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PPP challenges DPP’s decision to withdraw charges against APNU/AFC ministers

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

By Michael Younge The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack will soon have to defend her office’s decision to intervene in a matter which saw the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) filing private criminal charges against several Government Ministers, who were implicated in a number of corruption scandals. This was revealed by former Attorney General and current attorney-at-law for the PPP/C, Anil Nandlall who last Friday confirmed that papers and actions officially challenging the DPP’s intervention have been filed within the Courts. He said the DPP’s office’s intervention was completely…

CJ’s ruling on GECOM Chair reduces Opposition Leader’s role

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…PPP says as appeal filed in High Court The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday filed an appeal against the High Court’s recent decision to uphold President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of Justice James Patterson as head of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), saying that acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George’s ruling has reduced the Opposition Leader’s role. In court documents seen by this publication, applicant Zulfikar Mustapha’s attorney, Anil Nandlall, stated that Justice Roxane George erred and misdirected herself on interpreting and ruling on Article 161 (2) of the…

Teen died from blunt trauma to head – post-mortem

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…Cops detain boyfriend for questioning A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 19-year-old Sasia Adams on Wednesday, by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh, has revealed that she died as a result of blunt trauma to the head. The young woman, formerly of Pomeroon, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) who resided at East Street, Georgetown, was reportedly rushed to the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital about 20:00h on Tuesday by her 21-year-old boyfriend of Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD). He reportedly told nurses that she jumped from his moving car while they were…

Guyana Times: A decade of responsible journalism

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

One decade ago, the Guyana Times newspaper was launched in the midst of both global and domestic turmoil. Internationally, the financial crisis in the developed economies had led to a meltdown of such proportions that there were fears of another “Great Depression” rivalling in its effects, the one in the 1930s that had infected every country in the world, including Guyana. Domestically, the Government and State had been under attack since 2002 by an armed gang which had committed one massacre of innocents in January at Lusignan and another the…

Exploring history filled Itabac Village

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Welcome to Itabac where you are surrounded by the mighty Pakaraimas. Itabac is located in the Sub-Region 1 of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and has a population of approximately 280 people from the Makushi and Patamona indigenous tribes. Kanapang and Kurukabaru borders the village. The exact foundation date of the settlement where Itabac is located today is not entirely clear. The Community Development Plan document states that it was founded in the 1930s, however residents claim that Moses David’s father and father-in-law were the first to settle in the current location…

President should launch inquiry into GECOM hiring process

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Having noted the most recent development of what appears to be a controversy over the ethnic composition of the staff and employment practices of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), I believe there should be an immediate public declaration of its list of employees and related information. I am of the opinion that given the sensitivity of this issue, the national importance of GECOM and the need for it to be fair and unbiased in all aspects of its operations, including employment practices, the onus is for it to…

The Enmore Martyrs: 70 years on

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

June 16, 2018 will mark 70 years since the shooting to death of five sugar workers at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. The five – Rambarran, Pooran, Lallabagee, Surajballi and Harry – became known as the Enmore Martyrs following their deaths on June 16, 1948. Martyrs, by its definition, connotes the ultimate sacrifice that one selflessly makes generally for the betterment of others and country. In this case, these martyrs paid with their dear lives for the cause to better working conditions for sugar workers. The arduous task of harvesting cane…

Cosmetologist nabbed with cocaine in suitcase

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The West Ruimveldt, Georgetown woman who was on Saturday last intercepted at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle with cocaine stashed in her suitcase was on Tuesday remanded to prison. Twenty-two-year-old Shareefa Tappin denied the offence when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that the cosmetologist on June 6, 2018 at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD), had in her possession 6.99 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The prosecution’s case stated that the defendant was an outgoing passenger…

Preserving our literary heritage: June Month Reading

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

June – the month of weddings (and the month of brides) – is here bringing to mind the life changing marriage of pen to paper. The world of literature is replete with various types of marriages and coloured in with stories of challenges and a mixture of beauty and lamentation. The literature of Guyana has its own share of stories of weddings and marriages, some strange, others edifying. For instance, when you becomes Of Marriageable Age (by Sharon Maas), there may be The Marriage Match (by Jan Lowe Shinebourne) leading…

Seeing the world through the lens of young Deoplaul Somwaru

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 TIMES INT'L

“The pleasure of being able to bring my thoughts to life in a physical form is something I truly treasure,” say young Deopaul Somwaru when asked about how he feels about his photography. The twenty year old hails from Parika Village on the East Bank of Essequibo and is a first year Biology student at the University of Guyana. The shy young man explains that while growing up he has never really had an interest in photography rather it was computers and later science that fascinated him. Deopaul was a…