Nalisa McKenzie, a mother of two, decided to risk everything she owned on Monday evening when she intentionally set her Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home ablaze following an argument with her brother. This publication visited the scene on Tuesday and spoke to McKenzie’s relatives who explained what transpired. Dianne Johnson, the woman’s cousin’s stated that McKenzie had an argument with her brother with whom she and her two children shared the home. But while Johnson is unsure of what caused the argument, she added that around 23:30h, the…
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Berbice man found guilty of raping 8-yr-old seeks to set aside 25-year jail term
A West Coast Berbice (WCB) man, who was found guilty of having carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl in 2014 and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment by Justice Navendra Singh has moved to the Court of Appeal to have his conviction set aside. Talbert McPherson, 42, of Hopetown, was found guilty of raping and sodomising the child between August 12 and 13, 2009, at Number 30 Village, WCB. The matter was called before Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards, with Justices of Appeal Rishi Persaud and Dawn Gregory, who commenced…
Read More‘I want justice for my son’
– says mother of man who died after being beaten during wedding house robbery A 26-year-old man is now dead after he attempted to fight off bandits who invaded his cousin’s wedding celebration on Saturday night. Dead is Rudendra Persaud of Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Reports are that Persaud was at his cousin’s wedding celebration at Nonpareil also on the ECD when bandits invaded the celebrations around 22:30h. Speaking with Guyana Times International on Monday, Persaud’s mother, Geeta Boodram related she had heard that there was a robbery at…
Read MoreA “centre force”
Now that Nomination Day has come and gone, after all the buzz about the need for a “third force” to deny both the PPP and PNC a majority and use their strategic few seats like jujitsu in the National Assembly to steer development in a non-partisan direction, the opportunity was allowed to slip away. There will now be eleven small parties to contest the elections of March 2 against the PPP/C and APNU/AFC. Frankly, I was not surprised at this outcome. Early in 2005, we had written: “ROAR believes it…
Read MoreUrgent steps needed to save Region 6 rice industry – Armogan
Rice is under threat in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) if immediate measures not taken to provide water to farmers who operate in the 52-74 area and on the front lands along the Corentyne coast. Regional Chairman David Armogan is blaming the Regional Executive Officer, Kim Williams-Stephens, for refusing to assist farmers even after President David Granger reached out to them. Since November last year, the Region Six administration has been experiencing difficulty in terms of having enough money to purchase fuel for the pumps at Manarabisi and Black Bush Polder.…
Read MoreHolder bowing out
…says making way for ‘younger blood’ Admitting that the current batch of Ministers is perhaps the “oldest” to ever govern the country, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder said it is time he retires from politics to allow the younger generation to take over – something he believes his colleagues should also do. “At 74, it’s time I give way to young people,” he told Guyana Times International during an exclusive interview on Monday. Holder, whose wife, the late Sheila Holder – along with others – founded the Alliance For Change (AFC),…
Read MoreMother of 12-yr-old girl who died mysteriously in hammock calls for 2nd autopsy
The parents of a 12-year-old girl who died as a result of asphyxiation due to bronchoaspiration of gastric content are calling for a second autopsy. This call was made as the funeral of Ashley Ayanna Agard of Lansdale Village, East Bank Berbice, was postponed to facilitate the second autopsy. On January 6, Agard’s body was discovered lying motionless shortly after she was rocking in a hammock. According to the police, the Vryman’s Ervin Secondary School student who did not attend school on the first day of school was found in…
Read MoreGuyana’s first LGBTQ+ place of worship launched
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+ (LGBTQ+) community has not traditionally been welcomed into churches with open arms and has continued to experience discrimination at its highest that negatively impacts all aspects of their lives. But the Hope of Christ Anglican Church has become the first church in Guyana to include LGBTQ+ persons in its congregation. The all-inclusive church, which holds services at Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Duncan Street, Georgetown every first and third Sunday of each month at 10:00h, is aiming to provide a place of…
Read MoreAli outlines vision to transform Berbice
…promises more jobs, deep-water harbour People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate, Dr Irfaan Ali guaranteed the residents of the East Berbice-Corentyne region a deep-water harbour if he becomes President following the March 2 General and Regional Elections. Ali was at the time speaking at the party’s second rally held at Albion on Sunday which saw a massive crowd gathered to listen to their leaders as the party continues its campaign to win the Government. The crowd reportedly stretched along the Albion Public Road as far as Williamsburg and was described…
Read MoreCandid…
…race talk One of the challenges we have in Guyanese politics is that while everybody knows voting is driven by “race”, there’s still a significant number of folks who don’t think we should talk about it in the public sphere. Your Eyewitness would give these presumably well-minded people the benefit of the doubt that they’re not just sticking their heads in their posterior aperture. They seem to believe if you talk about race, it’ll “inflame” passions and matters may get out of hand – especially during the combustible elections period.…
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