Phagwah symbolises the triumph of good over evil, may the meaning of this auspicious festival help you to overcome all your obstacles and bring your aspirations closer. Happy Holi to you and your close ones!!! From the Management & Staff of Guyanatimes International.
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By Devi Seitaram After 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the East Demerara Water Conservancy has swollen to within three inches of overtopping its embankment. And authorities have begun the process of discharging water from that conservancy as fears of a breach, with concomitant flash flooding, gripped residents along the East Coast Demerara and within Georgetown. The Lama and Maduni sluices aback the village of Mahaicony are being used to discharge water from the conservancy into the Demerara River, which in turn discharges directly into the Atlantic Ocean. Drainage pumps and…
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The Office of the President is urging Guyanese to reject statements by ex-employee Judson Lohmeyer concerning the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, labelling his behaviour “unethical and immoral”. Lohmeyer, a U.S. citizen, is accused of threatening to blackmail the government by leaking information on the highly-touted OLPF project. Media reports have quoted Lohmeyer as saying that he resigned from the employ of the Office of the President after recognising that there were two plans: one to outsource the OLPF, and the other which he was involved in. He claims…
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The ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has again accused presidential candidate of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger, of being one of the chief enforcers of the Forbes Burnham dictatorship. The party’s statement comes in wake of the PNCR complaining to the Organisation of American States (OAS) concerning comments by President Bharrat Jagdeo about Granger during his address at a Babu John ceremony to honour the late President Cheddi Jagan on Sunday. The PPPC said in a release on Thursday that it has noted the PNCR’s attempt…
Read More28-year-old Guyanese man was sentenced to 45 years in prison last Friday in the United States, a sentence that prompted his mother to launch into a tirade aimed at the victim’s family. A jury convicted Parasurama Rabindranauth of murder in January, returning the verdict in about an hour and a half. Although he has contended the killing was in self-defence, Rabindranauth said last Friday in Waterbury Superior Court that the shooting was his fault, and he was sorry for what he had done. “If I could take it back, I…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Guyana’s economic outlook remains positive for 2011, an election year, and through the medium term; but the Fund has warned about fiscal pressures arising from lagging productivity in the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the need for the country to strengthen the finances of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), and a possible fall-off in aid commitments. Road projects, construction of a large hydropower plant at Amaila Falls (AFHP), and implementation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) should sustain growth levels above the long- run…
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As thousands gathered on Sunday at Babu John Crematorium in the Corentyne community of Port Mourant to remember the founder of the People’s Progressive Party, the late Dr Cheddi Jagan, President Bharrat Jagdeo lashed out at the opposition forces, whom he said are attempting to try the old ploy of racism to encourage protest. This strategy, he said, can no longer succeed since that era of Guyana was left behind when the PPP/C party won general elections in 1992. President Jagdeo delivered a fiery speech to the thousands of supporters,…
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By Jasmane Payne Although there has been a nine per cent increase in crime, so far, for this year, the Guyana Police Force has pledged its determination to “not go down without a fight” as regards its strategic approach to crime-fighting in Guyana. This pledge was made by Police Commissioner Henry Greene last Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the Police Officers’ Annual Conference at Eve Leary. Greene stated that trends over the past few years have clearly shown an increase in murders, especially in 2010, which showed a significant…
Read MoreBy Natasha Waldron Anthony Guyanese are not required to be physically present in Guyana to obtain the new machine-readable passports or renewals of their expired passports. This is according to Guyana’s Ambassador to the U.S., Bayney Karran. He told Guyana Times International that Guyanese living in the U.S. who have passport needs, both renewals and new passports, must present themselves to any of the consular offices in the U.S. He said the turnaround time between the application being processed and the document returned to the passport holder is approximately two…
Read MoreA Guyanese man lost a last-ditch effort for a new trial on Monday in Waterbury Superior Court in the United States. He now faces life in prison when he is sentenced on Friday. A jury convicted Parasurama Rabindranauth, 28, of murder in January, after a prosecutor argued he had shot 38-year-old Michael Sembhudyal to death while the two were in an apartment in 2009. The jury took about an hour and a half to return its verdict, but Rabindranauth’s attorney, Matthew DiVito, argued Monday that Judge Juliette Crawford had improperly…
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