Year: 2015

Deaf Awareness: A continuing success story

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Some ten years ago, deaf persons in Guyana mainly faced a life in isolation, while persons without the disability remained essentially uniformed and unaware of their difficulties. Today, from a modest office on Norton Street, Wortmanville in Georgetown, chairman for the Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities and director of the Support Group for Deaf Persons, Leon Walcott, has seen first-hand the progress over the years, as well as the remaining – and new – constraints regarding deaf awareness in Guyana. Speaking with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Walcott…

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All set for Berbice Expo this weekend

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The 2015 edition of the Berbice Expo, the premier trade show in the Ancient County, is expected to be declared open on Friday. Construction work on the Expo is almost complete as organisers gear up for Friday’s opening. The four-day event will be held under the theme “Fostering National Pride, Advancing National Progress”. Coordinator of the event, Tajpaul Adjodhea said all plans were in place for the 10th annual Berbice Expo. He said the event, which was being held in collaboration with Government through the Business Ministry, will be the…

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Guyana Govt not moved by Venezuela’s suspension of appointment of Ambassador

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Guyana’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge has responded to the Venezuelan government’s decision to suspend the approval of the new Guyana Ambassador to Caracas. In a short statement on Thursday, Foreign Minister Greenidge vowed to continue speaking out against Venezuela’s illegal claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s oil rich maritime space. He said “I regret President Maduro’s fondness for broadcast diplomacy which Guyana will not follow. Guyana will not be silent where its rights under law continue to be denied.” President Maduro had appeared in a television…

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Fifteen days after Gyaneshwarie “Laleta” Sivanand of Durban Backlands, Georgetown allegedly jumped off Kaieteur Falls, her battered and decomposing body was finally transported to Georgetown on Wednesday. The woman went missing on September 1 during a visit to the Kaieteur Falls National Park. The woman’s body was taken to the Lyken’s Funeral Home where it will await a post-mortem examination. Relatives of the dead woman have remained tightlipped. However, a member of the Special Forces told Guyana Times International that they spotted the body of the missing woman on Sunday…

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No decision to close Uitvlugt Sugar Estate – Agri Minister

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Agriculture Minister Noel Holder has rejected reports that his Ministry had taken a decision to shut down the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate on the West Coast of Demerara. During a recent strike by cane cutters (cane harvesters) on the estate for compensation for “obstacles”, several of them had asserted that such a decision had in fact been made and that it was widely discussed on the Estate. Speaking with Guyana Times International from Canada on Wednesday, however, Holder said no such decision has been taken, explaining that the Agriculture Ministry was…

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Study finds pre-teens using illicit drugs in Guyana

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A study conducted in 2013 on the prevalence of drug use among secondary school students in Guyana has revealed an alarming trend showing that students as young as 12 years old are engaged in the use of both licit and illicit substances. The Secondary School Drug Prevalence Survey Project was done by the Organisation of American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in collaboration with the Government of Guyana. The study was undertaken in May and June of 2013. Some two years after the survey was conducted, the…

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Economic decline will affect those at the bottom

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The Guyanese economy has been on a downward spiral since the May 11 Election period, but unlike the recurrent trend, this “quasi” decline is prolonging, without any prospects of amelioration in the near future. Most analysts expect the downturn to become a full-blown decline, which is defined as two successive quarters of declining growth. We have completed one quarter. While those in the business sector expect some level of slowdown during the elections as it has always been in the country due to the heavy tensions that reign, what was…

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“Our mother will never be forgiven”

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…son of murdered block-maker says still trying to come to grip with father’s gruesome murder Twenty-one-year-old Oswald Jason Yaw, of Back Circle, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who admitted that he was offered Gy$1.7 million to kill 42-year old Herstelling, East Bank Demerara Joiner, Nathan Persaud is expected to make his court appearance today (Thursday) at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. His pay master, Beverly Persaud, who hired him to commit the heinous crime was already charged and remanded to prison. However, Yaw’s confession came moments after he was arrested by Police ranks…

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Chanderpaul among four honoured by Caribbean Diaspora in New York

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By Avenash Ramzan The Indo-Caribbean Alliance (ICA) on Sunday hosted its third annual gala under the nautical inspired theme “Unanchored” with several prominent individuals in different spheres of society being honoured for their contribution to their respective fields. The New York-based group catered for over 350 guests in the five-hour event, which was held at the World’s Fair Marina. Veteran Guyana and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was among four persons, who were honoured at the ceremony. Chanderpaul, the Region’s most capped Test cricketer, copped the Icon Award, while television…

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Attorney says smear campaign launched against former GuySuCo CEO

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Attorney Sase Gunraj says that attempts are afoot to tarnish the character and good standing of his client, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Dr Rajendra Singh. In a release on Friday, Gunraj stated that certain sections of the media, aided and abetted by “certain” elements in the hierarchy of GuySuCo, have launched a vicious and libelous smear campaign against his client. He noted that even his successor, recently appointed Chairman of the Board, Professor Clive Thomas has joined the bandwagon. “It is obvious that…

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