Year: 2019

Caribbean Voice to take domestic violence campaign countrywide

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The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is seeking to mitigate the growing rate of domestic violence with campaigns throughout each administrative region in Guyana while providing community counsellors for long-term assistance. This was shared on Wednesday by Managing Director Bibi Ahamad as she highlighted the many activities that are lined up to spread awareness on domestic violence and suicide prevention. On September 10 the organisation will host its annual candlelight vigil. “Over the years, the Caribbean Voice along with a number of NGOs and faith-based organisations have been doing awareness on suicide…

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Govt seems to be dodging from elections

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Dear Editor, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), by law, is supposed to be in readiness to hold elections at any time and the House-to-House activities run contrary to the mandate of the constitutional agency and the rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which recently addressed pertinent judicial hearings to which the organisation is bound. Keith Lowenfield, as the CEO of the GECOM Secretariat, does not have the functional responsibility to hire staff for GECOM. Neither is the Secretariat authorised to do House-to-House Registration on its own. It is…

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The tale…

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…of the neglected spouses With elections coming before year end – according to what Granger evidently told his Minister Cummings – the Caretaker Coalition’s mini-parties hanging onto the PNC’s skirt have begun to scramble for a return engagement. A political coalition’s like a marriage with a prenup – but one where the agreement on the terms of the prenup has to be redone before each election! Things change!! At such times there can even be a divorce – so matters can get pretty messy – think PNC/UF!! They can get…

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Relatives call for probe after baby dies 2 days post-delivery

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The life of a mother is never the same after she loses a child. There is a certain level of darkness that envelops her existence as she mourns the death of that precious tiny being that she carried and nurtured inside of her for nine months. She loses a piece of her heart and quite often loses part of her existence. Feeling that sense of loss is Devi Balram, a young mother who recently lost her child after delivery at a popular private city hospital. This loss has led the…

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11 GDF ranks get 5-year scholarships to study in China

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President David Granger, on Wednesday, at the Ministry of the Presidency, met eleven scholarship awardees of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who will soon travel to the People’s Republic of China to take up their five-year scholarships. The scholarship awardees are Kevon Blount, Romain Wilson, Shaka Williams, Floyd Phillips, Jamaal Leitch, Sevon Ferreira, Shane Blair, Neon Fiedtkou, Shivanand Persaud, Seabra Manbode and Jehu West. The 11 Second Lieutenants will be pursuing studies in the fields of Industrial, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Industrial, Electronic Information Engineering,…

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GECOM should stop…

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So why is GECOM continuing to spend billions of dollars on a useless HtH campaign now that the Chief Justice has ruled that eligible voters cannot be deregistered? Why is it taking so long for the new GECOM Chairman to act? The only clear pathway in keeping with its constitutional obligations is for GECOM to now swiftly move to Claims and Objections and stop or postpone this charade. The Leader of the Opposition has been very tolerant and reasonable since the passage of the No-Confidence Motion, emphasising the need for…

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Concerns raised over ‘huge influx’ of Haitians

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…Jagdeo calls for probe into immigration, general registration offices Reports of over 8000 Haitian immigrants entering Guyana for the year thus far, but only a handful of them leaving, and concerns relating to alleged collusion between key agencies have prompted calls by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for investigations into the agencies responsible. According to Jagdeo during his weekly press briefing on Wednesday, his party has, for some time now expressing concerns over the large influx of Haitian immigrants. He alleged that the surge of immigrants and the ongoing House-to-House registration…

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‘Elections Now’

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Pressure mounts on APNU/AFC Govt to step down, call date for elections Scores of supporters of the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) have organised yet another protest, calling on the Coalition Government to resign and for President David Granger to announce a date for elections. The protest, conducted outside of the Ministry of the Presidency, attracted a number of supporters, decked in red, waving placards, and demanding that elections be held in keeping with the Guyana Constitution and the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Only last week,…

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Former New York Knicks player to visit Guyana

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Former NBA New York Knicks player Anthony Bonner, aka “The Big Man from St Louis”, will be in Guyana this August for the second free Youth Hoops Basketball Guyana Clinic, organised by Green Mango Media in partnership with the Guyana Amateur Basketball Association (GABA). Bonner will, from August 6th to 8th, host training sessions in Regions 4 and 10 with Xperience Outreach (USA) founder and youth coach Rich Mahler. Young people between the ages of 11 and 19 are invited to participate. “We are excited that Anthony Bonner agreed to…

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High energy costs, poor infrastructure driving away investors from Guyana – US official

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The new Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) at the United States Embassy to Guyana, Mark Cullinane, on Monday said that Guyana’s high energy costs, coupled with lack of transparency and security concerns, are deterring investors from coming to Guyana. Cullinane made the statements during a welcoming reception hosted by the American Chambers of Commerce (AmCham) at the Marriott Hotel as he commenced his new position in Guyana. According to Cullinane, “Guyana currently stands at 134 out of 190 countries in the 2018 World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report. Highlighting…

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