Psychiatrist’s car topples in Corentyne trench
Psychiatrist attached to the National Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Mayda Grajales, escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle ended up in a trench on the Corentyne. She has been trying to overtake a vehicle on the Susannah Public Road on the Corentyne when she ended up in a nearby trench just after 13:00 hrs on Saturday. [...]
Gafoor’s replaces Cane Grove home
…in wake of storm In July, a storm destroyed the house occupied by Sonia Calistro at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. At the time the woman had been living there with her five children. The structure has since been rebuilt by Gafoor’s Group of Companies, through its Vulnerable Persons Foundation. Gafoors Director, Ameena Gafoor, [...]
Burglar takes cash from businessman’s home
Businessman, Beesham Seepersaud, 38, of Johanna Cecilia, on the Essequibo Coast, is begging the police to maintain vigilance in their investigations into a recent robbery. Seepersaud, who was the victim, said that he does not want a repeat of a level of dormancy pertaining to police investigations. The sole distributor of Edward.B.Beharry [...]
FISHERMAN FOUND DEAD ON PARADISE SEA SHORE
Residents of Jibb have expressed alarm at the discovery of a young fisherman, Ragu Persaud, whose body was discovered on the Paradise foreshore early yesterday morning. However, many are speculating that the young man’s death could possibly be the result of a fall he sustained. Police, however have not ruled out foul [...]
Linden IMC at odds with Local Govt Ministry
Linden’s Interim Management Committee Chairman, Orrin Gordon, yesterday expressed total dissatisfaction over the fact that the Ministry of Local Government has advised council that the $10m subvention for 2012 should be used to complete more drains and road works in the community. The IMC wants to use the money to fix a [...]
Army rank arrested after spitting on police
– had assaulted female several weeks earlier The Guyana Defence Force rank who was involved in a fracas with local announcer Narissa Pearson a few weeks ago, has found himself in hot water after he allegedly spat on a police officer. This newspaper understands that Second Lieutenant Denzil Mingo was involved in [...]
Punishment for traffic offence…Elderly driver beaten, locked up
Although the Executive of the Police Association had expressed concern over the plethora of incidents and infractions that have been allegedly committed by members of the Guyana Police Force, police brutality remains a main concern of society. Another incident of police brutality transpired yesterday, and on this occasion at Thomas Street, Kitty. [...]
Parliamentary committee says parties should report ‘elections expenses’
A Parliamentary committee, which did not benefit from the participation of opposition Parliamentarians, has agreed that all political parties contesting the 2011 national and regional elections, should report on their ‘Election Expenses’ in accordance with the existing laws. On April 28, 2011, the National Assembly passed a resolution to set up a Special [...]
Shoddy road works cost Linden municipality a fortune
Substandard road and drainage works on both the Mackenzie and Wismar shore, have been raising the ire of Linden residents and the Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon and other major stakeholders for some time now. Yesterday the IMC Chairman himself took media operatives on a tour of the community to highlight the worst [...]
Region Six remains suicide capital- Dr Ramsammy
Every year in Guyana hundreds of individuals attempt to commit suicide. An estimated 150 to 200 persons unfortunately succeed at ending their lives. This situation has been so for decades, says Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. Dr. Ramsammy stated that of the 10 Administrative Regions, Region Six remains the district with the highest rate [...]
CARICOM seeks heightened cooperation with IICA
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque this week welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Dr Victor Villalobos as his first visitor from an institution since assuming office on August 15. “I believe that it is not insignificant that the first visit to me as [...]
Guyana observes Caribbean Wellness Day 2011
Scores turned up to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day 2011, which was being observed under the theme “Love life, Stay healthy, Live long”, yesterday. The Ministry of Health in partnership with CARICOM, the Pan American Organization (PAHO) and Nestle hosted its annual ‘Health Fair’ at Merriman Mall, Bourda. At the health fair visitors were given [...]
New Amsterdam nurses in big cuff out
It was a case of who should make up a patient’s bed. One nurse said that she should not and actually instructed her colleague to. There was the refusal. One thing led to another and before long two nurses attached to the New Amsterdam hospital decided to put aside the Nightingale oath and engage each [...]
GPSU signals interest to observe upcoming elections
At least one union has indicated an interest in observing the upcoming Regional and General Elections. On Wednesday the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) met with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to finalise plans for the elections. The commission, in a release yesterday, explained that its Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, was part of [...]
Appreciation Night or Night of Shame?
The Alliance For Change is alarmed, flabbergasted and horrified at the revelation that there is in train a so-called appreciation night for outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo. What the AFC finds highly opprobrious is the grandiose level and extent to which this event is being planned. We here register forthwith our objection to the use [...]
Heavy drinking, intoxication associated with physical aggression
– Research shows The harm associated with the consumption of alcohol, particularly among young people, is an area of growing concern and presents a major challenge to all levels of government, experts say. Research indicates much alcohol use and associated harm in young people occurs in public drinking environments. A systematic literature search [...]
Harold Bascom – From dreaming ‘country-boy’ to three-time Guyana Prize winner (Part 1 of 3)
“The secret of my success as a writer is being an intense crafter of whatever fiction I put together. I believe in diligent crafting and plotting. I write the way I would put a model car that arrives in pieces: meticulously—weighing every word and making sure that every sentence makes sense—and that each sentence [...]
Interesting creatures…The King Vulture
The King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. It is a scavenger and it often makes the initial cut into [...]
Guyana gets it right, criminalising HIV won’t work! – UNAIDS
Whatever else Guyana gets wrong, our position in the fight against HIV/AIDS is not one of them. Last Thursday, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy laid before the National Assembly a report on the deliberations of the Special Committee tasked with facilitating public discussion on the Criminal Responsibility of Persons living with HIV. [...]
Frank Sinatra will sing in 2012
One of the Frank Sinatra songs I liked when I was in short pants was “The Best is Yet To Come.” Come 2012, we will play Frankie every day because we know that the best is yet to come. Before the release of the WikiLeaks cables the Guyanese people knew (no one was [...]
Haitian journalists visit
As part of continuing efforts to fully integrate Haiti into the Caribbean Community and to ensure buy-in by key stakeholders, five journalists from Haiti are currently on a visit to Guyana. Over the last week, they were involved in a familiarisation exercise at the CARICOM Secretariat to get a better understanding of the roles [...]
Building your home? (Enhancing the value, beauty of your property)
By Leonard Gildarie A reader asked us to explore ‘cheap’ ways to improve or raise the value of homes in Guyana. This may be a pretty tall order. The internet is literally filled with information, but more appropriate to the US or other developed countries. While government has figures on the number of mortgages [...]
MURDER AND THE TING-A-KEES
-why has violent death stalked this family? By Michael Jordan George Ting-A-Kee comes from a strong Christian background, so he would be the last one to question why violence has dogged his God-fearing clan for close to two decades; and why this violence recently came to his very doorstep. The name Ting-A-Kee [...]
The wrath of a government
Guyana has never before had so much scandal. Indeed there have been scandals, some reaching all the way to the top. But for the first time there seems to be a certain credibility to what is in the public domain. The source of the documents is the Americans who are unquestionably the global policemen. [...]
LULA AND BHARRAT!
Two waves of chants were always expected to dominate the campaign of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as it attempts a fifth consecutive term in office. The cries of “Lula! Lula! Lula! Lula!” were expected to dominate the party’s rallies as the supporters of the party welcomed its latest presidential candidate [...]
