…New York-based humanitarian organization saving lives “Saving Hands Emergency Aid” (SHEA), a non-profit humanitarian organization, held their latest fundraiser titled, “An Evening with SHEA 2019,” recently in Richmond Hill, New York. It was a well-attended event. Nicholas Singh sat down with Lori Narine; the founder of SHEA for an interview. During the interview, Ms. Narine related that before SHEA was officially formed, she became concerned “by the lack of medical services in Guyana and by seeing families pleading for help for their loved ones.” Ms. Narine recalled multiple occasions when…
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Chandradatt Jagdeo tells his story of being bullied after coming out gay
By Lakhram Bhagirat Knowing that you are different from everyone else can be one of the most intimidatingly beautiful things to happen to someone. However, being different can also lead to isolation and feelings of dejection. So when Chandradatt Jagdeo realised that he was different from most of the males around him, he began a process of self-isolation. He never interacted with anyone beyond what was necessary. He kept himself glued to the television set watching shows about embracing the diversity. It would be safe to say that at age…
Read More‘Sugar sector needed transitional help, not closure’ – Jagdeo tells Diaspora in Canada
Instead of closing sugar estates and creating an economic and social vacuum, a fact-based approach that included impact studies should have been pursued by the Government. This is according to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, on the campaign trail in Canada. Jagdeo was at the time addressing members of the Association of Concerned Guyanese at a dinner in Toronto, Canada. He acknowledged that sugar needed transitional help but indicated that the Government’s approach was anything but transitional. General elections are due on March 2, 2020. While…
Read MoreGuyana’s crime situation needs to be addressed in a holistic manner
Dear Editor, Crime and the police have come into vogue. Recently, I perused several editorials, letters to the editors and listened to numerous confabulations in the electronic media and elsewhere about crime in Guyana. Many apposite views have been posited as to how to reduce crime and the fear of crime. This has titillated me to again put my fingers on the keyboard and join in the conversation after a self-imposed absence from writing letters on security nature to the editor. In doing so, I will repeat a few views…
Read More“Not sure what the President is referring to”
– Gouveia says on Granger’s ‘handouts’ comment President David Granger’s recent admonishments to the Private Sector to stop looking out for handouts is not going down well with members of the local Private Sector, some of whom have complained about being blocked from the very investments he urged them to make. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), retired Captain Gerry Gouveia questioned exactly what the President could mean by handouts. He noted that contrary to such a statement, the Private Sector has been an equal partner with the State.…
Read MoreWoman lands in court for allegedly posting obscene video to porn site
Anessa Williams of Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was taken before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday after she was charged for exposing obscene content. The 29-year-old denied the charge, which stated that between July 1 and July 31, 2019, at Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, she knowingly or without lawful justification, exposed for public viewing, an obscene matter, that is a video intending to corrupt public morals. Defence Attorney George Thomas in a bail application asked that the court release Williams on bail since it was…
Read MoreThe Guyana Relief Council turns 25
By Lakhram Bhagirat In January of 1994, then President, the late Cheddi Jagan called a meeting with Yvonne Hinds, the wife of his Prime Minister, where he flouted the idea of her taking over the realms of the Guyana Relief Council (GRC). That meeting happened on January 10, 1994, and though she felt that it was just a discussion, Hinds would later find out that rather it was already decided that she would be in charge for the affairs of the GRC. On January 17, 1994, Hinds was given her…
Read More‘When you see the light’ – First book by B.A.E Eddie
Guyanese born Beatrice Ann Edmondson who goes by the authors’ name B.A.Eddie is about to launch her first book called “When you see the light”. The book, that was published in August 2015, is the first of many novels that the author has been inspired to write; but however, it is her first publication. The novel is about domestic violence/spousal abuse and its prevalence around the world even in religious families. It focuses on stories of everyday people in villages like Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara, the capital…
Read MoreThe fundamental right to vote
Handing down her decision in August on the objected-to House-to-House registration exercise, Chief Justice Roxane George had cited the words of Justice Claudette Singh in her judgement on the “Esther Perreira case”, when the latter had vitiated the results of the 1997 elections. She did so on the ground that the agreement by the overwhelming majority of the National Assembly – comprising the PPP and the PNC – to require an ID card as a prerequisite for voting was unconstitutional. Justice Singh had explained eloquently: “It is axiomatic that no…
Read MoreGuyanese man who admitted to carrying cocaine-laden suitcases to settle old debt remanded to US prison
A 51-year-old man who admitted to United States Drug Enforcement Agents that he carried cocaine-laden suitcases as debt repayment has been slapped with drug trafficking charges and remanded to a US prison. Orwin Harry was busted at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport on October 27, 2019, with drugs just after he arrived on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Guyana. Reports are the 51-year-old man was carrying two pieces of luggage upon arrival in New York. A search was conducted and the cocaine was found concealed in false walls of…
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