Dear Editor The 100th Anniversary Foundation, NY, a NGO, has issued a release saying it will commemorate the 1964 Wismar Massacre at a special Remembrance ceremony in Richmond Hill on Friday evening, May 26. The NGO said that May 26th should not be a day for only celebrations. It noted that during May 1964, some 3000 Indo Guyanese were victims of a massacre in Wismar. It is known as the WISMAR MASSACRE OF INDIANS. This year marks the 53rd anniversary of that PNC preplanned annihilation of Indians. The independent media…
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5 ‘Advisors’ for Guyana’s Attorney General may be a world record
Dear Editor, Every person who has ever served in the office of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs must have felt a profound sense of flattery when they learnt that the current holder of the office was gifted three (3) retired Judges — one from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), one from the Court of Appeal of Guyana, and one from the High Court of Guyana — along with two (2) law professors, each possessing a doctorate in law, to assist him in the discharge of the functions…
Read MoreCutlass-wielding bandit caught after robbing neighbour
Police in Berbice were able to catch a known criminal who led them into a swamp after he went into his neighbour’s house and robbed her of cash and jewellery using a cutlass. The incident took place about 08:00h on Monday at Lot 126 Lord Street, Fort Ordinance, Canje, Berbice. According to Lalita Kellawan, 55, she was in the kitchen of her home when her neighbour came through the door brandishing a cutlass. She said the man grabbed her and choked her. At the time, her 90-year-old mother was in…
Read MoreNCDs: A major threat to national development
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), of all the major health threats that have emerged over the years, “none has challenged the very foundations of public health so profoundly as the rise of chronic Non-Communicable Diseases”. Caused by poor lifestyle choices, such as tobacco use, alcohol abuse, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity, NCDs have resulted in large numbers of young people dying. A significant number have also fallen ill and, therefore, cannot contribute to their families or the development of their communities in any way. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes,…
Read MoreThe French Government
The French presidential elections last week grabbed world attention primarily because it was seen as a sign of how extensive the move towards “populism” – read “right wing” sentiment –was in Europe, after the Brexit vote in Britain and the election of Donald Trump in the US. Now that Emmanuel Macron’s one-year-old En Marche! Party has defeated Marine Le Pen of the National Front (FN), the analysts will be generally consumed by the implications for EU unity and the terms of Britain’s exit as well as the facticity of Le…
Read MoreTurkeyen, Tain talks reinforce need for training in emerging oil, gas sector
The University of Guyana’s Turkeyen and Tain Talks held its seventh meeting in New Amsterdam, Berbice on Wednesday, on Guyana’s emerging oil and gas economy. Present at the talks were Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus and Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman among others. According to GINA, Minister Trotman told the students and other persons gathered for the Turkeyen and Tain talks that the potential they have heard that Guyana has is real. The Minister noted…
Read MoreGuyana, U.S. sign MOU to support youth empowerment
Guyanese youth who are at risk of involvement in crime and violence will receive greater support and more opportunities for alternative pathways thanks to a recent recommitment made by the Governments of Guyana and the United States. Christopher Cushing, the Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Mission Director for the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, and Winston Jordan, Guyana’s Minister of Finance, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalised their mutual commitment to support the empowerment of Guyanese youth under USAID’s new Youth Empowerment Services (YES) program. The MOU…
Read MoreTrump’s border wall funding law could create problems for Guyana, wider Caribbean
…if successfully passed BY SAMUEL SUKHNANDAN Guyanese dependent on foreign financial support have reasons to fear that the United States (US) congress may make an amendment to the US Electronic Fund Transfer Act to impose a fee for remittance transfers to certain foreign countries, South of the US, including Guyana. The bill, which is titled Border Wall Funding Act of 2017 (HR 1813), has already been introduced in the US House of Representatives by Congressman Mike Rogers, of Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District. In introducing the Bill on March 30, 2017,…
Read MoreGuyanese sugar workers brace for tough times
…as Coalition Govt marks two years in office By Shemuel Fanfair Even as the APNU/AFC Coalition Government is marking two years since gaining political office, Guyanese sugar workers are bracing themselves for tough times as the Administration has announced plans to close more estates, leaving hundreds of workers and their families on the breadline. Sugar workers attached to the Enmore Estate have registered their distress for the financial challenges that they stand to face in the coming months. On Tuesday, Guyana Times International met with a group of community members…
Read MoreCitizens demand right to peaceful protest
Protestors representing three separate causes are now questioning the true meaning of democracy – as are some Parliamentarians – after the Police imposed restrictions on their picketing exercise on Monday. Stakeholders against the closure of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates, those against the imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT) on private education, and those against the ban on used tyres, turned up to stage a peaceful picketing exercise directly outside of Parliament Building – in clear view of the sitting Members of Parliament – but were prohibited from so…
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