Women miners’ association to address abuse and exploitation of women in interior
For five months she watched a woman being verbally and physically abused by her partner at a mining camp and one day she could take it no more. Despite the naked fear she saw in the young woman‘s eyes, she encouraged her to leave the camp and was then forced to confront the abuser who [...]
AH&L Kissoon has endured because of its employees and its founder’s ‘fighting spirit’
AH&L Kissoon is one of the oldest furniture businesses in Guyana and while today it is much smaller than it was in its heyday it is still one of those most trusted by customers. The matriarch of the business, Lyla Kissoon, has credited the company’s human resources for its endurance, coupled with her fighting spirit. [...]
New faces in Parliament
This is the seventh in our series on new parliamentarians The scrutiny of government contracts awarded to Region One will be high on the agenda of A Partnership of National Unity (APNU), new parliamentarian Richard Allen said, because for too long contractors have been allowed to get away with shoddy work. Scrutinizing such works will [...]
President warns against ‘intractable postures’
President Donald Ramotar, in his inaugural speech to the 10th Parliament, yesterday said that his administration is willing to “exercise patience, forbearance, and reasonableness in the interest of all of our people” but warned it would not be held ransom to “intractable postures”. In a speech labelled throne-like by Opposition Leader David Granger and a [...]
New faces in Parliament
Valerie Garrido-Lowe may be a new face in the National Assembly but she is certainly not new to the world of politics, and her experience in the last few months has only served to strengthen her resolve to fight for equal rights and justice for the down trodden, she says. Five months ago Garrido-Lowe was [...]
Astute management, projecting the future direction of the company have kept DDL competitive, says Yesu Persaud
Astute management under difficult conditions, as well as projecting where the company should be going have kept Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) in the competitive lane, so that it moved from being a single company to becoming a conglomerate and one of best known businesses in Guyana. “If you are not able to project and predict [...]
Wayne Nunes: The vocalist turned bass guitarist
From the tender age of eight United Kingdom-based musician Wayne Nunes was being paid for his musical talent as a vocalist and while today he is no longer a singer, music is still his chosen profession. Moving from being a member of the Christ Church Choir to today being the bass guitarist for the band [...]
New faces in Parliament: Christopher Jones APNU
This is the fifth in our series on new parliamentarians A Partnership for National Unit (APNU) parliamentarian Christopher Jones will be pushing for a national youth policy which would seeks to create meaningful activities for young people to
Effective work being done with MSM group – Dr Shanti Singh
Director of the National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) Dr Shanti Singh has described a recent study which found that existing programmes in Guyana for men who have sex with men (MSM) are small scale as not being “entirely true.” Dr Singh said some of the nine organizations that
Sisters helping sisters: Stella Ramsaroop talks about S4
The burning desire to create an avenue for Guyanese women to unite and work together in addressing the many ills that affect them is behind newspaper columnist Stella Ramsaroop’s move
APNU should be given credit for supporting Trotman — Deborah Backer
By supporting Raphael Trotman for the Speakership of the National Assembly A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is first out of the blocks in demonstrating that it is prepared to give and yield in the new dispensation in parliament, new Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer has said. Backer, whose name was withdrawn for the position by [...]
New faces in Parliament: Trevor Williams
Thirty-five-year-old Trevor Williams describes his involvement in politics “as most natural” since as long as he remembers he has been outspoken and always wanted to be a part of whatever was happening around him. As a new parliamentarian therefore he would not represent his party but rather he would be aiming to represent the people [...]
‘No child left behind’ policy to be reviewed – Manickchand
New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system. “I am not going… to answer you now to say whether or [...]
New faces in Parliament: Annette Ferguson APNU
Annette Ferguson APNU Providing a voice for the voiceless is the motivation behind Annette Ferguson’s huge step into the world of politics and as a new parliamentarian she hopes that she would be speaking for the many who are unable do so for themselves. She has always been a member of the PNC but this [...]
New faces in Parliament: Dr Vindhya Persaud PPP/C
Dr Vindhya Persaud PPP/C Politics is not new to Vindhya Persaud since she grew up in politics, and as a result when she campaigned for the PPP/C in the run-up to the last elections it felt like the natural route for her life to take. “It was something everyone expected me to do I would [...]