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LGE 2018: Massive wins for PPP countrywide

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Despite some challenges at some Local Authority Areas (LAAs), People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said on Tuesday his party still managed to prevail during the 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE), securing massive wins countrywide with more than 45,000 votes than the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) combined. Speaking at the Party’s headquarters at Freedom House, Jagdeo said he is very happy with the results in spite of the many efforts by the APNU/AFC Administration to prevent the Party from making…

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Democratic systems must also safeguard the rights of minorities

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Dear Editor, Democracy, it is often said, is the governing of society by a majority mandate. However, this is only partly true, it is much more than that. The democratic system must also safeguard the rights of the minorities as it does the rights of the majority. Minority here is used broadly to include those in the minority as to opinion. To do so, society has developed various institutions to ensure that the law is applied equitable and that fundamental human rights are protected, upheld, and promoted. All democratic societies…

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‘Unfit and improper’

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The 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE) are over. The final results will be thoroughly scrutinised, not just to assess gains or losses, but to look for possible trends using recent past elections as bases. The findings will be integral to the planning of contesting parties for the upcoming 2020 General and Regional Elections. This is the context of strengths and weaknesses and where emphasis may have to be placed among other considerations. In this early post phase, what may find common ground is that the November 12, 2018, LGE was…

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An aerial view of the coast

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At some point in our lives we all would have wondered what Guyana looked like from the sky. We would have wondered if the confusion we see on the ground is visible from over 3000ft above or if our prized architecture would stand out. Well, Photographer Deopaul Somwaru recently took a tour of certain parts of the Coastland from up above. He decided to share some of those images with the Sunday Magazine. Here are some of those images. (Photos by Deopaul Somwaru) (Sunday Times Magazine)

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Working in a male-dominated field

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…female miner shares her story The gold and diamond mining industry, over the years, has contributed significantly to the sustenance of many families. However, it takes lots of hard labour, long hours and courage to keep pursuing some of nature’s most precious minerals buried below. Deian Gordon is one of the few female miners in the sector. She is also an Executive Member of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), and as such, she understands the struggle. Prior to taking up a career in gold mining, Gordon was engaged in…

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Berbice man claims Cops kicked him “all over” his body

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…pleads for justice A Corentyne, Berbice taxi driver is seeking justice after he was allegedly beaten by Police Officers at the Springlands Police Station. Baldeo Budhram, 33, a taxi driver, of Lot 50 Princetown, Corriverton, told this newspaper on Wednesday that he was beaten by Police Officers attached to the Springlands Police Station on October 7. According to Budhram, he was outside his home waiting for his wife to open the gate when Police ranks on patrol pulled up alongside him. Budhram told this publication that a Policeman walked up…

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The masquerade has to stop!

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Dear Editor, The recent (2018/11/13) ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) pertaining to the issue of cross dressing in Guyana is indicative of the trajectory of homosexuality in this nation. The masquerade has to stop! The inconspicuously obvious is hiding in plain sight! SASOD and many sister organisations are riding the wave of human rights as they forward their advocacy against discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation. The not so obvious glaring fact, is that they are not dealing with sexual orientation in its widest sense- these folks…

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APNU wins 5 municipalities

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The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has reportedly managed to win all eight constituencies across Linden, according to preliminary results for this year’s Local Government Elections (LGE). In addition to a clean sweep in Linden, the APNU also won Georgetown, New Amsterdam, Mahdia and Bartica. The APNU reportedly copped 13 of the 16 seats in Linden – two less than it won in 2016. The Alliance For Change (AFC), according to the preliminaries, will maintain its two seats in the municipality, while the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has reportedly…

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Former TT PM cautions Guyana against using wealth fund as “cash cow”

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…recommends legislative framework to protect reserve The Government of Guyana is giving great consideration towards the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), which is an investment reserve that is expected to benefit the country’s economy and people. However, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is strongly warning that this accumulation of money, once in place, should not be used as a “cash cow” for whenever there is a deficit in financial budgeting. Funding for the SWF comes from Central Bank reserves that are set aside as…

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Easy pickings

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Satiricus was still shaken up. He’d been awakened early in the morning by his editor and ordered to rush over to CJIA to get a fix on the Air Jamaica Flight that was forced to make a crash landing. He feared the worse. Wasn’t it just last week that Indonesian jet had crashed killing all 189 passengers and crew aboard? He hurried over to the Back-Street Bar now that a very stressful day was over. “Tek wan ‘nadda beer, pa’dna,” said Cappo solicitously to Satiricus, after he’d explained his anxious…

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