Month: November 2018

Mothers in Black

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In Guyana, one of the organisations synonymous with raising awareness and calling for the better use of the roadways is the Alicea Foundation or as it is commonly known, “Mothers in Black”. For over two decades, the Foundation has been raising awareness and calling for safer use of the roadways. According to the website, the Alicea Foundation, a not-for -company registered on November 11, 1997, was formed by Denise Dias when her daughter Alicea died. Fuelled by the sudden death of her 17-year-old daughter in August 1996 owing to the…

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Int’l bodies assisting with probe into crash-landed Fly Jamaica

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A number of safety, transportation and regulatory bodies from local and overseas have been included in an investigative team probing the emergency landing of Fly Jamaica flight OJ256 on November 9 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). This is according to Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson, who, during the 99th Sitting of the National Assembly on Monday, revealed that the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is conducting an independent investigation into the incident. “GCAA will be conducting this investigation,” Patterson explained. “As indicated, 128 persons were on board. On…

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Annihilated!!

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Satiricus was devastated as he trundled towards the Back Street Bar. There was only so much punishment a fella can take, he moaned to himself. All night long he’d scoured the news outlets hoping against all odds his leader Nagga Man would be proven right. The first titbit he got wasn’t encouraging: the leader’s own sister, his flesh and blood, had been soundly beaten in the village she and her brother had been born in – by a rank unknown!! “Sato!” yelled Bungi, as he spied Satiricus slouching towards their…

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Cop dies after losing control of car

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Police Constable Cardiss Joseph of the Aroaima Police Outpost in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) was killed on Sunday after he lost control of the motor car he was driving along Company Road, Aroaima, and it toppled several times before coming to a halt. Preliminary investigations revealed that at approximately 12:50h on Sunday, the 33-year-old Joseph, of Lot 43 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was off duty at the time and was driving a friend’s car, PPP 4196, along Company Road in Aroaima when the accident occurred. He was reportedly driving at…

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Whim: A massive rejection of Nagamootoo in his own home village

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Dear Editor, Webster’s Dictionary has chosen TOXIC as the 2018 Word of the Year. Local Government Elections (LGE) 2018 dramatically pronounced the AFC and its leaders TOXIC everywhere in Guyana. Not only did the AFC do badly in the overall LGE 2018, they were toxic even in the towns and villages where their leaders were born and grew up. Nowhere were the results more alarming for the AFC than in Region 6, which had become a sort of bastion for the AFC and is the region, where most of the…

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Political Belly-wuk

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Satiricus was happy he’d made the break with the KFC. As he sauntered towards the Back Street Bar, he was pleased he didn’t have to put up with all the nonsense Nagga Man and Rum Jhaat were going on with much longer. There were no principles, he mused, just naked self-interest guiding them nowadays.” “Like yuh leadah dem ah get belly-wuk!” gloated Bungi as Satiricus sidled into his seat at the Back Street Bar. “Like you forgot I chucked in my membership with the KFC?” smiled Satiricus, as he reached…

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The history of PNC and media intimidation

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Only Guyanese with very short memories or absolutely no knowledge of our post-Independence history would be surprised at the intimidation of journalists at the press conference ostensibly arranged by the APNU (but only PNC officials in attendance) and the AFC at Congress Place last Friday. And this intimidation had to have been planned beforehand, since APNU supporters who thronged the occasion to deliver their insults and heckling had to have been invited and seated by the organisers. They were in full view and earshot of the bevy of the highest…

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Female miner crushed to death as pit caves in at Arakaka

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A woman was killed on Tuesday after a mining pit caved in on her while punting for gold at Arakaka Backdam, North West District. Dead is 44-year-old Eleen Figuera of Two Miles Arakaka, NWD. Based on information received, the now dead woman and others were working in the pit when the mud suddenly caved in and covered her. The others managed to escape with minor bruises. Figuera was subsequently pulled from under the rubble and taken to the Pakera District Hospital, NWD where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her…

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“Roads have stories”

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The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year – to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families, friends and many others who are also affected. It is also a Day on which we thank the emergency services and reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this daily continuing disaster to families, communities and countries, and on ways to halt it. Road deaths and injuries are sudden, violent, traumatic events.…

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STOP the tears; slow down, drive cautiously

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The Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) has been Guyana’s strongest voice when it comes to raising awareness and promoting safe use of the roadways ever since its establishment, and it is constantly trying to make its campaigns more eye-catching. On Thursday, it launched what is being dubbed as the most eye-catching campaign in collaboration with local business partner Impressions, along with the Public Infrastructure Ministry and the Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department. The “Stop the Tears” campaign is geared towards making road users more aware of the suffering the…

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