Year: 2017

NY East Canje Reunion honours top NGSA students

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The NY East Canje Reunion of the USA recently honoured the top performers of the six primary schools in the East Canje area. The ten-year-old organisation, for the sixth time, is providing financial support for the top students. This year the group went one step further by recognising the top four students from each school as against the top three as was done in previous years. At a simple, but significant ceremony held recently at the Rose Hall Estate Training Building, cash incentives totaling US$2,925 was distributed among the twenty…

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Mother of 2 gets G$150,000 bail for dousing ex-lover with acid

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A mother of two was on Wednesday made to stand before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after she allegedly doused her ex-lover with acid when she found him in bed with another woman. Lisa Fraser of Lot 241 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, made her appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was not allowed to plea to the indictable charge of attempted murder. The charge stated that on September 2, 2017, at Ruimveldt, Georgetown, she unlawfully and maliciously wounded Kellon Hinds with intent to murder him. Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore told…

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Congratulations to West Indies

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Congratulations to the West Indies cricket team for a magnificent win over England at Edgbaston. According to some renowned cricket analysts when all the circumstances were taken into considerations the success can be classified as the greatest-ever comeback victory. As we jubiliate, we must remember that all was not well with the performance of our team. In England’s second innings, we dropped seven catches; We allowed their tail to wag like a ferocious English bulldog on the loose, while over the years our tail appears to start from deep in…

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Enough of this charade from Minister Bulkan

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Dear Editor, In any society, following the rule of law is always the optimal course of action to take. However, this concept seems alien to Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan, when it comes to the establishment of the Local Government Commission. Article 78A of our Constitution makes provision for the coming into being of such a Commission, something the Minister in 2017 appears very resistant to. If you observe his public utterance in 2012, it is clear as day and night that he was singing a different tune then. In 2012,…

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Delay in hearing elections petition could undermine Guyana’s democracy

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Dear Editor, I have noted the decision of the Kenyan High Court in relation to the recently held presidential elections in that country. The Court pronounced the elections null and void. The Court came to that decision because of the many irregularities that were found. The Parties would go to the poll in two months’ time. This is a historic decision and it spells well for democracy, not only in Kenya, but in Africa and the world. It is apposite to note that the reasons for pronouncing the elections null…

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Guyana should learn from experiences of Texas and Louisiana and adequately prepare for flooding

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Dear Editor, The disaster caused by the tropical storms in Texas and Louisiana — seen on TV — should be a wake-up call for the Government of Guyana to immediately begin planning and preparing for annual flooding, which affects our country. We should learn from the Texas disaster as indeed from the many disasters that struck Guyana in the recent past. Guyana has been devastated by intense rainfall at various times during the year and over the last couple of decades. May we be reminded of the recent intense flooding…

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Guyanese must demand local content input at every stage – oil expert

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Foreign oil companies are not doing Guyanese a favour by fronting the capital required for the exploration and development of its oil resource since the commodity is in fact natural patrimony and the monies will be repaid with interest by this nation. As such, Guyanese have a right to demand that local content is protected and fully exploited even in the early stages of development through monies initially being fronted by, in this case, US Oil Giant Exxon Mobil, currently gearing for production by 2020. This is the view of…

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Reasons why the Parking Meters Project should be rejected

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The controversial parking meter project is once again in the spotlight, as the report on that issue done by the Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) had been published. The M&CC is now expected to deliberate on the content of the report, and make a decision on the way forward based on the various options provided by the Committee, taking into account its contractual obligations and so on. So far, the M&CC seems to be shying away from tackling the issue frontally, as it has…

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Retracting the promised bridge

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The Demerara Harbour Bridge is conceded by all to have long exceeded its promised life after it was thrown across the Demerara River in 1978. Sections of the purported “longest floating bridge in the world” were floating down the river long before the People’s National Congress Government demitted office in 1992 and in the 25 years since, it was only a rigorous and continuous retrofitting and maintenance schedule by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government and its new successor, has kept it afloat. In the meantime, commercial activity on both…

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Conman gets 9 years jail for several counts of fraud

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A conman, who was recently released from prison, and who clearly did not learn his lesson, will have the next nine years to rethink his approach after Magistrate Judy Lathcman sent him to jail on several fraud charges. Troy Webster, 37, initially pleaded guilty with explanations to the six charges read to him but later confessed. The charges against him allege that between August 17 and 21, 2017, at Georgetown and with intent to defraud, he obtained from Lisa Prince, Tamara Summerset, Marissa Williams, Kenisha Boyce, Nekeisha Haynes and Anesia…

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