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As it awaits the arrival of the Indian consultants to oversee the multimillion-dollar upgrade of three primary healthcare facilities here, the Guyana Government will be going ahead to commence work on the Bartica Hospital which is one of the primary healthcare facilities to benefit from the India-funded project. Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence recently told Guyana Times International that the consultancy firm was selected by the National Procurement Tender and Administration Board (NPTAB) and that they are now awaiting the arrival of the consultants. “We have no knowledge of when…

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  – Jagdeo says on GECOM Chair appointment  President David Granger has rejected five of the 11 nominees submitted by the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for the post of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) during the informal process of consideration over the past two days. This was disclosed by Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, who addressed media operatives on Tuesday following round two of the high-level talks at the Castellani House, Georgetown. The representatives of Opposition Leader Jagdeo were People’s Progressive Party…

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Ranks of G Division of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday evening discovered a quantity of live ammunition and cartridges at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) during a search. Based on information received, ranks acting on information received, went to the location and conducted a search. During the search, 44 live cartridges were discovered along with 38 live rounds and a spent shell, all concealed in a plastic container. No arrests were made but an investigation is continuing. Last week, a truck owner of Onderneeming was…

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On the same day that Finance Minister Winston Jordan was supposed to pay Dipcon US$2 million in a court-awarded judgement, it has emerged that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has slapped the Trinidad-based company with a tax bill of over G$500 million. Guyana Times International was able to confirm with Dipcon’s legal representative, Timothy Jonas that the GRA sent his client the letter claiming it owed the tax authority the money. According to reports reaching this publication, the alleged debt is G$527.8 million. “What I can tell you is that…

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A teenager appeared at the Juvenile Court in Georgetown on Thursday to answer to the charge of murder. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on Sunday July 7, 2019 at Grove East Bank Demerara, he murdered Mervin Squires. The teen was remanded and will make another court appearance on July 19, 2019. The post mortem performed on the remains of Mervin Squires 21, of Kaneville East Bank Demerara, who was murdered on Sunday last showed that he died of a single stab wound…

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The top spot in this year’s National Grade 6 Examinations for Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) is shared by Jasmine Simpson of One Mile Primary School and Ravi Raymond of Regma Primary— who both scored 523 marks each. Also placing in the region’s top 10 are Taniya Spencer of the Watooka Day Primary school and Tashaunsia Alder of Royal Halls of Learning with 520 marks each, followed by Jarem Fraser of the One Mile Primary school with 519 marks. They all have gained places at Queen’s College. Other top students include…

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The pedestrian, who was killed along the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) Public Road in the wee hours of Sunday morning was on Monday identified as 17-year-old Azeez Mohammed of Lot 63 Ocean Garden, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), by family members. The teen was reportedly killed by an allegedly speeding motor vehicle whilst attempting to cross the public road. In an interview with Guyana Times International, Samantha Mohammed, sister of the dead teen, explained that her younger brother had left home at about 17:00h on Sunday to attend a…

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The 35-acre, G$200 million model farm at Fort Wellington, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) is a waste of taxpayers’ money according to Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal, who further said that there is nothing to show how the money was spent. Ramphal told Guyana Times International that the model farm is in a deplorable state and that nothing of substance was done there. “This land is actually in an abandon stage whereby it is filled with bush and overgrowth. It is clearly showing the wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money,” the Regional Chairman said.…

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The suggestion by President David Granger that he be allowed to submit nominees for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman continues to befuddle legal minds, with two analysts questioning whether this is may be a ruse to further delay the election process. During an appearance on the Globespan 24×7 live show in New York on Sunday, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall noted that the letter in which the suggestion was made, which was penned on Granger’s behalf by Director General Joseph Harmon, entirely misinterpreted what the Caribbean Court of justice…

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By Vahnu Manikchand Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Venkatachalam Mahalingam, said he was disappointed that the Specialty Hospital Project, which had been marred in controversy since its initial stage, did not take off ground. The US$18 million project, which was being funded by the India Export/Import (EXIM) Bank via a line of credit (LOC), was dropped in 2016 after the contracted company, Fedders Lloyd Corporation Limited – was handpicked by the coalition administration— was blacklisted by the World Bank until 2020 over fraud and corruption practices. The Guyanese Government…

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