Month: June 2012

WPA renews call for inquiry into death of Walter Rodney

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The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Wednesday renewed its call for an inquiry into the death of its founder Dr Walter Rodney who was assassinated some 32 years ago. Co-leader of the WPA, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said the small party wants “an international commission of inquiry… we want commissions from across the Caribbean and Africa,” as it is in those countries that Rodney’s work was most prevalent and his influence strong. Dr Roopnarine said the legislation allowing for the inquiry into the death of Rodney is being held up by…

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“Local Gov’t elections could be held this year” – Persaud

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The Local Government Ministry has promised that in 2012 local government elections will be held despite a number of outstanding issues such as the passage of several local government reform bills that have not been done. Guyana has not held local government elections since 1994. Minister Ganga Persaud told Guyana Times International that he was positive that local elections would be held, however the half a billion dollars cut from the Guyana Elections Commission allocation will most likely hamper the proceedings. Persaud stated that the question in relation to when…

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China’s major municipality to build linkages with Guyana

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Tianjin Municipality, a major port and a communication hub in China, is ready to build relations with Guyana, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Tianjin Municipal Committee Secretary Zhang Gaoli told a reception in his honour at State House Sunday night. Tianjin Municipality has a population of 14 million, occupying 11,000 square kilometres, with more than 20 varieties of minerals among which are manganese, gold, copper, aluminium, zinc, limestone, marble, medical stone, and natural oil stone, as well as petroleum and natural gas. According to a Government Information Agency (GINA)…

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De “flexing” did mek some use Iodex!

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Everybody eagerly waiting fuh see what gon “play out” now that de court is ask fuh pronounce pun de budget cuts. According to de headlines, is “constitutional war”. Some seh it sound like “war break” that plenty use to play when dem was small. Then, children use to run around meking plenty noise causing some neighbours fuh get headache. But this in no “child’s play” and de affected workers also getting headache! De headache is because de opposition want fuh “flex” de lil “muscle” it gat now. Everybody know that…

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Region One residents alerted of possible snap elections

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– if opposition continues to frustrate development efforts The Local Government Ministry during a four-day visit to several Amerindian villages in the Moruca sub-district of  Region One told residents that President Donald has indicated that he is willing to cut short his term in office if the opposition continues to frustrate efforts at development. The ministry also told residents of the impact of budget cuts on their villages and fielded concerns of residents. Residents of villages along the Barama River last Friday and Saturday were updated about the situation in…

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Concerns relating to nursing school will be addressed – Dr Ramsaran

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The Georgetown Nursing School will be further improved and concerns raised by students over recent weeks will be addressed. This is according to Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran who told Guyana Times International that measures are already being put in place to deal with the issues that were brought to the attention of his ministry. The health minister stated that a meeting was held recently at the Office of the President, during which executive members of the Georgetown Nursing School Student Council met and discussed their issues with him and…

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Caribbean accreditation scheme launched

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The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) scheme has been launched in Guyana under the auspices of the Caricom Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). Physikalisch-Techniche Bundesansalt (PTB) Consultant Pat Paladino said the scheme is a regional accreditation mechanism that is designed to provide solutions to accreditation issues unique to the Caribbean. He noted that the scheme aims at providing internationally recognised accreditation services that are economical and readily accessible to the region’s commercial sector. “It will provide an improved regional accreditation…

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The OLPF project gets a boost

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Dear Editor, Most Guyanese are still foaming at the mouth because of the recent budgetary cuts. One of the horrible repercussions of these cuts was that the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme became threatened. However, government even at that juncture, promised to keep the project alive. Now it is good to know that life is still going on, even though the budgetary cuts have been debated, and there seems to be little happening, where a reversal is likely. The word is that the governments of Guyana and China strengthened…

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Kaieteur News’ front page speaks of a high level of unprofessionalism

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Dear Editor, Kaieteur News has separated itself from the part of Guyana which is seeking to deal with domestic violence by furthering the objective of the man who was abusing the woman in the public. The local edition of Kaieteur News put this picture of violence proudly on its front page. We know there is domestic violence in Guyana, we know that many men have no fear of brutalising the women they are supposed to love because they believe that they operate in a society which tolerates and accepts that…

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Sir Viv was unfair in his comments regarding Ramdin’s performance as a player

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Dear Editor, Having read in the print media of Guyana Times International Volume 94, Week ending June, 10, 2012. Pg 9. “Lara’s opinion valid, but will not really work,” by Deniss Hawthorne, I ask that you please allow me to make a few comments, in this regard. I will also comment on a recent critical remark by Sir Vivian Richards, about Dinesh Ramdin’s batting performance. I like to give my support to Deniss for the comments he made about Lara’s statement he made about Chanderpaul. Perhaps I would like to…

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