January 2015 – Guyana Times International

Man held for Patricia Sanasie’s execution

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

– NY-based husband says he does not know anything about his wife’s killing Two weeks after Patricia Sanasie, wife of popular city businessman Deokaran Ram Sanasie, was gunned down in front of her home in Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara, the Police have arrested a man who matched the description given to them. The suspect was picked up on Norton Street, Georgetown on Saturday. He is presently being grilled by investigators at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He is expected to be placed on an identification parade at which the…

Final wish granted: US Embassy in G/town grants visa to sister of dying man

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

According to reports coming out of Guyana, a Guyanese man’s last wish to see his sister before he dies, is inching towards becoming a reality after the US Embassy in Georgetown granted the woman a visitor’s visa after first denying her request. The man, 25 year old Christopher Robinson who lives in Brooklyn New York, is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. His Doctors have given him just weeks more to live and have moved him to a hospice to make his final days more comfortable. Days after…

APNU has awakened from slumber to cast aspersions

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, It’s official that the silly season has commenced with the announcement of Elections – the latest was a call from the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) Councilor Leslie Gonsalves to test the bauxite exported by RUSAL for gold and rare earth minerals. Let us be logical. If there was indeed any traces of gold or rare earth minerals within the area where RUSAL is currently operating, the company would not have gotten an opportunity to even harvest it much less export it. This…

AFC trying to sell “coalition” as “alliance”

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) is trying its utmost to sell the “coalition” talks as an “alliance” talk to Berbicians. On January 24, Daizal Samad did just that. Firstly, he admitted that the coalition talks are of great concern even among the strongest supporters. But then he began to spin a yarn of deception in trying to tell Berbicians that there is a difference between a coalition and an alliance. He told his viewers that a coalition is a union between political parties but an alliance is not…

Faith Harding was a genuine confidant and counselor

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, I’m completely devastated by the death of my dear friend, Dr Faith Azelia Harding. I served as Special Assistant to Faith during her tenure as Minister for the Public Service in Guyana. Faith was not only a colleague; she was family – someone with whom I shared a deep and unshakable maternal bond. She was a genuine confidant and counselor. Whether, she was serving as a Government Minister or a United Nations representative in Asia or Africa, Faith always took time out of her busy schedule to maintain…

Attack ideas and issues, not people

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, It is so shocking and appalling to read about the intense level of personal attacks in so many of the writings (and even in some of the news items) in the daily newspapers in Guyana. Why should we call people by so many foul, contemptuous, ill-mannered, highly offensive and disgusting, malicious and just downrightly nasty names because we do not approve of what they do, write or say? And the people who often pen this willfully destructive language so proudly like to present themselves to the world as…

Roopnaraine to remain Granger’s No 2

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Joseph Harmon on Wednesday said he is not aware the party would replace Dr Rupert Roopnaraine as its Prime Ministerial Candidate should the proposed coalition between itself and the Alliance For Change (AFC) fail to get off the ground. Speaking to Guyana Times International on Wednesday, Harmon said that there are no plans to replace any of the party members from their respective posts. It was reported last November that the major Opposition party might be heading into General Elections without…

Guyana is very attractive for business

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

– says Paris-based call centre VP By Gomatie Gangadin Despite investigating and refusing to enter the Guyanese market several years ago, citing infrastructure deficiencies, customer services giant, Teleperformance is now slated to open doors in early May, said Executive Vice President – Operations, Teleperformance USA, Mike Corrigan. The call centre which has its parent company in Paris sought out Guyana as the location for the company’s newest branch based on the fact that it has prime factors which are undeniably attractive for businesses. According to the Executive Vice President, the…

Fire Service opens Gy$139M training complex at Leonora

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Fire Service’s (GFS) training complex, at Leonora will enhance the service’s ability to execute its mandate in facilitating training of ranks for the roles of Fire and Rescue Service operatives. Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee declared open the Gy$139M training complex facility, located in the Leonora Fire Service compound on Monday. He said the facility is testimony to the Government’s commitment to modernise the GFS, to transform it to one that is a fully fledged Fire and Rescue Service, offering a variety of emergency services to the…

Guyana again urged to abolish death penalty

January 30, 2015 TIMES INT'L

By Svetlana Marshall Guyana has been commended for the gigantic steps taken since its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2010 but it is being urged to institute the requisite mechanisms that would result in the abolition of the death penalty. This call was renewed as the country’s human rights record was placed under the microscope on Wednesday by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group. Leading the Guyanese delegation was Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett who delivered a comprehensive report on the country’s progress…