A teenage girl was raped shortly after returning home from an outing in Berbice. Her family was also robbed of cash and jewellery by the two bandits, who fired shots in the direction of a four-month-old baby, to have the family comply with their demands. The 18-year-old mother of two and her 52-year-old mother arrived home on Monday evening about 22:00h from the Berbice Expo, and saw two men under the house, but could not escape. The house is situated close to the Corentyne Highway. The unemployed mother said both…
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Guyana’s Education Minister says teachers’ increase in salaries “a work in progress”
Stemming from a more than two-hour long meeting between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Education Ministry on Wednesday afternoon, teachers are being assured that they can now sleep well, as “fruitful” discussions were harnessed, where a “matrix of figures” for teachers is now being promised to be presented by Friday. As smiling representatives walked out of the meeting held at the Ministry’s 26 Brickdam, Georgetown office, tight-lipped officials would only say that “new information was provided that was not discussed nor considered prior to the offers made earlier.”…
Read MoreLGE 2018: Youths urged to get involved in decision-making process
With over 50 per cent of young people making up the general population of Guyana, youths have an important role to play in the decision making process of the country, to shape a brighter future for generations of Guyanese to come. This is the message of People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) candidate for Constituency Three (Stewartville/Cornelia Ida) Amelia Ali who told Guyana Times International in an interview on Tuesday that is the reason she chose to contest. Ali, who sits on the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West…
Read MoreLocal elections is about empowering people
…President Granger says during Region 2 campaign launch President David Granger on Monday told residents of Anna Regina and neighbouring communities in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) that Local Government Elections (LGE) are not about winning or losing but about empowering citizens. The Head of State was at the time speaking at a community meeting held at the Anna Regina car park on the Essequibo Coast. As such, the President noted the need for competent persons to be elected to the municipality and for residents to move away from voting on the…
Read MoreFather charged for beating son with pipe in head
A father of four was hauled before the courts last week after he was accused of hitting his 10-year-old son to his head with a piece of pipe. Rudolph Lyken stood before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman and denied the charge that was made out against him when it was read. The 40-year-old man is accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding the lad on October 10, 2018 at their D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust home. The court heard that on the day in question, the boy was dealt one lash to his head…
Read MoreSheriff Street contractor could soon face sanctions
With eleven months already passed since a contract was signed with Sinohydro Corporation Ltd for the construction of the Mandela Avenue/Sheriff Street expansion project, no significant progress has been made, which adds to years of being delayed by various technicalities, as such, the Guyana Government is contemplating implementing possible sanctions. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has said he is disappointed at the pace at which the project is moving and his ministry had made this opinion known to the contractor. The Minister reminded that the contract was signed since 2017.…
Read MoreMother of 2 dies in Corentyne accident
A Corentyne pedal cyclist, who is a mother of two, is now dead after she collided with a motorcycle on the Nigg Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. Dead is Deslyne Gaitri Armogan, 49, of Lot 180 Nigg New Housing Scheme, while the injured motorcyclist has been identified as 20-year-old Arvin Ramnarace of Lot 105 Chesney, Berbice. The accident occurred at about 07:30h on Wednesday. According to reports, Ramnarace was riding motorcycle CH 2690 proceeding East along the northern side of the road when Armogan, who was proceeding West along the northern…
Read MoreProbe commences into GECOM hiring practices
– Team expected to wrap up investigation before LGE The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Monday said it was currently in the process of investigating employment practices at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and has assembled a team to do so. In a statement from the Commission, it was announced that a special investigative team has already begun work on the case. The team is being headed by retired Justice Stanley Moore, who served as a Home Affairs Minister under former President LFS Burnham. It also includes former Deputy Commissioner…
Read More‘We alone’ made 2015 Coalition victory possible – Cathy Hughes
In a fiery address at the official launching of the Alliance for Change’s (AFC’s) Local Government Elections campaign, Deputy Campaign Manager, Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes, declared her party solely responsible for the 2015 victory of the now Coalition Government. “We, the AFC, we alone, made 2015 possible. Anybody else that want to say that they could have done it by itself — and you know who I talking about — ask them how, in all them elections before, they couldn’t do it. Even if by some terrible fluke we…
Read MoreCity Treasurer blames taxpayers for lack of funds at M&CC
Acting City Treasurer John Douglas testified before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Wednesday, after he was subpoenaed to provide documents and a statement into the financial affairs at the Mayor and City Council (M&CC). Douglas has been tasked with the responsibility of handling the financial affairs of the entity since the first quarter of this year after City Treasurer Ron Almont would have withdrawn from his duties for medical reasons. It was in that instance that he blamed taxpayers’ for the lack of funds at City Hall, which has…
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