A visiting French 14-year-old girl is now hospitalised after a motor car reportedly struck her while she was walking along the Wales, West Bank Demerara Public Road on Saturday. The vising child has been identified as Trista Bernard. While information remains sketchy, Guyana Times International understands that the teenager and her immediate family members were visiting relatives in the Wales area and were in the process of crossing the public road when a reportedly speeding driver operating a ‘silver car’ hit her. Her mother was said to have witnessed the…
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Our hope is that Guyana’s oil revenue will trickle down to the ordinary man
Dear Editor, I must commend ExxonMobil for being open with us by releasing the exciting news that the Stabroek Block will yield over four billion oil equivalent barrels, an increase from an earlier estimate of 3.2 billion oil equivalent barrels. This is fantastic, because ExxonMobil could have hidden this find; but it appears to me that they want to be open and fair with the Government and people of Guyana, and I compliment and thank them for adopting this approach. Exxon has reported that Liza Phase 1 will produce 120,000…
Read MoreEx-soldier found guilty of killing friend
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer Alistair Woolford, who was discharged from the Army after shooting his friend nearly four years ago, was on Monday found guilty of manslaughter. A 12-member jury after three hours of deliberation found him guilty of discharging a loaded firearm at Devon Howell with intent to murder him on November 21, 2014 at D’Andrade Street, Kitty, Georgetown. The verdict was returned 10-2 in favour of conviction as Woolford’s friends and family members turned out in their numbers to offer him support. He had little reaction…
Read MoreGovt will stand by you…Min. Harmon tells citizens
Guyanese have been assured of the APNU/AFC Coalition Administration’s unwavering commitment to their social and economic well-being. Delivering the feature address at the Buxton Emancipation Cultural Extraganza 2018, Minister of State Joseph Harmon gave this assurance. Referring to the dismantling of the Cooperative Movement under the previous administration, Minister Harmon said it is the responsibility of the Coalition Government to correct that. “This Government will stand by you and stand by the work you do,” he noted, while highlighting the establishment of the Interim Management Committee for the Co-op Society.…
Read MoreRestoration of City Hall is a project of national and international importance
Dear Editor, Regarded by many as one of the finest buildings in the Caribbean, and claimed to be the most beautiful example of Gothic architecture in the capital city of Georgetown, Guyana, City Hall is in dire need of extensive repairs and restoration. That is a fact no one can deny. After years of neglect and lack of maintenance, this 128-year-old magnificent structure, built in the 19th century between 1887 and 1889, has been allowed to ‘fall apart’ before our very eyes. Claimed to be the most beautiful example of…
Read MoreSocial Comparison and Ethnic Relations
The Ethnic Relations Commission has been reconstituted, and, over the past few months, has been interacting with “stakeholders” from the various ethnic groups, to better appreciate their concerns so as to inform their work programme. On Thursday, two members of the Girmitiya Research Center (Guyana), I and Vikash Ramkissoon, met the ERC Commissioners along with two representatives of the Indian Action Committee (IAC) as members of the Indian community. The GRI’s focus was to remind the body that they were not in existence only to respond to charges of ethnic…
Read MoreMany have missed the underlying point raised by Mr Clifford Krauss
Dear Editor, Almost every person of Guyanese nationality welled up with fury at the ‘’alarming’’ description of Guyana by the American Clifford Krauss. Who is he to denounce a country he wasn’t born in? Well, like all outsiders, Mr Krauss sees Guyana as an underdeveloped, uncivilised and corrupt nation. He didn’t consider that Guyana’s geographic location renders it ‘’a watery wilderness.’’ He didn’t consider Guyana’s unfortunate political past. Why should he consider Guyana’s setbacks? These are matters of no importance to him. He sees Guyana exactly how most or all…
Read MoreKuru Kururu man found murdered in home
The lifeless body of 46-year-old Gregory ‘Wayne’ Frank of Lot 686 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, EBD was in the wee hours of Thursday morning discovered in his home. The body was discovered about 04:30h by his father lying face down in the “living room” of his one flat home. His head was reportedly swollen and the back door to the man’s house was found opened. In addition, the house was ransacked and several valuable items belonging to the man are missing. Police are investigating the matter.
Read MoreThe Cost of Sugar*: Novels Speaking to the Issue (part one)
by Petamber Persaud Sugar in Guyana is writing another chapter in its history, another sordid chapter but hopefully not the final chapter nor a chapter in finality in its bitter sweet history. For almost all of its two hundred years history, sugar was a dominant factor in the social, economic and political arenas of this country. Now sugar is a grave concern for all, as per Martin Carter all are involved! all are consumed! Historians, academics and commentators have adumbrated the basic facts. The creative writers are filling in the…
Read MoreMinibus driver who asked passenger to “come out” of bus lands in Court
A bus driver found himself before the courts after he reportedly asked a passenger to disembark his minibus. Christopher Singh, 44, a minibus driver who resides on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD), admitted that on May 24, 2018 at the Route 42 Bus Park, he disturbed the public by not allowing Everton McCullen to travel in his vehicle. In defending himself, Singh noted that the Virtual Complainant entered the bus with a large object that blocked the entrance. He explained to Magistrate Judy Latchman that he requested that McCullen…
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