Category: News

By Gomatie Gangadin The Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have registered their concern over recent revelations that more than 80 per cent of the country’s graduates and skilled workers have been migrating out of the country. The organisations noted that they were not only concerned but alarmed as well, since this would mean that the operations, expansion and growth of the private sector and subsequently the economy will be greatly affected since these workers are the most crucial ones for…

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By Gomatie Gangadin Students who would have failed Mathematics and English at the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will not be ignored or neglected, as the Education Ministry is presently putting systems in place to help them. This is according to Education Minister Priya Manickchand, who, in an exclusive interview with Guyana Times International, said while the Ministry has celebrated the successes of those who have excelled at the examinations and rightly so, other students should not feel sidelined or ignored as her Ministry will be placing more emphasis…

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The Opposition parties A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have claimed they will be going ahead with the motion of no-confidence against the Government, but not at this stage. APNU Leader David Granger told Guyana Times International on Tuesday that the motion of no-confidence was still on the cards. He said while this may not be the first option of the Opposition parties, it was definitely still being considered and would be part of a slew of actions against the Government. When further questioned,…

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THE National Forensic Laboratory at Turkeyen, the first of its kind in Guyana, is scheduled to be commissioned on July 14, according to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee. On Wednesday, at the ruling party’s press conference at Freedom House on Robb Street, Minister Rohee fielded questions on the status of the lab’s completion. He stressed that the lab is “ready to go”, and assured that the facility would not be a “white elephant”, but would service the needs of the Guyanese people. Rohee said that more than 20 persons have…

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 A teacher attached to the St Stanislaus College, located on Brickdam, Georgetown has been reported missing since Sunday evening after leaving the National Sports Hall where she took her school’s team to participate in the Inter-Secondary School’s Basketball Championships. Nyozi Goodman, 34, of William Street, Kitty was last seen sending off the basketball team on Sunday evening with another teacher. Relatives are holding out that the teacher will not disappear just like that. All her personal belongings are intact, except for her two mobile phones and her iPad. The last…

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According to a report from the New York Daily News, Police Investigators are determining if a partially dismembered body found in a parking lot in Long Island, NY is that of a Guyanese  mother of four who lived in the NY area and has been missing since last Saturday. The woman, Chinelle Latoya Browne, 27, was last seen by her landlord Saturday near her Sumpter St. apartment in Brownsville in Brooklyn, sources said. According to the New York Daily News, the Guyanese native had several beefs with her landlord over…

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BY JOMO PAUL Guyana will be looking to broaden relations with the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) trade bloc when it takes part in the Sixth Annual Summit of the growing organisation. This is according to President Donald Ramotar, who on Thursday related that Guyana will definitely be a part of the summit since the bloc is continuing to play “a bigger role” in world trade. President Ramotar further pointed out that “it is important for Guyana to be there as part of the UNASUR and to…

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Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has confirmed reports that Presidential Advisor on Sustainable Development, Science and Technology, Navin Chandarpal’s medical condition is rapidly deteriorating. According to information emanating from the Government Information Agency (GINA), the long standing PPP/C member who has been suffering from stomach cancer for the longest while, is said to be in a critical condition in the United States surrounded by his family members. Dr Luncheon said that government was “hoping for the best and hopes that the recent developments in dealing with the…

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