2018 – Page 33 – Guyana Times International

NY-based Sunita Travel Agency donates sports gear to Lima Sands Primary

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

After donating motorized scooters to two deserving Guyanese last year, Sunita Travel Agency, Inc., recently handed over an assorted sports kit to Lima Sands Primary School, five miles aback of the township of Anna Regina, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). “On behalf of the students, teachers and community we would like to thank Sunita Travel Agency of New York and Patrick Mahase family who made this very generous donation to our school. We would like you to know that this will go a long way towards our physical education program,” said Headmistress…

Govt’s focus on ‘plantain chips and cook-up rice entrepreneurs’ misplaced – Jagdeo

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his disappointment in the current Administration’s approached to job creation – which on the campaign trail leading up to the 2015 General and Regional Elections had said it will be creating employment for young people. The Opposition Leader’s expression of disappointment was made while addressing hundreds at meeting at Rose Hall, Berbice over the weekend. He said while President David Granger has been encouraging youth to become plantain chips and cook up rice entrepreneurs, this is not what many young people would have envisaged…

Tiger, Tiger burning bright

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus was pleased. He was tired of the politics which dominated the newspapers, including the one where he worked. Here was a piece of news that gladdened his heart – that his favourite cricketer had received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the West Indies. He hurried over to the Back Street Bar to share his joy. “Let’s drink to DOCTOR Chandrapaul, fellas!” Satiricus said, as he grabbed his beer. “Hear! Hear!” said Hari, as they all clinked their bottles. “At long last he’s being recognised by…

Still no solution over proposed increase in Berbice Bridge tolls

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Despite the intervention of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), who sought to bring Finance Minister Winston Jordan to the table with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) to discuss impending toll increases, these overtures have been snubbed. This is according to Vice Chairman of the BBCI, Paul Cheong, who in a statement on Tuesday took sections of the media to task for misrepresenting the facts of the company. For one, the Bridge Company outlined that there is no majority shareholder but rather, six investors have either 20 or 10 per…

G$280M green-lighted for CJIA as expansion project winds down

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Additional funding was approved, in the 98th Sitting of the National Assembly, for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project. According to DPI, more than G$280M was green-lighted to facilitate payment for consultancy service on the project due to the delays in the construction contract. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson assured the National Assembly that the expansion project is still on schedule to be completed by December 31. In 2011, the PPP administration; in government at that time, and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) inked a US$150M contract…

Justice and fairness are key elements of compassion

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Human nature is invariably flawed with envy, greed, jealousy, and sometimes cruel instincts, yet even in the worst of us, there is the attribute of compassion. The attribute of compassion may vary. However, its underlying nature remains the same- to do good. Large attributes and mercurial fragments encompass empathy, kindness and action. In whatever form or matter, compassion is within each of us. Compassion is often aligned with the indefinable soul. The villains of compassion are hate, which is a permanent imbalance of the brain -or a disease-,…

GuySuCo divestment for early 2019 – Jordan

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…though PwC valuation report still to be made public Though a report on the valuation of the assets of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has not yet been released, Government is optimistic that the divestment process can begin in a matter of months. In a sit down with the media after signing a loan agreement on Friday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan was asked for an update on the divestment process. In his response, he noted that Government is optimistic of starting in the first half of 2019, a fact expressed…

Another Lusignan Prison escapee recaptured

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Another of the three remanded prisoners who escaped the Lusignan Prison, Holding Bay facility by scaling the fence on October 15, was on Thursday recaptured by residents on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD). 29-year-old, Dextroy Pollard originally of Wales Village, WBD was recaptured sometime around 14:00h and handed over to the Police. Pollard was on remand facing a break and enter and larceny charge. He is the second of the three escapees to be recaptured as Travis Evan, who was on remand for murder was found hiding out in…

GECOM: Institution versus structure

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The contretemps over the operations of the electoral institution, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) during the past year illustrate very vividly one of the major challenges posed in political science – the gap between institutions and practices. One of the constants of political life is that well-meaning individuals are always proposing new institutions to “solve” challenges in their polities. For instance, one recurring proposed institution in Guyana that has been proposed under several guised to address the ethnic polarisation is “shared governance”. Before that, there was the call for “inclusive…

” I am surprised by the level of Indian-ness in Guyana” – KV Eapen

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Though a report on the valuation of the assets of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has not yet been released, Government is optimistic that the divestment process can begin in a matter of months. In a sit down with the media after signing a loan agreement on Friday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan was asked for an update on the divestment process. In his response, he noted that Government is optimistic of starting in the first half of 2019, a fact expressed by President David Granger. “We expect by the first…