Month: May 2018

Churaumanie Bissundyal 1950-2018

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By Petamber Persaud In order to get to his Ph. D. investiture ceremony, Churaumanie Bissundyal made an overland trip covering some 700 miles in 11 hours (first leg of a round trip made up of 1400 miles and 22 hours). The trip from New York to Ohio was made in a mini van driven in turns by friends. This is how he described that first leg of the trip which started on a Saturday morning at 1 a.m., ‘At night, sandwiched between opaque, lilac heavens and phosphorescent, galloping road signs,…

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Cops believe piracy attack was part of revenge

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…major probes continue in Guyana and Suriname As investigations continue both in Suriname and in Guyana regarding the recent attacks on fishermen on the high seas in Dutch waters, the Guyana Police Force has confirmed that they have information which placed one of the three suspects being held in Guyana, over in Suriname just days prior to the attacks. This was disclosed at a press conference on Wednesday to brief the local press on the recent visit to the neighbouring country by security officials led by Public Security Minister Khemraj…

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British, American diplomats have been very silent on Cyber Crimes Bill

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Dear Editor, Please allow me to share my thoughts while I am still free to do so! There is no reason for me to outline objections to the monstrous Cyber Crimes Bill of 2106 as presented for passage by the current Administration of Guyana; I think any intelligent person knows that it is intended to suppress any criticism of the Government and its actions as statements in any form that cause “disaffection” will not be allowed. This presumes an ‘affection’ existed which in itself must be legally problematic. We, the…

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First Guyanese for Conversation Leadership in the Caribbean (CLIC) Programme

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Christell Chesney from the Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity (CSBD), University of Guyana (UG), has been selected as a 2017/2018 Conservation Leadership in the Caribbean (CLiC) Fellow. This fully funded and highly competitive selection process yielded candidates from 14 countries and Christell is the first fellow for CLiC from Guyana. “I am extremely honored to be among those participating in this program,” said Christell Chesney. “CLiC will definitely help me to improve my skills in conservation planning and leadership. These particular skills will be used at the CSBD,…

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Perspectives of a young Journalist – Vahnu Manikchand

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Questions: How long have you been a journalist? How did your career unfold? It is now three months shy of seven years since I joined the media. When I was in secondary school, I had a teacher whom I admired a lot and I saw myself being like her when I got older. At the time, she was studying Communications at the University of Guyana and would tell us about her classes from the day before, so I gradually began taking a liking to the idea of Communications. However, about…

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Harmon invites church leaders to engage Govt on national development issues

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Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has urged church leaders to engage the Government on issues concerning Guyana’s development. He made these remarks on the occasion of the Love and Faith World Outreach Ministry’s 30th Anniversary Service, held in the sanctuary of the church at Dennis Street, Turkeyen on Monday. “I ask you to pray for our nation; that we grow from strength to strength and administer truth and justice for all our people… Feel free to engage us, the Government, on issues of good governance, national development, and any other…

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Building a resilient and ‘green economy’

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The local Private Sector and the Government of Guyana must redouble their efforts to ensure that no stone is left unturned in transforming Guyana into a modern and resilient “green economy” that caters to the socioeconomic needs of its citizenry in an environmentally sustainable manner. This is critical because Guyana has unparalleled opportunities for green business development and immense potential to be green business leaders, not followers. It is therefore imperative for the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to be active partners in the effort to realise the immense potential of…

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‘State bullyism, political harassment of the worst kind’

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– Ashni Singh says of charges One day after being released on G$6 million bail each, former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington were called in for questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). On Wednesday, the two former Government officials, accompanied by their lawyers – Anil Nandlall, Mark Waldron and Sase Gunraj – arrived at SOCU’s headquarters in Georgetown at about 09:00h and left some four hours later with SOCU officials. Nandlall told…

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CCJ orders NBS to pay local architectural firm outstanding G$15M

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…for design of head office Local financial institution – New Building Society Ltd (NBS) – was on Friday ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to pay over G$15 million to a local architect for works done on its new head office building located on Avenue of the Republic and North Road, Georgetown. The CCJ discharged a stay of execution that had been granted in a lower court, thus enabling the company, Rodrigues Architects Ltd, to recover the balance of monies due. In 2015, High Court Judge, Justice Rishi…

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ECD road expansion works progressing – MPI

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Expansion works ongoing along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) Public Road are progressing well, according to Head of the Works Services Group (WSG) of the Public Infrastructure Ministry, Geoffrey Vaughn. In recent interview with Guyana Times International, Vaughn explained that the ongoing works are approximately 20 to 21 per cent complete to date. He noted that currently, focus is being placed on the expansion between Better Hope and Beterverwagting (BV). “The contractors are working on the expansion half of the road, as you would realise, on both sides and…

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