A two-day-old baby is now dead after falling from a hammock in which his mother was rocking him to sleep. Dead is Lance Douglas of Murabisi Creek, Mouth Island, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Reports are that on Saturday at about 05:30h, the baby’s mother, 29-year-old Vinese Sutton, gave birth to her bouncing baby boy at their Issano home. The following day (Sunday) about 17:00h, she tied a hammock inside of their house, placed her one-day-old son inside, and began rocking the hammock in an attempt to put…
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As pressure mounts…
GECOM Chair likely to change position on uncollected IDs Following mounting pressure from the Political Opposition, business community and civil society, Chairman the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM), Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh is likely to change her position on a controversial decision to strike off persons from the voters’ list who have not collected their National Identification Cards since 2008. A source told this newspaper that GECOM will have to put systems in place to allow persons who have not collected their ID cards to vote on elections day provided they…
Read More‘Sugar sector needed transitional help, not closure’ – Jagdeo tells Diaspora in Canada
Instead of closing sugar estates and creating an economic and social vacuum, a fact-based approach that included impact studies should have been pursued by the Government. This is according to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, on the campaign trail in Canada. Jagdeo was at the time addressing members of the Association of Concerned Guyanese at a dinner in Toronto, Canada. He acknowledged that sugar needed transitional help but indicated that the Government’s approach was anything but transitional. General elections are due on March 2, 2020. While…
Read MoreRamjattan’s PM candidacy in limbo
…as Granger insists ‘I will choose PM candidate’ Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – the majority party in the coalition government, David Granger, has stated that he will be deciding on a Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate who can deliver the best results at March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections. Over the past weeks, APNU and AFC have been reviewing the Cummingsburg Accord – the agreement they signed to coalesce for the 2015 elections, which eventually got them into office. However, those talks have hit a…
Read MoreGuyanese man who admitted to carrying cocaine-laden suitcases to settle old debt remanded to US prison
A 51-year-old man who admitted to United States Drug Enforcement Agents that he carried cocaine-laden suitcases as debt repayment has been slapped with drug trafficking charges and remanded to a US prison. Orwin Harry was busted at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport on October 27, 2019, with drugs just after he arrived on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Guyana. Reports are the 51-year-old man was carrying two pieces of luggage upon arrival in New York. A search was conducted and the cocaine was found concealed in false walls of…
Read MoreGuyana Police Force gets 86 new recruits
The Guyana Police Force last week enlisted 86 new recruits following an eight-month training programme at the Felix Austin Police Training College. Police Commissioner Leslie James welcomed the new recruits during the passing out parade at the Tactical Services Unit Drill Square at Eve Leary, Georgetown. During his charge to the graduating ranks, the Police Commissioner reminded of their duties to Guyana and its citizens, as they have been selected and laded with the responsibility to protect those who require same, metaphorically as guardian angels. “You are reminded that the…
Read MoreH2H data emerged from ‘a series of poisonous events’
Dear Editor, Data gathered during the truncated House-to-House exercise is poisonous. It is derived from a sequence of poisoned events beginning with the illegal unilateral appointment of Justice James Patterson (Retired) by President David Granger; then Patterson authorised the H2H exercise with the full understanding that a constitutionally mandated election was overdue by 82 days when he reputedly signed the order on June 11, 2019, and that he (Patterson) was facing a decision on the legality of his appointment on June 18, 2019. The H2H data is itself improperly gathered,…
Read MoreSHEA: Restoring hope to families
…New York-based humanitarian organization saving lives “Saving Hands Emergency Aid” (SHEA), a non-profit humanitarian organization, held their latest fundraiser titled, “An Evening with SHEA 2019,” recently in Richmond Hill, New York. It was a well-attended event. Nicholas Singh sat down with Lori Narine; the founder of SHEA for an interview. During the interview, Ms. Narine related that before SHEA was officially formed, she became concerned “by the lack of medical services in Guyana and by seeing families pleading for help for their loved ones.” Ms. Narine recalled multiple occasions when…
Read MoreChandradatt Jagdeo tells his story of being bullied after coming out gay
By Lakhram Bhagirat Knowing that you are different from everyone else can be one of the most intimidatingly beautiful things to happen to someone. However, being different can also lead to isolation and feelings of dejection. So when Chandradatt Jagdeo realised that he was different from most of the males around him, he began a process of self-isolation. He never interacted with anyone beyond what was necessary. He kept himself glued to the television set watching shows about embracing the diversity. It would be safe to say that at age…
Read More‘Sugar sector needed transitional help, not closure’ – Jagdeo tells Diaspora in Canada
Instead of closing sugar estates and creating an economic and social vacuum, a fact-based approach that included impact studies should have been pursued by the Government. This is according to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, on the campaign trail in Canada. Jagdeo was at the time addressing members of the Association of Concerned Guyanese at a dinner in Toronto, Canada. He acknowledged that sugar needed transitional help but indicated that the Government’s approach was anything but transitional. General elections are due on March 2, 2020. While…
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