Cancer spares no one but early detection can save lives – PAHO/WHO By Kristen Macklingam Each year in the Americas, more than 462,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and almost 100,000 women die from this disease. In Latin America and the Caribbean, breast cancer ranks as the first cancer type among women regarding both new cases and deaths. According to the Pan American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Resident Representative in Guyana, Dr. William Adu-Krow, although breast cancer is thought to be a disease of the developed world,…
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Guyana’s sugar workers have found it real difficult to make life under Coalition Govt
Dear Editor, The GAWU an article appearing in the September 24 the Guyana Chronicle, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan promising workers in the public sector a pay rise this year. The Chronicle quoted Minister Jordan as saying “public servants will get a salary increase this year and a bigger increase in 2020…”. For the beleaguered public servants hardpressed by the circumstances of contemporary life in Guyana, the promised increase must have been welcome news. How much the increase will be able to alleviate the difficulties of life that public servants…
Read More‘US must stand in support of Guyana as it heads to elections’
United States (US) Senator and one-time Republican Presidential Candidate, Marco Rubio has urged that the US stand in support of Guyana as it heads to election and seeks to elect a new Government. The Senator made this call in a tweet from one of his official accounts on Monday. According to the Senator, he is looking forward to the democratic electoral process in Guyana, which he referred to as the US’ “important regional ally”. “It’s in our strong interest to stand in support of the Guyanese people, as they seek…
Read MoreNCM a wake-up call for the Coalition
The long overdue elections, which should have been held by March 21, 2019, following the December 21, 2018, No-Confidence Motion (NCM), now appear to be confirmed for March 2, 2020. That’s just about a year after it was constitutionally due and six months after the new September 18, 2019 deadline following APNU/AFC’s recourse to the courts. That said, the caretaker President, David Granger, having been evasive on a definite date, on Tuesday signed the much-awaited proclamation which is needed to legally establish that date. With that settled and the crucial…
Read MoreSophia youth gets life imprisonment for killing 18-month-old niece
After spending over one year on remand for the murder of his 18-month-old niece, a 22-year-old man of Lot 8 B Field Sophia, Georgetown, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he pleaded guilty to the heinous crime during his first appearance at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday. Justice Jo-Ann Barlow sentenced Sherwin Roberts to life imprisonment after he admitted to the capital offence which detailed on September 1, 2017, he murdered Ronasha Pilgrim. The man was represented by Attorney Maxwell McKay while the State was…
Read MoreJagdeo has relentlessly exposed the corruption and gross ineptitude in the Coalition Govt
Dear Editor, “Statesman par excellence” and “a matchless leader of the Guyanese people” are just some of the many complimentary remarks made by both the local and the international communities and people of all races, even those who are his political opponents. Recently, on social media, a strong supporter of the coalition referred to him as a true leader. By now you know whom I am referring to – Dr Bharrat Jagdeo! Since he took up the mantle of the Leader of the Opposition, he has relentlessly exposed the massive…
Read MoreSales rep slapped with 5 fraud charges
Jamal Gilbert, a sales representative at VSH United (Guyana) was released on bail by Magistrate Leron Daly after being slapped with five fraud-related charges and appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. The 21-year-old father of one is accused of forging audit documents, uttering same, and offering false information to Police ranks. The first charge alleged that between January 1, 2019, and March 5, 2019, at Middle Street, Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he forged a document, that is, an auditor’s report in favour of Midtown Hotel Restaurant and…
Read MoreMahatma Gandhi remembered on 150th birth anniversary in Guyana
Tributes poured in at the Promenade Gardens on Wednesday morning, as Guyanese came out in their numbers in remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. Organised by the Indian High Commission in Guyana, the event was well attended by former presidents, cabinet members and representatives from the diplomatic corp. Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, he was an Indian lawyer and political leader who embarked on a mission of nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British Rule. This in turn, inspired movements for civil rights…
Read MoreMan gets 3 years jail for robbing wheelchair-bound elderly man
A 38-year-old man, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for robbing a disable septuagenarian. Michael Whyte, appeared before Magistrate faith and pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him. The charge stated that on September 27, 2019 at Robb Street, Georgetown, he robbed Compton Cater of G$28,000 cash. Facts presented by Police Prosecutor Annalisa Brummell stated that on the day in question, at around 07:00 hrs, the victim was in his wheelchair heading west along Robb Street to conduct business,…
Read MoreDuo confess to killing pensioners in 2017
Two men, who made their first appearance at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday, are expected to be sentenced for the 2017 murders of Constance Fraser and her niece Phyllis Caesar, after they both opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. Imran Khan and his accomplice, Steven Andrews, stood before Justice Sandil Kissoon and admitted to the manslaughter charge which stated that between October 2 and 3, 2017, during the course of a robbery at South Road, Georgetown, they killed the women. Previous reports indicated that the…
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