Month: May 2011

By Ariana Gordon Two children, aged six and four, were on Tuesday, May 24, burnt to death in a fire which destroyed the wooden shack they called home at Dazell Housing Scheme, Paradise, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead are Julius DeClou, six, and Josiah DeClou, four, who were left alone at home by their mother, twenty-six-year- old Ashana Letlow. According to Letlow, she would usually go to her mother’s house, a stone’s throw away, to iron the older son’s school clothes; but, on this occasion, she took only her year-old…

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By Bhisham Mohamed Tragedy struck at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara early Wednesday morning when 45-year-old Chitnandan Latchman hacked his wife, Suscilla, 38, to death, burnt his home and drank poison. Suscilla was chopped several times about the body, before being doused with gasoline and set on fire. Latchman and the motionless, severely burnt body of his wife were pulled from the burning building at 48 First Street, Garden of Eden by members of the community. The badly burnt man is at the Georgetown Public Hospital in critical condition.…

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Government may no longer recruit overseas teachers, as was intended, but will place more emphasis on training local teachers in the areas of mathematics and the sciences. Already, the Education Ministry is looking at preparing a plan whereby scholarships can be awarded to teachers to attend the University of Guyana (UG) to pursue studies in these needed areas. This is according to a senior education official who requested anonymity. The official pointed out that it would be too costly to import teachers, and the best solution is to train locals.…

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The Council of Delegates of the Union of South America States (UNASUR) is eyeing the United Nations model for financing the permanent secretariat, which is set to be opened in Quito, Ecuador next month. This is one of several methods of financing being examined as delegates meet at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal. “That is a decision the ministers of foreign affairs will take once the council delegates will present to them different alternatives,” said UNASUR Secretary General Maria Emma Mejia Velez, while briefing the media on Tuesday. The…

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Despite the persistent La Nina conditions experienced this year, the rice industry has recorded some 202,077 metric tonnes of rice for the first crop. The Agriculture Ministry said in a release that, according to harvesting statistics collected by the Guyana Rice Development Board, rice production for the first crop (spring crop) is 202,077 metric tonnes, the equivalent of 4,894,270 bags of paddy. This has surpassed the highest first crop experienced in 1999, where 189,565 metric tonnes of rice or 4,689,138 bags of paddy were recorded. The ministry stated that the…

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The Local Government Ministry on Tuesday handed over to the different regions approximately Gy$22 million worth of tools and equipment that were requested. The handing-over was done by the permanent secretary in that ministry, Nigel Dharamlall. The equipment included complete solar panel units costing Gy$7.3 million, to power refrigerators for health huts in several hinterland areas; solar panel units costing Gy$2.7 million, for lighting; land tillers to Regions One, Seven and Nine, costing Gy$971,000; mist blowers to Regions One, Four, Six and Nine, costing Gy$454,000; gasoline generators to Regions One,…

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