Author: TIMES INT'L

Recognised for his extraordinary humanitarian contributions and as a healthcare leader, Schulich alumnus and physician, Dr Narendra Singh, received an honorary doctor of laws from the Canada-based York University on Monday during the morning Spring Convocation ceremony. Dr Singh has devoted his career as a physician to global paediatric and neonatal healthcare. He recently retired as Chief-of-Staff at Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Canada to direct his efforts full-time to the Guyana Help the Kids (GHTK); an initiative he founded in 2009 that has drastically reduced infant mortality rates. He…

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A Policeman who on Monday evening was stabbed eight times while on duty, has been discharged from the New Amsterdam Hospital as Police hunt his 17-year-old attacker. Commander of B Division (Berbice), Lyndon Alves, told Guyana Times International on Wednesday that Constable Randy Claxton was discharged from hospital. According to the Commander, Police are currently hunting his attacker, who is a ‘known individual’. The Police Officer was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday, after he was stabbed eight times with a knife by a high school student. The…

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The body of 22-year-old Ravi Surajpaul, also called ‘Dog Man,’ of Lot 338 Ankerville, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice, was at about 6:00h on Monday found by his parents hanging from the ceiling of his home in what is suspected to be an act of suicide. The dead man’s brother, Mooniram, told Guyana Times International he had had a conversation with his late brother on Sunday and nothing seemed amiss. “He tell me he gone. Me ask him, ‘Wheh yuh going?’ He said he (was) going home,” Mooniram detailed. Moniram described…

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A 23-year-old Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) staff died in the wee hours of Wednesday when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and slammed into a utility pole. Dead is Shankar Ram of Lot 14 Mon Repos Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD) while his colleague, Donetta Ramlakhan, of Enmore, ECD, is currently in a critical state at the Suddie Public Hospital. Reports are the two were travelling north along the western side of the Zorg Public Road, Essequibo Coast about 00:15 on Wednesday when Ram lost control…

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The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is set to make a ruling on the Guyana Government’s appeal of the constitutional challenge to presidential term limits, along with citizenship and residency restrictions. The decision is expected to be handed down by Sir Dennis Byron, the current President of the CCJ. Sir Dennis is expected to demit office on July 3, while Justice Adrian Saunders will assume the presidency on July 4. Sir Dennis was on the panel of Judges who heard arguments by legal teams representing the State of Guyana,…

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…over 6000 pregnancies recorded in 2 years After over one year of research and consultations, the National Policy for the Reintegration of Adolescent Mothers into the Formal Education System was on Monday released to the Education Ministry. With this initiative – that will be implemented soon – many adolescent mothers will be given an opportunity to complete their formal secondary education and the system will also be used as a preventative measure whereby stakeholders will be sensitized to ensure that the policy is effective. Present at the launch of the…

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Daniel James, the 31-year-old taxi driver who early last month was slapped with a sexual grooming charge, was on Monday jailed for three years by the Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan. James reportedly sexually groomed a 15-year-old relative on at least two occasions between December 12, 2017 and January 18, 2018. He had initially denied the allegation and was placed on G$200,000 bail. It was reported that James communicated with the teen via Whatsapp indicating his intention to engage in sexual activity. The taxi driver allegedly knew that the child was…

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– says concessions were limited to cinematic equipment The issue of duty-free concessions for foreign companies has come to the fore again, with calls for MovieTowne to reveal what concessions it received from the previous Administration. But Derek Chin, the man behind the multimillion-dollar investment, is adamant his company did not receive preferential treatment. In an interview with the businessman last Saturday, he refuted suggestions that his business benefited from duty-free concessions outside of the norm. According to Chin, the only concessions he received were those related to cinematic equipment,…

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Government has set modest goals for the tourism sector, with Business Minister Dominic Gaskin noting that while Government does not envisage Guyana being a mass tourism destination, capacity to enhance its eco-tourism appeal will certainly be built. Gaskin made this observation during a Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) awards ceremony held at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday. He noted that Guyana’s tourism offering particularly appeals to nature lovers, and has a heavy focus in the hinterland. “We certainly do not want, or we do not envisage, Guyana as a mass tourism…

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