2015 – Page 9 – Guyana Times International

‘Indian Opinion’ – a local journal

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

By Petamber Persaud My reading is such that I see red, green and amber sojourning through a book. I usually change gears, automatically – speeding up, slowing down, and reversing. Sometimes, I stop. Often, I would go into neutral. Neutral may be my favourite position when reading. I go into neutral at any inter-textual references which do not give up their meaning/s readily especially references to other books. While wading through Gandhi’s “The Story of my Experiments with Truth”, which I am re-reading as we celebrate International Literacy Day, I…

Nagamootoo’s pension outstrips Jagdeo’s

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

– “If you think the salaries are bad, the pensions are worse” – Former AG By Michael Younge Former Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall says that Guyanese will have to carry the burden of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s multimillion-dollar salary and intended pension package for decades to come because of the recent increased announced by the new Government, which it said it deserved after just four months in office. While in Opposition, Prime Minister Nagamootoo had berated the former People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government for raping the…

GuySuCo sold co-gen plant to GPL for US$20M

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

By Kristen Macklingam The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will soon move to re-purchase its co-generation plant which was sold in April this year to the tune of US$20 million to the recently formed energy company, the Skeldon Energy Incorporated (SEI). According to information received, the cash-strapped sugar company will be pursuing the route of buying back this plant from the SEI as many officials attached to GuySuCo are of the opinion that the co-generation plant should not have been sold initially. But in light of the financial crisis facing the…

EU supports Govt on judicial reform

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

…AG calls for part-time Judges to reduce backlog Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General Basil Williams have indicated that the delegation from the European Union will be forging a partnership with the Government of Guyana to initiate a reform of the Laws of Guyana and the judicial system. The AG met with the Head of Delegation of European Union to Guyana Ambassador Jernej Videticon on Monday. During the meeting it was posited that the partnership will see reform of the Laws of Guyana, address the backlog of cases in the…

DEA office for Guyana by January

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

United States (US) Ambassador Perry Holloway on Monday announced that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Office in Guyana will have a permanent fixture with the appointment of a functioning head by January 15 of next year. The DEA, which is supporting the work already being done by domestic law enforcement entities in the area of countering the trafficking of narcotics will have a new head by January of next year. Holloway made the disclosure when he met with journalists on Monday. “There has already been someone selected to be the…

“Nasty Man” slapped with murder charge

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

Dellon Henry called “Nasty Man” was on Wednesday slapped with a murder charge and remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. The 23-year-old, of 53 Houston Housing Scheme, Greater Georgetown, was charged for the murder of footballer Dexter Griffith who was gunned down on September 29 in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. He was also charged for unlawful possession of .38 revolver with six matching rounds of ammunition. On the murder charge, Police Prosecutor, Corporal Simone Payne told the court that on September 29 at about 19:30h, Griffith was sitting in front…

US supports 1899 Arbitral Award

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

– Juridical process can settle controversy By Alexis Rodney The United States of America has clarified its position on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, noting that the situation still warrants a peaceful resolution through diplomatic means. The border controversy between the two neighbouring territories was on top of the agenda when new United States Ambassador Perry Holloway met with Journalists on Monday at the US Embassy, Georgetown. Questioned on the US’s position on the controversy, which has been drawing international interest, Holloway said his country’s stance remained that…

Outrage mounts over massive salary increases for VPs, Ministers

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

…Harmon says increases justified inspite of Govt being only four months in office By Michael Younge Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Wednesday defended the Cabinet’s decision to increase its own pay by millions of dollars, declaring that it was “justified”. Harmon made the comment after being plagued by a plethora of questions from sections of the local media following revelations by this newspaper that the four-month-old David Granger Government had increased the salaries of its Cabinet members by over Gy$266, 119, 248 even in the face of widespread condemnation…

Miner kills reputed wife, turns gun on himself

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

– after allegedly finding man under bed A triangular love affair turned deadly in the wee hours of Wednesday after a miner turned up at his reputed wife’s home at Pike Street, Kitty and discovered a male under her bed. Dead are Mark Moses and his reputed wife Amanda Mohan. According to reports reaching Guyana Times International, 25-year-old Moses of One Mile, Wismar, Linden, went to visit Mohan at her Lot 248 Pike Street home about 21:30h on Tuesday and found a male under her bed. Reports stated that he…

Recalcitrant colonial mentality

October 9, 2015 TIMES INT'L

The irony could not have been more pronounced when, announcing that his country would assist in constructing a prison for Jamaicans who had committed crimes in Britain and were to be deported to the island, British Prime Minister David Cameron bluntly informed a joint sitting of the Jamaican Parliament that his government rejected reparations for slavery. Caricom, as a group, has made a commitment to securing reparations for the crimes against humanity that constituted the pernicious institution of slavery. The Jamaicans being deported, were convicted of crimes in a society,…