Bourne decries wee-hours raids
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr Compton Bourne says the issue of undocumented immigrants in Barbados should be handled with much more sensitivity than it has been so far, adding that there are too many stories of people being rounded-up during raids and deported. Bourne, who is currently in Guyana, as guest speaker at the [...]
Deportees from Barbados will have chance to testify – Rodrigues
Guyanese who were deported from Barbados after being subjected to early morning raids will be able to recount their experience to local authorities as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is setting up a mechanism to facilitate this. Minister Carolyn Rodrigues–Birkett made the disclosure during a brief interview with this newspaper yesterday as she emphasized that [...]
Owen Arthur gov’t sought more input about Guyanese – Faria
-was seen as more ‘regional-integration friendly’ The previous Barbados administration had sought to host more discussions with the Guyana consulate there about the feelings of Guyanese, Honorary Consul Norman Faria has said. He also acknowledged that even with the new policy it was not compulsory for that government to seek discussion with him on the [...]
The upside of living in Barbados
“Barbados has opened some doors for me to live so much better than I used to in Guyana” – Guyanese woman living in Barbados as a skilled CARICOM national Apart from the hundreds of Guyanese bound to be affected by the new immigration policy which the government in Barbados has introduced, there are also others [...]
Very few would qualify for Bajan ‘amnesty’ – Faria
By Heppilena Ferguson in Bridgetown, Barbados Very few Guyanese would qualify under an amnesty being offered by the Barbados Government to undocumented Caricom nationals, according to Guyana’s representative on the isle. And whether the amnesty could be considered to be a genuine one was a question Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Barbados, Norman Faria left open [...]
GDF campaign to recapture deserters gaining ground
-several ranks turn themselves in The army’s campaign to target absent without leave (AWOL) ranks has seen several turning themselves in and a number of them have since been court-martialled and sentenced, Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best says. Some ranks are serving their sentences in the army detention centre at Base Camp Ayanganna. However, [...]
Essential services strike control bill passed
–workers face stiffer fines if process not followed Following lengthy debate and polling of MPs, a bill which disallows strike action without “due procedure” for a large portion of the workforce, was passed in the National Assembly yesterday. It was voted for by 31 government MPs and against by 20 opposition members, after a division [...]
Solving murders still a challenge for police
–Crime chief cites forensics, witness cooperation Breakthroughs in high-profile murders remain a challenge for the Guyana Police Force and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud attributes this to the force’s limited forensic capacity, lack of cooperation from witnesses and the public and the exodus of experienced officers. Murders skyrocketed in 2008 by 36 per cent and many [...]
PPP/C councillors accuse Corlette of being dictator
Chairman says will not tolerate indiscipline Two PPP/C Region Four councillors are up in arms about what they call the “dictatorial behaviour” of Chair-man Clement Corlette who has however dismissed the allegations saying he will not permit indiscipline at any of the statutory meetings. Councillors Kwame McKoy and Desmond Morian made their concerns known at [...]
Dax Arokium used tell-tale phone up to June 5
Friend had credited him $200 Moments before he left Kwakwani to go into Lindo Creek on the morning of June 5, 2008 Dax Arokium had called a friend asking him to credit his cell phone account so that he could make contact with the driver of the tractor who was taking him into the backdam. [...]
Battle of the tourism guides looms
THAG says it won’t remove ‘official’ tagline The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has pulled its ads from the Explore Guyana magazine and its director has asked the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) to stop branding the publication as the official tourist guide of Guyana. After 14 years of publication and support from the [...]
EU forks out $1M euros to tackle child labour
Poverty link cited The European Union (EU) has contributed one million euros to ‘Tackle’, a programme aimed at fighting child labour here through education, even as backers of the plan say government needs to lower the cost of living to make it effective. Even as she heaped praise on the programme Trade Unionist Gillian Burton [...]
Salbora Road being mined at nights
-Regional Chairman The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says its officers have been vigilant in monitoring the road to Salbora in Region 8 and records show that no illegal activities have taken place to cause further damage since August last year but the region differs. Regional authorities have insisted that there are pork-knockers who [...]
Search for ‘missing’ mother…
Former caretaker tells her side of story The woman who once assisted her now estranged husband in taking care of the “missing” octogenarian Noelina Prospere-Medor has disputed what the woman’s son says and insists that she has no idea where the elderly woman is. The woman, who preferred not to be named, insisted that she [...]
Sugar punts, old buildings hit by scrap vandals
– PM threatens trade suspension Unscrupulous dealers in the scrap metal industry have caused the trade to flash up on the radar once more forcing Prime Minister Samuel Hinds to issue a public notice threatening to suspend all operations again if the vandalism continues. The Prime Minister, in a notice in Stabroek News yesterday, observed [...]