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Six years after losing her son, Shaquille Grant, who was allegedly gunned down at the hands of Police, Shonette Adams, who mounted civil proceedings in the High Court against the State and the implicated Police Officers, is seeking over G$10 million in damages. One of the ranks implicated in the shooting was killed in 2014 in a foiled robbery attempt; another was placed on an international wanted list while the other accused was acquitted of the lad’s murder in 2015. In a writ against the Attorney General of Guyana, and…

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…GECOM’s CEO says as LGE draws closer The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is denying suggestions that it is behind schedule in its preparation for Local Government Elections. It has noted that, on the contrary, ballot boxes are under Police guard and are ready to be set up ahead of disciplined services ranks (D Day) voting. The GECOM position was articulated by Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield at a press conference on Monday. He explained that GECOM would be prepositioning the ballot boxes at locations around the country to aid in…

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…Traumatised family calls for thorough investigation into ‘illegal’ search by ‘CANU’ranks Two Georgetown families are now sleeping with one eye open as they remain on the alert, following a raid to their homes last Wednesday evening by persons claiming to be Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks. The still-traumatised residents of Independence Boulevard, La Penitence, Georgetown, recently related their frustration to this newspaper, noting how afraid they still were. Sheneza Bacchus, 41, of Lot 241 Independence Boulevard, told this publication on Monday that 10 alleged CANU ranks, two of whom were…

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After donating motorized scooters to two deserving Guyanese last year, Sunita Travel Agency, Inc., recently handed over an assorted sports kit to Lima Sands Primary School, five miles aback of the township of Anna Regina, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). “On behalf of the students, teachers and community we would like to thank Sunita Travel Agency of New York and Patrick Mahase family who made this very generous donation to our school. We would like you to know that this will go a long way towards our physical education program,” said Headmistress…

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Additional funding was approved, in the 98th Sitting of the National Assembly, for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project. According to DPI, more than G$280M was green-lighted to facilitate payment for consultancy service on the project due to the delays in the construction contract. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson assured the National Assembly that the expansion project is still on schedule to be completed by December 31. In 2011, the PPP administration; in government at that time, and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) inked a US$150M contract…

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…though PwC valuation report still to be made public Though a report on the valuation of the assets of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has not yet been released, Government is optimistic that the divestment process can begin in a matter of months. In a sit down with the media after signing a loan agreement on Friday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan was asked for an update on the divestment process. In his response, he noted that Government is optimistic of starting in the first half of 2019, a fact expressed…

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Another of the three remanded prisoners who escaped the Lusignan Prison, Holding Bay facility by scaling the fence on October 15, was on Thursday recaptured by residents on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD). 29-year-old, Dextroy Pollard originally of Wales Village, WBD was recaptured sometime around 14:00h and handed over to the Police. Pollard was on remand facing a break and enter and larceny charge. He is the second of the three escapees to be recaptured as Travis Evan, who was on remand for murder was found hiding out in…

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A Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) woman is alleging that the Police in the region has abused their power by placing her naked in the lock ups while her teenage daughter is also accusing police officers of assaulting her and placing her in the lock ups with adults. Alicia Harry, 35, told this publication that she was arrested on Monday and placed in a cell at the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost without any clothing. The mother of four told this publication that on Monday Police went to arrest her,…

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By Samuel Sukhnandan As the time draws closer to the date set for the imposition of fare increases at the Berbice River Bridge, there continues to be great worry over whether this could in fact take effect, or whether the Government would step in and reverse the decision. Overseas-based economist Professor Tarron Khemraj feels that Government should buy over the bridge in its entirety. He told Guyana Times International on Sunday that the bridge is now financially unsustainable, as compared to when the proposal for its construction was implemented. “As…

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