One Friday in October last year, a blast from a horn shattered the quiet of Kako village and Nelvie Williams dashed to her boat and rushed to block a pontoon carrying gold-mining equipment from proceeding further up the Kako River.
The two opposition bills passed by the National Assembly were sent to President Donald Ramotar on February 25 and the 21-day deadline during which he can either assent to or reject the bills has passed with no word on the President’s decision.
On a foggy Wednesday morning as she washed clothes in the cold, dark water of the Kako River, a woman related that she once took a young relative to the city and when it was time to bathe, the girl asked where the river was so that they take a bath.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) has expressed concern over mining on titled land in the Amerindian communities of Isseneru and Kako and has asked government to provide information on the cases as well as to review the granting of permits and concessions without obtaining the prior and informed consent of the affected indigenous communities.
In a plea for the safeguarding of their only water source, Kako villagers on Tuesday called for the immediate suspension of mining on the Kako River as well as a banning of future operations upstream from the village during a tense meeting with a government team.
“999 steps,” the locals say. Ask who counted the steps and if they really are sure it is 999 steps up the mountain, all you get is a shrug or a laugh and a quietly determined “999 steps.”
The inquiry into the fatal shooting of three Linden protestors last July has found the police responsible for the deaths but said that in the circumstances, the discharge of ammunition was justified as the police were confronted by a hostile crowd and had no clear intention to kill or injure anyone.
Despite the heroic efforts of his brother to save him from his attackers, the stab wounds were too much and 25-year-old Enterprise, East Coast Demerara businessman, Kumar Mohabir succumbed yesterday after he was attacked by about seven men during Mashramani celebrations on Saturday.
`It is apparent to me that I must uphold the Constitution of Guyana in interpreting this issue.
Sometimes the wind sweeps the dark rain clouds to the side of the blue-green mountains and a grey curtain of rain drops to the dark forest below.
Eight young men had the scare of their lives and three including a 16-year-old boy suffered severe injuries after a gang of men viciously attacked them with cutlasses, steel rods and other implements at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Saturday night.
There is always something happening in Yupukari. Whether it’s catching caimans, caring for turtles, playing football, surfing the internet, constructing something or just hanging about swapping stories, there is always lots to do.
Surrounded by her grandchildren sitting on the lone bed in her half-built home in Parishara, Region Nine last week Eunice Stephen cried for her daughter, Rosalind Stephen, 33, who died two months ago during childbirth.
Time, in Yupukari as elsewhere, waits on no Manuel. Manuel the birdman was late and Mike the Rupunadian (which is to say he is both Rupununian and Canadian) was eager to show off the wonders of the Rupununi to some guests.
Caiman concentration: Guides at the Caiman Field research station in Yupukari, Region Nine prepare to release an 11-foot, four inches black caiman after taking measurements last week.
The four key western missions in Guyana yesterday called for the holding of local government elections, saying that there is no valid justification for further delay, which they said is responsible for a persistent drag on Guyana’s national development.
There are more important things on the government’s agenda than the long-delayed Public Procurement Commission (PPC), presidential adviser Gail Teixeira says, even as none of the political parties have submitted their nominees to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and there have been no moves to further discuss the issue.
Over five years after an Organisation of American States (OAS) committee had urged Guyana to set up a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to ensure the procurement of goods and services and the execution of works are done in a fair and transparent manner this is yet to be done.
The views of citizens on the abolishing of laws against gay sex are of “paramount importance” but the decision of the court on a lawsuit challenging the constitutional validity of laws that prohibit cross-dressing will also determine government’s action in this regard, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall says.
Two Regent Street stores were destroyed and millions in stock lost after the building housing them was gutted by fire early yesterday morning.
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