Oluatoyin Alleyne

Many years ago avid book collector and Emeritus Professor of Africana studies Tony Martin picked up a book by George F Warner cheaply as it was at the end of its print run, but it took him years to discover that the book contained what he now describes as “startling pieces of new information,” one being that the first East Indian immigrant came to the Caribbean in 1595, not  1838.

Both the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha and the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir/ Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission receiv-ed land from the Government at Ankerville, Port Mourant to set up shelters for abused children and both organisations have signalled their intention to move on with their missions.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) will continue to push for reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) with the AFC calling for the commission to be a more “professional body” rather than a “politically dominated” body.

Rennis Morian – APNU Pastor Rennis Morian’s mission in the National Assembly is to be one of the driving forces behind the development of Region 10 and to “clear up some of the misconceptions” about the region.

Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) President Komal Chand yesterday said this can still be a turnaround year for the sugar industry once major defects at GuySuCo’s Skeldon factory are fixed, and while he welcomed government’s intervention in the sector, he accused opposition party, the AFC of trying to undermine the union.

Two years ago 54-year-old Lata Inderdeo witnessed the brutal murder of her only daughter, a tragedy that not only left her emotionally scarred for life but with physical scars as well, since the man who snuffed out her daughter’s life also severely chopped both her arms.

The executive of the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation is very concerned about being perceived as “the enemy” by officials and is calling for the organisation to be recognized as working to improve the lives of women and young girls in need of protection in the country’s interior.

This is the Sixteenth in our series on new parliamentarians After twenty-three years in the Guyana Defence Force and another 15 years as a lawyer in private practice, Joseph Harmon is now an “active politician” and a new face in the 10th sitting of the National Assembly, a sitting he hopes would be the turning point in the country’s history.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud You knew something big was about to happen yesterday when APNU’s Chief Whip Amna Ally, before the National Assembly reconvened, herded her MPs and told them that no “walking about” was going to be tolerated during the sitting.

The Ministry of Human Services & Social Security has taken three girls who were removed from the Oko Backdam in Region Seven late Friday afternoon, where they were reportedly taken to be part of a prostitution ring, into its custody as the police step up their investigations.

A veteran politician but a brand new face in the National Assembly, APNU’s Desmond Trotman believes that the partnership’s central focus should be the development of a government of national unity, and he feels that is how the populace voted in the November 28 elections which resulted in the PPP/C becoming a minority government.

Adrian McInman is a travelling psychologist who helps people to find “their happiness,” since according to him it is the one thing people want in their life more than anything else.

A 16-year-old girl, lured with promises of high-paying work in a shop in the interior of Region Seven, managed to escape a prostitution ring and her report to police later resulted in an arrest and the rescue of four other girls.

The state of the education system came under the magnifying glass yesterday in the House, where Education Minister Priya Manickchand sought to defend government’s progress in the face of criticism that despite the billions spent, the nation’s children are not benefitting.

Former Commissioner of Police, Winston Felix yesterday challenged Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to present evidence that he has a radio belonging to the Guyana Police Force in his possession even as he accused the minister of continued political interference in the work of the force.

The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has decided to ignore comments made by the daughter of the party’s founder members in which she urged the party to get back to being a “non-corruptible” party if it sincerely wanted to have Cheddi and Janet Jagan as its living guides as its leaders have proclaimed.

Guyana’s tourism industry is like a newborn babe compared to those of her Caribbean counterparts.

Perseverance, good business practices and a good product is what the proprietors credit for the Lyken Newburg Funeral Home still being in business nine decades after it opened.

The government has begun deliberations under Article 225 of the Constitution in relation to the ethical issue of Commissioner of Police Henry Greene’s admission that he had sexual relations with a witness in a matter under investigation, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

Former Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand says Police Commissioner Henry Greene should go because of his improper behaviour in a case that has put him on the brink of a rape charge and she also expressed disquiet at the ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang in the matter.