Dear Editor, Mr Basil Williams has reportedly told the press that “the Leader of the Opposition has been saying that he is not interested, but of course he is free to say whatever he likes in Church Street or on the streets of Georgetown or on the streets of Guyana…the real test is when Parliament resumes and the matter is called, he must go there and say that he is not complying with the Constitution”. Firstly, for Mr Williams’ information, Guyana does not have a Leader of the Opposition since…
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Diamond man committed to stand trial for murder of overseas-based Guyanese
Wayne Anthony Chester, called “Sharky”, of 236 Section C, Block Y, Diamond Housing Scheme, was on Wednesday committed to stand trial at the Demerara High Court for the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore at Craig Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Chester, 24, was on trial before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. When the matter was called, the Magistrate ruled that sufficient evidence has been presented before the court to establish a prima facie case against Chester. The charge alleged that on December 20, 2017, at Craig, EBD,…
Read MoreA teacher tells of her love for teaching
By Utama Bell The Nursery level is believed to be the ‘foundation level’, which sets the pace for student learning and future academic achievements. This is the main reason why Nursery school teacher Kim Fung takes her job so seriously. Miss Fung, of Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) has been in the teaching profession for almost 10 years and is presently attached to the South Amelia’s Ward Nursery School. She attended the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and is currently a final year student at the University of…
Read MoreWorld Poetry Day a la Guyana
World Poetry Day was originally celebrated on the third Saturday in October and then October 15 was earmarked as it coincided with birthday of Virgil, the Roman epic poet and poet laureate under Augustus. However, in 1999 UNECSO declared March 21 as World Poetry Day, a day which is now also used in Guyana. Would that World Poetry Day had remained in October for my database shows that there are more than ten Guyanese poetry writers born during this month. It is useful to know that this article is another…
Read MorePPP gives snippet of plans for education sector
As the People’s Progressive Party continues to roll out its manifesto ahead of next year’s General and Regional Elections, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed a “three primary objectives” strategy for the country’s education sector. Jagdeo said at his weekly press conference said that these three objectives are: to have universal access at every level from nursery to university; to improve quality at every level, and preparing young people for the labour market. The intention, he noted, is to reorient the programmes at the tertiary and technical vocational levels so…
Read MoreSir Ragu’s failures made him work harder to become a teacher
By Mohanlall Suelall Someone once said that failure is not a permanent experience and that one should rise above it and choose to be better than they were since changing and growing are what make you win. Perhaps it was that very saying and his refusal to accept that failure was there to stay, that drove Sir Raghunauth Doodnauth to the pinnacle of success today. Coming from a single-parent home where household chores coupled with little or no access to financial resources meant limited studying time for Sir Raghunauth. It…
Read MoreMother of US-based murder accused lead defence
The mother of US-based Guyanese and murder accused Marcus Bisram and her co-accused on Tuesday lead their defence in relation to the matter in which both women were charged for offering a detective G$4 million for him to suppress evidence against Bisram. Sharmilla Inderjali, of Number 72 Village, Corentyne, Berbice and Maryanna Lionel, a relative of one of Bisram’s alleged accomplices, who are currently out on G$3 million bail appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and give unsworn statements when the matter was called on Tuesday. During her testimony, Inderjali maintained…
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…from Granger After his foray into Linden last week, Granger took his show to Berbice – the Corentyne more precisely. At Linden, he’d announced “We are born to rule Guyana”, which unleashed a slew of speculation about who exactly was “we”! Was it only PNC members since he was addressing a PNC rally? This would’ve dovetailed with PNC Chairman Volda Lawrence, who’d unabashedly announced that all her friends were PNC and they’d be the ones she’d hire! He’d assured his Linden audience they were principled folks, unlike “Charrandas (the “Judas”)…
Read MorePNC and the trust deficit
Few Guyanese would disagree in principle with the proposition that, if the PPP and PNC could arrive at a modus vivendi on the sharing of authority over the state, especially with oil in the offing, the “good life” might be achieved less problematically. But that is “in principle”. In reality, proposals for “power sharing” in one form or another have been floating around for decades, but, as we know to our cost, the two parties that represent the two major groups are no closer than ever to achieving that goal.…
Read MoreKitty man lands in Court for smashing lover’s car windows
A man who damaged his lover’s car windows appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he was arraigned for the offence. Twenty-four-year-old Terence Thomas of Lamaha Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly and pleaded guilty to the charge. The charge stated that on October 8, 2019, at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, he maliciously damaged six windows of a motor vehicle belonging to Quincy McEwan. Police Prosecutor Christopher Morris stated that on the day in question, the men were in the vicinity of Survival Supermarket when they…
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