Teen beaten, hogtied after Parika theft
A boy, allegedly caught with others removing car parts, was beaten and then hogtied by Parika residents yesterday, prompting concern and outrage at his treatment. “If you see how dem had this boy in deh police vehicle tie up like a iguana, it hurt me real bad because I is a mother,” one of several [...]
Power restored to Bartica
Electricity has been restored to Bartica and surrounding areas which were thrown into darkness following an explosion at the power station there yesterday, Regional Chairman Holbert Knights told this newspaper today. According to Knights, electricity was restored sometime last night following round- the-clock work by personnel of the Guyana Power & Light (GPL) at its [...]
Abuse, discrimination make blind woman’s world darker
Twelve years after she lost her eyesight, Abigail Hamilton still finds every day a struggle; and were it not for her three minor children and a few good friends, she would have given up already. Hamilton knew that one day she would become blind; she had eyesight problems since her childhood days and for years [...]
Keeping it ‘Righteous’
From the tender age of seven, Richie Righteous knew he wanted to sing and by the age of 18 he was producing and writing his own songs through which he tells the world about Jesus Christ. From his moniker–he was born Richard Ishmael–it is easy to discern that this artist is a man of God [...]
Sex felon doc fired
Facing increasing criticisms including from Human Services Minister, Priya Manickchand, the George-town Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday announced the firing of child sex convict Dr Vishwamintra Persaud and Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy admitted they erred in employing him. “Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud is no longer working at GPHC. I apologise to all persons we have [...]
Sookree Boodram commits to fighting domestic violence here
US-based Guyanese Sookree Boodram, who had experienced 21 years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, threw her weight behind the rally that was held at the Bourda Ground on Thursday where hundreds of Guyanese spearheaded
GPHC will fire child sex felon – Manickchand
The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) is expected to terminate the services of child sex felon Dr Vishwamintra Persaud, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand, who said she was both “horrified” and “appalled” that the doctor was granted a licence and employed in Guyana. Minister Manickchand told reporters yesterday at the [...]
Maternity deaths highest in last six years -Ramsammy
`I am going to call everybody together and sit down, not each hospital but everyone together, and see what has been happening. And the Ministry of Health has to monitor’ Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said the recent spike in maternal deaths would make it the highest figure in the past six to [...]
Helpless octogenarian living with five dogs gets ‘adopted’ by teen girl
In his youth, 81-year-old Sydney Smith was a mechanic and in his words “served my country.” Today he is a sad, broken old man who lives in a dilapidated building shrouded by bushes. His only companions are his five dogs; his sole visitor a teenage girl
Last two maternal deaths involved eclampsia, hyperthermia – PMEs find
Twenty-five-year-old Monica Carmichael, who expired after she delivered a still-born baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday afternoon, died as a result high blood pressure coupled with a blood clot. A relative of the young woman, who was the mother of a four-year-old girl and who lived at Number 30 Village, West Coast [...]
Grandma incensed at maternity death
The grandmother of 25-year-old Monica Carmichael, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday afternoon after a still-birth, last evening blamed negligence for her granddaughter’s death and called on the authorities to launch a full-fledged investigation. “I feel very hurt and very sad about her death and I am saying is negligence that [...]
‘Cocaine granny’ no more, Sandra works on recovery
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Less than three years ago Sandra Braithwaite spent her nights on a tomb in Le Repentir Cemetery and her days doing odd jobs or on a ‘block’ buying cocaine and being merry among ‘friends’. Today, at 59, she is a recovering addict who no longer answers to the name ‘Cocaine granny,’ and [...]
Re-migrants society aiding some 400
Some four hundred involuntary re-migrants are now registered with the Juncata Juvant Friendly Society less than four years after it came into existence and according to its Vice-President Donna Snagg, while it has been growing in membership, resources remain a challenge. At present the society which was set up in April of 2007 and provides [...]
Driven to suicide? Sisters mourn community stalwart
Sixty-one-year-old Julie Ramlall was a woman who many in the community of La Grange, West Coast looked up to and turned to for advice, so it came as a great shock when the retired headmistress took her own life on October 22. The mother of three adult children ingested pesticide and died at the West [...]
GTU demands withdrawal of action against teachers in Neesa probe
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is demanding that the Ministry of Education withdraw the letters of sanction it sent to Queen’s College (QC) teachers even as new information coming to light reveals that the QC Board was aware of the plight of murdered teenager Neesa Gopaul and had written several letters to the ministry about [...]