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…Opposition calls for probe Attempts by the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC) to justify its action in the allocation of thousands of acres of land to persons aligned with the Government still leaves several unanswered questions. According to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday, the GL&SC in its ‘half-baked’ attempt to explain its actions, had still not explained the rationale for the distribution of land in prime locations along the Demerara River that will now be worth over US$100 million. The Party noted that the value for this…

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Investigators from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Cold Case Unit are aggressively pursuing two unsolved murders with the aid of the recently acquired testing equipment at the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL). Crime Chief (ag) Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston on Monday confirmed that focus is being placed on two of the several cold cases at this point. “We have a few that we are working on but I am not prepared to speak on them at this point in time. We are looking at two at the moment and that…

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A 26-year-old nurse was found dead at a hostel at Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). Dead is Schenise Apple of Lot 323 Block 22, Linden, Region 10. Reports are Apple, who is a nurse at the Mahdia Hospital, was last seen on Tuesday morning after completing the night shift. Guyana Times International understands that she retreated to the nurses’ hostel. Another nurse said that no one saw Apple during the day but that was nothing strange. “It is normal when you finish the night shift to sleep most of the day.…

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With the right investment opportunities and economic environment, Guyana’s traditional sectors can thrive to provide more employment and other benefits, rather than a sole dependence on taxation to garner capital. PPP/C Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali shared this opinion during a recent interview on the creation of jobs, where he assured that under his Government, economic sectors will not be neglected. It was explained that the prospects of oil is not the “only saviour” since traditional sectors are opportunistic with assistance from Government. “We need a Government that has ideas and…

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Another convicted rapist is expected to remain on remand for the next month until his sentencing date, which is scheduled for August 26, 2019 at the Sexual Offences Court of the Demerara High Court. After almost two hours of deliberation at the High Court on Tuesday, a 12-member jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict against Morris Johnson, who was accused of the offence of rape. The charge against the taxi driver stated that between August 12 and August 13, 2017 in the county of Demerara, he engaged in sexual intercourse…

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…CCAC says Board to pass judgement For the second time, the embattled Fly Jamaica Airline has failed to refund owed passengers, although it promised to process those refunds by July 1. Consumer Affairs Officer Feyona Austin-Paul, who is attached to the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC), in an interview with this publication on Tuesday said the airline’s officials were contacted after fuming passengers turned up at the agency’s Sophia, Georgetown office on Tuesday morning to seek answers on their owed monies. “They have not processed the refunds. They didn’t…

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– acting Crime Chief Guyana’s law enforcement officials are awaiting feedback from their overseas counterparts in relation to a request for assistance in solving the shooting incident of Director and Principal of School of the Nations, Dr Brian O’Toole, which occurred over five months ago. This is according to Crime Chief (ag), Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston, who, in a telephone interview with Guyana Times International on Monday, said a lot of work has already been done by local Police, but there is need for foreign assistance in this matter. “Every…

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The second edition of the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) was, on Wednesday, launched at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. With a primary focus on export and investment, the event will be held between February 13-15, 2020. Minister of Business Haimraj Rajkumar during the official ceremony said the government is seeking to improve standards in the business sector. “The locally produced goods will find themselves in the international markets. For this to be realised, we need more than a fair trade. It will take a concerted effort, from every…

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