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The husband of the woman, who is reported to have ingested poison and then fed some to her year-old child, is denying that the couple had had a misunderstanding prior to the incident. However, the girl’s mother is accusing the husband; the baby’s father, of being responsible for the incident. Reports are that on Saturday morning, 19-year-old Roshanie Ramlakhan of Number 58 Village, Corentyne was picked up in a semi-conscious state next to a bus shed at Number 61 Village, with her infant child standing next to her. She claimed…

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…Fire Service roasted for poor response Several families were rudely awakened from their early morning slumber on Wednesday, as a fire raged through four houses in Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown, razing three to the ground and destroying another. Now scores of persons are homeless and counting millions of dollars in losses. According to the Police, they received reports of the fire sometime around 04:00h on Wednesday and preliminary investigations have so far revealed that the fire started at around 03:00h in the Lot 185 Pike Street apartment of Oswald Layne.…

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Guyana Manganese Incorporated (GMI) has committed to employing a predominantly local workforce as it prepares to begin construction in July. This announcement was made on Monday when Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun visited the Matthews Ridge, Region One (Barima-Waini) mine site to conduct an assessment of the progress that has been made since GMI purchased the area from Reunion Manganese Inc (RMI) of Canada. GMI, a Bosai Mineral Group company, is currently on track to develop the mines, plant and factories to begin…

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The Government of Guyana has failed, to date, to put a very serious, robust, and well thought-out plan in place that would govern the country’s emerging petroleum sector in light of the newly-found oil and gas resources. This is according to Attorney-at-Law and Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram who believes his position is justified because the Government has not been able to state what exactly it hopes to do to ensure that this sector is efficiently managed and how the resources it will gain could be utilised. Ram said that this…

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Experts are projecting that with the advent of the oil and gas sector, Guyana may face a situation where there is a high demand for energy and as a consequence, oil prices will rise. At the same time, they have expressed concern over the higher than usual price being paid by consumers. This observation was made by a representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Carol Litwin. Litwin was speaking at a workshop held at the Pegasus Hotel where energy experts were able to provide an analysis based on…

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…after CCJ rules in favour of GRA The Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) has lost its appeal in a matter involving the payment of corporation tax to the Guyana Revenue Authority, which it had taken before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to determine whether a two percent minimum corporation tax was unconstitutional and amounted to the taking away of private property. On Monday, the CCJ dismissed the GSL appeal and awarded cost to the GRA as respondents. The matter arose in 2012 when the GSL refused to pay more than…

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– father of dead Berbice bandit The father of one of the two bandits fatally shot by Police in Berbice last Friday morning said he warned his son about his criminal lifestyle and advised him to desist from wrongdoing. Mansaran Sham told Guyana Times International that he warned his son on several occasions, recalling the last time he saw his son was three months ago. During their last meeting, he advised his son to stay out of trouble. “Normally me and he does gaff and ah does tell him, ‘don’t…

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The Government of Guyana is putting systems in place to beef up security in communities that are located close to the border with neighbouring Venezuela by forming more Community Policing Groups (CPGs). Based on reports of an increasing number of Venezuelan nationals crossing Guyana borders and given the potential threat Guyana faces due to major oil discovery, there are plans to have more heightened security in those areas. Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said the first step to be taken is to assist law enforcement officials by forming new policing…

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Given the recent controversy surrounding outgoing Police Chief Seelall Persaud issuing himself a gun licence, the Government is now actively reviewing the current regulations governing the issuance of these licences. Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan told the media at a press conference on Monday that serious consideration was being given to the matter, but said certain steps would have to be followed first. “We are giving that serious consideration as we speak. It has been a situational problematic that have caused of recent times.” Ramjattan said, “I had really thought…

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