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The investigation into the Lindo Creek Massacre continued on Tuesday at the Public Service Ministry’s building, with more testimony from family members of two victims – Horace Drakes and Compton Speirs. The Attorney for the Commission, Patrice Henry fielded questions from the witnesses who all said that they were still seeking justice for their family members. Drakes’ Aunt, Natalie McDonald, told the Commission that she learnt about her nephew’s death while on her way to visit her aunt at the Georgetown Public Hospital back in June 2008. “I heard the…

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The Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) will be undertaking a project in rooftop solar for commercial and industrial use. This was disclosed by Deputy Director of the Institute’s Energy, Investment and Policy Division, Carol Litwin, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported. Litwin, speaking prior to the opening of a renewable energy workshop hosted by the Department of the Environment and the GGGI, said the institute will be working with the private sector and exploring options for financing. The aim is to…

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The cooperation of both the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the banks is required to address the high number of robberies of persons conducting transactions at banks. Crime Chief Paul Williams, was quoted by the Department of Public Information (DPI) as saying: “What we need is a joint approach in terms of dealing with this matter, I’m appealing to the banks, for them to carry out some amount of analysis within their daily operations. There are so many things the banks can do from an analysis. That will really help…

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The Mashramani 2018 Float and Costume parade came to a conclusion with parades on Saturday in Lethem, and Sunday in Linden and Berbice. Thousands braved the inclement weather to participate in the Linden festivities. The five largest floats were represented by the Town Council, Regional Democratic Council, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Social Cohesion’s Department of Youth, Culture and Sports. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes was in Linden to participate in her Ministry’s band. Despite the rain, thousands turned out to witness the floats. Revellers…

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…Rev. Huldah to be special guest at Calvary Assembly of God in Ozone Park Rev. Huldah Buntain will be special guest speaker at Calvary Assembly of God, 102-07 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY 11417 on Sunday March 11 at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. In 1954, Huldah and her late husband, Rev. Dr. Mark Buntain, were asked by the Assemblies of God Missions Department to go to India as Evangelists for one year. They sold their car, packed some clothes and boarded a ship with their baby daughter, Bonnie, headed…

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Guyana has welcomed the recently completed first round of talks on migration at United Nations Headquarters as “a milestone in the global migration dialogue”. The initiative, which involves United Nations Member States, including Guyana, saw the completion of this first meeting as a step closer towards crafting a “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, an and Regular Migration (GCM)”. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for its part, Guyana recognizes that its Diaspora is at least as large as its internal population and remains mindful of the…

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…to help push counselling and behaviour therapy in the health sector A six-member team from the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) is on a four-day stay in Guyana to help push counselling and behaviour therapy in the health sector. Since their arrival, the FLARANG members have held talks with Dr Karen Cummings, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) at her Brickdam office where they unveiled the blueprint for the proposed package of public health assistance geared for Joint Services members, DPI reported. The team will conduct the training…

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…Jagdeo calls for audit In light of recent developments in Region One (Barima-Waini), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for an audit to be done on the digitisation of records at the General Registrar’s Office (GRO). Jagdeo’s comments came in light of recent pronouncements made by Citizenship Minister Winston Felix, who claimed that the process is transparent and one that does not include partisanship. However, the Opposition Leader feels that there might be attempts to fiddle with the registration process at the GRO using the digitization of records as the…

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… as Police continue paedophilia investigations Weeks after publicly claiming to have “one little boy for every day of the week”, the Guyana Police Force has taken popular cross dresser Otis “Otisha” Pearson into custody. Police in A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) on Tuesday confirmed that they have arrested Pearson following accusations which were made against him in relation to paedophilia. Crime Chief Paul Williams when contacted confirmed that the popular (lesbian, gays, bisexual and transgender) LGBT personality was arrested on Monday and is being grilled on the subject matter.…

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Despite the parliamentary Opposition urging Government to auction Guyana’s remaining oil blocks, Government has intimated that a process of both direct engagement and selective bidding would be used to allocate the blocks. When contacted, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman directed Guyana Times International to a statement carried in sections of the media. In the statement, he expressed that direct engagements with other State-owned companies such as Brazil’s Petrobras would be sought. “As for the manner of disposal, we will be seeking direct engagements with some State-owned companies such as Petrobras…

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