Author: TIMES INT'L

A real estate agent was on Tuesday morning brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for reportedly threatening the Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valarie Garrido-Lowe after behaving disorderly at the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Nigel Reid, 47, of Prince and Laing Streets, Georgetown was represented by Attorney-at-Law, Tiffany Durant. He denied that on August 7, at the Ministry’s Office located on 251-252 Cummings Street, Georgetown he behaved in a disorderly manner in a public place whereby a breach of peace was occasioned. According to Attorney Durant, her…

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As more questions than answers remain over whether taxpayers are footing the bill for expensive liquors that are reportedly consumed by Members of Parliament (MPs), Clerk to the Parliament, Sherlock Isaacs has denied any knowledge of requests made by MPs for alcoholic beverages. Isaacs, who is currently on leave, told this publication that an MP requesting a drink at the VIP Lounge of the Parliament has not happened before and will not be tolerated. He claimed that he is unaware of any situation where an MP requested an alcoholic drink…

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“I think the way the City Council has been run, it has been mismanaged. The only way for the situation to change is for a complete forensic audit. No matter who wins the Local Government Elections, the ground work must be set for a forensic audit so you can start from scratch” – Councillor With questions recently raised over the food bill at the National Assembly, a Councillor is pressing for a forensic audit into the Georgetown City Council as he fears that lack of accountability may be masking similar…

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Teachers on Monday expressed great frustration over their current wages and are demanding that union members let their voices be heard on the streets come September 3; the day public schools are scheduled to reopen. This call was made at a meeting held at the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) headquarters in Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, where Union executives reiterated their position that the August 27 strike action remains in place. Members heard that teachers on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and in Linden, Region…

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– Region 1 Chairman As more Venezuelans continue to cross Guyana’s porous borders, a bi-partisan approach is being seen as the most appropriate way to tackle the issue at hand. This is according to Region One (Barima-Waini) Chairman, Brentnol Ashley during an interview with Guyana Times International on Monday. “We have to put aside whatever might be seemingly political and start looking at the situation in a humanitarian manner and so everyone should work hand in hand, cooperatively to resolve the issue,” Ashley said. According to him, there are presently…

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Three months after charges were dropped against former Cadet Officer Frenz Paul for shooting 15-year-old Alex Griffith during a game of Russian roulette over four years ago, he is back in hot water after he allegedly threatened to shoot his wife with an unlicensed firearm. Based on reports received, the ex-Police was arrested on Monday morning by Police ranks attached to the Ruimveldt Police Station after his reputed wife made a report against him. A source told Guyana Times International that Paul cocked the gun and placed it to the…

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The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced that it has committed to the international adventure travel guide standard. As such, a training activity was initiated last week which was designed to meet the adventure travel guide standard. Entitled ‘Raising the Bar for Adventure and Ecotourism Guiding’, the training was offered to pre-qualified tour guides and held in the North Rupununi region, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). The training included master training for four local guide trainers to lead future trainings. It was led by the CEO of Pandion Consulting Daniel…

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