Author: TIMES INT'L

Silent service leads Amanda Richards to a Medal of Service

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Many of us would have come a breathtaking photograph by Amanda Richards but not many of us know who Amanda Raichards is. It is that way because she is not the type of person who would be in your face and prefers to perform “silent service” without any expectation. With personality and humbleness, one could only imagine what went through her mind when she first saw her name on the list of National Awarders for 2018 or when the calls came in and every time a congratulatory post appeared on…

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Mae’s formally apologises to Indigenous child, parents

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Amid public outrage after the Mae’s Schools child was told his Indigenous cultural outfit was “inappropriate”, the school’s administration has issued an apology to the child and his parents to resolve the issue. The two parties were involved in a third discussion on Wednesday, and the Director of the institution, Stacey French, issued her apology to the parents of Joshua Chacon – Karen Small and Jason Chacon, among a gathering of officials from the Education Ministry and the Social Cohesion Department. In making her apology, French stated that ultimately what…

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Marching for human pride

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Satiricus was perturbed. Even though so many Christian Ministers had warned against it, the gays had gone ahead with their parade. He conceded to himself that nothing outlandish had taken place…but yet, how could he ignore the warnings of these “men of God”? He was caught in a dilemma, because he knew the subject would come up at the Back Street Bar, where he was headed, and his leaders Nagga Man and Rum Jhaat weren’t taking a firm position. “Hey fellas,” began Satiricus, deciding to seize the bull by its…

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Karen Abrams: Guyana’s STEM pioneer Receives the Golden Arrow of Achievement

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Karen Abrams is a woman who deeply loves her family and who has been devoted to the development of Guyana since she first returned to represent Guyana in the Caribbean Basketball championships in 1986, after emigrating in 1984. She finds bias and discrimination at any level abhorrent and believes that Guyana has an opportunity to be a model for the world if citizens in our multi-ethnic society, decide to work together to develop the country. Karen believes that technology is the path to that development and is confident that those…

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Piracy attack: 19-yr-old slapped with murder charge

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Just days after a Corentyne, Berbice businessman was charged for allegedly killing a fisherman during the course of a robbery which occurred at sea, a teenager on Wednesday stood before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus slapped with the same charge. Nineteen-year-old Alexander “Shameface” Denhart, of Lot 79 Village, Berbice, had the indictable charge read to him which stated that he murdered Tilacknauth Mohabir, called “Caiman”, some time between April 27, 2018 and May 3, 2018 at Corentyne, Berbice. The teen was remanded to prison and was scheduled to make his…

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GuySuCo mum over status of pension fund

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…beneficiaries fear being short-changed Even as pensioners remain concerned over how much of their pension benefits they will actually get, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Agriculture Ministry are mum over the state of the pension fund for unionized workers. Even as the workers remain in the cold about the status of their pension fund, some have questioned whether they would be treated like the bauxite workers, in Region 10. A senior manager who is part of the fund told this publication that, in 2002, the then Government had…

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Efforts being made to restore Queen Victoria statue

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Workers attached to the High Court were on Tuesday seen working judiciously to restore the historic Queen Victoria statue, which was the subject of recent vandalism. When Guyana Times International visited the monument located in the compound of the Supreme Court, which was renamed the Victoria Law Courts under the former Head of State’s rule, a red liquid substance (suspected to be paint) had been thrown over the marble statue. The statue was sculpted by Henry Richard Hope-Pinker and commissioned in 1887. However, it was not until 1894 that it…

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Randy Madray: Changing the face of Pageant Fashion

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  Randy Madray is an international fashion brand based in Guyana. It was founded by Randy Madray at age 19 but Randy started to venture into fashion at the age of 15. The brand is now know across the Caribbean as one of the most sought after pageant wardrobe brands. Throughout the past five years Randy has worked with pageant contestants and beauty queens from countries such as St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Maarten, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,…

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Oil money could cause corruption to skyrocket in Guyana

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Dear Editor, I wonder if Guyana would wake up and smell the coffee now that two prominent international experts on political risks have joined me and other patriots in warning that Guyana’s oil bonanza could cause corruption in high places to skyrocket and uproot democracy, independence, and all the principles and values we hold dear. This week, news broke that Thiago de Aragao, Director of the Latin American Political Risk Analysis, is urging the Government of Guyana to strengthen systems governing the electoral process, taxation and regulation, because if they…

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Father of 3 shot during home invasion

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A father of three is now hospitalised with a gunshot wound, following an early morning attempted robbery on the West Bank of Demerara on Wednesday, by two armed and masked men. Peter Mangal, a 38-year-old farmer of Lot F Bordeaux, Canal Number One, was shot once to his right arm after two bandits entered his two-storey concrete home. According to a Police report, Kevin Mangal, 68, the father of the now wounded man, was in the bottom flat of the house when the gunmen pounced on him and dealt him…

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