Author: TIMES INT'L

-After hours of deliberation GECOM fails to reach agreement on elections timeline After hours of deliberation, discussions at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) over various timelines for holding constitutionally due General and Regional Elections reached a dead end, with complaints that suggestions for expediting preparations were ignored and side-lined. People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Commissioner Robeson Benn on Tuesday slammed GECOM over the fact that instead of looking for ways to speed up electoral preparations taking into account the three months constitutional stipulation, efforts continue to be made to delay the…

…forced to pay daily fee to access fishing lands By Andrew Carmichael Redundant workers of the Skeldon Sugar Estate are being charged a fee of G$500 to pass through a cultivation dam to catch fish. The fee is being imposed by the Special Purpose Unit which was set up to oversee the privatisation of the sugar estates. The workers who were made redundant when the estate closed are now facing major difficulties as they look for new employment. Those who have decided to turn to fishing are now being charged…

…54-yr-old miner dies after mining pit collapses in Upper Mazaruni A 54-year-old miner died on Monday after the mining pit in which he was working collapsed and he was covered with mud. Dead is Timothy Hunter of Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni River. According to Police, the incident occurred at about 16:30h on Monday at a mining pit located at Ominaik Village, Upper Mazaruni River. The initial investigation revealed that Hunter and several other miners were “jetting” inside the pit when a wall collapsed and covered him. Reports are the other…

By Shemuel Fanfair The seven persons who were accused of killing 20-year-old Zulfikar Namdar received a unanimous acquittal by a 12-member jury at the High Court on Monday which was met with bouts of emotions before Justice Navindra Singh. The deceased young man was left in a pool of blood during the course or furtherance of a robbery in September 2013 at his parents’ Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) shop that was adjoined to their home. However, after a few weeks of trial and several hours of deliberations, the jury…

Corentyne, Berbice farmer was stabbed to death on Friday evening during a home invasion. Dead is Deoprakash Lallbachan called “William” of Lot 22, Grant 1655 Crabwood Creek, Berbice. Reports are the 59-year-old man was stabbed to his right and left side chest, and the abdomen. Guyana Times Inte rnational was told that the intruder entered the home via a window on the lower flat of the building at about 22:30h on Friday. To gain entry, the intruder removed two metal bars from the window. This publication was told that Lallbachan…