Over 500 Guyanese have benefited from the Indian Technical Economic Cooperation (ITEC), a programme that is offered to people of Guyana by the Government of India, to develop Guyana’s human resources. This is according to Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa, who hosted an event at his Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara home, in recognition of ITEC’S 55th anniversary. According to the High Commissioner, the ITEC programme has been constantly on the move, catching success for the past years. This programme has been building and training over…
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Former journalist admitted to Guyana bar
Thirty-year-old Tifaine Rutherford, the daughter of Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford who endured a high-risk pregnancy, during her final year at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, was admitted to practise Law in Guyana on Friday last at the Demerara High Court. The petition of Rutherford, a former Journalist, was presented to acting Chief Justice Roxane George by Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat, who described her as a woman of integrity and good character. The acting Chief Justice told Rutherford that law was a profession that called for lifelong learning, honesty,…
Read MoreLight aircraft crashes in Guyana’s interior, pilot rescued
A small aircraft, which was shuttling fuel to Guyana’s interior, has crashed at Aricheng, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The incident occurred on Thursday around 07:53h. The plane was piloted by Captain Bernard Singh, who is said to have survived the crash. The Piper PA31 aircraft, bearing registration 8R-HAI, is owned by Captain Orlando Charles of Domestic Airways. According to a press release from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (G, Air Traffic Services at Timehri has confirmed that an emergency locator signal was received from Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT).…
Read MoreT&T company implicates Finance Ministry in alleged kickbacks scheme
…documents show 20% of contract price requested Leaked documents on Monday revealed that a Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) based company was approached by a senior official from the Guyana Oil company (GuyOil), who requested money from the company on behalf of a top official in the Finance Ministry. It was previously reported in sections of the media that Commissiong and Company Limited was approached by GuyOil for payments after it would have signed three contracts with the State-owned oil company to construct two 10,000-barrel storage tanks at its Providence terminal.…
Read MoreDiamond man committed to stand trial for murder of overseas-based Guyanese
Wayne Anthony Chester, called “Sharky”, of 236 Section C, Block Y, Diamond Housing Scheme, was on Wednesday committed to stand trial at the Demerara High Court for the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore at Craig Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Chester, 24, was on trial before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. When the matter was called, the Magistrate ruled that sufficient evidence has been presented before the court to establish a prima facie case against Chester. The charge alleged that on December 20, 2017, at Craig, EBD,…
Read MorePPP gives snippet of plans for education sector
As the People’s Progressive Party continues to roll out its manifesto ahead of next year’s General and Regional Elections, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed a “three primary objectives” strategy for the country’s education sector. Jagdeo said at his weekly press conference said that these three objectives are: to have universal access at every level from nursery to university; to improve quality at every level, and preparing young people for the labour market. The intention, he noted, is to reorient the programmes at the tertiary and technical vocational levels so…
Read MoreMother of US-based murder accused lead defence
The mother of US-based Guyanese and murder accused Marcus Bisram and her co-accused on Tuesday lead their defence in relation to the matter in which both women were charged for offering a detective G$4 million for him to suppress evidence against Bisram. Sharmilla Inderjali, of Number 72 Village, Corentyne, Berbice and Maryanna Lionel, a relative of one of Bisram’s alleged accomplices, who are currently out on G$3 million bail appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and give unsworn statements when the matter was called on Tuesday. During her testimony, Inderjali maintained…
Read MoreKitty man lands in Court for smashing lover’s car windows
A man who damaged his lover’s car windows appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he was arraigned for the offence. Twenty-four-year-old Terence Thomas of Lamaha Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly and pleaded guilty to the charge. The charge stated that on October 8, 2019, at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, he maliciously damaged six windows of a motor vehicle belonging to Quincy McEwan. Police Prosecutor Christopher Morris stated that on the day in question, the men were in the vicinity of Survival Supermarket when they…
Read More27-yr-old gets life sentence for killing businesswoman
Twenty-seven-year-old Devanand Rampersaud, also called “Julu”, of Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was on Tuesday given a life sentence for killing Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Nesha Shairoon-Ali. Rampersaud pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when he appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Georgetown High Court on October 2, 2019. He admitted that between October 15 and October 17, 2016 at Novar, Mahaicony, he killed Ali. However, on Tuesday, Rampersaud claimed that his only intention was to rob the elderly woman and it was his co-accused, a teenager, who…
Read MoreCTO to close offices in New York, United Kingdom
Chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Dominic Fedee, Tuesday announced the closure of the organisation’s offices in the United Kingdom and New York as part of its efforts to “play a stronger role in the new era of tourism development”. Fedee, who is also the Minister of Tourism in St Lucia, said that in addition to the closure of the New York office in December this year and the United Kingdom by January 31, next year, there will also be a “comprehensive audit of the Barbados office”. He…
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