Year: 2015

The Guiana Match Factory

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According to one source, the Guiana Match Factory was founded in Georgetown, British Guiana in 1910. In the book “Igniting the Caribbean’s Past: Fire in British West Indian History” by Bonham C. Richardson, it is stated that the match factory opened in British Guiana in 1883. Juanita De Barros, in her book “Order and Place in a Colonial City: Patterns of Struggle and Resistance in Georgetown, British Guiana, 1889-1924” states that there were two match factories near Georgetown in the late 19th – early 20th century. In a 1903 Hansard…

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Plenipotentiaries…

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…for Berbice We are witnessing an interesting development in Guyanese politics and governance – the fissioning of the nation for the expedience of getting a few more votes. PRIME Minister Moses Nagamootoo went down to his home village of Whim, with his fellow Whimsian Ramayya and Ramjattan, originally from up the road at 48 Village. This Eyewitness isn’t going to comment on the crowd bussed in and the pickets that greeted him: he found Nagamootoo’s reaction more interesting. After hearing all the complaints of the neglect and alienation of Berbicians…

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CARICOM inter-tribal games

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‘Traditional Games’ looking to become an indigenous centrepiece On Saturday, Aug. 16, 2015 the second CARICOM inter-tribal games ended at the Pakuri Lokono-Arawak Territory(St Cuthberts’ Mission) in Guyana. In terms of news reports, the event was quietly held; for the tribes from Guyana and Dominica who attended, it was a small but successful endeavour, and the notion revealed a potential for becoming a truly international experience. Events for the first CARICOM inter-tribal games were held in 2012 when founder of the event, Barbadian Lokono-Arawak Damon Corrie, who hails his ancestry…

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Sand Creek Village: A mix of old and new

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By Lennox J Hernandez Sand Creek is an indigenous community (population of 712 in 2009) located in the south of Region 9, about 96 km (60 miles) roughly south-east of Lethem, with the Kanuku Mountains to the north and east, and Sand Creek (after which the village is probably named) to the west, snaking around on the south of the village. The Rupununi River, into which Sand Creek flows, is further west of the creek. Sand Creek is translated as Katiwau in Wapishana, the language of the people of the…

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PM appoints 4 “Special Representatives” in regions

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Despite already coming in for harsh criticisms over the recent political appointments of Regional Executive Officers (REOs), the A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government went ahead and provided four more of its activists with jobs within the regional districts in the country. These persons will work outside of the regional system established constitutionally. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Monday appointed four new Special Representatives in four regions across Guyana, who would be tasked with the responsibility of working with the public on issues which could be…

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Husband arrested for Crabwood Creek robbery

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– admits to “setting it up” By Andrew Carmichael Police have arrested the husband involved in Sunday’s Crabwood Creek, Berbice robbery, and he has told investigators that he had planned the robbery. Reports are that Krishnadatt Jettoo and his wife were beaten by five gunmen who invaded the couple’s Crabwood Creek home and took away in excess of Gy$5 million in cash and jewellery. Police in conducting their investigation interviewed the Jettoos and received conflicting reports. Information reaching Guyana Times International indicated that Jettoo told the Police that the men…

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Canadian charity working to improve neonatal survival in Guyana

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In maintaining a rich history which dates back to early 2009, Guyana Help The Kids (GHTK) has once again extended a hand of collaboration to the Public Health Ministry, with the primary objective of reducing under-five mortality and by extension, infant mortality. GHTK is a registered Canadian charity which has been playing an integral role in Guyana by assisting in the reduction of neonatal and infant mortality. Just recently, its President, Dr Narendra Singh, a Canadian-based Guyanese, paid a courtesy call to the newly appointed Health Minister, Dr George Norton,…

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DPP gets files on fraud probe at Public Service Ministry

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After weeks of intense investigations, the Guyana Police Force on Monday closed the probe into the multimillion-dollar fraud allegations at the Public Service Ministry and immediately handed over the files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice on the way forward. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Wendell Blanhum, told the Guyana Times International that the investigation was wrapped up on Monday and in excess of 20 files were sent to the DPP’s Chamber the same day. On Tuesday, Communications Officer at the DPP Chambers, Liz…

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“We have no confidence in the Agriculture Minister” – RPA Action Committee

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The A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) aligned Action Committee of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) declared that Agriculture Minister Noel Holder is currently incapable of handling the tasks under his portfolio, and as such, declared that it has no confidence in his abilities to effectively and efficiently manage the agriculture sector. During a press conference hosted by the controversial RPA Action Committee at the Georgetown Club on Wednesday, its members; Jinnah Rahman and Turhane Doerga both exclaimed that the Agriculture Minister has proven himself incompetent to deal…

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Shaddick, Benn nominated as PPP Commissioners at GECOM

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By Michael Younge Two of the three persons who were nominated by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to sit as Commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have resigned with immediate effect. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo informed the media that Commissioners Mohamood Shaw and Athmaram Mangar have already been replaced. He thanked the two PPP/C representatives for their sterling contributions to the Commission and their representation of the Party at that level. Commissioner Mangar was appointed back in October 2013, while Commissioner Shaw was appointed by former President Jagdeo. Jagdeo…

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