Author: TIMES INT'L

With the Local Government Commission complaining about continued control being exerted over its operations by Central Government, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that Government has shown it is not serious about local government. This assertion was made during a recent press conference, when the Opposition Leader cited recent complaints from Commission Chair Mortimer Mingo. According to Jagdeo, Mingo’s difficulties are reminiscent of the fight it took to even get the Government to set up the commission. “How disappointing! Well, I shouldn’t say disappointing, knowing all along that…

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Attorneys Nigel Hughes, Darren Wade and Bernard DaSilva, representing fugitive Troy Thomas, stated at Monday’s extradition proceedings that their client could not be extradited. Thomas explained to the Magistrate’s Court that it had no jurisdiction to hear the case and there were violations of his client’s rights to be protected as a Guyanese citizen. Additionally, the string of lawyers requested that the matter be called at the High Court, where it could be well-addressed. The oral submissions continued as Attorney Wade disputed that the extradition treaty between the United States…

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…Opposition says of G$30B bond secured for GuySuCo Close to one month after announcing plans to seek a syndicated bond worth G$30 billion to assist with the revitalisation of the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), it has been announced that Government was successful in acquiring this loan from several commercial banks. Head of the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London told sections of the media on Wednesday that the bond was secured at good rates with several banks, including Trinidad-owned Republic…

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– selection process has commenced, says Harmon By Shemuel Fanfair One month after former Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud retired from the Guyana Police Force, his replacement will soon be determined as measures are afoot to facilitate the process. In an interview with Guyana Times International on Wednesday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon confirmed that the process to find a substantive replacement has begun. “For the question of appointing a Commissioner of Police… I will say yes the process has been kick-started and that work is going on in that regard,”…

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It is just a matter of formality before the metered parking system is reintroduced in the City of Georgetown, as City Hall is all set to vote to adopt the amended by-laws proposed by the Re-negotiation Committee. At Monday’s Statutory Meeting, Councillor Ivelaw Henry moved that the Standing Orders be suspended to deal with the urgent issue of voting and accepting amended by-laws, and it was after a highly emotional debate that the vote was deferred to April 4. Team Legacy’s Councillor Malcolm Ferreira, said he received his copy of…

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With the aim of boosting the service capacity at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Centre, the Public Health Ministry on Tuesday commissioned a Trima Accel-Automated Blood Collection System, known as Apheresis Machine. This is a device which receives blood removed from a patient or donor’s body and separates it into its various components: plasma, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. The Apheresis Machine, which is the first of its kind in Guyana, is expected to improve the efficiency of emergency blood transfusions by providing specific components. It…

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People’s National Congress (PNC) General Secretary Amna Ally has dismissed concerns from the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) about her party, noting that the PNC still remains a strong and viable option. In a brief interview with this publication on Sunday, Ally was insistent that the party remained unmoved by the statements being expressed by Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Dr. David Hinds. Amidst growing concerns that the PNC continues to show disregard and disdain for the spirit and letter of agreements it signed with key coalition partners, Political Scientist Dr…

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The creation of a Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) with sole control over the purse strings of all oil revenues coming into Government is a dangerous development that must be vehemently opposed on all fronts. This is according to Economic Advisor to the Political Opposition, Peter Ramsaroop, who said the Department, and not the Ministry “with its control over the deposit account – called Wealth or Natural Resources Fund – is the creation of a slush fund with no parliamentary oversight over the spending of…

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