Month: August 2017

British High Commissioner pledges UK security expert support in Prison reform

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In light of recent incidents within the local prisons system, British High Commissioner Gregory Quinn on Thursday said that UK security expert, Russell Combe, has completed and handed over his preliminary findings as it relates to the Security Sector Reform Programme. However, that report focused on reforms within the local Police Force, Quinn noted. To this end, he added that when Combe, who is currently on leave, returns, he will turn his attention to reforms within the prison system. According to the British envoy, while he is not sure what…

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Wales closure: Sugar workers left “in the wilderness”

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– as High Court still to hear severance matter Some four months have passed since counsel for the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Ashton Chase, SC, compiled and filed documents for the matter regarding the non-payment of severance packages to hundreds of sugar workers to be called up at the High Court. While the reasons for the delay in the commencement of court proceedings remain unclear, GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine feels many of the workers who were attached to the Wales Sugar Estate are left to face…

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Pomeroon man crushed by falling tree

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– which he was cutting at the time Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Fredricks of the Lower Pomeroon village of Wakapao in Region Two has been crushed by a huge tree he was felling at Glenhorse, Lower Pomeroon on Monday at about 11:15hrs. Reports are that Fredricks. sustained injuries to his shoulders, arms and lower body when the tree fell on him. He was discovered in an injured state by his uncle, Marlon France, and was immediately rushed to the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity, where doctors pronounced him dead. His body is…

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Summer Jobs could be very helpful

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By Ashley Anthony Whilst I’ve mentioned quite a bit about volunteerism, one summer activity I have yet to talk about is perhaps the most productive- a summer job. Summer jobs provide an avenue for personal development, including but not being limited to, confidence, ability to work and communicate with others as a part of a team, better time management, and increased professionalism, all whilst allowing you to earn a little money. Now, I understand that spending one’s free time working might not exactly be an appealing concept, and I’m not…

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Chickens…

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…roosting in Charlottesville Your Eyewitness wonders why some are surprised at what played out at Charlottesville, with white nationalists openly marching to protest the removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee. After all, who was Robert E. but the general who led the Confederate troops to defend their “right” to own slaves. The moment you understand that fact, everything should fall into place. Can you imagine folks insisting that Africans should’ve continued being chattel property of whites, and being willing to fight a Civil War to defend that…

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Herstelling man stabbed to death by friend

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– at West Berbice Bar-B-Que event An electrician was in the wee hours of Monday morning stabbed to death by a friend after he intervened in an argument at Number 42 Village, West Coast Berbice. The dead man has been identified as 50-year-old Sylvan Stoll of Plot ‘B’ Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. The suspect, a 32-year-old labourer of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, was arrested and is being questioned. Based on reports received, the now dead man and the suspect along with other persons travelled from Georgetown to attend a Bar-B-Que…

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Ensuring early screenings for Glaucoma

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“I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.” – Leo Durocher, baseball manager By Anu Dev On Friday night, when I looked at our Warriors vs Trinidad Knight Riders game and that umpire missed that straight LBW on Munro (who went on to clobber us over the boundary again and again), I knew exactly how Leo “the lip” Durocher felt, and saw that umpire developing glaucoma? I was fuming! For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been in my “ENT and Ophthalmology” rotation. We didn’t rotate through…

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Aircraft seized at another illegal airstrip in Rupununi

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Almost two weeks after an illegal airstrip was discovered at Santa Fe North Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo); the Police on Sunday evening intercepted an illegal aircraft minutes after it landed. Prior to the discovery of the aircraft, members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have been monitoring events after a foreign aircraft was seen frequenting the Santa Fe area. However, on Sunday evening, Police ranks went to the area and conducted a search during which over a dozen 10-gallon jars were found hidden in the bushes. The party…

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NICIL not “totally” bankrupt – Minister Jordan

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Government has come to the defence of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), stating that although the entity may be performing poorly financially, it is not bankrupt per say, because there are a number of factors influencing its overall performance. This comment was made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan after the CEO of NICIL, Horace James, stated that the entity is now owed millions of dollars by various companies and State agencies and that it was too broke to even go after all of its debtors. “They (NICIL)…

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Wuk pan dem!!

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Satiricus was ecstatic as he hurried over to the Back Street Bar. This was a special time of the year – IT WAS WARRIORS’ TIME!! The fellas’ favourite team – bar none – would be arriving this week for four games, and today was the planning session for the four days they’d be going to the ball game. This was like a campaign, like in that movie on the Dunkirk landing that ended WWII!! “Well chaps, ‘e all come dong pan abee, yuh know,” said Bungi. “Dem bais play all…

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