing the likelihood of prosecuting of these individuals at its next meeting scheduled for February 12. “We’re having a meeting to decide on that…because the next step is supposed to be prosecution,” Doraisami stated. Among the list of defaulters are Attorney General Basil Williams, Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Karen Cummings,…
Read MoreTuschen-Uitvlugt forgotten by Central Govt – NDC Chair
Chairman of the Tuschen-Uitvlugt Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Vishal Ambekar is accusing the Regional Democratic Council of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and by extension Central Government of neglect, as residents remain stagnated while battling with the deplorable roads in Block Eight Tuschen and Zeelugt New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo. Speaking with Times International on Sunday, the Chairman of the Tuschen-Uitvlugt Neighbourhood Democratic Council stated that the entire road network along Tuschen New Scheme has not been rehabilitated in years. “We are concerned that over the last three years…
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