A 31-year-old Guyanese miner is now nursing gunshot wounds after being shot twice by a Venezuelan, to whom he owed money. Injured is Teon Moffatt of Haslington Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Reports are the incident occurred at Arau Mountain top, Wenamu River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Tuesday about 17:00h. Guyana Times International was told that Moffatt was heading to his camp when the suspect approached him and blocked his path. According to reports, the Venezuelan man demanded raw gold equivalent to G$15,000, which Moffatt allegedly owed him. However, Moffat…
Read MoreMonth: May 2019
Journey to Highbury
An Indentured Immigrant’s first Home Two hundred and fifty labourers had sailed from Kolkata (then Calcutta) India on The Whitby to arrive in British Guiana on May 5, 1838. Four died along the 96-day journey. Highbury, their first point of entry, is a small village at the culmination of an annual trek by those commemorating the arrival of East Indians in Guyana. According to some accounts, many of those who returned to India after their indentureship period at Highbury had ended, returned with substantial wealth; paving the way for the…
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Arrival Day celebrates contribution of all races – Granger
Arrival Day was commemorated on Sunday with the unveiling of the long awaited $160 million Palmyra Monument in a ceremony wherein President David Granger saluted not only the arrival of East Indian migrants, but the arrival of all races to Guyana. At that commissioning ceremony, attended by Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, HE Venkatachalam Mahalingam, Granger hailed the diversity of Berbice, and the contributions of all races to the development of Guyana. “Arrival Day celebrates the contributions of all of our peoples – Amerindians, Africans, Asians and Europeans. Our nation…
Read MoreMove to honour convicted terrorist has stained Guyana’s image
Dear Editor, APNU/AFC’s motion in Guyana’s Parliament honouring Abdul Kadir — a man convicted of conspiracy for terrorism against America — was severely, rightfully and broadly blasted in and out of Guyana. The Guyanese people’s position to APNU/AFC is, “Speak for yourself”, not for the people of Guyana. The Opposition PPP has distanced itself from the Parliamentary motion. The Private Sector Commission and other organisations have chastised APNU/AFC for passing the motion praising Kadir for being a “great man”. The letter columns and social media postings have been dominated by…
Read MoreUS Ambassador’s vehicle involved in accident
The vehicle of US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, was involved in an accident at Lamaha Street, Georgetown on Sunday morning, but the ambassador was not in the vehicle at the time. Guyana Times International was told that the ambassador’s driver and a security officer were the only occupants of the vehicle at time of the accident. There are no reports of serious injuries being sustained by anyone involved in that accident.
Read MoreRam calls for full probe following Adams-Yearwood’s reassignment
Political commentator Christopher Ram is of the firm belief that a full probe should have been ordered into the former Housing Minister, Valerie Adams-Yearwood, who was stripped of her responsibility of the housing sector following revelations that her husband received Government contracts. Ram in an invited comment told Guyana Times International, “I think that the Government is playing musical chairs but that has been the style and mode of operation for this Government”. He was at the time making reference to the fact that a number of Ministers have been…
Read MoreTransformational projects
The Government continues to bask as it slowly completes a few projects which were envisaged and commenced by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration just prior to the May 2015 General Elections. Despite serious accusations of not delivering the initial intended expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), the Government takes credit for the new structure now in place as it has done with the Indian Arrival Monument. Nothing is wrong with this or any Government continuing developmental projects and policies started by its predecessor. Since benefits are intended…
Read More23 young people given entrepreneurial boost with G$7M grant
Twenty-three young people from across five communities will soon have their businesses up and running after completing an entrepreneurial training programme. The budding entrepreneurs will receive either G$310,000 (US$1,500) from the Small Business Bureau to kick start their businesses, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI). The young people who hailed from Albouystown, Sophia, La Penitence, Mocha and North and South Ruimveldt communities, participated in a 12-week training programme which falls under the first component of the Citizens Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) piloted by the Ministry of Public Security.…
Read MoreAccelerate petroleum review law – EITI urges
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) has recommended that with first oil approaching rapidly, the Government needs to step up its review of existing legislation dealing with the oil and gas sector. This is contained in the organisation’s first report on Guyana, which was recently released. There, it noted the need for a review of legislation such as the Petroleum and Exploration Regulations (1986), to equip Government to better regulate the sector. “The Government of Guyana is currently undertaking several reforms in the preparation for the emerging oil and gas…
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