A 55-year-old was jailed for six months on Wednesday after he admitted to slapping his reputed wife during an argument. Wayne Johnson, a labourer of Waterloo Street, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to two charges. He admitted that on January 17 at North Road, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously assaulted Carlann Smith. The man, however, denied that on the same day, he made use of threatening language towards Smith. In court on Wednesday, the Virtual Complainant said that she is tired of…
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Granger, APNU/AFC treat sugar workers as second-class citizens
Dear Editor, For five years, sugar workers asked David Granger for help. These hardworking people ask for nothing, but being paid fairly. There is nothing decent and honest about ignoring the workers. Wage freeze is the ultimate in anti-working class politics and Granger and APNU/AFC have consolidated their anti-working class credentials by ignoring these sugar workers. For five years, Granger has ignored sugar workers’ plight, excepting giving the orders to fire over 7000 of them, approving a wage freeze and closing four estates. Anytime the PPP and the sugar unions…
Read MoreRaising the ante…
…on elections rigging To those who hoped the PNC could be weaned away from their old politricks to hold on to power by any means necessary, Volda Lawrence’s latest outburst must’ve popped THAT bubble!! Lawrence is the Chairman of the PNC – a most strategic position, for which she’d beaten out that other ambitious conniver, Basil Williams and even the heir apparent Joseph Harmon. They didn’t cry “RIGGING!!” as Aubrey Norton had done a decade before when she beat him out for the Georgetown District Chair!! Norton, of course, was…
Read MoreGNBS, GRA scrutinised oil lift – Energy Department
…as 1M barrels of oil depart Guyana for the US The first million barrels of Guyana’s oil has been lifted, loaded and has departed Guyana’s shores, with the Energy Department confirming that representatives of Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) were on hand to scrutinise the process. In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced that oil tanker MV Yannis departed for the US with Exxon’s share of the oil. It had previously been announced that when oil production starts, the…
Read MoreAPNU/AFC ‘destroyed’ Guyana – Jagdeo
People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo has railed at the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition over its mismanagement of the affairs of Guyana. Jagdeo was at the time addressing a huge crowd at the Albion Community Centre, where the PPP/Civic held its rally on Sunday. The former President said that since entering into power in 1992 and restoring Guyana to a viable and democratic state, this would be the first General and Regional Elections that the PPP/C would be contesting as the Opposition. However,…
Read MoreGuyanese man accused of murdering Queens woman, 92, should have been deported – ICE
The brutal slaying of an elderly woman in Queens, allegedly by an undocumented Guyanese man, has sparked a national debate over US immigration policies. The federal immigration officials are blaming the city’s sanctuary policy for enabling the crime and City Hall, in turn, has criticised the federal officials for using the tragedy to trumpet their immigration agenda. According to an article in the New York Times, the rape and murder of 92-year-old Maria Fuertes became a flash point in the broader debate over immigration on Tuesday when federal authorities contended…
Read MoreBisram’s murder case: Matter returns to Berbice, new Magistrate assigned
Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Wednesday overruled submissions made by attorneys for murder accused Marcus Bisram to have the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) conducted at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. On Monday, attorneys Glen Hanoman, Sanjeev Datadin and Dexter Todd requested that the case remained out of the Berbice jurisdiction since accusations were made that the Magistrate in that district was biased. To support the request, the lawyers told acting Chief Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus that the bias and prejudiced behaviour from Magistrates in Berbice has promoted the submissions. The defence counsels further…
Read MoreGuyana overtakes Russia with world’s top oil discoveries for 2019
A report from Norwegian research company Rystad Energy is showing that for the year 2019, Guyana was able to overtake Russia as the world’s highest oil producer, in terms of conventional discovered volumes. According to the report, which was released last week, Guyana discovered an estimated 1.8 Billion Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) for last year. This, according to the report, would have contributed to oil giant ExxonMobil being named ‘explorer of the year’. “ExxonMobil can be declared explorer of the year for a second year in a row thanks…
Read MoreFlorida university in Guyana outreach
The Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida is reaching out to Guyanese students, offering them the chance to discover careers in non-traditional areas, such as arts, media, and technology. Sandra Lizama, a representative of the University who is currently in Guyana, has encouraged students from various schools to take advantage of the programmes and scholarships that are available for Guyanese students at the foreign institution. Lizama has said that her coming to Guyana will not only bring awareness to Full Sail, but awareness of careers in other fields. She said…
Read MoreCelebrating 167 years of Chinese Arrival in Guyana
The first set of Chinese indentured immigrants arrived in Guyana on January 12, 1853. They came as a form of cheap labour to replace the freed slaves. According to the records, plantation owners in Guyana began expressing interest in having Chinese labourers from the onset of emancipation but recruitment formally began in 1851. Because of the long travel distance from China, at first Chinese were not recruited since it was cheaper to transport Indians. While it cost a planter 13 British pounds to transport an Indian labourer from Calcutta…
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