Month: April 2018

Guyanese man murdered in Brooklyn home

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A Guyanese man residing in New York was found on Tuesday stabbed to death in his Brooklyn apartment. Otis James, 48, was discovered unconscious and bleeding, with stab wounds to his head, face, chest and torso, inside his home on Central Avenue near Cornelia Street in Bushwick, New York at 16:30h Tuesday. James worked as a city bus driver from 2005 to May 2017, when he retired on disability. He was crippled as a result of a gunshot injury he sustained at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara two years ago.…

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Tahir joins the Amazon Warriors

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Imran Tahir will be joining the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Hero Caribbean Premier League; he is looking forward to this new challenge. He is currently playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, and was hugely successful for the Multan Sultans at the Pakistan Super League. Soon he will be appearing for the “It’s very exciting for me and I guess it’s very challenging for me as well. I have been watching CPL on TV for the last couple of years and it looks a very…

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More than two dozen Venezuelans seeking refuge in Region 9

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…. “ without shelter, food, water” – Irfaan Ali More than two dozen Venezuelans were recently discovered camping in the open air under very poor conditions in Lethem, Region Nine. During a visit to Lethem last weekend, Opposition Member of Parliament, and former Government Minister Irfaan Ali, came into contact with the Venezuelans who were seeking refuge in Guyana. In a social media post, Ali said several children were among the 25 persons. “Presently, they are living without any shelter in an open land, with no food, water or sanitary…

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Fake…

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…IDs for voting One of the pluses of the PNC being out of office for 23 years is that it allowed the US “Automatic Declassification Rule on sensitive documents over 25 years old” to kick in. Since he expired 33 years ago, this gives us the opportunity to review Burnham’s schemes to construct his dictatorship with the aid of the Americans. Of course there are exceptions, because of America’s policy not to reveal names of their informants and agents etc. Parts of the records may be redacted – blacked out…

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Computer Literacy Training

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on the cards for Wales Residents A new ICT Hub was recently commissioned at the Wales Community Center located close to the Patentia Secondary and Primary Schools. Wi–fi equipment was previously installed at that Center in 2017 by the eGovernment Project Execution Unit, and students from the two nearby schools have since been able to access the internet utilizing their own laptops, tablets, cell phones, while they waited for the community to convert a part of the community center into an ICT hub. Several desktop computers had been installed on…

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Running out…

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…of (2020) time Basil Williams, Chairman of the PNC – who, not coincidentally, also just happens to be the “losing-est” Attorney General in the history of Guyana – just concluded a “seminar” of SOCU and FIU hirelings by berating them they’d better get some convictions – by any means necessary! While Williams isn’t the brightest bulb in any room – much less one with lawyers! – it’s clear some of his cases thrown out were brought because of his PNC hat. After three years in office, even the die-hard faithful…

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Performance of state-owned entities leaves much to be desired – Gov’t admits

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The Government has admitted that a majority of State-owned entities like the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) were struggling to stay afloat last year in terms of profitability and earnings and a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) would be appointed to head the downsized company. This disclosure was made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was speaking during a recent press conference. Zeroing in on Guyoil, Jordan related that the performance left more to be desired. Guyoil has been without a substantive CEO since Badrie Persaud was fired from the post…

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Defence lawyer requests DPP review charges against Singh, Brassington

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A request has been made to have Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack review the charges filed against former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the Privatisation Unit of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington. The request was made through Defence Attorney Anil Nandlall, who formally wrote to the DPP on Tuesday, April 17. In his letter, Nandlall explained that his clients were charged by information upon oath dated April 12, with three counts of misconduct in public office contrary to common…

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Young Role Models personifying

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The news is abuzz with the exciting announcement that two young Guyanese, Fatima Karim and Ashley Anthony have scored positions in a few of the top-tier universities in the United States. These ‘high flyers’ in education are no strangers to the spotlight; both young ladies recently basked in their successes at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Karim, currently an Upper Sixth form student at Queen’s College and 2016’s top CSEC performer, was able to gain admission into the Princeton and Stanford…

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GuySuCo Board headed by Clive Thomas has no legal status – Nandlall

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Although Government has made it clear that the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) headed by Professor Clive Thomas is the legitimate one, former Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall claimed this Board has no legal status. In fact, Nandlall said the Board headed by Colvin Heath-London which is registered and listed on the Registrar of Companies for the same company should be the legally recognised one. He said any decision taken by the first Board must be viewed as unlawful, illegal and in violation…

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