A man was on Monday, March 19, placed before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for threatening to chop his mother. Paul Smith appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of threatening behaviour. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that on March 15 in Georgetown, he made use of threatening behaviour to the virtual complainant (VC), Sharon Smith, causing a breach of the peace to be occasioned. Prosecutor Lionel Harvey stated that the defendant is the VC’s son and on the day in…
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Manly picketing?
Satiricus was inspired. Red Thread had just picketed Parliament wanting to know why the women parliamentarians were not representing “grassroots” women. Good for them! This was the ‘new dispensation’, wasn’t it? He’d never quite thought about politics this way. But if it was good enough for women, it should be good enough for men. No? It was high time he spoke to his buddies to put some pressure on male parliamentarians. God knows that the fellas in the backstreet dive were grassroots enough! “Look how they only debating about committees,”…
Read MoreGuyana; a worthwhile, memorable experience for St. Vincent visitors
A most memorable trip to Guyana was rounded off with an equally memorable sample of Guyana’s multi-ethnic cultural displays for the 85 visitors from St. Vincent & the Grenadines who spent just over a week in Guyana. Fourteen adults, including 11 teachers, three parents, and 71 Fourth Form students from the Geography and Natural Science Department of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Girls High School (GHS), created a lifetime of memories under the leadership of Shereline Roberts, Head of the Department, who also served as team leader and coordinator.…
Read MoreGunned down Eccles Businessman was targeted five years ago
Five years ago, a planned execution on 37-year-old Leonard Mahadeo of Diamond, New Housing Scheme failed, but his executioners finally succeeded in their attempts last Friday evening at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Mahadeo, a prominent businessman formerly of Soesdyke Back Road, East Bank Demerara (EDB) was gunned down execution style while imbibing at the Soca Paradise Sports Bar located at Old Road Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The incident occurred at about 22: 35h. According to reports received, Mahadeo who normally moves with a group of friends went alone to the…
Read MoreDr. Jagan was a deep thinker with an open mind to development – Ramotar
The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre also known as the Red House, located on High Street, Kingston, Georgetown on Tuesday held its annual lecture on the late President and PPP leader Dr. Cheddi Jagan, as part of activities planned in honour of his birth and death anniversaries. The purpose of the annual event is to have from year to year, distinguished persons who would have been associated with the late Dr. Jagan deliver varying perspectives on how they viewed his life, struggles and contributions. President Donald Ramotar who also serves as…
Read MoreGovt pours cold water on APNU’s SoPs findings
Government on Wednesday said that it is not at all concerned by the public declaration made by the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on its verification process of the Statements of Polls (SoPs) used to declare the November 28 general and regional elections. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, at this week’s post cabinet press briefing said, “I don’t think we have a concern if you ask me, that is, putting it factually.” Dr Luncheon added that President Donald Ramotar had extended his hands to the opposition coalition, indicating that…
Read MoreCaricom must prioritise
In what was perhaps one of the most candid and revealing disclosures by a Senior Caricom official, private sector representatives and other stakeholders in Georgetown were told recently that the region will not be able to achieve a single economy, including a single currency by the 2015 deadline. This revelation was made by the Caricom Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. “One can understand the impatience of the people of the community, the CSME was launched in 2006; one year later, we announced to the world that we would have by…
Read MoreIDB advances efforts to increase development effectiveness
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has significantly improved the way it measures development impact and tracks the performance of its projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the bank’s 2011 report, Development Effectiveness Overview. The report also measures the IDB’s progress in 2011 on 27 indicators that summarise the bank’s contributions to the region’s economic and social development. Twelve million people benefitted from antipoverty programmes financed by the IDB, more than 2.5 million students in the region benefitted from the bank’s education projects and 2.5 million farmers won…
Read MoreTeachers are anxiously awaiting the implementation of the Govt/ GTU agreement
Dear Editor, I have noted with interest that since Donald Ramotar became president, he has started a series of meetings with key stakeholders in the country. This is certainly the right approach to governance and in the end the people are happy as they feel that their ideas and suggestions are valued, and more importantly they feel as though they have a stake in the society. History has shown that some of the most successful leaders are those that remained close to their people and listened to their views and…
Read MoreHelp and Shelter has a responsibility to speak out when necessary
Dear Editor, We write with regard to Minister Jenifer Webster’s letter (“Gov’t has a good track record in dealing with child abuse”) published in the Chronicle and Stabroek News, last month in response to ours (“The Ministers of Education and Human Services should say what they are doing about the sexual abuse of students by teachers”). Help and Shelter acknowledges the steps mentioned by the minister that have been taken to address child abuse, and the financial and other support that have been received and continue to be received from…
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