TIMES INT'L

Revenue for State agencies on downward spiral – Ali

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…projects G$22.8B deficit for public entities The 2018 Mid-Year report, which was laid in the National Assembly, is characterised by disturbing projections for important public enterprises. This is according to Opposition Member of Parliament Irfaan Ali. According to Ali in a statement following the document’s release, a number of such enterprises have had their projected income revised downwards, thus reflecting a worsened financial status than expected. His examples included the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), two of the agriculture sector’s most important public enterprises.…

Family outing turns deadly

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

… father of 5 drowns after saving daughter, grandson A family outing on Saturday at Bushy Park Beach, East Bank Essequibo turned tragic when 42-year-old Farook Bacchus perished by drowning after saving his daughter and grandson from being swept away by a “big wave” in the mighty Essequibo River. The dead man had been a goldsmith who resided at Lot 65 Old Road, La Grange, West Bank Demerara. At his home on Sunday, grieving family members were contemplating their next moves as they considered plans for burial. Bacchus’s wife of…

Guyana targeting ABC countries in tourism drive

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

By Jarryl Bryan In the Caribbean, specifically the Eastern region, the World Bank last year calculated tourism to account for roughly 52 per cent of earnings on average. Even without festivals, other parts of the Caribbean are famous for their scenic tourist destinations. New Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Director Brian Mullis hopes to leverage the increased focus on Guyana, with the oil and gas sector being an international topic of discussion, while ironing out a strategy to effectively market Guyana as a tourist destination. In an interview with this newspaper,…

An amazing two years; off to a new chapter

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

By this time next week, I will already be off, stepping into a new chapter of my life: college. Considering this, after much deliberation, I have decided that this will be my last article. Writing for Guyana Times has been a transformative experience. When I started some two years ago, I could not have imagined that one small column every Sunday would eventually become such a part of my life. Foremost, the column provided me with a platform with which I could articulate my thoughts on things that I was…

V. S. Naipaul

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The recent passing of Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, better known as V.S. Naipaul, was widely reported in the media. Born on Aug. 17, 1932 in rural Chaguanas, Trinidad, he was just six days shy of his 86th birthday. Exposed as a boy to English Literature by his father, his ambition from that time was to “be a writer”. With dozens of highly praised works of fiction and non-fiction, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, thirty years after winning the man Booker Prize, and being knighted by Queen Elizabeth…

Ukrainians accused of assaulting Guyanese miners remanded to prison

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The two Ukrainians who allegedly assaulted and threatened two Guyanese miners were on Tuesday taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Vitaly Paraschuck, 38, whose local address was given as Lot A 173 Robin’s Place, Bel Air Park, Georgetown and Maksym Furtak, 33, who was stationed at Quartzstone, Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) where the incident occurred, denied the allegations through a translator. The men who were represented by Attorney-at-Law Mark Waldron answered to their charges separately. It is alleged that Paraschuck, on August 3, 2018 at…

Several injured in 2-vehicle collision at WCD

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Several persons were injured on Wednesday morning following a two-vehicle collision at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara (WCD). According to information received, the incident involved a Toyota Spacio motorcar and a route 32 minibus bearing registration plate BVV 4757. Guyana Times International was informed that the motorcar was heading to Parika, East Bank Essequibo and the minibus was a short distance behind proceeding in the same lane. However, the Toyota Spacio reportedly came to an abrupt halt, resulting in the minibus slamming into its rear. The driver of the minibus…

Police Sergeant placed on G$1.3M bail over driver’s licence fraud

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Former Police Sergeant Alfred Park of Lot 1129 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was on Monday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Judy Latchman on 12 counts of fraud relative to the theoretical learner driver’s examination conducted by the Guyana Police Force. The court heard that on April 12, 2018, while he was the sergeant-in-charge at the Felix Austin Police College, Georgetown, with intent to defraud the public, the 50-year-old Park conspired with others to forge 13 examination scripts for persons who did not write the learner driver’s examinations. The prosecution…

Flag hoisted in Georgetown to celebrate India’s 72nd Independence Day

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

In commemoration of India’s 72nd Independence Anniversary, the Indian High Commission in Georgetown on Wednesday held its annual flag-raising ceremony at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre. In the company of Indian officials and other invitees, the Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Venachatachalam Mahalingam delivered an address made by the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, on the eve of the country’s Independence Day. Prior to this, the flag of India was hoisted on the lawns of the compound and the National Anthem of India was recited. One of the…

‘Increased level of bullyism plaguing Guyana’s mining sector’

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…mining association calls for CoI into Brazilian’s death The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called for a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to be launched into the death of a Brazilian miner who was shot and killed on Saturday by two Police Officers in Puruni, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The Association made calls via a strongly worded statement to the media on Wednesday which highly condemned the action, and more so the officers, who committed that act. “No one in the Government is doing anything to help miners, they…