TIMES INT'L

PPP’s Teixeira, Anamaya resign as MPs

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

…but Jagdeo says Teixeira’s career as MP is not over In keeping with the Constitution, Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira and fellow People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Member of Parliament (MP) Adrian Anamayah have resigned as members of the National Assembly. This was announced by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who also noted that MP Odinga Lumumba is expected to follow suit shortly. The parliamentarians resigned in keeping with the Constitution which dictates that persons with dual citizenship are ineligible to serve as MPs. Jagdeo expressed regret that Teixeira would have to…

Power to the people!

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

The issue of the legitimacy of rulership has been an ancient preoccupation of mankind ever since we crept out of caves and formed settlements wherein we were forced to devise rules for choosing leaders. Initially, it was probably a matter of self-selection, with the man who could wield the largest club enforcing his selection of himself as the most suitable candidate. From that, it was not long before those rulers were legitimised by the newly developed religions, which sanctified the notion of the “divine right of kings” to rule. In…

Businessman gunned down during robbery attack in Georgetown

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Gunmen on Tuesday morning carried out a daring daylight robbery in front of the Ashmins building on High Street, Georgetown, which left a 57-year-old money changer dead. Dead is Prince Philip Alleyne of Lot 88 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, who succumbed to his injuries at about 11:00h at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Reports are Alleyne, who operates as a money changer on America Street, Georgetown, was parking his car, PMM 9512, at the Ashmins building on High Street, Georgetown, when the gunmen struck. The two gunmen…

Providing decent jobs for young people

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Unemployment and poverty are two of the main challenges that countries, including Guyana, are faced with at present. Unemployment leads to financial crisis and reduces the overall purchasing capacity of a nation. This in turn results in persons getting in the bracket of poverty followed by increasing burden of debt. It is true that unemployment and poverty are mostly common in the less developed and developing economies. For example, just a few days ago it was reported in the media in Guyana that there is a whopping 40 per cent…

The plight of workers in Guyana

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Immediately after the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) and the country being under the impression that elections would be held soon, social media started buzzing about the increase of minimum wages by supporters of the ruling coalition. I commented on one politician’s post that the statement is not entirely correct and amongst his reply, he pointed out that I am bitter. As I indicated before, if I am, I have all right to be. I am not one of those hypocrites that would see something wrong and not point it…

Cops call on Nations Director to provide info on shooter

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Crime Chief Lyndon Alves on Wednesday called on the Principal of School of the Nations, Dr Brian O’Toole, to provide the police with the identity of the shooter. The call by the Crime Chief comes mere days after O’Toole said that his shooter was flown out of Guyana. On Wednesday, the Crime Chief told Guyana Times International “If O’Toole is so sure of the claims he is making let him come to the police with the identity of this individual. We are not aware of anything like this”. Questioned further,…

Overseas-based Guyanese pensioner takes GECOM to court over house-to-house registration

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

After warning the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to desist from house-to-house registration or face the law, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has filed legal proceedings against the Commission. In the legal documents seen by this publication and filed by Nandlall on behalf of his client, Bibi Zeenatoun, Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and GECOM are named as respondents. In the fixed date application, the former AG sets out that the house-to-house registration is unconstitutional. It is noted that they are seeking a declaration of this and the fact that the…

There is need for transparency at GECOM

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Recent public statements from President David Granger as well as representatives of the PNCR, connotes the intention of removing the names of registered citizens from the register of voters in instances where they are not proven dead at the time of the proposed house-to-house registration. It is pellucid and outright unconstitutional that such moves will realise the real disenfranchisement of voters. Is there any merit that because one works or studies abroad that this wicked clan disavow their rights? The belated and unconvincing reactions by GECOM to clarify…

Desperate attempts by APNU/AFC to regain public’s trust

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Of recent, there has been a series of ministerial meetings with Ministers from the joint APNU/AFC where they urge the public to reach with them so they can work to a solution together. Over the years, since gaining power, this ruling party has only succeeded in disappointing a majority of the population in Guyana amidst the accusations of corruption, bullyism and lack of vision for development. Now that General Election is somewhere close, we are seeing various attempts to regain the public’s confidence and regardless of what is…

Minister Harmon promises to look into concerns of Berbicians

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Public Affairs Minister Dawn Hastings-Williams, who were in Tain, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) for the “Bringing Government to the People” initiative on Tuesday, met with residents of Albion, Liverpool/Manchester and Fyrish/Gibraltar to discuss and attend to several of their concerns. Stopping first at Liverpool/Manchester, Ministers Harmon and Hastings-Williams met with the young people as well as the elderly residents to listen to some of the challenges in their community, which included complaints about drainage and irrigation, security and public infrastructure. The Minister of State,…