Year: 2019

Our culture, our language, our history, and our values are vital to uniting us as a nation, as a people, and as the melting pot that we are. Nothing unites us more than a celebration of everything that is in that pot and one such celebration is Mashramani. Mashramani translates as “celebration after hard work” and it is a time where we as Guyanese take the time to go out into the streets and celebrate everything that truly makes us unique as a people. It is a time when we…

Read More

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, this morning, made it clear that Guyanese workers must be treated in a respectful manner and at all times the country’s labour laws must be upheld at a meeting with the executive members of the Russian Aluminium (RUSAL) company. The meeting aimed to identify ways in which the ongoing industrial strike taken by workers and their subsequent dismissal can be resolved amicably. Minister Harmon was accompanied by Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally, Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman and Minister within…

Read More

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo has committed to ensure that the laws regarding dual citizenship for Members of Parliament (MPs) are upheld. While Jagdeo said the PPP has no intentions of returning to the National Assembly, when asked how he hopes to deal with the situation if they had to return, he said, “We will uphold the law.” At present, the PPP has three MPs who have dual citizenship. They are Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, who is a Canadian citizen; and Adrian Anamayah and Odinga Lumumba…

Read More

…family calls for independent probe into death of baby burnt at GPHC The life of a newborn baby boy was recently cut short due to alleged negligence of practitioners at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he succumbed shortly after burns received from a headlamp in one of the incubators. Little Quavon Forde was born in December 2018 in what was termed a premature birth since he arrived one month earlier than expected. His grandmother, Sharon Harding, in an interview with this publication on Wednesday, explained that the baby…

Read More

…Chairman of Integrity Commission ups pressure on defaulters to submit declarations Chairman of the Integrity Commission Kumar Duraisami said there are still some 716 public officials who have not submitted their declarations to the Commission. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Duraisami pointed out that a total of 1306 declaration forms were sent out to public officials and so far, only 590 submissions have been made. According to the Chairman, they have since published five lists of the various categories of public officials who are yet to make their…

Read More

Following the crash-landing of a Cessna 182 aircraft bearing registration number N8704T that is owned and operated by Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services (GAMAS) on Monday evening, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has launched an investigation into the incident. The crash has left Policeman Mark Grimmond with multiple fractures to his face and lacerations about the body while the pilot, Lincoln Gomez, suffered a broken jaw and other bodily injuries. Gomez is a patient at Georgetown Public Hospital, while Grimond has been admitted to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Reports…

Read More

…alleged mastermind released on station bail Two men, who allegedly failed in their attempt to kill a Chinese businessman in Corriverton, were refused bail when they appeared at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Sheldon Adams of Lodge, Georgetown; and Delwin December, of Work-en-Rust, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore and denied they unlawfully wounded Jili Sun at Springlands, Berbice, on February 14. Sun was hit in the face with a hammer when the suspects allegedly attacked him at his business premises. The two were also jointly charged with larceny…

Read More