TIMES INT'L

IPA boss lands in Court for supplying unregistered drugs to GPHC

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Alliance for Change financier Lloyd Singh was on Monday slapped with two counts of supplying unregistered drugs to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Singh appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman and denied the charges. The prosecution is contending that the father of five, owner of the International Pharmaceutical Agency at Lot 226 “B” Camp Street, Georgetown, on August 12, 2017 supplied the unregistered drug Rituximab 100mg to the Georgetown Public Hospital in violation of Part 3, Section 28 of the Food and Drugs Regulations Act (Guyana) of 1977. The prosecution…

We need the right mix of people to take sugar forward, says Harmon

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

State Minister Joseph Harmon has said that while Cabinet would want to see the Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) installed, it wants to have “forward looking” members to head the entity. At the post Cabinet press briefing on Friday last, Harmon disclosed that discussions are still ongoing on the appointment of a new GuySuCo Board. “Cabinet would certainly like to see that Board in place. In fact, it is important for good corporate governance that there is a board in place, but we also have to ensure that…

Scenes of jubilation as accused freed of businesswoman’s murder

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

It was a scene of much jubilation for relatives of murder accused Richard Stanton at the High Court on Wednesday evening, as he was acquitted of the January 12, 2015 execution-style murder of Atlantic Gardens businesswoman Patricia Sanasie. This comes days after Stanton addressed the jury and professed he was not a killer and was not born to kill anyone. His acquittal came by way of the jury’s unanimous not-guilty verdict, which was returned after just over two hours of deliberation. This decision signals that the panel did not believe…

President Granger engages executives of newly-elected toshaos’ council

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

President David Granger on Wednesday engaged the newly-elected chairman and executive members of the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) at a special luncheon to discuss issues affecting Indigenous communities. During the deliberations, held at the Baridi Benab at State House, the President announced that Government will proceed with handing over of the lease — prepared several months ago for the promised plot of land at Sophia — to the NTC for the construction of the proposed secretariat. However, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, together with the Guyana Lands and Surveys…

Guyana needs to get serious about preserving its history

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Boat dun gone a falls, and it can’t turn back. I learnt that many years ago. Editor, did I not pen a correspondence very recently stating that Guyana needs to have a museum that houses artifacts of British Guiana because it plays a pivotal role within the tourism sector? Editor, did I not, in another article, suggest we should consider erecting a Photography Museum on the premises of the National Park, because of the historic events held there? Editor, have I not said in past articles, via the…

Our leaders must engage each other and move the country forward

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Since 1997, Guyanese at home and abroad have been calling on the country’s two main political parties to hold meaningful and genuine dialogue, which would see them resolving their ideological and philosophical differences with the aim of putting the country first. The citizenry had also supported a wave of constitutional reforms as proposed by the National Assembly in the early 2000s, as a key step towards building trust, inclusionary democracy, and political consensus among the country’s key political parties and interest groups. However, despite the best efforts of some key…

Unity high on Toshao Beverly Clenkian’s agenda

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

It was Martin Luther King Jr, who said, “The supreme task is to organise and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.” While the emotion is not quite the same, newly-elected Toshao Beverly Clenkian is quite keen on uniting and transforming the people of St Cuthbert’s Mission (Pakuri). Clenkian was recently elected as Toshao of St Cuthbert’s Mission, replacing the outspoken Lennox Schuman. She tells me that she has served a collective nine years in the Village Council so being a Toshao is not strange. She intends…

Bartica Secondary STEM Club invents Roco163A

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Not everyone can say that while in school they were afforded the opportunity to create something unique and invent something that could possibly position them on the frontline of greatness, but for a few students of the Bartica Secondary School that opportunity has presented itself and they are taking full advantage of it. Bartica is being touted as the “Green Town” of Guyana and with that in mind, the Bartica Secondary School’s STEM Club invented the Roco163A. The Roco163A was created to aid the Town to promote the green agenda…

Guyana’s Local Govt Elections set for Nov 12

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Guyana’s Minister of Local Government, Ronald Bulkan announced on Thursday that Local Government Elections will be held on November 12, 2018. The announcement was made during an address to Toshaos from across the country who are presently in Georgetown for the National Toshaos Conference. Bulkan said the order would be gazetted by the end of Thursday.” Already G$2.1 billion was approved in the 2018 National Budget for the holding of the local polls to elect neighbourhood, village and town councils. The Minister’s announcement came one day after General Secretary of…

PPP to name presidential candidate by year-end

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…highest level of transparency will be followed – Jagdeo Consequent to a meeting with executive officials of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), to discuss the way forward on plans to select a presidential candidate for the next general elections, General Secretary of the party, Bharrat Jagdeo, declared that a candidate could be selected by year-end. According to Jagdeo, the executives of the PPP are split on the timeframe in which this process should be completed, as some are proposing that it could be done before the Local Government Elections which…