2017 – Page 47 – Guyana Times International

GECOM Chair: Dharmic Sabha adds voice in condemning controversial appointment

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha has joined the long list of organisations that have come out and publicly registered condemnation of President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The Dharmic Sabha said it is “disturbed at the unprecedented action” of President Granger in unilaterally appointing 84-year-old Patterson to the post of Chairman of GECOM. The Sabha, in a statement, noted that the Constitution of Guyana, which is its supreme law, prescribes a process for the selection of a GECOM…

World-renowned Vascular Specialist to give free clinic in Guyana

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

The Doobay Medical and Research Centre has announced an executive clinic with Dr Sonia Anand, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University in Canada. The executive clinic, to be held on Saturday, October 28, at the Doobay Medical and Research Centre at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, aims to provide high-level medical consultations to senior business, Government, and other national leaders by one of the world leaders in vascular medicine. Dr Sonia Anand is the Director of the Population Genomics Programme and a vascular medicine specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences…

Surviving Breast Cancer: Stories of Strength and Faith

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Life can sometimes throw us a curve ball, but the will to overcome obstacles can be brought to the surface when we are faced with challenges. This is true of two exemplary women who have fought and beaten breast cancer. Rosaline Clarke Because of her strength, her determination and her positive outlook on life, Rosaline Clarke embodies the spirit of a true cancer warrior and stands as a prime example that breast cancer is no match for a woman like her. Known to most as ‘Ms Rosie’ or ‘Sister Rosie’,…

Antigua PM prematurely revokes tourism minister’s appointment after arrest

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Antigua and Barbuda’s Tourism, Investment and Energy Minister Asot Michael was detained and later released by the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police yesterday, Antigua’s Observer newspaper reported. But before Michael could walk out of the detention centre in London, his prime minister, Gaston Browne, had revoked his appointment as minister. Browne was informed of the detention in Jordan on his way from Montenegro where he led a government delegation to an international conference on citizenship by investment, the newspaper quoted a press statement from the prime minister’s office. “While I have…

Large number of motor vehicles exceeds current road capacity in Guyana – IDB

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

By Jarryl Bryan The rate at which new motor vehicles have been introduced locally has in fact exceeded the capacity of Guyana’s roads to accommodate them. This is according to a recent report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which threw a spotlight on this discrepancy. According to the IDB’s “Reformulation of the road network, upgrade and expansion program” report, this situation is directly contributing to congestion and accidents. “Georgetown faces limited road infrastructure combined with a rapidly growing fleet (of) 100,000 new registered vehicles over the last decade (which)…

The law is not an ass…

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…on GECOM Chair Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo became a lawyer is his old age, and maybe should be excused for deliberately ignoring its nuances. After all, at that age, the choice of such training could’ve only been an expedient decision to burnish his credentials to become President of Guyana. He’d abandoned his position as Minister of Information under Jagan when he made that decision to enter law school as a big, old man! That the very best he achieved under the PNC-led APNU/AFC government was Information Minister — after all…

Elections Jumbie

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus slowly sauntered into the Back Street Bar. The usual steady drone of voices, occasionally punctuated by raucous laughter, was much more animated than normal. After the doldrums of Diwali, Prezzie’s audacious appointment had loosened up tongues even more effectively than the regular flow of spirituous substances. “Suh, Sato me fr’en, tell abee wha guh laang, na?” said Bungi as Satiricus started on his first beer. “Don’t you fellas read the papers?” Satiricus replied a bit gruffly. “But we want the inside scoop, man,” said Hari. “From your newspaper sources…

The Asylum Journal of British Guiana

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

At the time of emancipation, public health services in the Caribbean were all but non-existent. Many of the larger sugar estates made some provision for the care of the sick (it was in the planters’ interest to keep their slaves fit and healthy), but medical expertise was in short supply and when the estates closed there was little to take their place. The passing of the Public Health Act in Britain in 1848, however, made health the concern of the state, and this sea change was reflected in the Caribbean…

Chris Ram, Joe Singh resignations seen as massive blow to Granger Administration

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Attorney-at-Law, eminent Chartered Accountant and vocal social activist Christopher Ram has resigned from his position on Government’s negotiating team for the establishment of a Law School in Guyana. The move by Ram comes a day after another distinguished Guyanese, Major General (rtd) Joseph Singh also resigned from all of his Government posts. Both resignations are being viewed as a massive blow to the Granger Administration as pressure continues to mount over the President’s unilateral appointment of Justice (rtd) James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Major General…

Prominent lawyer, eyewitness being investigated for perjury

October 27, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Less than two weeks after a New York Judge ruled that murder accused and high-profile suspect Marcus Bisram be extradited to Guyana, a prominent lawyer who was a magistrate and an eyewitness are being investigated for perjury. It is expected that charges will be laid against them in the coming days. Police confirmed that the lawyer was detained on Sunday afternoon, sometime after a witness in the case, a young man, had also been arrested. Guyana Times International understands that this young man had approached another witness in the investigation…