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Following calls by Region One (Barima-Waini) Chairman Brentnol Ashley recently for Government and donor agencies to provide more assistance to Venezuelan refugees, the Administration on Monday signalled its intention to construct several facilities to respond to the Venezuelan influx. This was announced by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon at his post-Cabinet briefing. “We are going to build facilities to respond to where the Venezuelan citizens are coming from,” Harmon noted. The centres would likely be built in Region One and reports stated that a multi-agency committee, comprising the Guyana Police…

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…reports on successive deficits recorded since 2015 The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has been recording successive deficits over the past few years. This is according to the entity’s General Manager, Holly Greaves, who appeared before the Parliamentary Social Services Committee (PSSC) on Monday. According to Greaves, NIS has had to deal with the effects of a consistently aging and retiring population; a situation not likely to have been helped by the firing of thousands of sugar workers under the coalition Government. “For the last three years we have recorded deficits,…

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By Michael Younge Longstanding People’s National Congress Reform Executive Member Thandi McAllister on Tuesday vowed to strengthen her party while working to advance the interests of women and youth across the country by focusing on the implementation of socio-economic policies that would lead to their overall empowerment, should she become the party’s next Vice Chairman at its upcoming Congress. McAllister, speaking with the Guyana Times International during an interview, said she believes she has acquired a wealth of experience and knowledge over the past two decades to function effectively as…

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Newly-appointed Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Paul Slowe has admitted that he does have baggage but noted that what’s in the package is what matters. Following a meeting with President David Granger last month, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had said that Slowe will bring two sets of baggage with him which could harm his judgments, that is, a political approach to the job and old scores to settle since he has a lot of interpersonal problems with many members of the Police Force. However, when asked about this…

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…as mother moves to CCJ for urgent hearing By Shemuel Fanfair The high-profile case of prominent New York-based Guyanese Marcus Bisram is taking another turn, as proceedings have been filed at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) – the region’s highest court, which is based in Trinidad and Tobago. This recent move was mounted by Bisram’s mother Sharmila Inderjali, who was just last week denied an application for urgent hearing by the Appeal Court of Guyana, which essentially sought to expedite the judicial process regarding a bid to have the…

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…residents say Police should have taken the matter more seriously A Corentyne, Berbice man turned a knife on himself after killing his wife of 15 years. Dead are Subrina Lakhan, 29, a housewife, and her husband, Ramesh Ramdeen, 42, a labourer, at Rose Hall Estate. The couple lived at Lot 101 Chesney New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, and had three children ages six, eight and 13. The couple was at home alone about 13:35h when the incident occurred. Investigations reveal that Ramdeen was an alcoholic, who had constantly threatened his wife…

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President David Granger’s speech last week at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) castigating persons for not seeking betterment for themselves is not sitting well with political thinkers, with at least two of them tackling the matter head on in simultaneous columns. Working People’s Alliance (WPA) heavyweight and political commentator, Dr David Hinds reminded the President in his column “Hinds sight” that he was voted into office, most likely by the very people he rebuked, to set policies that would help persons to help themselves. Instead, Hinds noted that Granger’s message…

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The 47-year-old lover of 73-year-old Deonarine, also called “Russian,” who was found dead with a single gunshot wound to his abdomen, has allegedly confessed to the heinous crime on Tuesday. The woman, who was once the man’s maid, made the confession during interrogation by members of the Major Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The woman reportedly told detectives that on the night of the murder, the now dead man picked her up from her home at Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast and they went to his house.…

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Despite Guyana’s economy growing by 4.5 per cent in the first half of 2018, the traditional sectors, such as sugar and rice, have seen decline in their performances, with contractions of 30.6 and 3.8 per cent respectively. This was revealed in the Finance Ministry’s Mid-Year Report 2018, which was laid in Parliament on Wednesday and which focuses on the state of the economy and performances of various sectors. Finance Minister Winston Jordan, in addressing the National Assembly about the country’s economic performance, admitted that the gold sector also suffered a…

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