Year: 2012

A musical Holi with the Shakti Strings Orchestra Band

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By Venessa Deosaran On Holi day, the musical talent of the Shakti Strings Orchestra Band is expected to get the massive crowd hyperactive at the ‘National Colour Fest’ at the Providence Stadium. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, manager Celia Samaroo Roopchan said the band will be out in full swing, as they always have, to join in the Phagwah celebrations and to bring together the entire nation through music. Shakti Strings Orchestra Band was started in 1987 by local artiste Bappi Roopchan, who is very experienced in…

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Sonu Nigam to perform in Guyana

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Indian singing sensation, Sonu Nigam will be gracing the shore of Guyana on April 28 when the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha commemorates 174 years of Indian arrival in Guyana. The mega event is slated for the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara. This disclosure was made last Friday during a press conference held by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha. Nigam is one of the most popular singers of India and has inspired people of all ages across the world. He started his music career at the age of three,…

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Detractors do not want to see Guyana move forward – President Ramotar

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The methodology used by the late President Dr Cheddi Jagan to approach national issues is more relevant to many of the challenges facing Guyana today, President Donald Ramotar told a Babu John, Port Mourant gathering on Sunday. Ramotar was speaking at Babu John on the occasion of the 15th death anniversary of the late president and co-founder of Guyana’s first national party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). “Comrade Cheddi wrote and spoke of many of the developments that are taking place today and, he predicted many of them. He was…

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Real estate agent charged for house lot fraud

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A man was granted bail on Monday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry for taking money from an another man in return for a house lot. Norman Phillips, Lot 150 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of obtaining money by false presence. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that between November 15 and 16 in Georgetown, he obtained Gy$ 170,000 from the virtual complainant (VC), Harford Carr, by falsely pretending that he was…

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Albouystown man jailed for wounding and assaulting reputed wife

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– told court he found her having unprotected sex with another man A man was sentenced on Monday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for assaulting and wounding his wife. Mark Sadoo, 27, a cart owner of Albouystown, Georgetown, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charges of unlawful wounding and common assault. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on March 2 in Albouystown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded the virtual complainant (VC), Tejwattie Beepat. He also pleaded guilty to the…

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Back scratching

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Bottom feeders The PNC held its General Council Meeting (GCM) – but it was more of a back-scratching exercise – and then some! Corbin scratched Granger’s back, but when it was Granger’s turn, he went quite south on Corbin. Disgusting! And all the while, Vincent Alexander, the man who had mounted the most credible challenge against Corbin but fell to the machinations of the sycophants, sat poignantly in the audience. It was exquisite poetic justice that Aubrey Norton, who had sided with Corbin to oust Alexander and his team, was…

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Phagwah celebrations on this weekend in N.Y.

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By North American Correspondent  While Guyana and the rest of the world will be celebrating Phagwah on Thursday, the celebration will be at its peak this weekend in the New York metro area and Florida among the large Guyanese population settled in these two states. The Phagwah celebrations have been growing in size over the years because of the large numbers of Guyanese who are settled in selected communities where the festival is observed. In Queens alone, for example, it is estimated that there are some three hundred thousand U.S.-based…

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Mistaken Identity

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Satiricus is not easily shocked. As a veteran of the newspaper wars, he’s heard and seen it all. Or so he thought – until now. How dare his newspaper GTimes think, much less tell people that the YC-Tea was moving away from APANU? So what if the new kid that replaced 0.007 Bond said so? Heck! This was politics: yes was no and no was yes. APANU and YC-Tea came from the same womb. What was actually going on? “Is tactics, Bai. Tactics!” Cappo looked squarely at Satiricus. “Why yuh…

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NYC launches rezoning review of Richmond Hill

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– Guyanese immigrants oppose ‘downzoning’ By North American Correspondent New York City officials announced last Wednesday that their plan to rezone Richmond Hill and Woodhaven is now available for review by the public, and a public hearing will be held before the matter goes to the City Council for its approval. By law, the community must be invited to a public hearing to offer their views before it becomes law. A Rezoning official made the announcement at a town hall meeting in Richmond Hill last Wednesday. The city Rezoning Board…

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Time will tell how far we go under this new dispensation in the country’s parliament

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Dear Editor, Please grant me the opportunity to comment on an issue of national importance and which I think should be interpreted in such a way that ordinary Guyanese understand what is happening in the country. When they do not see the level of progress they expect, as major projects will be held up because of the lack of support from the opposition, they must understand why. As a layman, I am beginning to think that much of what the government wants to do will be disrupted by the opposition…

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