Year: 2020

Cops get more time to detain Tuschen robbery suspects

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The three suspects, who were arrested following a brazen armed attack on a Tuschen Housing Scheme Chinese restaurateur last Friday, have been further detained by investigators, even as Police are searching for a female who was part of the robbery. On Wednesday, investigators applied to the High Court for an extension of time to detain the suspects. This was granted and the Police have another 72 hours to hold the men before instituting charges. It was further revealed that a file was prepared and sent to the office of the…

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Exposing…

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…PNC’s hypocrisy and mendacity The PNC launched their campaign at D’Urban Park and it was a pathetic exercise on so many fronts. Let’s take Granger’s “vision” for Guyana, in general, and his constituency in particular. Back on Emancipation Day of 2018 – before the NCM knocked him for a loop! – he said he was speaking from his heart and was going to give some tough love to the folks gathered at BV. Said he: “Do not be wicked and slothful, go out and use your talent to enrich yourselves…

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Guyana’s election results must be respected

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Dear Editor, I started a paper on political stability and development that I need to complete. It will be the first study to examine the nexus between political stability and economic growth in the Caribbean. Using data for the period 1960-2018 and Generalized Auto Regressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models, I found convincing evidence that political stability is negatively related to economic growth. My findings would appear to defy rational thinking since it means that when the economy performs poorly, the country enjoys relatively more peace and political stability. In civilised…

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Guyana’s political heavyweights get ready to hit the campaign trail

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Guyana’s political heavyweights are preparing to officially hit the campaign trail as the date for General and Regional Elections draws nearer. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has announced that it will be launching its 2020 elections campaign on Sunday at Kitty Market Square, Georgetown, at 15:00h. PPP/C General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo and Presidential Candidate, Dr Irfaan Ali will be key speakers at the event. Meanwhile, on the APNU Guyana’s Facebook page, campaign coordinator Christopher Jones has created an event for the “Official 2020 Elections Campaign launch of the APNU+AFC.” According…

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Guyana takes step backward on Global Anti-Corruption Index

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Transparency International has released its latest global rankings, showing that while Guyana is considered one of 20 countries who has made improvements, it has also taken a step backwards from last year. According to the index, Guyana fell by one spot to the 93rd position out of 180 countries. The index placed Guyana’s corruption perception score at 37 to tie with Gambia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mongolia and Panama. The highest ranked Caribbean country was the Bahamas at 29th place and a score of 65. It is followed by Barbados, which received…

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Tullow announces oil find in third well offshore Guyana; but below estimates

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The UK‘s Tullow Oil plc on Thursday announced that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Repsol-operated Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of net oil pay based on preliminary interpretation but that this is below pre-drill estimates. Preliminary results of drilling, wireline logging, pressure testing and sampling of reservoir fluid indicate the discovery of oil in Upper Cretaceous age sandstone reservoirs. Rig site testing has indicated that the oil is 27 degrees API with a sulphur content of less than 1%. A detailed laboratory analysis of…

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500 new HIV cases detected in Guyana

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The National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) in recognising a greater need for public education on HIV/AIDS and its Voluntary Counselling and Treatment (VCT) Services, is seeking to explore various avenues that will allow effective transfer of information on both topics. This was shared at a media engagement at the Secretariat on Monday. Deputy Programme Manager at NAPS, Dr Nicolette Boatswain pointed out that the Secretariat will seek to re-establish a stronger interaction with persons as it relates to the sharing of HIV information. This is critical as recent statistics show…

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A new beginning for Indian Guyanese

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This New Year’s Day is very significant in the history of Guyana: it the 100th anniversary of the abolition of all Indian indentures in 1920. Three years before, on March 12, 1917, “Indian Indentureship”, as an institution, had been abolished but those who had already been shipped out – including those on the SS Ganges, the last ship to British Guiana which landed on April 18, 1917 – would have had to serve out their five or three-year indenture. On Jan 1, 1920, then, every Indian who had arrived as…

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From Bartica to Antigua: Prospective west indies women player kaysia Schultz Tells Her Story

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By Brandon Corlette Bartica is not a well-known area for cricket but Guyana female player and West Indies Women prospective player, Kaysia Schultz is making this change in Region Seven, Cuyuni Mazaruni. This young cricketer brings joy to her hometown as she continues to climb the cricketing ladder. Born in the festive town of Bartica on April 17, 1997, Schultz spent her childhood days there before moving to the city when her brother passed away. At a tender age of 10, Schultz found her love in cricket, while attending school…

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