A 37-year-old accused child rapist was found dead in the Whim Police Station, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on Sunday morning with his shirt tied around his neck to the bars of the lock-ups. Dead is Courtney Persaud, whose last known address was in Berbice and who prior to the past 10 months, lived in the Diamond New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) with his wife and daughter. Reports are that early on Sunday morning, prisoners who had shared the cell with Persaud, notified ranks on duty that the…
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Oil and gas sector would create new opportunities for Guyana – Irfaan Ali
Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr Irfaan Ali, says that the budding oil and gas sector will bring a transformation agenda and create a host of new opportunities for Guyana. Only last week, it was revealed that commercial production in the oil-rich Stabroek Block offshore Guyana will commence in December. There have been 14 oil discoveries made thus far in the Stabroek Block, amounting to more than five billion oil-equivalent barrels. The Liza Phase 1 development is expected to produce some 120,000 barrels of crude per day…
Read MoreEnergy dept boss says Exxon to take first oil lift
With oil production expected to begin later this month, ExxonMobil will be getting the first shipment of oil, while Guyana will have to wait until sometime next year. This announcement was made by the Department of Energy. Making these announcements was Department of Energy Director, Dr Mark Bynoe, during a press conference on Wednesday. In justifying this, Bynoe explained that the first lift of crude, which is expected to be one million barrels of oil, is likely to contain the most impurities. As such, he said, it was better for…
Read More‘I couldn’t find a job’
– phone thief tells Cops A 20-year-old man of Prashad Nagar, Georgetown was on Thursday charged for stealing a cellular phone from a 17-year-old girl several days ago. Kevin Abrams was placed on G$25,000 bail when he made his appearance before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Number 51 Magistrates’ Court. Abrams told investigators that he committed the crime because he could not find a job. The victim, Kelly Singh, was walking home at Number 55 Village, Corentyne Berbice when she was attacked by Abrams. Abrams reportedly punched to teen to…
Read MoreHigher sea defences needed
…as high tides batter several villages in Guyana With intense overtopping along the costal stretch as a result of high tides this past year, persons residing on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) are calling for stronger reinforcement to the sea defences. The effects of climate change are beginning to worry scores of residents, who have, for three times already this year, battled with extreme flooding from overtopping caused by unusually high tides. Guyana Times International visited communities on Wednesday, including Stewartville, where the sluice suffered a breach on Tuesday…
Read More‘Demon’ among 4 charged for gold dealer’s murder
…Doctor, others charged for accessory to murder Two weeks after businessman Deon Stoll was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in front of El Dorado Trading Inc on Da Silva Street in Newtown, Kitty, Georgetown, eight persons were hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Four were charged with murder, while the others were charged with accessory to murder. Those charged for murder are 38-year-old Shane Morgan called “Demon”, a graphic artist of Lot 45 East La Penitence, Georgetown; Wayne St Hill, 38, of Lot 27 Dowling Street Kitty, Georgetown…
Read MoreWriting Back to Guyana
(Extract of an interview with Kim Sheldon, Georgetown, Guyana, September, 2019. Sheldon is a novelist and historian.) PP History is fascinating. Research is fascinating. Guyana is fascinating – from El Dorado to sugar to oil, yes, Guyana is fascinating. The most fascinating thing of Guyana though is its people especially those who have settled in the Diaspora, those who are writing back to Guyana. This writing back to Guyana is important. I am addressing you as a writer and historian, why have you come to Guyana? KS The reason that…
Read MoreEast Canje woman is 100 not out!
Rachel Isabella Michael celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, three days after she became the country’s latest centenarian. Despite being confined to a chair, starting just about one year ago, Michael is up and about – cooking, attending church, and reading without glasses. Born on October 23, 1919, Michael has five children aged 75, 73, 68, 62 and 53. She has lived to see her fourth generation, having 19 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren. Born at Betsy Ground, East Canje, Michael spent most of her life there. During…
Read MoreYoung attorney admitted to Guyana’s bar
After graduating with honours from the Hugh Wooding Law School this year, 23-year-old Janet Adeba Ali has been admitted to Guyana’s bar to practice law in Guyana. Ali’s petition was presented by Attorney-at-Law Jamela Ali before Chief Justice Roxane George. During the petition, the Chief Justice advised Ali to always seek guidance from her seniors in the profession and to always keep abreast with and uphold the laws of Guyana, in order to have a striving career. Ali’s early education started at Queens College where she gained 12 subjects at…
Read MoreLindener to spend 22 years behind bars for rape of 6-yr-old
Selwyn Lancaster, formerly of Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), was unanimously found guilty by a 12-member jury on two counts of rape earlier this month when his trial concluded before High Court Judge, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. On Tuesday the 45-year-old man was sentenced to a total of 22 years’ imprisonment on the two charges. On the first charge, which detailed that Lancaster engaged in sexual penetration with a six-year-old girl on October 8, 2018, Justice Morris-Ramlall sentenced him to serve 15 years’ imprisonment while she handed down a seven-year sentence…
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