Month: January 2012

Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony has promised new features for Mashramani 2012, saying that there would a fine balance between the partying and the educational components with the aim of making all the new features reflect traditions of tomorrow. Among the new features to be introduced is the Inaugural Republic of Guyana Lecture that covers a range of topics focusing on the broad cultural diversity found within Guyana. This year, Professor John Rickford from Stanford University will grace audiences at the Umana Yana on February 20 to…

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Less than a month, three women have been murdered on the West Coast of Demerara; one found in a cemetery and two in their homes. The latest victim is Rochelle Mc Donald, 33, of Lot 70 Boodhoo’s Scheme, Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara. The woman who hailed from Enmore, East Coast Demerara was found dead in the kitchen of her home on Tuesday with multiple stab wounds. The blood stained knife apparently used to carry out the gruesome murder was found at the scene by members of the Criminal Investigative Unit.…

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– accused of ‘squeezing out’ Trinis An invasion of Guyanese farmers in the food basket of Aranguez is stirring up a hornet’s nest among local farmers who claim they are forced to pay exorbitant rent for agricultural lands and are being denied a livelihood, the result of the outsiders’ presence. The complaint was levelled by a group of Aranguez farmers last week, who clamoured for approximately 40 Guyanese farmers, many of whom are said to be illegal immigrants, to go back home. There are approximately 300 bona fide farmers in…

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The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) chairman, David Granger was on January 16 elected leader of the opposition following a meeting of the National Assembly of members of the opposition. Granger was nominated by APNU executive member Dr Rupert Roopnaraine and that nomination was seconded by Dr George Norton, also of APNU. The meeting was called in pursuance of Article 184 of the Constitution to enable the non-government members of the National Assembly to elect the leader of the opposition. Granger was the lone nominee, and was unanimously supported…

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– says he is yet to look at provisions Newly-elected Opposition Leader, David Granger is assured of a range of benefits along with his salary and a pension, following the passage in 2010 of the Leader of the Opposition (Benefits and Other Facilities) Bill 2009. According to the legislation, the holder of the office shall be entitled at government expense to rent-free furnished office accommodation; medical attention, including medical treatment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for himself and the dependent members of his family; full-time security service…

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President and chief executive officer of Synergy Holdings Inc Makeshwar Fip Motilall has expressed much dissatisfaction with government’s decision to terminate the US$ 15.4 million contract for the construction of the access road to the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project. Speaking with media operatives on January 12, Motilall maintained that Synergy Holdings Inc was not behind schedule. He noted that when the contract was signed in March, 2010, there was a two month contemplation period for the design and survey of the road. After satisfying that period, the company was then…

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Amidst emotional scenes, President Donald Ramotar on Sunday led the tributes at the funeral of Dr Moti Lall, who died last week following a heart condition. His sentiments were made at the late doctor’s East Bank Demerara residence where relatives and close friends in the medical field, politics and the Lions Club of Guyana of which he was a member, gathered to pay tribute. “He never failed to remind me to have a (medical) check-up. He was that kind of person, benevolent, considerate… he had this easy-going way about him…

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