Year: 2016

Local, overseas Guyanese artists for US art exhibition

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A group of notable Guyanese artists, residing here and abroad, will be part of a memorable exhibition to be held in the USA. ‘Un | Fixed Homeland’ brings together an inter-generational roster of 13 emerging and established Guyanese artists who, via photography and photography-based art, examine the complex relationship to “homeland.” These artists explore how a “homeland” can be both fixed and unfixed, a constantly shifting idea and memory, and a physical place and a psychic space. The exhibition’s title reflects the emergence of the Caribbean diaspora in metropolitan cities…

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The Calm of St. Cuthbert’s Mission

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St. Cuthbert’s Mission is one of the most easily accessible Amerindian villages along the East Bank.The site of this quaint village emerges after about a half-hour travel through a scenic sandy trail, one of the many trails along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. On entering the village, one will quickly notice how serene it is. No noise nuisance or traffic, just village life at its best. One interesting feature that brings many tourists to the village is the pitch black waters of the Mahaica River, which flows through the village. It is…

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Linden Museum of Socio-Cultural Heritage

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The Linden Museum of Industrial and Socio-Cultural Heritage on Co-op Crescent in Mackenzie, is located in one of Linden’s most historic buildings, according to the National Trust of Guyana. The building was constructed in 1925 and was known as the Recreational Hall where it was used for dances, indoor games; as a cinema and general meeting place. Later, in the 1970s, it served as the Linden Consumer Goods Complex; today, after much negotiations, it houses the “Linden Museum of Socio-Cultural Heritage”, its official name, according to  lindentourism.com The museum was…

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Gov’t seeking to ensure all overseas companies adhere to labour regulations

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The Government will “not condone” multinational companies operating locally in breach of the laws of Guyana. This is according to Minister within the Social Protection Ministry, Keith Scott, who has responsibility for labour. Minister Scott noted that both local and foreign companies will not be allowed to “interfere with the workings of the unions.” On Tuesday, the Minister met with executives of RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI). According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, this meeting comes in light of the Ministry’s “continued effort to engage employers,…

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‘Panta’ wanted in connection with cocaine found in frozen fish

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Ranks of the Guyana Police Force Narcotics Branch are on the hunt for a West Coast Demerara (WCD) man who is wanted for questioning in relation to a recent trafficking in narcotics incident that occurred at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, East Bank Demerara. Wanted is 52-year-old Mohamed Imrazie Alli, also known as “Panta”, a seafood exporter, of Lot 11 La Jalousie, WCD. He is wanted for the June 8 drug bust where over 9 kilograms of cocaine was found stashed in a shipment of frozen fish. Three persons…

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Bandits invade home of Pouderoyen businessman

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Police investigators have managed to arrest one person while the hunt is one for another, following the shooting of a West Bank Demerara (WBD) businessman during a robbery on Monday night. According to reports reaching Guyana Times International, at about 19:00h, two armed men barged into the businessman’s Pouderoyen, WBD home and terrorised the family. During the ordeal, Prakash Seegobin, also known as “Jai”, was shot to his leg. Seegobin operates a shop at his Lot 3 Bella Dam, Pouderoyen home. This newspaper was told that the two perpetrators; one…

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Pomeroon boat builders charged with murder

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Lennox Baharally and Rondell Edwards were remanded to prison after they made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer a joint murder charge. The duo was charged for the murder of Mohammed Abdul Shameer, who died on April 26, in the Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) after a boat capsized. Baharally 34, a boat builder, and Edwards, 19, also a boat builder, reside in Upper Pomeroon River. Defence Attorney Jerome Khan told the Court that it was an unfortunate incident and his clients’…

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First ever social workers’ conference to be held in Guyana

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The Ministry of Social Protection in collaboration with the University of Guyana (UG), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW) will be hosting a conference on Standards for Professional Practice from July 20 to 21. This conference is the first of its kind to be held in Guyana, and targets social work administrators, practitioners and educators. It will be held under the theme ‘Standards for Professional Social Work Practice.’ According to GINA, the conference aims to allow key stakeholders to examine their…

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Jagdeo accuses Gov’t of ‘sidelining’ Guyanese contractors

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…says hundreds of jobs at stake if Suriname-based Chinese company is selected for low-income homes project Hundreds of Guyanese will be denied job opportunities if Government seals the deal with a group of Surinamese-based investors to construct low income and medium-income houses at the Perseverance Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara (ECD), according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. During a news conference on Wednesday, Jagdeo accused the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change Administration of sidelining local contractors for a group of Chinese investors for the undertaking;…

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SARU being used as ‘propaganda arm to destroy reputations’ – Jagdeo

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BY DEVINA SAMAROO Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says the forthcoming legislation to institutionalise the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) can be regarded as nothing more than laws for witchhunting, a contraption which can backfire on the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition. SARU was established with the purpose of hunting for State assets which initially belonged to the Government, but later ended up in the hands of private individuals. It has since been conducting investigations and making recommendations to the Guyana Police Force for charges to be…

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