Year: 2012

Talk show host Lakshmee Singh celebrates two years on air

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Lakshmee Singh, originally from the village of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara in recent years has been a prominent personality in the Indo-Caribbean community in New York City (NYC). Lakshmee is the host of the popular and first international Indo-Caribbean talk show “Let’s Talk With Lakshmee”, currently shown in NYC and Guyana. This week, Lakshmee Singh celebrates her second anniversary of her talk show “Let’s Talk With Lakshmee”. “This innovative talk show is a show about us, our people, our culture, our community, and our experiences, while focusing on highlighting…

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Four charged for Cummings Lodge robberies

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Three men have been remanded to prison, while a fourth one has been placed on Gy$200,000 bail in connection with the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara robberies which occurred over the weekend. Orlando Samuels and Jamaal Munroe, both of “C” Field Sophia, along with Ricardo April and Quacy Bentick of Alexander Street, Kitty Georgetown made their first appearance before Magistrate Alex Moore in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. They were all charged with the offence of robbery under arms. Bentick and April were also jointly charged for robbery with violence. Bentick…

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Laparkan among sponsors of Linkage Music Awards in N.Y.

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New York, NY – International logistics solutions provider Laparkan Trading is among the sponsors of the Third Annual Linkage Music Awards honouring outstanding Jamaican artistes who have helped to propel reggae music on the world stage. The awards ceremony, to be held on Sunday, March 11, at the Macedonia Center in Mount Vernon, New York, will honour a number of leading reggae artistes including Marcia Griffiths, Beres Hammond, Denroy Morgan, Wayne Wonder, Sanchez and Ken Boothe. A number of top artistes have also been nominated for awards in various categories.…

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Ramsaran, Yarde in verbal spat over conditions at nursing school

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Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran lashed out at the president of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde after he supported the Guyana Nurses’ Association’s (GNA) threat to halt the further intake of nursing students until an array of problems facing the body is solved. Ramsaran accused Yarde of playing politics, “Don’t let that old politician masquerading as a trade unionist fool you,” he said. The minister noted that his ministry is working to resolve the issue, but refused to comment on whether the conditions to which the GNA…

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Winner takes all

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Show no mercy And the beat goes on. That is, the beat of the APNU/AFC opposition to seize total control of the political system. After conniving to ensconce AFC/PNC’s Trotman as the Speaker and PNC’s Backer as his deputy, the APNU/AFC continue to educate the Guyanese people of the meaning of the term “winner takes all”. The term has long been used to criticise the British Westminster system of government we inherited. But nobody’s ever seen anything like this. Even the much derided dictator Burnham (Trotman and Granger’s hero) had…

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Bandhoo’s reputed wife reportedly pestered him to return to the United States

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Relatives of Naresh Bandhoo of Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice have been plunged into mourning after hearing that he allegedly murdered his reputed wife then hanged himself. The dead man’s father Chatterpaul Bandhoo, 61, of lot 13 Edinburgh Village disclosed that around 18:30h on Thursday, February 23, he was informed via a phone call that his son Naresh, killed his reputed wife Rafeena Bibi Rahaman then took his life in New York. The elder Bandhoo said his son had visited last July and spent one month, however during that time…

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Local Government elections essential – U.S. Ambassador

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The United States government said that local government elections here are essential, as it assures that its partnerships with the Guyana government and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) would prepare the groundwork for the holding of the poll. Local government elections have not been held in Guyana since 1994. Speaking at the New Amsterdam Rotary Club’s “World Understanding and Peace” dinner last Saturday, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana D Brent Hardt emphasised the desire of the U.S. to build a “forward-looking and mutually beneficial partnership” with Guyana, rooted “in our shared…

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Unspoiled Poverty

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Satiricus is still fuming: the smoke keeps coming out of his ears. He can’t get over the nerve of Jagdeo. If the Muckraker KN is to be believed (and Satiricus held that institution in only slightly – very slightly – lower esteem than all his sacred books) Jagdeo had just donated three “Barbados” worth of real estate to Wansa Mc AL. Where did Jagdeo get off? Didn’t he realise that we love our “potential”? What’s with all this running around the world to get investment to develop that potential? Read…

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U.S., Guyana militaries in anti-crime training exercise

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The U. S. military and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday launched a one week joint training session codenamed “Fused Response” aimed at equipping both forces to fight organised crime. Approximately 125 local and 350 U.S. personnel are part of the training exercise, geared at improving the capacity of both forces in confronting several organised crime and illicit trafficking. This year’s exercise is part of annual military activities that are conducted between the two countries to keep participants updated on the advances in the areas of military operations, readiness…

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More local flights needed as mining industry booms in Guyana

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Local airlines will need to increase their flights to accommodate both the boom in the mining industry while at the same time continue to service Guyana’s emerging tourism sector, stakeholders have said. Currently, Guyana’s localised air service providers, including Roraima Airways, Trans Guyana Airways and Air Services Limited are responsible for the vast majority of flights throughout Guyana catering for private businesses and tourists. Many of the operators work on a first come first serve basis, which sometimes puts tourists at a disadvantage as very often their numbers, are not…

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