Ramotar warns Govt. will not be held to ransom
…as Granger issues call for annual State of the Nation report “We must seek consensus and compromise and should resist the temptation to believe that any party can ride rough shod over another…Any such attempt may see us missing the historical opportunities that this new composition offers…I urge that we put the interest of [...]
Combined Opposition strikes another blow in Parliament
…secures majority votes on Committee of Selection Mere minutes after the Head of State Donald Ramotar charged Members of Parliament to avoid gridlock and find consensus, the House seemed destined for a brawl as the nominations for the Parliamentary Committee of Selection were held. The Speaker, Raphael Trotman had his work cut out on the [...]
Magistrate charged for failing to submit to breathalyzer test
Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani was yesterday placed on self bail after he appeared before Magistrate Nayasha Williams-Hatmin, at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge of failing to submit to a breathalyzer test. Magistrate Ramdhani was charged in connection with an incident at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara on January 29 last. The Magistrate [...]
Cops accused of stealing $600,000 and raw gold
Accusing fingers are being pointed once more at police ranks, this time for a robbery in which they relieved a shopkeeper of $600,000 and 15 pennyweight of raw gold, while pretending to be conducting a search for drugs. Reports are that, on Wednesday evening around 21:45hr (09:45pm), three police ranks who assisted in moving persons [...]
Mahaica family hospitalized after hassar curry meal
- teen critical A 17-year-old boy is critical and doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are monitoring four other family members who fell ill on Thursday night after eating a meal of hassar curry at their Handsom Tree, Mahaica home. The lad, Chaitram Dharamdat, has been admitted to the Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. [...]
Attention must be paid to the early signs of abuse
Dear Editor, Children are special. They are God’s gift to us. Children never ask to be born. They are conceived and are brought into the world to be loved and cared for by their parents and relatives. As children grow they learn. Children learn from every circumstance around them. Therefore, parents and other adults have [...]
CCC rout Leewards for 39, Jamaica, Barbados tussle
Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) were 158 for nine off 60 overs in reply to the Leeward Islands first innings total of 39 all out at the close of play on the opening day of the second round 2012 West Indies first-class match at the 3Ws Oval. The not out batsmen were Jason Holder on [...]
GUYANA IS READY FOR A RETURN TO THE CINEMA
Television destroyed the cinema in Guyana. But the saturation with local television, the fact that most of the movies shown are replays or pirated copies of new movies, means that Guyana is now ready for a return to the days when cinemas dominated. When television first came to Guyana, people were excited. Cinemas in Guyana [...]
Guyanese mom fears the worst for son missing in Suriname
A young mason, who left his East Bank Demerara (EBD) home and ventured to Suriname to secure a job, has been reported missing by his mother. The mother said she has not heard from her son since December last. Reports are that 20-year-old Antonio Kishore Lall (Avinash) of the New Grove Housing Scheme, EBD, migrated [...]
Guyanese man, wife buried together
Barbados (Barbados Nation) – Sleek twin caskets adorned with matching arrangements of white flowers lay side by side at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral on Thursday morning as the strains of Kenny Rogers’ “Through the Years” wafted through the air. It was a touching, serene picture which Monsignor Vincent Blackett later described as ”the climax of a wedding” rather than the funeral [...]
This is a new legal development
The law was made for man and not man for the law, someone once wrote. Another famous English writer, Charles Dickens, wrote in Oliver Twist, “The law is a ass”. That complete quote reads, ‘“If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble, … “the law is a ass—a idiot. If that’s the eye of [...]
Opposition Leader accuses Govt. of neglecting farmers
- notes administration’s lack of preparation, communication with affected residents A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has expressed concern over the countrywide flooding, especially in Berbice and the damage to property, crops and livestock. Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger paid a visit to villages along the Mahaicony River which have been affected by [...]
Canal farmers welcome flood relief efforts
As water continues to recede in flood affected areas, farmers of Canals Number One and Two will now have to wait until the rainy period passes before they can recommence planting crops. In Canal No.1 Polder, most of the cash crops were either badly damaged or destroyed after being under water for weeks. While they [...]
PNC’s first General Secretary laid to rest
The first-ever General Secretary of the People National Congress (PNC), Joseph Abrams, was laid to rest yesterday at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. He passed away following a heart attack Sunday last at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The funeral service which was attended by his second wife, Melanie Abrams, children, grandchildren and other close [...]
GPA CONDEMNS ACTION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLICE
The Guyana Press Association notes with deep regret and disbelief, the action by the Police Service of Trinidad and Tobago this week to invade the newsroom of the Newsday Newspaper ostensibly to put pressure on the media outlet and one of its senior staffers to reveal the source of a story that the media house [...]
CARICOM needs renewed attention on youth, sports and culture -Dr. Frank Anthony
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, has called for renewed attention to the free movement of artists, cultural workers and sportspersons in the CARICOM Region; ensuring hassle-free travel and involving them in the promotion of integration, identity and wealth creation. Dr. Anthony, who is also the Chairman of CARICOM Council for Human [...]
Gunmen attack Sheriff Street jewellery store
A businessman was yesterday treated at a city hospital after he was beaten by gunmen who invaded his jewellery Store on Sheriff Street. According to reports, four gunmen invaded the Raj Jewellery and Fashion Store at around 09:45 hours yesterday. This publication was told that the owner of the store Rudath Persaud, 56, was in [...]
Kamarang man on $200,000 bail for shooting brother-in-law
A Kamarang man was placed on $200,000 bail after being charged for allegedly shooting his brother –in-law in the leg after the victim tried to rescue his sister from an alleged beating. Osai Capelle was read two charges by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry which stated that he, on February 7, while at Jawalla Village [...]
Submerged Timehri access angers residents
- Call on Public Works Minister to address issue Residents who use the main access bridge at Dakara Creek, Timehri are calling on the Minister of Public Works and other relevant authorities to renovate the existing bridge which is in a deplorable condition and is always under water. According to the residents, the main access [...]
UGSS President chides Luncheon
President of the University of Guyana Students Society, Duane Edwards, has taken offence at the recent statement by the Secretary of the Cabinet, Dr. Roger Luncheon, relating to UG students being involved in a legitimate and humanistic exercise to highlight the problems which beset them at the Turkeyen institution. According to President of the UGSS, [...]
UNDP launches inaugural State of the World Volunteerism Report
Under the theme “Universal value of global wellbeing” the first ever State of the World Volunteerism Report was launched yesterday at the Brickdam and United Nations Place, Georgetown, United Nations Development Programme office yesterday. The report was ideally launched here as, according to Acting Resident Representative of UNDP, Ms. Chisa Mikami, Guyana has a rich [...]
Two in trouble for sex with 13-year-olds
Kishore Narine, 35, of Riverstown Sand, was remanded on Friday, by Magistrate Leron Daly, moments after he appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of rape. On Monday, detectives successfully apprehended Narine and his 13-year-old lover, at Charity, where they were seen in a boat heading for neighbouring Venezuela. Police reports [...]
Husband, wife freed on drugs charges
A husband and wife who were among three persons before the court on a number of charges including Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and cultivating prohibited plants have been freed, following no case submissions by their attorney at law Charrandass Persaud. The duo, Glenvis Hinds, 46, and his wife Shondell Hinds, 40, [...]
A charmer, empty seats, a wave, and those sleepers
- the opening of Guyana’s tenth Parliament Her staff needs to do some work in guiding her, but Guyana’s First Lady, Deolatchmee Ramotar, proved a charmer as her husband, President Donald Ramotar, inaugurated the Tenth Parliament. For a woman who did not show up on the social circuit during her husband’s decades-long political life, Mrs. [...]
Rain ruins Guyana vs. Windwards first day
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Only eight overs were possible as rain ravaged the opening day of the second round Regional Four-Day Championship match between Guyana and Windward Islands at Windsor Park on Friday. When play finally began at 4.30 pm, Guyana, surprisingly opting to bat first after winning the toss, lost Sewnarine Chattergoon to the [...]
