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New York City Council Elections: Guyanese Richard David campaign creating waves

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 TIMES INT'L

By Irshaad Ishmail Imagine a Guyanese defying all odds and making history. This is exactly what Richard David has set out to do. The New York City Council has never had a South Asian, Indo-Caribbean, or specifically a Guyanese serve as a Council Member. The Richard David campaign is setting out to change that, and with help, the monumental feat is plausible in District 28 which include Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, South Jamaica Rochdale Village and a portion of Ozone Park. While this election is potentially historic, it is…

US-bound passengers to face increased security screening

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…in keeping with new TSA travel regulations The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is advising the general public that effective immediately, there will be increased mandatory security screening of all passengers for all outbound flights to the United States of America. The checks, the GCAA says, are in compliance with the recently issued United States Transportation Security Administration (US-TSA) requirements which “stipulate that additional screening of passengers and electronic devices larger than a hand-held cell phone such as laptop computers, tablets, iPads among others, be conducted.” As such the Aviation…

ExxonMobil announces another major oil find offshore Guyana

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 TIMES INT'L

ExxonMobil Corporation has announced the discovery of additional oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana, increasing the total Payara discovery to approximately 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. According to information released by ExxonMobil on Tuesday, drilling encountered 59 feet of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone in the Payara field. The well was drilled to 19,068 feet (approximately 7000 feet waters) some 12 miles North West of the Liza phase 1 Stabroek Block project. This places the discovery just 130 miles offshore. This newspaper understands that ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited…

Preparing for battle!

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…Warriors to square off against Patriots on August 5 in Lauderhill, Florida Guyana Amazon Warriors’ one-week pre-season camp commenced on Wednesday at the National Stadium, Providence, Guyana with the management using it as an opportunity to test their fitness. The intense training is ahead of their first match of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on August 5 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in Florida. Several of the players arrived late Tuesday to assemble for the camp, which is headed by Coach Roger Harper and Assistant Coach Esuan Crandon.…

Investigative team travels to crash site; …as probe commences into fatal Roraima Airways plane crash

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Following the death of Captain Collin Winston Martin, who died after the aircraft he was piloting crashed at Eteringbang, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has commenced its investigation to ascertain the reason for the deadly accident. A team from the GCAA travelled into the area on Wednesday to examine the crash site and the mangled aircraft. Roraima’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Captain Gerry Gouveia when contacted told this newspaper that he would await the findings of the investigations and could not say what the preliminary assessment…

Prison Riot: ‘It’s not my fault’ – Ramjattan

July 14, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has dismissed calls for his resignation following the jailbreak and conflagration at the Camp Street Prison on Sunday evening, and cited the state of the sugar industry and its annual bailouts as among the reasons Government is yet to make a heavy capital investment in the penitentiary. Ramjattan was at the time addressing members of the media at an emergency press conference live at the National Communications Network (NCN) studio after the fire. Chief Prison Officer, Gladwyn Samuels had earlier in the evening lamented the…

Granger admits prison blaze “was an accident waiting to happen”

July 14, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Government will be going back to the drawing board to consider a new structure to house prisoners at the Camp Street penitentiary, President David Granger has said. The Head of state said the condition of the facility has rendered it inadequate, noting that the fire on Sunday was an “accident waiting to happen”. Granger made the remarks moments after leaving the Camp Street premises which were gutted on Sunday by fire, allegedly started by death row inmate Royden Mark Durant, also known as Mark Williams and “Smallie”. The President, along…

Young Author of Guyanese Heritage Featured on American TV Show

July 14, 2017 TIMES INT'L

At the tender age of eight, Anaya Lee Willabus penned her first book. Now at 10 years old, she is an award-winning author, poet and visionary. Notably, she was recently featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – an American late-night talk show. Anaya was born and raised in Brooklyn, US, where she resides with her Guyanese parents and two siblings. Her first book, “The Day Mohan Found His Confidence”, was written after her inaugural trip to her parents’ homeland, Guyana, in April 2014. Anaya’s second book, “A Bully’s…

Jagdeo takes Jordan to task over recent comments

July 14, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has taken Finance Minister, Winston Jordan to task over comments he made at a recent public event about the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project (AFHP), which he says lacks veracity and does not confirm logical reasons for halting the project. While Jagdeo admitted that the coalition Government’s intention not to pursue the AFHP has been made known before, he accused Jordan of providing insubstantial evidence and reasoning as to why the now Government has decided not to continue with the projects full implementation. The opposition leader…

‘A breakdown in moral values in society’

July 7, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…says prominent religious leader on recent attempted bank robbery A prominent religious leader in Guyana has indicated that the recent foiled bank robbery which involved young educated professionals points to a breakdown in moral values in society, and this incident should be used to inspire greater dialogue in communities and homes across Guyana, as the trend of crime and violence may have shifted. Bishop Juan Edghill said the event was frightening because while in the past, communities were profiled and particular individuals were profiled as criminals, in what played out…