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The Education Ministry is now in a better position to address the needs of the differently-able population, subject Minister Priya Manickchand said as she commissioned the Visually-Impaired Resource Unit at Albert Street, Georgetown. Minister Manickchand said major attention has been given to “Special Education Needs”, but noted that the commissioning of the unit will be followed by greater investments. Manickchand made it clear, however, that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has invested heavily in the development of the Education Sector. Turning back the pages of history, she said when…

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Lomattie Ramdat, the wife of slain fisherman Chetram Bharrat, told investigators that it was her lover, Errol Khan, who carried out the fatal attack on her husband last Friday at the couple’s Haslington, East Coast Demerara home. The woman who initially stated that she and her now dead husband were attacked by two bandits on the day in question confessed on Tuesday evening that Khan entered the home and attacked her husband with a cutlass in the wee hours of Friday. Ramdat reportedly told investigators that after she intervened, the…

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Bank of Guyana (BoG) Governor Lawrence Williams died on Wednesday morning, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon announced later in the day. Williams, 59, lost his battle with cancer at a local hospital. Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, in a condolence message, said it was with great sadness that he learnt of the passing of Williams. “I offer my personal, sincere condolences to his immediate family and many friends,” Dr Singh said. He said he and Williams shared a long professional and personal association dating back to…

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Leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said he would freely participate in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI), should he be approached by the Secretariat. However, the party leader has revealed that he has not yet received an invitation from any member of the Secretariat in this regard. Dr Roopnaraine, speaking with this publication on Monday, said his position remains the same, noting that party members are afforded free will to participate in the inquiry. When contacted, head of the Walter Rodney Secretariat Hugh Denbow…

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Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) auto spares dealer Rajendra “Sunil” Singh, who was kidnapped last Saturday evening was on Wednesday morning found with his throat slit and a bullet wound to his head in the Le Repentir Cemetery. The discovery was made around 10:15h. Forty-year-old Singh, of Lot 15 Foulis, Enmore, was discovered with his hands tied behind his back with a piece of rope. A white cloth was also tied around his neck. Investigators confirmed that the man was strangled before his throat was slit and more so, they…

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It was a resounding no-show of hands when Guyana Defence Force  (GDF) Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips, asked assembled recruits of the GDF’s Basic Recruit Course (BRC) the question, “who wants to go home?” Brigadier Phillips was, at the time, addressing the recruits prior to formally declaring the course, the first for 2014, officially open. “You chose to be here,” he said, “We advertised, and you made that choice for a particular purpose.” Addressing their acknowledgement that their choice to become soldiers was driven by the need to develop themselves professionally,…

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– Nandlall blames jury system, witnesses There has not been a single conviction for sexual offences in Guyana since 2011 – a situation which Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall described as alarming and blamed the archaic jury system as well as reluctant witnesses for the problem. For the years 2012 and 2013, some 22 sexual offences cases were taken before the courts, but there has been no conviction. Instead, there have been a number of hung juries, witnesses failing to attend court and some victims deciding not to pursue the…

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In protest over moves to incorporate the controversial ‘New River Triangle’ on Suriname’s map, Guyana has pulled out of the neighbouring country’s inaugural International Mining, Energy and Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (SURIMEP) set for June. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud made the disclosure during Friday’s budget debate in the National Assembly. He explained that through the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Guyana withdrew its participation. “They were circulating the documents and as part of the Suriname map, they had the New River Triangle included,” Persaud pointed out. “Mr Speaker, I…

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A new parliamentary sub-committee has been set up to review amendments made to the 2014 National Budget presented by Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh after House Speaker Raphael Trotman maintained his position that the National Assembly has the ability to axe the budget despite the High Court’s ruling. Presiding over the National Assembly on Wednesday, Trotman proposed eight recommendations for the consideration of the Estimates of Revenues and Expenditure for Financial Year 2014, amid controversies surrounding the January 29 ruling by the Acting Chief Justice, Ian Chan on budget cuts.…

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