2020 – Page 8 – Guyana Times International

Gender Equality by 2030

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. The world has made unprecedented advances, but no country has achieved gender equality. Fifty years ago, we landed on the moon; in the last decade, we discovered new human ancestors and photographed a black hole for the first time. In the meantime, legal restrictions have kept 2.7 billion women from…

Granger: From tragedy to farce

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Analysing the French coup of 1851, in which Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte assumed dictatorial power over the French state, Marx reflected on the role of the individual in history: “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.” And as we watch with horror the raping of our hard-won democracy by the PNC once again, we should analyse those “already existing circumstances” to help us chart a course,…

Police ranks injured in standoff with pro-democracy protesters recovering

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Several ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who were injured during pro-democracy protest on Friday last are recuperating speedily. On Monday, Executives of the Guyana Police Association headed by its Chairman, Inspector Rose Ann Forde, visited the ranks and offered moral support while urging them to be strong. She noted that the Force will give the necessary assistance and guidance required, especially at this time. The ranks were previously visited by several Senior Officers including Deputy Commissioner -Operations Maxine Graham, DSM, Commanders of Regional Police Divisions Five and Six,…

IWD – “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. The theme of International Women’s Day 2020 is, I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights. The theme is aligned with UN Women’s new multigenerational campaign, Generation Equality, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most progressive roadmap for the empowerment of women and…

PPP to file complaint with ERC over Nagamootoo’s ‘racist charges’

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has signalled an intention to file a formal complaint with the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) against former Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo over the provocative language used in a public statement issued on Tuesday by him. As such, Executive Secretary for the PPP, Zulfikar Mustapha, has since intoned that the international community should view Nagamootoo’s statement as intended to “incite racial strife and animosity among our people”. Mustapha has since posited that the complaint against Nagamootoo would be “for inciting racial division by spreading inflammatory rumours”.…

Fmr Deeds Registrar found guilty of G$4.5M fraud

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Magistrate Leron Daly on Wednesday morning found Former Deeds Registrar Azeena Baksh guilty of fraudulently procuring over G$4.5 million while being employed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) between 2014 and 2017. Baksh was on trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for the past three years after being slapped with a fraud charge in 2017. The charge stated that while being employed by the JSC between May 1, 2014, and January 31, 2017, in Georgetown, caused or procured valuable securities in the sum of G$4,534,486 million to be delivered to…

Father jailed for 20 years for killing son after he tried to save mother from being abused

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

A father, who fatally stabbed his 21-year-old son after he tried to save his mother from being abused, was on Tuesday handed a 20-year sentence for the unlawful killing of the young man. Satesh Kevin Sookdeo, of Lot 217 Fifth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was stabbed to death during an argument with his father, 46-year-old Mohan “Wire” Sookdeo, in September of 2018. It was reported that the now-convicted man and his wife were involved in an argument during which he grabbed her by the neck and began choking…

The WPA must ensure that the integrity of the electoral process is not compromised

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, It is revealing the naked grab for power by the APNU/AFC based on the promise of black gold, gushing forth from the Atlantic. It is also revealing the weaknesses of the WPA in its role as an insignificant political entity in the Government. The WPA is politically weak, since it has failed to garner significant electoral support since the return to “free and fair elections” in 1992. “Free and fair elections” in the Guyana context meant a return to racial voting blocks, a historical legacy and reality mirroring…

Guyana’s healthcare system in overdrive

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

…1st suspected coronavirus victim had returned from Queens The Guyanese health care system is now in overdrive after the country evidently recorded its first coronavirus (COVID-19) death on Wednesday. The case is said to be an imported one. However, medical experts have expressed doubts about the reliability of the test used since these normally take one to two days minimum to be confirmed and in this instance, the results were supposedly confirmed in nine hours. They advised that additional tests be conducted in an abundance of caution, because of the…

Florida Senator says US must stand in support of democratic transition of power in Guyana

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

United States Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio has weighed in on Guyana’s current political climate, saying that the completion of a peaceful, free, and fair electoral process in Guyana is in the best interest of the country. In statement issues, Senator Rubio said that such a process will also augur well for all the freedom-loving nations in the hemisphere. “Following a marred vote tabulation on March 2, the presence of international electoral observers and representatives of all political parties must be guaranteed. At a time when Guyana’s democratic future is…