The University of Guyana (UG) announced that it will host its inaugural “Diaspora Engagement Conference” from July 23-28, 2017, under the theme ‘Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement’. More specifically, it claims the Conference would provide the platform to develop a diaspora engagement strategy that would inform the work of the first “Caribbean Diaspora Engagement Centre” which will be launched during the conference. But in that statement, there are several ambiguities that need to be clarified. While the conference claims to be an “inaugural” one, it followed several engagements initiated…
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They deserve an “F”
…Jagdeo says of APNU/AFC Govt’s performance Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the formation of the coalition, but their performance in government is nothing worth celebrating, according to Opposition Leader BharratJagdeo who, on Monday, ridiculed President David Granger’s A Grade of his Administration. Jagdeo said the President’s assessment was proof that he was trapped in a cocoon and completely out of touch with reality. “They are increasingly growing aloof and out of touch with reality and that it’s permeated the entire Government all the way to the top, all the…
Read MoreCocaine in shoes at JFK: Guyanese man to face charges soon
A Guyanese man was arrested after US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered cocaine valued US$67,000 hidden in footwear, at the John F Kennedy International Airport, New York. He was subsequently turned over to Homeland Security. According to the CBP agency, the man arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana via Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on February 9, 2017and wasabout to ‘walk’ past officers, but was stopped. During the course of the inspection, CBP officers discovered four pairs of sneakers and two pairs of shoes in his…
Read MoreRichard David launches campaign for NYC Council District 28
Activist and Community Board Member Richard David officially launched his campaign to be the Council Member in District 28 through a video released on social media today. Richard, inspired by President Barack Obama’s call to action in 2008, got involved asmentor to boys and girls of colour in Southeast Queens. Richard attended Public Schools and started working at age 13; his first job was at the South Queens Boys & Girls Club(now known as BGC of Metro Queens) He graduated from Hunter College, where he organised student actions on campus…
Read MoreCSME takes center-stage as 28th CARICOM Inter-Sessional Meeting opens in Georgetown
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) continued inability to expedite meaningful integration, and effectively implement the Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME) is putting the future of the Caribbean economies in jeopardy, according to President David Granger. The Head of State was at the time addressing the opening of the Twenty-Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, at the Marriott Hotel on Thursday morning. morning. According to GINA, President Granger, the current chairman of CARICOM, said that if the Caribbean is to escape the hazard of economic emasculation…
Read MoreCaricom Chairman welcomes “democratic renewal” in Haiti
Caricom Chairman, President David Granger welcomes the democratic renewal represented by the inauguration of the 58th President of the Republic of Haiti, Jovenel Moise. The Guyanese Head of State, who just attended the opening of the National Assembly for the constitutional swearing-in ceremony of the new Haitian President, in an interview Tuesday night, said: “The Caribbean is not only a zone of peace from a strategic point of view in terms of the absence of war, but it is also a zone of constitutional stability. There is predictability, and we…
Read MoreWheelchair-bound man accused of murdering waitress remanded to prison
The accused in the murder of a D’Urban Street, Georgetown, waitress and the attempted murder of a former Magistrate, on Wednesday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was remanded to prison. The prosecution is contenting that on August 23, 2014, Shelton George, now crippled, of Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara, allegedly murdered Debra Blackman, a waitress. Reports are surveillance video revealed that on the day in question, the accused in company of two others arrived on motorcycles at Delicious Chinese Restaurant on D’Urban Street,…
Read MorePhone card vendor gunned down in robbery attack
A Corentyne, Berbice cellular phone card dealer was on Wednesday afternoon shot dead during a robbery. Dead is DanianJagdeo, 36, of Lot 12 Section G, Kings Street, Williamsburg, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). According to reports, Jagdeo had been distributing phone cards to his customers all day and was about to close off for the day when he was robbed. At Adventure, Jagdeo stopped at Country Chef Creole Snackette and was in conversation with the business owner when a lone man pretending to be a customer walked into the establishment.…
Read MoreCalls mount for Ruel Johnson to step down to facilitate probe
One week after Cultural Policy Advisor to the Government, Ruel Johnson, had threatened to “torch” the Sanata Complex, which houses the Guyana Times newspaper, Television Guyana (TVG – CH 28) and Radio Guyana Inc (RGI) 89.5; the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called out Government for its inaction against Johnson. On his Facebook page, the Cultural Policy Advisor at the Education Ministry and Director of the Guyana National Newspaper Limited, which publishes the Guyana Chronicle, Johnson stated bluntly, “Here’s my idea for a united Guyanese protest against impunity and tenderpreneurship…
Read MoreCorentyne man kills self after chopping ex-wife, lover
A man is now dead after ingesting a poisonous substance moments after chopping his ex-wife and her boyfriend. The incident reportedly took place at about 20:30h on Sunday. Dead is Narine Permauloo, 60, of Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, who reportedly succumbed while receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital. The man’s ex-wife, Nesha Permauloo, was discharged from the Port Mourant Hospital, while her boyfriend Manindra Kisondat, also called ‘Bruk up’, remains a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital. According to Permauloo, she and her boyfriend went to Bush Lot…
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