Month: September 2016

‘Our Culture, Earth’s Future – Saving the Environment, Live the Indigenous Way’

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By Petamber Persaud Although there is a vast amount of literature written on and about the indigenous peoples of Guyana, only a small handful of that corpus is written in English by the indigenous. However that small amount ‘amounts’ to an importantdegree of insight into the joys and heartrending tribulationsof a life,because that small corpus really goes to the heart of the issues of the indigenous. This is not to say that the other writings do not address real issues, but the other writings cannot be substituted for “the real…

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Motorcyclist dies after slamming into utility pole

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A motorcyclist from Corriverton, Region 6 (East Berbice-Corentyne) died after he slammed into a utility pole on Saturday. The man has been identified as Hemraj Sudama, 22, of Linepath, Corriverton. Reports are that Sudama was riding motorcycle CF 5587 along Jumai Street, Number 78 Village, Corentyne, when the accident occurred. This newspaper was informed that the young man rode into a pothole and lost control before slamming into a Guyana Power and Light power pole. At the time of the accident, Sudama was not wearing a helmet, and as a…

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Venezuelan remanded on multiple charges

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A 30-year-old Venezuelan man was remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to charges of unlawful wounding and obtaining credit by false pretence. Mark Williams pleaded not guilty to the charges which stated that on September 8, 2016, at Itabali landing, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Devon Leur. The prosecution stated that the Virtual Complainant (VC) sustained abrasions to his left arm and a two centimetre laceration to his shoulder. It was stated that a pair of scissors was…

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PPP stages another protest over delay in 2015 Election Petition hearing

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Supporters and members of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) turned out in their numbers to protest against the delay of the election petition in the High Court, calling also for GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally to be removed along with Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield. PPP Member Ganga  Persaud remonstrated that the petition was filed since June 2015 and it was yet to be heard in the court. “What we are doing is expressing our concerns that an elections petition that has been filed for many months now is…

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Guyana Govt grants licences for importation of over 800,000 lbs chicken by year-end

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…controversial GWI head, Van West-Charles, among those granted licence The Guyana Government has granted several licences to import close to one million pounds of chicken for the latter half of 2016 and among the recipients are Managing Director of Guyana Water Inc, Dr Richard Van West-Charles and fired Debt Recovery Manager Lear Goring. Guyana Development Associates is among the companies granted a licence to import chicken and is jointly owned by Van West-Charles and Goring. That company was registered on July 27, 2015. Its address is registered as Lot 301…

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Bandits creating havoc at Vreed-en-Hoop

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…several businesses targeted over the past few weeks Residents and business owners in and around Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD) are living in fear following an ongoing spate of robbery attacks with excessive violence. Police on Tuesday confirmed that two bandits invaded the Players Bar at Crane Old Road, WCD, earlier that day around 09:00h and reportedly stole G$150,000 in cash from the business before making their escape on two red CG motorcycles. The female shopkeeper told this publication that she attempted to escape, but she fell and was then…

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Guyana’s unemployment rate pegged at 12.5% – Census report

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After much speculation over the years about Guyana’s seemingly high unemployment rate, the Bureau of Statistics has published Compendium Three of the 2012 Census disclosing statistics on the country’s most recent unemployment rate. In keeping with its commitment to disseminate four Compendiums in 2016, the revelation of the third Compendium has brought the Bureau closer to achieving its self-imposed deadline. The focus of this latest Compendium was the economic activity profile of the census. Economic activity focuses on the labour force component of the population profile, that is, the size…

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Labourer fined, jailed for narco trafficking

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Forty-nine-year-old Abel Simon,called “Jack” of Cotton Field Village, Essequibo Coast, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined G$30,000 for the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He made his appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded guilty to two trafficking charges. The prosecution contended that on September 26, 2016, detectives attached to the Anna Regina Police Station were on mobile patrol aback of Cotton Field Village when the defendant was seen walking and acting in a suspicious manner. As such,…

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The Round House

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The Round House is located on the seawall at Kingston in Georgetown. It stands on the site of what was once Camp House, the residence for the colony’s governor, which once included Sir Benjamin Durban. The residence was destroyed in the Great Kingston Flood of 1855. Prior to this, Camp House was a storehouse and military headquarters for a while. It was erected for the senior officer-in-charge of the garrison troops around 1800-1805. It had established the area as a military area, with barracks, a fort, hospital and parade square.…

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