January 2020 – Page 3 – Guyana Times International

“I always wanted to become a teacher” – Keanu Thomas

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

By Lakhram Bhagirat At the end of the day, the feeling of achieving our goals is one that becomes indescribable. The feeling of mere satisfaction every time we are confronted with the results of our hard work and sacrifices is one which becomes incomparable. For the past four plus years, Keanu Thomas has been living his dreams every day that he steps into his classroom. The question of a person’s intended career is one that comes up every so often, even after one has settled into a particular field. For…

MoPH to commence coronavirus detection training

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

The Public Health Ministry is putting measures in place to prevent any outbreak of the coronavirus in Guyana. This is according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle. The coronavirus outbreak started in Wuhan, China, late last year and would have infected thousands to date. Speaking with Guyana Times, Dr Gordon-Boyle said the country’s port health officials have been alerted and are sensitised as to how to detect “signs and symptoms” of the malady. As such, a screening tool and a questionnaire will be used to gather information…

ExxonMobil makes another discover, takes Guyana to 8 billion barrels recoverable

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

With a 16th discovery offshore Guyana, US oil giant ExxonMobil has boosted its estimated recoverable resource base to more than eight billion oil-equivalent barrels. Northeast of the producing Liza field lies the Uaru exploration well, the company’s latest discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. In its announcement on Monday, the supermajor revealed that the well, its first for the year 2020, encountered approximately 94 feet of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. Uaru, drilled in 6342 feet (1933 metres) of water, is located approximately 10 miles (16 kilometres) Northeast of the…

Thousands sign petition calling for end of GTT monopoly

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Ending the telecommunications monopoly was one of the David Granger-led Administration’s earliest promises when the APNU/AFC Government took office. However, five years later, the monopoly has not budged and Digicel is putting pressure on the Government to do so. A petition has been started calling on the Government to end the monopoly, which grants the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), a virtual monopoly on services. “Not only is the #LiberalisationNOW Change.org petition racking up new signatures daily, the accompanying campaign video on YouTube has gained over 52,000 views and…

Teaching takes patience, dedication and commitment

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

We quite often take our teachers for granted because of the fact that they are always there for us. It is because they would rush to help us whenever we need it and they nurture us the way our parents do. Some teachers would go the extra mile to ensure that we have the necessary tools required to make us the best at everything we do. Quite often we do not appreciate everything a teacher does for us because most of the times they never let us in. They never…

APNU/AFC unable to campaign on achievement

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, It is a massive disappointment to listen to the incumbent APNU/AFC unable to campaign based on its achievement despite being in Government since May 2015. It should have been an easy walkover for them but the fact is, they have little to show for their tenure in Government, except an accelerating decline in our social and economic life due mainly to poor monetary and fiscal policies, wasteful spending, astronomical and unprecedented levels of corruption and blatant violations of our Constitution. Our declining standard of living resulted from over…

3-year-old leukaemia patient to receive overseas treatment

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Three-year-old Chayanne Parboo, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in December of last year, has been accepted to receive medical treatment overseas according to local charitable organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA). SHEA in a post on Monday shared that it has secured medical treatment for the child and is currently raising funds for her immediate transportation since young Parboo’s blood platelet counts continue to be critically low. The three-year-old is hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she was required to have a bone marrow test done to…

Silence…

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

…is Granger’s consent Unlike David Granger, PNC’s Chairwoman, Volda Lawrence, came through the party’s ranks— more specifically, the Georgetown PNC ranks. While Granger boasted of being a “member” of the PNC since the sixties, he was a key cog in another of the triumvirate institutions on which the Burnhamite dictatorship was built – the Armed Forces. The third leg, of course, was the Public Service, which Burnham straightened out during stints at Hope Coconut Estate!! Volda Lawrence isn’t called “Vulga” Lawrence just because her name is easily corruptible to that…

Corruption Perception Index (CPI) does not measure actual corruption and is extremely flawed

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Guyana has made a quantum leap on the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI). According to the recently released report for 2019, Guyana scored 40 points in 2019, up from 37 in 2019. Consequently, the ranking of the country has improved from 93 in 2018 to 85 in 2019. For some Guyanese, the report from Transparency International (TI) certainly offers some respite after the deluge of articles in the independent press (Stabroek News and Guyana Times) regarding irregular or questionable transactions unearthed by the Auditor General in his…

Court of Appeal defers H2H ruling until after Feb 6

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 TIMES INT'L

…after AG resurrects “mysterious” 1991 legislation The Court of Appeal has deferred its ruling on the House-to-House Registration partial appeal until after a February 6 hearing, after efforts by Attorney General Basil Williams to introduce an old piece of “mysterious” legislation into the arguments caught the court by surprise and resulted in the parties requesting more time to review. It was expected that the Court of Appeal would rule on Monday on the State’s partial appeal of the High Court’s decision on the House-to-House Registration case. However, much to the…