January 2019 – Page 5 – Guyana Times International

Post-Glentanner: The Novels of Jan Lowe Shinebourne

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Although the main characters in her five novels are of Chinese ancestry, Jan Lowe Shinebourne, is writing about a Guyanese reality, a Guyanese experience/evolution, a Guyanese sensibility of race and class conflicts, miscegenation, internal and external migration not unlike Roy Heath’s treatment of the urban black reality, not unlike Christopher Nicole’s treatment of the elite white reality, not unlike Sasenarine Persaud’s treatment of the Indian reality, or not unlike Basil Rodrigues’ treatment of the Indigenous sensibility, the ancestors of those peopling our literature having all come to this land by…

Allison Butters-Grant remembered as a patriot after losing battle to cancer

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

The name Allison Butters-Grant is synonymous with the saying “Guyanese to the bone.” She was one of Guyana’s most patriotic citizens and though she lived abroad for most of her adult life, she never forgot Guyana. Much of the Guyanese population was shocked on January 13 when they heard the news that Butters-Grant lost her battle with cancer. Butters-Grant was the President and Chief Executive officer of Global Seafood Distributors and died on January 13, 2019 in New Jersey after a brief battle with cancer. Butters-Grant was a larger-than-life figure,…

Irfaan Ali has tremendous leadership qualities and would be a successful President

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Leadership is one of the first characteristics that people think of when they consider the role of a presidential candidate. It is evident that voters within the central committee of the PPP used leadership as the most important factor in choosing a presidential candidate and of course the popularity of the candidate among the central committee is highly dependent in influencing the outcome of the presidential candidate. The PPP in choosing Irfaan Ali as their presidential candidate has indeed elevated a leader from among various other leaders. While…

Teen who died in Essequibo Coast accident provided for family – mother

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

An Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast family is mourning the death of their 19-year-old family member, who was struck down and killed on Friday evening. Rajendra Anauge, called “Vijay”, of Section B Onderneeming, was killed about 18:40h on the Onderneeming Public Road after he was struck by a speeding motor car. The driver, a teacher, was allegedly drunk. At the young man’s home on Saturday morning, his family was in a state of shock as they continue to come to grips with the fact that he is dead. Relatives, neighbours and friends…

Bus conductor granted bail on rape charges

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Tuesday granted a 37-year-old bus conductor bail after he was charged for raping a child under the age of 16 on two separate occasions. The accused, Handikuma Bakker of Pearl, East Bank Demerara (EDB), was not required to plead to the indictable charges. The first charge detailed that between May 1, 2018, and May 31, 2018, in Georgetown, he had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old. Another charge stated that between June 1, 2018, and June 31, 2018, in Mahdia, Region Eight, he engaged in…

ECD man in ICU after spending 3 days in Police lock-ups

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

…family calls for probe The family of 39-year-old Kalicharran Sawak of Lot Three La Bonne Intention (LBI) on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) is calling for some answers, after he was taken into Police custody last week and later placed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) without their knowledge. Sawak was arrested by Police Thursday last after he reportedly broke a window at his mother’s house and used indecent language towards family members. He was taken to the Beterverwagting Police Station and then transferred to the Sparendaam Police Station.…

HIV prevention response inadequate in key populations – PANCAP

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) recently conducted research in the Region, which found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention response is inadequate in key populations. According to the PANCAP Coordinating Unit, the Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC), the technical group of the PANCAP Executive Board, commissioned an evaluation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS (CRSF) between 2014 and 2018. This Committee bears the responsibility of coordinating and overseeing the implementation of operational plans for the CRSF. “The evaluation found that while the Caribbean…

Voir dire continues for defendants “Smallie”, “Catty”

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

The High Court in Georgetown was the scene of continued heavy security on Monday as the murder trial involving defendants Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie”, along with Sherwin Nero, also known as “Catty”, continued. However, it was a voir dire (trial within a trial), which means that what transpired cannot be publicly disclosed as it may be prejudicial for the ears of the 12-member jury that was empanelled earlier this month when the Demerara Criminal Assizes got underway. The two men stand accused of the August 30, 2007 murder of…

The basis…

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

…corruption It’s rather rich for the PNC types to tag the PPP as being irredeemably corrupt when in only three years there have been more acknowledged instances of corruption than in the entire 23 years of the PPP regime. Sure the PPP had instances of corruption – that’s inevitable any government not made up of angels. But if the PPP ACTUALLY were so corrupt, how come there hasn’t been a SINGLE conviction in three years? And it hasn’t been for lack of trying!! There were the FIFTY forensic audits; there…

The Caner Institute of Guyana – helping to raise cancer awareness

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 TIMES INT'L

The Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) is a non-profit organisation that has been in operation since 2006 as a result of a project between the Health Ministry and Global Imaging Services Inc. The Institute is touted as a one-stop centre for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of all types of cancer prevalent in Guyana. The mission of the CIG is to provide evaluation; radiation treatment at a subsidised cost; follow-up services for patients with malignant and certain benign diseases which are performed in accordance with standards of the Health Ministry and…