Year: 2019

“Returning to my roots bring me much joy,” says simone Peters

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By Lakhram Bhagirat One of the fondest memories of my childhood is my grandmother returning from a hard day at Bourda Market and ever so often surprises us with thin brown biscuits that were crunchy but not too crunchy, sweet but not too sweet and many years later the aroma still lingers in my nostrils. It is the aroma of the ever so nostalgic coconut biscuits. As time went by the delight slowly faded away from the market and as I grew older they became almost obsolete. However, a few…

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I fell in love with plumbing, I was born to do it, says Aretha Meusa

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Technology innovator Steve Jobs once said “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work and the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Trust me, when I say, I have met a lot of people throughout my life and many are comfortable in their career fields, but never have I ever met someone who talks as affectionately about what they do…

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Beware…

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…the Ides of March The “Ides of March” was a medieval marker for the 15th of several months – including March – from where one could count how far in the month one had advanced. But the Bard, in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, made it eternally famous when he had a soothsayer warn Caesar, “Beware the ides of March”, even as Caesar was surrounded by his closest friends, Brutus and Anthony, and was at the height of popularity, with the masses clamouring to make him king. Well, for us in Guyana,…

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CAL passengers get travel voucher for Monday’s delays

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Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has compensated passengers on a direct flight from New York to Guyana, who endured more than 10 hours delay on Monday. Passengers had complained about the treatment from the airline, including the fact that they were stuck abroad the aircraft for five hours at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York and then another two hours at the Piarco Airport in Trinidad. Flight BW527 was scheduled to depart New York at 12:25h on Monday, but owing to the inclement weather, left until 04:26h. Added…

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Berbice man remanded to prison over murder of young father

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A Berbice labourer was on Tuesday morning arraigned at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Courts on a murder charge. Thirty-six-year-old Kareem Charles of Benet Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB) was not allowed to plea to the indictable offence read to him by Magistrate Renetta Singh. It is alleged that on March 1, 2019, at Rosignol, Berbice, Charles murdered Muhammed Ally. He was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on March 25. It was previously reported that the young father, who was killed as he was on…

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‘No elections date, no meeting’

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…Jagdeo slams Govt over ‘fraudulent behavior’ Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday, said that he would not be accepting an invitation to meet with President David Granger to discuss the current political situation unless he abides by the provisions of the Constitution and call a date for General and Regional Elections constitutionally due by March 19. Speaking at a Press Conference at his office, Jagdeo related that he would no longer be writing the President regarding additional agenda items he wished to discuss at the meeting as there is no…

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GECOM’s CEO at Caribbean Heart Institute

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…following suspected heart attack On the heels of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) being ordered to start preparations for the holding of General and Regional Elections this year, Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been hospitalised. According to reports, he was admitted on Tuesday at the Caribbean Heart Institute located in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) compound. Doctors believe Lowenfield suffered a heart attack as a result of high blood pressure. GECOM’s Public Relations Officer Yolanda Warde confirmed that the Chief Elections Officer was taken to the hospital. She…

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President Granger instructs GECOM to prepare for polls

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President David Granger has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to begin preparations for General and Regional Elections, while promising to make the financial resources necessary, available. In a letter dated February 25, 2019, and addressed to Chairman of GECOM, retired Justice James Patterson, the President laid out these promises and urged GECOM to start its work. “The Government of Guyana is committed to doing everything possible to ensure that the Commission is provided with the financial resources and has sufficient time to conduct credible elections,” he said. The information…

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NY Mayor, Governor announce 10-point plan to transform and fund MTA

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NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo have announced a proposal to transform the MTA and create dedicated and sustained funding streams for the agency. The proposal includes the joint endorsement of congestion pricing and a plan to reorganize the MTA. 1. MTA will develop a reorganization plan to make the agency more efficient and effective. The antiquated structure will be fundamentally changed to centralize common functions among the 6 existing entities. Currently – NYCTA, LIRR, Metro-North, MTA Capital Construction, MTA Bus, SI Railway – operate as…

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Central Bank still in the dark over acquisition plans – Finance Minister

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Close to three months after it was announced that Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) had plans to acquire Scotiabank’s banking operations in Guyana, that process is yet to commence. As such, the Bank of Guyana (BoG) has also been left in the dark as it relates to the RFHL’s plans in this regard, as it is still to submit certain documents to start the acquisition process. This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who told the media at the sidelines of an event on Monday that the status quo…

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