Dear Editor, Permit me to state the following in relation to the acting Chief Justice (CJ) Ian Chang’s ruling on the country’s budgetary cuts by the parliamentary opposition. January 29 was indeed a historic day for Guyana and the Guyanese people when Chang made the ruling that the National Assembly has no right to cut the national budget estimates of our country. The Guyanese people certainly welcomed the CJ’s ruling. In fact, all the indigenous toshaos I contacted rejoiced when they heard the news. The people of Guyana and their…
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We all have personal responsibility for our own lives
Dear Editor A view posited by late Roman Catholic Saint, Mother Teresa is that we think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. But she goes on to say that the greatest poverty is being unwanted, unloved and uncared for. “We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty,” she had said, and indeed this has some resonance in Guyana and was in fact duly recognised in a recent article in Guyana Times headlined, “Vagrants wish for a better life this Christmas”. The…
Read MoreTendulkar is deserving of the Bharat Ratna
Dear Editor The following words tell a story: “Tendulkar is the first sportsman to win the award and at 40, the youngest.” This is a line I took from the story headlined: “Sachin Tendulkar receives top India honour Bharat Ratna.” Well this is quite a fitting way to celebrate the cricketing life achievement of India’s most loved cricketing son. He has truly lived up to and even surpassed expectations. Tendulkar started his international career, both test and one-day, in the later part of 1989 and finished in the same period…
Read MoreRose hailed as a good father and gifted designer
Everywhere you looked, there were little flashes of his legacy. Someone wore a Trevor Rose designed dress; others chose the kind of high heels that looked as if he was the designer with them in mind. His grieving relatives also sported some very fashionable pieces. So when they said farewell to Trevor Ryan Rose on Monday, they effectively ensured that his name lived on. And though a flooded Le Repentir Cemetery forced the postponement of his burial, his family and friends ensured that he got the kind of send off,…
Read MoreGT&T plugs Gy$3.5M into children’s mash parade
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) has donated Gy$3.5 million to the Education Ministry, to assist with the hosting of this year’s Children’s Mash Costume and Parade Competition, which is set for next weekend. The cheque was handed over to the ministry on Tuesday by the company’s Chief Financial Officer Justin Nedd, at its head office on Brickdam, Georgetown. Before signing and handing over the cheque, Nedd said GT&T is committed to the development of youth and culture, two key factors for economic growth. “GT&T has prided itself…
Read MoreSeveral school children injured in Berbice bus accident
Several students were among persons injured on Monday after the bus in which they were travelling veered out of control and ended up in a trench on the Borlam Turn, Corentyne. According to reports, at approximately 17:30h on Monday, minibus BSS 891 was on its way from New Amsterdam when the driver, who was reportedly speeding, lost control of the vehicle. According to eyewitnesses, the bus was filled with mostly schoolchildren from the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) and was travelling east heading to Corriverton. “The driver was speeding and…
Read MoreNo new director for UG Berbice campus anytime soon
Students of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus may have to wait a while longer for a director since there will be no appointment anytime soon. Members of the private sector in Berbice and students of the university’s Port Mourant, Corentyne campus, have been lobbying to have former director Professor Daizal Samad reinstated. However, according to information received from the university’s registrar’s office at Turkeyen , interviews are still to be held for the post which has been vacant since July last year. Tension has been brewing over the last…
Read MoreGuyana, Islamic groups to host regional meeting
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) in association with the Islamic Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) and the Islamic Organisation for Latin America and the Caribbean (OIPALC) will host the ninth OIPALC conference on February 9 in Georgetown, Guyana. OIPALC was formed about 15 years ago to promote awareness of the needs of Muslims in South America and the Caribbean. ISESCO has sponsored many of OIPALC programmes since ISESCO deals with the cultural and educational aspects of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Guyana, with about 12 per…
Read MoreMedical doctor tipped to replace Backer
The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has disclosed that it is looking to replace Member of Parliament (MP) Debra Backer, who is expected to retire from Parliament as a result of illness before the commencement of the 2014 national budget debate. According to Opposition Leader David Granger, the coalition is looking for a replacement for the deputy speaker and frontbencher. He was at the time speaking during an interview with this newspaper. While Granger did not directly state that Backer will be resigning, he noted that the MP is…
Read MoreGDF private accused of murdering ex-boyfriend’s mother remanded
Twenty-six-year-old Abiola “Abby” Jacobs was not required to plead to the indictable charge when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in Court One. Jacobs is accused of murdering Donna Taylor at her Lot 1617 Public Road, Agricola home on January 31. Taylor was found with her hands tied behind her back and her throat slit a short distance away from her home in a clump of bushes. The accused was unrepresented by defence counsel and stood silently while the charge was read to her. She was subsequently remanded until…
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