It was a scene of much jubilation for relatives of murder accused Richard Stanton at the High Court on Wednesday evening, as he was acquitted of the January 12, 2015 execution-style murder of Atlantic Gardens businesswoman Patricia Sanasie. This comes days after Stanton addressed the jury and professed he was not a killer and was not born to kill anyone. His acquittal came by way of the jury’s unanimous not-guilty verdict, which was returned after just over two hours of deliberation. This decision signals that the panel did not believe…
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President Granger engages executives of newly-elected toshaos’ council
President David Granger on Wednesday engaged the newly-elected chairman and executive members of the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) at a special luncheon to discuss issues affecting Indigenous communities. During the deliberations, held at the Baridi Benab at State House, the President announced that Government will proceed with handing over of the lease — prepared several months ago for the promised plot of land at Sophia — to the NTC for the construction of the proposed secretariat. However, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, together with the Guyana Lands and Surveys…
Read MoreGuyana needs to get serious about preserving its history
Dear Editor, Boat dun gone a falls, and it can’t turn back. I learnt that many years ago. Editor, did I not pen a correspondence very recently stating that Guyana needs to have a museum that houses artifacts of British Guiana because it plays a pivotal role within the tourism sector? Editor, did I not, in another article, suggest we should consider erecting a Photography Museum on the premises of the National Park, because of the historic events held there? Editor, have I not said in past articles, via the…
Read MoreOur leaders must engage each other and move the country forward
Since 1997, Guyanese at home and abroad have been calling on the country’s two main political parties to hold meaningful and genuine dialogue, which would see them resolving their ideological and philosophical differences with the aim of putting the country first. The citizenry had also supported a wave of constitutional reforms as proposed by the National Assembly in the early 2000s, as a key step towards building trust, inclusionary democracy, and political consensus among the country’s key political parties and interest groups. However, despite the best efforts of some key…
Read MoreUnity high on Toshao Beverly Clenkian’s agenda
It was Martin Luther King Jr, who said, “The supreme task is to organise and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.” While the emotion is not quite the same, newly-elected Toshao Beverly Clenkian is quite keen on uniting and transforming the people of St Cuthbert’s Mission (Pakuri). Clenkian was recently elected as Toshao of St Cuthbert’s Mission, replacing the outspoken Lennox Schuman. She tells me that she has served a collective nine years in the Village Council so being a Toshao is not strange. She intends…
Read MoreBartica Secondary STEM Club invents Roco163A
Not everyone can say that while in school they were afforded the opportunity to create something unique and invent something that could possibly position them on the frontline of greatness, but for a few students of the Bartica Secondary School that opportunity has presented itself and they are taking full advantage of it. Bartica is being touted as the “Green Town” of Guyana and with that in mind, the Bartica Secondary School’s STEM Club invented the Roco163A. The Roco163A was created to aid the Town to promote the green agenda…
Read MoreGuyana’s Local Govt Elections set for Nov 12
Guyana’s Minister of Local Government, Ronald Bulkan announced on Thursday that Local Government Elections will be held on November 12, 2018. The announcement was made during an address to Toshaos from across the country who are presently in Georgetown for the National Toshaos Conference. Bulkan said the order would be gazetted by the end of Thursday.” Already G$2.1 billion was approved in the 2018 National Budget for the holding of the local polls to elect neighbourhood, village and town councils. The Minister’s announcement came one day after General Secretary of…
Read MorePPP to name presidential candidate by year-end
…highest level of transparency will be followed – Jagdeo Consequent to a meeting with executive officials of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), to discuss the way forward on plans to select a presidential candidate for the next general elections, General Secretary of the party, Bharrat Jagdeo, declared that a candidate could be selected by year-end. According to Jagdeo, the executives of the PPP are split on the timeframe in which this process should be completed, as some are proposing that it could be done before the Local Government Elections which…
Read MorePresident, Opposition Leader meet
Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday led a team to meet with a government delegation headed by President David Granger at State House. The meeting was the first set of “meaningful consultations” to discuss the nominees for the appointment of the Public and Police Services Commissions. According to a brief statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, in an invited comment after the meeting, Minister Harmon said that the President as required by the Constitution, has consulted with Jagdeo and he expects that the Commissions will soon be sworn…
Read MoreBig and Bad Broom
Satiricus wondered how he’d ever win. Not only did he have to defend his KFC party and leaders Nagga Man and Rum Jhaat to his friends; he had to squeeze his nose and do the same for the Pee an’ See and their four partners in their APANU coalition within THE Government coalition. As he ambled into the Back Street Bar, he breathed a sigh of relief most of those partners didn’t really exist!! “Hey Sato!!” yelled Hari, as soon as he espied his pal. “Like your hungry Minister is…
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