Daily Archive: Thursday, August 20, 2015

Articles published on Thursday, August 20, 2015

More CCTV cameras to fight crime -Ramjattan

Government wants to install CCTV cameras on every city street as part of its plans to address the country’s escalating crime, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan announced last evening, while informing that more resources would also be given to the police force.

Pregnant woman dies at GPHC

A pregnant woman died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday, 10 days after she was rushed there from the New Amsterdam Hospital in an unconscious state.

Sydney Allicock

PPP/C did not budget to pay Amerindian support officers beyond April

Indigenous People’s Affairs Minister Sydney Allicock yesterday denied that the current government sacked the almost 2,000 Amerindian Community Support Officers (CSOs) that were previously engaged under the Youth Entrepreneurship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP) and said that the former PPP/C administration did not budget for the scheme beyond April this year.

FIFA Presidential hopeful David Nakhid (left) and GFF Normalisation Committee Chief Clinton Urling posing for a photo opportunity following the former’s press briefing at the Marriott Hotel yesterday.

Nakhid mobilising backing for FIFA bid

After declaring his intention to run for the FIFA presidential post earlier in the month, Trinidadian David Nakhid said here yesterday he is confident he can become the Head of FIFA when the entity stages its election in February of 2016.

US training for police internal probe unit

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Guyana Ministry of Public Security are working together to provide training to the Guyana Police Force Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Police Integrity Program.

Komal Chand taking the  MP’s oath on Monday

Hughes trumpets stimulus for growth of tourism industry

Saying that this year’s budget gives an unprecedented stimulus for the growth of the country’s tourism sector, Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes yesterday emphasised that the sector has the potential for job-creation, the improvement of the country’s image and to contribute significantly to its gross domestic product.

Guyana loses thrice

Guyana’s hopes of retaining their male title and clinching the overall team title got off to the worst possible start, losing all three of their fixtures when the Caribbean Squash Association Championships Team Tourney commenced yesterday in the Cayman Islands.

Appointment of Registrar of Lands does not fall foul of the Land Registry Act

Dear Editor,   Kindly permit me to offer a brief response to two recent letters written by Mr Leon Rockcliffe and Mr Christopher Ram, respectively, in which they sought to address the issue of the legality of the appointment of Ms Rosalie Robertson as the new Registrar of Lands (‘Government should urgently amend the Land Registry Act’ SN, August 15; ‘A Registrar of Lands has been appointed without any amendment to the Land Registry Act’ SN, August 16).

Pretty weighty

Pretty weighty: Three containers have been positioned on the embankment along the seawall on  Clive Lloyd Drive just opposite the Celina Atlantic Resort.

Wasting what we want

Along with the ugly concrete high rises that have gone up around the city in the past few years, the ones that have been touted as signs of development by the new opposition, then in government, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of city beggars.