2018 – Page 218 – Guyana Times International

A bygone era immortalised in cherished photos

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Memories of British Guiana, specifically from 1959 to 1961, are forever cherished in timeless photos by Philip Llyn-Jones, a contactor from England who came to work here in Guyana. The photos tell of a time when Georgetown was a “Garden City” and people enjoyed the simplicity of life. Llyn-Jones’s daughter Pauline Grimshaw generously shares his photos with Sunday Times Magazine. In an interview with this publication, Grimshaw recalled that her father worked for a small British construction company near London; he was a quantity surveyor. The company he worked for…

Guyana Premier continues to empower

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Guyana Premier is a young company, but one that is surely making its mark in communities. Led by its mission to empower youths and communities, Guyana Premier believes that “the key to true empowerment is through self-elevation and making the most of one’s education at a tender age is essential to this since good buildings are built on strong foundations”. That belief is what the energetic team at Guyana Premier lives by and is what motivates them to want to give back to society. In July 2017, the marketing brand…

Cocaine in plywood

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Duo in hot water over alleged attempt to bribe CANU rank Two men, one of whom is charged for conspiring back in 2016 to trafficking 48 kilograms of cocaine concealed in plywood, are in hot water after they allegedly attempted to bribe an officer attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). The men have been identified as Rajesh Kissoondyal, called “Paddle”, 47, of Lot 12 South Section Canal Number 12 Polder, West Bank Demerara, and Shamkumar Hariprashad, 38, of Lot 67 Alliance, Canal Number 12 Polder. Kissoondyal was hauled in…

Music cart vendor to spend 10 years behind bars for murdering friend

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Twenty-nine-year-old, Quincy Messiah, who in November of 2014 murdered his friend following an argument, was on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the crime by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court. After considering the facts of the case presented to him by State Prosecutors, Tiffini Lyken, Abigail Gibbs and Natasha Backa, Justice Singh told the accused, a former music cart vendor, that no excuse can justify his actions on the fateful day of November 28 2014, when he murdered Trevor Ragabeer. Both men, Messiah and Ragabeer resided at…

Rupununi Petroglyphs: A brief photographic survey

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

By Lennox J Hernandez Petroglyphs are picture-writing images (pictograms – a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase; or logograms – a sign or character representing a word or phrase) created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading. Petroglyphs are found worldwide and the term is usually used in the context of prehistoric peoples. Guyana has its own petroglyphs and these are strong evidence of human presence here as much as 7,000 years ago (our Indigenous peoples). The late Dr Denis Williams (1923-1998) is…

Former soldier denies murdering ex-boyfriend’s mother

January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

A 12-member jury was empanelled before Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the opening of the Demerara Criminal Assizes on Tuesday to hear the case of Abiola Jacobs, who denied that she killed her estranged boyfriend’s mother, Donna Taylor, over the differences she had with the woman’s son. Jacobs, who was a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private at the time of the woman’s demise, entered a not guilty plea when the murder indictment was presented by State Prosecutors Lisa Cave and Mandell Moore. According to reports, the then 55-year-old Taylor, a housewife,…

‘India proud of you’

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

– PM Modi tells MPs of Indian origin Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Shrimati Sushma-Swaraj told Guyanese and other Parliamentarians of Indian origin at a world gathering last Tuesday, January 9, that the ancestral homeland is proud of their achievements. Some 141 MPs and Mayors (Chair of Regional bodies) were invited to a conference and reception in New Delhi, India. The conference was held at the Pravasi Bharatya Kendra which was built for overseas PIOs. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of External Affairs…

US immigration agents target convenience stores to nab illegal C’bean nationals

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

US Federal immigration agents on Wednesday arrested several undocumented workers when they descended on dozens of convenience stores across the country, targeting illegal Caribbean and other immigrants. The agents descended on 7-Eleven convenience stores before daybreak, arresting undocumented workers and demanding paperwork from managers, in what the Trump administration described as its largest enforcement operation against employers so far. The sweeps of 98 stores in 17 states, from California to Florida, resulted in 21 arrests, according to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which signalled intensified efforts against businesses…

Dynamic passengers to be refunded

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says it has initiated the process to access a bond for the sum of two hundred thousand United States dollars (US$200,000), which was lodged by Dynamic International Airways, in collaboration with their local handling agent, Roraima Airways Inc. According to the MPI, “the funds will be used to refund passengers in Guyana who purchased tickets to travel on the now defunct Dynamic Airways, provided that they have not been able to use the whole or part of same to travel.” This publication was informed…

Govt forced to make difficult choices to ensure sugar industry’s viability – President Granger

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…dismissed sugar workers to be given 50% severance pay this month, other half by year-end Government has announced that it will pay 50 per cent of the severance benefits to dismissed sugar workers by the end of this month. This commitment represents over G$2 billion in severance payments. This announcement was made in Parliament on Wednesday when Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo read a statement from President David Granger. However, he said that the remainder will be paid in the second half of the year. This move comes one day after…