Dear Sir, A recent article in the newspapers titled “Government to Review Christian Prayers in Public Schools” has caught my attention and I must heartily congratulate Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnarine for taking a most “educated” stance on this long-standing travesty. At the same time one wonders why previous Governments with leading Pandits in their midst and having a more than warm relationship with leaders of the Muslim community have not seen it fit to correct this anomalous situation a full 49 years after independence. I remember well my…
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Zenita Nicolson ingested pesticide – PM examination
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 37-year-old Rights Activist Zenita Nicolson, revealed that she died of pesticide poisoning. The post-mortem examination was conducted on Wednesday by State Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Guyana Times International on Wednesday that the cause of death was given as ingestion of pesticides. This, he explained, is consistent with the information that the Police have gathered during their investigations – that the woman had consumed carbon tablets, which are used to kill rats. In addition, Blanhum disclosed that some…
Read MoreCAL CEO quits
Trinidad and Tobago – Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Michael DiLollo has quit after just 17 months on the job. The 48-year-old Canadian national, citing personal reasons, resigned with immediate effect. His resignation has been accepted by the state-owned airline’s board of directors. CAL staff were informed of the resignation via a memo from the airline’s chairman Phillip Marshall who also announced that chief financial officer Tyrone Tang will act as CEO until a permanent replacement is found. DiLollo was appointed CAL CEO in May 2014 following the…
Read MoreGuyana continues to push for juridical settlement – Greenidge
Foreign Affairs Minister and Vice President Carl Greenidge on Tuesday said Government remains committed to the judicial settlement of the Guyana/ Venezuela border controversy, and will be seeking the legal opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the 1899 arbitral award. The Foreign Affairs Minister was updating the media on the ongoing work of the Secretary General of the United Nation (UN) and its involvement in working towards addressing the border controversy between the two neighbouring countries. Venezuela remains fixed in its claims over portions of the Essequibo…
Read MoreNew twist on border controversy
Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has attempted to introduce a new element into the prevailing stand-off on the border controversy precipitated by Venezuela in 1962, which has had a chequered history. The Geneva Agreement (1966) mandated a “Mixed Commission” of Guyanese and Venezuelan representatives to resolve the controversy. They met between 1966 and 1970, but became embroiled in the fundamental disagreement that still prevails today. The Guyanese insisted the Venezuelans prove their contention of “nullity” of the 1899 Award, while the Venezuelans maintained it was the revision of the border…
Read MoreNew York bids farewell to slain Guyanese NYPD Officer
The New York Daily News has reported that thousands of rain-soaked cops packed the streets in Queens Wednesday to honor their slain NYPD brother as a first-rate son, a first-class DJ — and a first-grade detective. According to NYD News, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced the posthumous promotion for Officer Randolph Holder, who received a standing ovation inside the Queens church where his body rested inside a gold casket. Mayor de Blasio, in a pointed political message, said the Oct. 20 shooting of Holder — allegedly by a drug-addicted career…
Read MoreQueen’s College Alumni NY Association meets President Granger
President David Granger was on Wednesday paid a courtesy call by Members of the Queen’s College Alumni Association of New York. The visiting team used the opportunity to brief the President on its plans for students of the school as it was its intention to maintain the high standards the College has held for the past 171 years. Association President John Campbell told the Ministry of the Presidency that the team also used the opportunity to brief the President on the work of the Association. “We have all benefited from…
Read More92 Cuba trained Guyanese doctors jobless
…Govt unaware of situation – Dr Norton By Alexis Rodney Two months after they graduated from the Guyana-Cuba Medical Scholarship programme, some 92 doctors are unsure of how soon they would be given the go ahead to begin practising in Guyana. In fact, while they have already passed through orientation and underwent the required three-day Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM) programme, they are yet to receive any information from their employer – the Government of Guyana (GoG) on the way forward. On Tuesday, a number of the newly-trained…
Read MoreGuyana on cusp of national crisis – PPP
Realising that the local economy is slowly grinding to a halt, among other problems affecting the country, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Opposition has developed and proposed a 26-point demand to the Government that may see some semblance of survival for the country’s economic stability. PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee asserted that Guyana is on a cusp of national crisis and on that note disclosed the 26-point demand its members crafted. At the party’s weekly media conference on Monday, Rohee said the party proposes that the Government should end…
Read MorePolice probing alleged rape of detainee at Timehri Police Station
Guyana’s Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Thursday announced that a full-scale probe has been launched into an allegation that a detective forced a detainee to have unprotected sex in exchange for a case against him to be dropped. “The Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud, DSM, has instructed that an investigation be conducted into the allegations stated by the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID),” police said in a brief statement. A section of the media reported that the 36-year old man claimed that…
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