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…PPP wins no confidence motion in National Assembly …as AFC’s Charandass Persaud votes against Govt There was shock in the National Assembly as a no confidence motion brought by the Opposition – Peoples Progressive Party – against the Government succeeded when Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Charandass Persaud broke ranks and voted in favour of the motion. A total of 10 MP’s debated the motion, but when the dust was settled, and a vote of division was called, Persaud’s vote changed the numbers to 33 versus his colleagues’…

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Monster waves of the agitated Atlantic Ocean demolish a part of the sea defence structure on March 3 and rush invasively into sections of West Coast Demerara/East Bank Essequibo, flattening fences, confiscating bridges, ransacking homes, and destroying cash crop and poultry enterprises as flood waters besiege hapless communities leaving some 300 resident affected by the tidal phenomenon. Areas such as Leonora, Meten-Meer-Zorg, Uitvulgt, Stewartville, Windor Forest, West Coast Demerara (WCD) along with residents of Zeelught, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) were affected. Displaced residents in some area had to be relocated…

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…fund has been destabilized – source …Hand-in-Hand Insurance tightlipped While there have been major concerns regarding the status of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Pension Fund, which is said to be at a crisis level, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bhim has defended his company stating that there have been certain mistruths about the fund. Bhim told Guyana Times that there are currently two pension funds for sugar workers, one which is for all unionized employees which is fully funded by GuySuCo, and another for senior staff. In the case…

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– President Granger says Just over one week after Presidential Adviser on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, said that the government can review and renegotiate the Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil, President David Granger said that Cabinet does not intend to do such at this time. He noted that the PSA is currently engaging the attention of Cabinet and a decision would be made.

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A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain has been arrested following a shooting which resulted in the death of his girlfriend in Alexander Village, Georgetown. Dead is Reona Payne. According to reports received, at around 11:00h, the couple was in a car bearing registration number PWW 7163, proceeding along First Street, Alexander Village. Subsequently, residents of the area heard the now dead woman and the GDF Captain Orwain Sandy arguing, after which she was reportedly seen exiting the vehicle. Sandy then followed her carrying a loaded firearm and discharged several rounds…

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Following complaints that the Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan is involved in the gerrymandering of Local Authority Areas (LLA) in Opposition strongholds, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) filed a legal challenge in the High Court to halt the Minister’s move even as Bulkan maintained that everything he did was above board. Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall filed the Fixed Date Application (FDA) on behalf of People’s Progressive Party Guyana Elections Commissioner (GECOM) Commissioner, Bibi Shadick. The Applicant filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court against decisions of named respondents, Communities…

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Guyana will have to repay approximately 4.75 per cent interest on the whopping $30 billion bond it secured recently to revitalise the operations of the three estates which fall under the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) or all of the assets and companies owned by the National Industrial Commercial and Investment Limited (NICIL) could be lost. A source close to the Finance Ministry’s Special Purposes Unit (SPU) told Guyana Times that while the interest rates secured would appear to be very favourable, the implications of failing to consistently…

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Miners operating in the Upper Cuyuni River say they are at the mercy of the ruthless Sandicato Gang as they begged the Government to provide escort services as they traverse the river following attacks by members of the said Gang. According to the miners in their appeal for help, the situation is hampering their businesses. They claim that members of the Venezuela-based Sindicato Gang have set up a camp about three miles below Eteringbang on the Cuyuni River and is stopping all boats (both Venezuelan and Guyanese), demanding gold and…

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says “troubling questions” raised in report Even as Government continues to review the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report into the Lindo Creek Massacre, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Brigadier David Granger, on Wednesday said that those officers who are implicated in the Lindo Creek Massacre will face the consequences of their actions. “The report’s recommendations will be acted upon in due course. The days of concealing security sector mistakes and misdeeds are over. The Force’s officers will be held accountable for the consequences of their actions, and for the instructions…

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After years of mistreating and neglecting her children, a 26-year-old mother of two has fatally stabbed her three-year-old son because she reportedly had a dream that she would die on August 25. The infant Ramdeo Ferreira of Lot 585-Fifteenth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara is now dead following an ordeal that, according to the Police report, began at about 09:45h on said day, when this mother began pursuing her hapless infant in the yard with a knife in her hand. A few minutes later, ranks at the Enmore Police Outpost…

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