The Guyanese community in Florida, United States last weekend hosted a town hall meeting where a number of issues, including the country’s budding oil and gas industry, were discussed. The event was hosted and organised by Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Florida, Ramzan Roshanali. It was held on Saturday at the Tropics Restaurant, Pembroke Pines, Florida and featured Guyanese Ambassador to the US, Riyad Insanally, as the guest speaker. He delivered an address on “Developments in Guyana”, which fielded questions during a question and answer segment from the attendees at the…
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Exploring the High Suicide among Guyana’s Population
By Safraz Hamid As I drove down Guyana’s Corentyne Public Road towards the capital city of Georgetown, I could not help but admire the beauty of the small South American country that I was visiting. The tall coconut palm trees lining the side of the road and the occasional meandering lake off in the distance reminded me of why I always felt at peace in Guyana. Yet, I was aware that behind this picturesque tropical landscape lied an unsettling reality. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), in…
Read MoreBarbados: Parents upset over social media video of cockroaches at school
Parents of students at Alexandra School are expressing concern after a video circulating on social media showed a large number of cockroaches on the school’s compound. In fact, some are even calling for health officials to conduct an investigation and suspend classes to give the school a full cleaning. However, principal Orson Alleyne told the DAILY NATION yesterday the school’s surroundings had been inspected, cleaned and appropriately sanitised last weekend. The matter came to light last week after students recorded a 33-second clip with the insects crawling up the back…
Read MoreEssequibo Coast girl admitted to Guyana bar
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all love of what you’re doing or learning to do.’ I wrote this quote on my wall in 2014 when I started UG and I held onto the word perseverance whenever I doubted myself or it became difficult, I looked at that word and I kept on going.” Those were the words of Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) born 27-year-old Darshani Lall, who was recently admitted to the local bar at the Demerara High Court…
Read MoreGetting to know Guyana: a pre-flight celebration at JFK
On a typical day, Customer Service Manager Vanita Jagnarain is busy supporting her team and helping customers on the concourses of Terminal 8 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). More recently, however, she put on a different hat in an effort to help educate our customers and fellow colleagues about her native country of Guyana, which American will begin serving from JFK. Service commences on Dec. 18 with a daily flight to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) in Georgetown. Vanita and American’s Caribbean Employee Business Resource Group…
Read MoreMout’ open…
…on Granger’s dictatorial bent In five years, we can count the number of times Granger has faced the independent media corps on one hand – which only has five fingers!! But we can now understand his reluctance after the revelations that emerge even when he consents to packaged, pre-arranged soft-ball interviews. Just listen to how he responded to one deferentially posed question as to how he views his DPI’s yanking of ads from the SN over the past few months. The DPI had “explained” its action was precipitated by the…
Read MoreBerbice NGO teams up with Food For The Poor to enhance housing situation in Region 6
The St Francis Community Developers, in collaboration with Food For The Poor Guyana (FFTP) Inc, is moving to enhance the housing situation in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). In Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), the two organisations have already established two villages – one at Hopetown and another at Trafalgar. St Francis President Alex Foster said the project was first established in Region Five because of the existence of housing co-ops, thus, making it easier for the establishment of villages. At Trafalgar, a playpark, which is being considered the largest imported outdoor facility…
Read MoreConvicted rapist serving 15-yr sentence dies in Mazaruni prison
A convicted rapist, who was serving a 15-year sentence at the Mazaruni Prison is now dead after complaining about chest and abdominal pains while executing duties at the prison on Tuesday. Reports are that 40-year-old Stanford Dick, who hailed from Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), had been behind bars since 2011 for rape and would usually perform garden duties at the Mazaruni Prison. This newspaper was told that at about 04:05h on Tuesday, while attending to the grass and shrubs in the area, the man complained to prison officers that…
Read MoreThe AFC has been reduced to a mere appendage to the PNC
Dear Editor, Recent reports in the press point to a major disagreement between the PNC-led APNU and the AFC. This is because the PNC is about to force the AFC to accept its conditions as it relates to the number two position on their list of candidates – The prime ministerial position. The AFC, working on the assumption that they have an agreement with PNC, proceeded at its last “Congress” to name Ramjattan for the number two position. That had its own problem since Nagamootoo’s cloven foot was exposed. Having…
Read MoreMarital rape to be outlawed in Jamaica
Jamaica will “very shortly” change a law that will allow spouses, including those who are married, to be charged for raping their partners. Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has announced that the Government plans to amend the Sexual Offences Act “so that rape can occur outside and inside a marriage”. “In marriage, rape will now be non-consensual sex,” Chuck declared in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. He acknowledged that the common law has upheld the position that rape could not be committed in a marriage. “But now, legislation will overturn…
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