first published on Ralph Ramkarran’s website www.conversationtree.gy For most politically conscious people of my age, Nelson Mandela has been with us all our lives. I was not yet a teenager in the late 1950s when I remember a sticker on my father’s car ‘End Apartheid Now,’ the meaning of which I only later learnt. By the time the Rivonia Trials ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) opposes moves by the opposition-controlled National Assembly to pass a motion for the reduction of tolls to cross the Berbice River Bridge. The PSC’s position came little more than one day before the National Assembly was Thursday due to debate a motion sponsored by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for a slash in the ...

A cattle ranger was Tuesday arraigned for the alleged murder of his common-law wife at Ankerville, Port Mourant, East Berbice. 32-year old Joseph “Tony” Singh of 10 Sewdin Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne was not required to plea to the indictable charge when he appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh. Brief facts by the prosecution are that Singh on December 6 ...

Two men Tuesday night escaped from a police patrol in Linden after they dropped a bag containing one AK 47 assault rifle and 23 rounds of 7.62 X 39 rounds. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said about 7:30 PM wo police ranks were in a motor vehicle travelling along Watooka Road, Mackenzie, Linden, when they observed two men on ...

Residents and businesses on the Essequibo Coast are complaining bitterly about blackout for more than 11 hours. A Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Manager said two insulators broke down in the 11 KV cubicle at the Anna Regina Power Station. Other sources said rodents were found in a back-up piece of vital equipment. The manager said every effort was being ...

Public Health was one of the key issues identified by the CARICOM Reparations Commission to receive reparatory diplomacy and action, the Caricom Headquarters said in a statement on Tuesday. This disclosure was made by Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, at a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting of the representatives from the Commission with ...

Disconnection and reconnection crews will no longer be required for at least 2,000 electricity consumers in Georgetown because the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will be able to perform such tasks internally, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. “GPL will know account activity in real time and we will have ability to disconnect them internally rather than going on the pole,” ...

Three employees of Survival Supermarket were Tuesday arraigned on charges of stealing more than GUY$200,000 from their employer. City Magistrate, Faith Mc Gusty refused them bail and they were remanded to custody until December 19 when they are scheduled to reappear in the Georgetown Magistrates Court. Lousel Duke,18, Joseph Griffith,28, and 26-year old Marlon Dolphin pleaded not guilty to stealing ...

A domestic aircraft ran off the Ogle Airport runway as a result of a “partial brake seizure’ but no one was injured, a spokesman said. The incident occurred around midday when the Britten Norman Islander was landing on a return trip from Kurupung. Six passengers and Pilot Ramcharran were aboard the plane bearing registration number 8R-GHM. Spokesman for Ogle Airport ...

Government has launched a probe into the operations of a shelter for children and battered women on the Corentyne, following allegations that three girls had previously fled the institution. President of Camal’s International Home for the Homeless and Battered Women, Carmen Kissoon has also alleged that the girls have threatened to commit suicide if they had not been allowed to ...