Oluatoyin Alleyne

All that is left of most of the sites where the Berbice Uprising took place 250 years ago is bush, bush and more bush.

The head of the committee that green-lit entries in this year’s Mashramani calypso competition says there were no objections to the songs by Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony or other officials over the last few months and it was surprising that the decision was taken to yank them from the airwaves of state-run broadcaster National Com-munication Network (NCN).

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday condemned state TV NCN’s ban of this year’s calypso competition offerings and the Region Ten administration plans to “seek redress” for those whose songs have been shunned to “ensure it does not happen again,” Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon said.

Eighty years ago the Carnegie Trade School, now the Carnegie School of Home Economics, opened its doors with the objective of relieving unemployment among women, something that was accomplished in the early stages mainly by making uniforms for postal workers.

Louisa Daggers describes herself as a “heritage enthusiast” and the newly appointed Anthropological Officer of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology has plans to advance the work of the museum, particularly in the academic field.

The Deeds and Commercial registries are expected to be delinked in another year and a half with Registrar of Deeds Azeema Baksh hoping that this will lift the image of the Deeds Registry and keep it transparent and accountable.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Paul Bhim has said that the sugar corporation is aware that the head of the Torani Canal is progressively becoming shallower because the banks of the canal are eroding and sliding into the water, but that the “situation does not pose any immediate threat to the area.”

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the arrival of the first Chinese in Guyana.

Anywhere there is a large grouping of Chinese nationals living in a community there will be a mini-economic boom as a consequence of the businesses they have established.

More and more young people are becoming involved in sex work especially ‘transactional sex’ because of poor economic circumstances, and instead of the authorities helping them to practise safe sex and provide alternatives they demonise them pushing them underground which will only increase the incidence of HIV and AIDS.

The head of the Torani Canal has become progressively shallower as the banks of the canal are eroding and sliding into the water.

When Carol Harris retired recently from her job as a community health worker in the Berbice River, her children had a surprise ‘welcome home’ celebration for the mother who spent more of her time in service to the local communities than at home.

President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Simona Broomes yesterday pledged the organisation’s support in the fight against human trafficking and other social ills in the interior, even as she bemoaned the “scant regard” from some government agencies that appear resistant to cooperating with the GWMO.

Merlene Ellis has lived art all her life and while this is not an easy profession to follow in Guyana she would tell you that for over 12 years it has been her only means of income.

Speaker Raphael Trotman has said acting Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling on the move to gag Home Minister Clement Rohee is not binding on him or the National Assembly, but he will file an appeal to further clarify the court’s authority over the legislature.

Many magistrates lack the legal knowledge needed to deliver justice to victims of domestic and gender-based violence, according to Guyana Legal Aid Clinic Managing Attorney Simone Morris-Ramlall, who says the local legal system is insensitive to gender issues and a restructuring is needed to ensure those who need help get it.

The Guyana Women’s Miners Association (GWMA) is advocating that women insist on something in writing before proceeding to work in the interior as too many of them are robbed by unscrupulous employers and most times they are unable to seek redress through the Ministry of Labour.

Ruling on one of several battles between the executive and the legislature, acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday found that Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee as an elected member has a right to speak in the National Assembly although it does not appear to be enforceable by the court.

The Guyana Defence Force Co-operative Credit Union’s decision to grant loans on the security of vehicles purchased through its Auto Sales Department “appears to be unlawful” since no permission for this move was received from the Chief Co-operatives Development Officer, chartered accounting firm Ram & McRae has found.

It is the desire to entertain with top-notch performances of classical and harmonic music that keeps the members of the Georgetown Chamber Chorus (GCC) together, even though the only payment they receive is the gratitude of their audiences.