Author: TIMES INT'L

The family of a six-year-old Abrams Creek Primary School student who fell into the Pomeroon River, Region Two, and drowned, is calling for a proper investigation to be carried out into the incident. The young grieving parents of Ramesh Khanai, a Grade One student of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River is receiving the legal assistance of former Attorney General Anil Nandlall. The father of the child, Doodnauth Khanai, claims that his son was at school when the incident occurred. As such he is alleging that the drowning may have resulted…

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Works on the four-lane road expansion along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are progressing well, according to Technical Services Manager attached to the Public Infrastructure Ministry, Nigel Erskine, who is overseeing the project. The US$50.2 million East Coast Road Expansion project has two components; one features a four-lane expansion of the road from Better Hope to Annandale, and the other caters for an upgrade to the existing two-lane road from Annandale to Belfield. Works are currently concentrated on the four-lane expansion from Better Hope to Annandale. In an interview…

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Nineteen-year-old Varshni Khemraj, also called ‘Varsha’ and ‘Shelly,’ of Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, and 27-year-old Satyanand Harripersaud, also called ‘Avin,’ of Lot 97 Sawah Village, Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, lost their lives when the car in which they were travelling reportedly collided with another vehicle and ended up in a canal at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara. This incident occurred on Sunday at about 22:15h, when the car Harripersaud was driving, PSS 9153, allegedly swerved into the path of motor car PTT 5270 and a collision resulted.…

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Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase Green has decried the low fees that residents and business owners pay for property taxes in the capital city as the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) grapples with the environmental impacts from issues surrounding solid waste management. Chase Green reiterated the Georgetown M&CC’s position on the current rates at the Regency Hotel on Monday as she addressed a gathering at the Georgetown consultation on the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). “We have no (property) valuations in many years, so persons are paying…

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The Green Paper on the Natural Resources Fund (NRF), which will deal with the question of management of anticipated oil revenues starting in 2020, is anticipated to be laid in the National Assembly next month. This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who told reporters last Friday that the Green Paper — a report on Government’s proposals — was presented to Cabinet to be reviewed. According to Jordan, a second review will be done when Cabinet next meets on July 31. “We will revise the paper in time for…

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…Harmon says of appointment of new Energy Dept head The appointment of an economist to head the fledgling Department of Energy, which will have responsibility for Guyana’s new oil and gas sector, has already started to raise eyebrows. Some have opined that a known expert in the oil sector should have been appointed. The individual, who was named in the State media on Wednesday as Dr Mark Bynoe, is an environment and resource economist. When contacted on Wednesday and asked specifically whether the position was advertised, Minister of State, Joseph…

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