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Visually-impaired girl excels at csec

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By Lakhram Bhagirat “I was scared because I didn’t know what is happening and what will happen. When they told me that I may lose my sight, I was depressed and I was about seven years old at that time. Just in Grade Two and I was shame because I didn’t want my friends to laugh at me…” the now 17-year-old Anjalie Sookra tells me. Anjalie was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease after her parents discovered she had problems with her vision. Stargardt disease is the most common form of inherited…

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Teen slapped with murder charge on 16th birthday

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Timothy Vanmaalson, who turned 16 on Tuesday, was remanded to prison after he was charged for the murder of a 72-year–old and appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Vanmaalson was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder when he stood before Magistrate Peter Hugh. It is alleged that the teen killed Krishnachand Dabee of Lot 149 Annandale South, East Coast Demerara, on August 27, 2018. Reports are the man’s body was discovered at about 19:00h on August 27, 2018, by his daughter and Police. Guyana…

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Another Chinese business attacked in Guyana

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…days after Chinese ambassador raised concerns with Govt Days after China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun raised concerns with Government over the increased number of Chinese businesses being robbed in Guyana, another Chinese business has been robbed. Reports are the Wang Wang Supermarket at Belle West in Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara, was stormed by armed men on Tuesday evening who shot the owner in the process. When Guyana Times International went to the supermarket, neighbours confirmed that the robbery occurred just after 08:00h on Tuesday. Reports are…

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Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition kicks off

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The Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition – GuyTIE, which is the country’s first ever business-to-business event, on Wednesday, began with a Cocktail Reception to welcome delegates, at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown. Over 100 buyers from across the world and 55 exhibitors were received by the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin and other GuyTIE organisers, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported. “I welcome all visitors to Guyana. We are here to show off our Guyanese hospitality. I hope your visit here will be a useful one and beneficial to…

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“How I overcame depression”

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Research by various organisations has found that attempted suicide rates and suicidal ideation among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth is significantly higher than among the general population. This is so because of a number of factors but mainly because they are quite often confused by their emotions, coupled with the fact that most of them are worried about society’s perception of them. In many cases, parents often shun their LGBT children, leaving them without a place to go and that is exactly the story of…

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PPP takes Govt to court over added Local Authority Areas

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Following complaints that the Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan is involved in the gerrymandering of Local Authority Areas (LLA) in Opposition strongholds, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday filed a legal challenge in the High Court to halt the Minister’s move even as Bulkan maintained that everything he did was above board. Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall filed the Fixed Date Application (FDA) on behalf of People’s Progressive Party Guyana Elections Commissioner (GECOM) Commissioner, Bibi Shadick. The Applicant filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court against decisions of named…

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Heritage Spirits

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Satiricus was thinking about his heritage. It was “Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month” and he’d been told everyone should celebrate everyone else’s heritage. Wasn’t it great that Guyana was a “land of six peoples”?? Now he and the fellas at the Back Street Bar had the opportunity to sample the spiritous contribution of every one of those six peoples in Heritage month!! “Suh which waan abee guh start wid?” asked Cappo, to the other fellas. The Owner of the bar had been forewarned and had all the different drinks on hand.…

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Moving on…

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…with teaching reforms Your Eyewitness has repeated the caution of the strong possibility of “a slip between the cup and the lip” on the matter of teachers’ salaries, now that they’ve accepted going to binding arbitration. But he feels it’s as good a time as any to talk a bit about other matters that have to be cleaned up in the education sector, whether or not teachers get their fair shake. We’ve got to accept we’ve been caught with our pants (and skirts) down on being educated in the oil…

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Eco Atlantic finds 2.9B barrels of oil and gas offshore Guyana

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By Jarryl Bryan Eco Atlantic, one of several companies drilling for oil offshore Guyana, has announced a gross figure of approximately 2.9 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalents in its Orinduik block, verified by the first ever independent assessment done on the field. According to a Competent Persons Report (CBR) done by Gustavson Associates, the oil was found in 10 prospects within the block. It is believed to include 2.505 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 2.449 trillion cubic feet of associated gas. Those are, however, gross estimates. According…

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Former Roman Catholic Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh dies

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The Roman Catholic Church in Guyana on Wednesday announced the death of the former Bishop Emeritus Benedict Ganesh Singh, who passed away after suffering from an illness. Born on December 2, 1927, Bishop Singh was 90 years old at the time of his death. He had served the church for over three decades. His ordination to the priesthood took place in Rome on December 7, 1954; and in 1957, he obtained his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Propaganda College in Rome. His thesis was “The Theory of Revelation…

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