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The body of seven-year-old Shaniya Persaud, who succumbed at the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas on Sunday night after undergoing a much-needed surgery, which led to the amputation of her leg and fingers, will be flown back to Guyana for final rites. A relative who spoke with INews earlier today has confirmed that the child’s burial will take place in Guyana. The news of the child’s passing was announced by both the Rotary Club of Demerara and the Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) via a social media post. In its…

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The parliamentary Opposition has returned to the High Court seeking to force the Government to comply with the Constitution of Guyana, this time Article 106 of the Constitution which sets out that Cabinet must resign after a No-Confidence Motion. Bringing the case is former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is seeking from acting Chief Justice Roxane George orders compelling Cabinet, which has been meeting despite the clear language of the Constitution. “We are asking for a declaration that Cabinet was resigned on the passage of the No-Confidence Motion. Alternatively, we’re…

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Gary Prince was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment by Georgetown Magistrate Dylon Best on Friday after sufficient evidence was presented to prove to the court that the defendant had spat on a woman who had insulted him. Particulars of the charge brought against Prince are that on April 27, 2019, at Breda Street, Georgetown, he thus unlawfully assaulted Leonie Thornton. The facts of the matter state that, on the day in question, Prince was riding past Thornton when she uttered, “Gwan, yuh dawg!” As a result, Prince became annoyed and…

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Guyana joined six fellow Amazonian countries on Friday in Letecia, Colombia to sign a pact to protect the world’s largest tropical forest. The pact, signed at a time when the Amazon is under threat from fires, aims to coordinate disaster response and satellite monitoring. Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, who represented President David Granger, signed on behalf of Guyana. Colombia’s President, Ivan Duque; Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales; Ecuador’s President, Lenin Moreno and Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra were the Heads of State who signed. Suriname’s Vice President, Michael Ashwin Adhin and…

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One day after a man admitted to fracturing the nose of his ex-partner during an argument, he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for the offence. Thirty-five-year-old Leon Murray reappeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty on Tuesday, who handed down the sentence at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. When the matter was called, Murray had initially asked the Magistrate if he can compensate the victim; however, he was unable to accumulate the funds, therefore, he was sentenced for the offence, since he had admitted it. The first charge stated that on September…

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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been circling around distant timelines among other factors, which have influenced their inability to announce a date for elections. But Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has asserted that Chairperson, retired Justice Claudette Singh will have to rise above these inhibitions and make that very important decision. This was the position he shared on Friday, as he recognised that the GECOM Chair must be in a very difficult position of having to consider every possibility before making an announcement. He stated that she is fixed in…

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They know what the problem is, but according to Citizenship Minister Winston Felix, the Government has been unable to get control of the rampant backtrack use at Guyana’s borders by immigrants. Felix made this admission during a press conference at his headquarters on Wednesday. The Minister originally called the press conference to clear the air on his recent meeting with Haitian immigrants. He was reminded that during an appearance before the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Foreign Relations, he had expressed concerns over the use of backtrack routes and the fact that…

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The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Saturday, September 14, will hand over the responsibility of the La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme along with the Goed Fortuin regularised squatting area to the Malgre Tout/Meer Zorgen Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), West Coast of Demerara (WCD). Chief Development Planner of the CH&PA, Germene Stuart, was quoted by the Department of Public Information (DPI) as saying that the La Parfaite Harmonie housing scheme comprises ten sections of which nine will be handed over to the NDC. “These sections are the Westminster, phase…

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…as no parliamentary extension means time running out for Govt – Ram   In the absence of a parliamentary extension of the Government’s time in office as set out by the Constitution when a no-confidence motion is passed, the clock is ticking on the Government’s legitimacy. In an interview with Guyana Times International, prominent activist and lawyer Christopher Ram expressed concern at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) recent pronouncement that it could end up holding elections in March 2020. “That would be inconsistent, not only with the new Chairperson of…

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When it was announced that the Legal Affairs Ministry would be making full scholarships to the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) available, there was much celebration. It turns out, however, that prospective awardees have been informed that they would have to give five years of service to the State. Guyana Times International has been reliably informed by sources that at an interview with the Ministry, the University of Guyana’s top law students were informed that once they acquired fully-funded scholarships for two years of study in Trinidad, they had to…

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