Month: April 2013

Guyanese-born, New York-based Attorney Michael Gangadeen charged

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According to news reports coming out of New York, a prominent Guyanese-born attorney has been charged along with his sister and a former Wells Fargo bank officer, with mortgage fraud. Guyanese-born, New York-based Attorney Michael Gangadeen, 47, of 332 North Village Avenue in Rockville Centre, New York was charged on April 8, 2013 along with his sister Savitri (a.k.a. Savi) Gangadeen, 49, of 48 Willis Avenue in Floral Park, New York, and former Wells Fargo loan officer/mortgage consultant, Paul Constante, 38, of 41 Ellison Avenue in Westbury, New York. The…

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Two found dead after Berbice River boat tragedy – Search on for two others

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By Bhisham Mohamed – The remains of two people who are suspected to have drowned following a boat mishap in the Berbice River in the vicinity of Mara a few days ago are at the Port Mourant Hospital Mortuary. It is also believed that two other persons are missing. One of the dead has been identified as 14-year old Shaquille Anthony Plass of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice while the other was that of Rudolph Sheriff, 49, of Smythfield, New Amsterdam. Police spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker in a release stated that…

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Gratuity payments for Linden nurses “being handled” – Health Minister

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Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran on Wednesday told the National Assembly that gratuity payments for Linden nurses were being handled even as the nurses continued strike action which started earlier in the day with a picket outside Parliament Building. The matter was raised by APNU’s Region 10 representative Vanessa Kissoon who had sought an adjournment of the House to discuss the issue under the heading of Urgent Matter of Public Importance. However, Speaker Raphael Trotman said her submission did not qualify as such under the Standing Orders but he…

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Rohee says no breakdown in public safety

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By Michael Younge – Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has dismissed the combined opposition’s allegations about the worrying state of law and order in Guyana, while arresting their propaganda that crime is out of control and on the increase under his stewardship of the security sector. The minister was at the time making his contribution to the 2013 national budget debate, which got underway in the presence of a packed gallery in the National Assembly on Monday. He said that never in Guyana’s history was the spate of reforms and…

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Govt slams opposition’s move to delay budget scrutiny

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE – Consideration of the budget estimates has been delayed after the opposition used its one-seat majority to vote down government’s proposal to start the examination process on Wednesday in the 65-seat National Assembly. The opposition also rearranged the order of how the agencies will be dealt with and set a seven-day time-table instead of six as was proposed by the government. The 26-seat A Partnership for National Unity and seven-seat Alliance For Change forced the Parliament to adjourn its business on Wednesday, delaying the work of the…

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Jamaican billionaire eyes investments in Guyana’s banking, agriculture sectors

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By Danielle Campbell-Lowe – Jamaican financial mogul, Michael Lee Chin said that the prospects of setting up business in Guyana are tremendous given the country’s fertile investor climate and its phenomenal growth potential. Wrapping up a two-day trip, the Canadian-based investor revealed that Guyana has now moved to a position of priority on the company’s radar due to its virgin nature and administrative openness and his group, Portland Holdings, is eager to find ways to enter the financial industry. Chin disclosed that although the central bank has not issued any…

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Dem a lie

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Satiricus was singing his hallelujahs. Why shouldn’t he? He just finished dinner and was throwing back in his Berbice Chair. He’d read about an amazing declaration by the opposition. Seems they demanded that ministers of the government ought to take ‘lie detector’ tests. They didn’t say for what, but presumably about what they were doing on the job. Satiricus knew that accusations had been flowing fast and furious about corruption. So when the government accepted the suggestion and demanded that the opposition also take polygraph tests (that’s the fancy name…

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Guyanese-born, New York cop dies in accident

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According to NY Daily News, Patrick Prince, a Guyanese-born New York Police Department (NYPD) officer died after he lost control of his vehicle that slammed into a tree last Thursday. Relatives said that Prince was on his way home after ending his shift when the accident occurred in the early hours of the morning. He wanted to be a cop since he was a kid, but an NYPD officer’s dream-come-true ended Thursday, before his rookie year was up. Officer Prince, 22, died in a Brooklyn car crash while on his…

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GFF Presidential Race 2013… King outlines vision for football development

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By Avenash Ramzan – Under the theme ‘Unity and strong management for football development’, Permanent Secretary in the Sport Ministry, Alfred King, has presented a 24-page manifesto, outlining his vision for football development should he be elected president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) come April 12. King and three other candidates – Georgetown Football Association (GFA) General Secretary Christopher Matthias, co-director of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major and former national player and football administrator Ivan Persaud – are vying for the top post of football’s local…

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Unity/Lancaster SC academy commences

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With the aim on instilling the basics of the game from an early age, the Unity Lancaster Sports Club will commence a three-day cricket academy at its venue from 09: 00 hours today (Thursday). The academy is being promoted free of cost to about 40 youngsters between ages 12-16 in a bid to establish Under-15 and Under-19 cricket teams, which will represent the club in the future. The participants have been drawn from the host village and from schools in the neighbouring communities, stretching from Strathavon, Cane Grove, to Golden…

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