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The family of the man who leaped to his death by jumping out of a window at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) on Sunday evening has alleged negligence on the part of staff at the medical facility. The sister of the now deceased 63-year-old Mortimer Sagon told Guyana Times International on Monday that her brother was admitted to the hospital over a week ago to be treated for tuberculosis and haemorrhoids. She, however, said on several occasions, Sagon would complain of being neglected at the medical institution. “He used…

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By Shemuel Fanfair It was high drama at the opening of the June session at the Demerara Criminal Assizes, as two accused admitted their involvement in the June 2014 killing of taxi driver Danraj Latchman at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). Appearing separately before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court on Tuesday, 20-year-old Ashraf Ally and Abdool Razack, 21, both plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. After consideration of the mitigating factors, the Judge sentenced them both to 15 years imprisonment, pending deductions for time served. …

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Several sections of the commercial zone in Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on Wednesday close their businesses as the Private Sector joined sugar workers from the Skeldon Estate and others in a rally against Government’s decision to privatise that estate. As sugar workers continue to voice concerns over Government’s announcement that the Skeldon Sugar Factory will be sold, hundreds of them and officials of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) were joined by the municipality, taxi drivers,…

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Guyana, through local agricultural initiatives, has the potential to feed the entire Caribbean, President David Granger said at the commissioning of a Self Sufficient Agricultural Economic Project at the Hugo Chávez Centre in Onverwagt on the West Coast of Berbice. The project was launched as a means to reduce the cost of daily services offered by the Social Protection Ministry, by implementing a self-sustained agricultural project at the Berbice-based rehabilitation centre. It was at this event that the President proclaimed that with further efforts, Guyana can cash in on being…

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A fatal accident involving several motor vehicles and a motorcycle in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Sunday evening has resulted in the death of 28-year-old Wilbert Sydney, an ambulance driver attached to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC). The incident occurred about 21:30h on the Amelia’s Ward Public Road, in the vicinity of Rawlins shortcut and Lover’s Lane, Mackenzie. Police reports indicated that at the time of the accident, Sydney, of Lot 70 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, was proceeding east along the northern side of the roadway on his motorcycle,…

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20-year-old Wesley Morvin Patoir, also called ‘Bucky,’ a mechanic of Kwakwani Park in Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice), was reportedly crushed by a truck in vicinity of the Kurubuku Mines, situated between Aroaima and Kwakwani, on Monday at approximately 15 hours. While details surrounding the incident remain sketchy, reports reaching this newspaper indicate that Patoir was working with a contractor, and the truck in which he was travelling developed mechanical problems and was stationary at the side of the road. Patoir was attempting to have the problem fixed, and was…

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