Panic sets in as downpours cause excessive flooding
…Guyanese should brace themselves for more rain – Hydromet Office The recent heavy rains have brought a feeling of déjà vu for residents of Bee Hive and Ann’s Grove, on the East Coast of Demerara, with fears of another catastrophe looming as a result of excessive flooding. Some are already comparing the situation in the [...]
Regent Multiplex transforms downtown landscape
- $$M shopping mall opens its doors Regent Multiplex, a multi-million-dollar shopping mall, opened at the heart of the city’s shopping district yesterday, helping to transform the landscape of Regent Street, where thousands of shoppers throng every day. The opening of the mall is credit to the entrepreneurship of West Demerara businessman Ganesh Ramlall, whom [...]
Civilian vessel fled into Venezuelan waters after collision
- boat captain being questioned The army has recovered the body of Corporal Wesley Hopkinson, one of the two GDF ranks who went missing following Monday’s mishap in the Cuyuni River. An army release said that Hopkinson’s body was recovered at around 0:30hrs yesterday, some 15 miles from the area where the accident occurred. Army [...]
Relatively small numbers affected by denial
– CARICOM Only a small number of persons have been denied entry into Caricom Member States under the Free Movement of Skills’ provision in the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Yesterday, during its end-of-year press conference, the Caricom Secretariat revealed that many of those rejected were as a result of fraudulent documentation provided. Highlighting [...]
George Bacchus’s killer gets 10 years
Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds was yesterday sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for the killing of self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus. Reynolds, 23, threw himself at the mercy of the court yesterday as he stood before Justice Claudette La Bennett in the Supreme Court for sentencing. Before the sentencing, the prosecution and the defence were afforded [...]
GHRA condemns mob killings
“Broader approach needed on issue” — Mc Cormack In the wake of recent mob killings, the Guyana Human Rights Association has strongly condemned the actions. In an interview with this newspaper, Co-President of the organization, Mike Mc Cormack, stressed that these acts are criminal-like activities. According to Mc Cormack, in dealing with the issue, there [...]
Majority of ‘club foot’ cases treated at GPHC
…Guyanese surgeons to receive training from U.S. specialists The team of US-based doctors which has been in Guyana since Monday conducting orthopaedic surgeries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been able to perform surgeries on a total of seventeen children, with the majority being cases of ‘club foot.’ When the team had arrived [...]
TTCB 50-overs Regional U-17 cricket series
Braithwaite top scores as Barbados beat Guyana by 27 runs By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Igloo Ice Cream, Pepsi, Smalta, TCL, Demerara Power Company, Lifetime Reality & Noble House Seafoods Prolific young batsman Kraig Braithwaite top scored with a patient 79, while fast bowler Jason Holder took 3-42 in a Man-of-the-Match performance [...]
National Schools Chess Championship begins tomorrow
The National Schools Chess Championship will be played this weekend at the Queens College Auditorium, Camp Road. The Championship will be conducted in two categories in a Swiss system format. The strong junior players, who have been participating in tournaments during the year, will be placed in Category A, while the other players will form [...]
National Secondary School under-15 40 over cricket
Easy victories for New Amsterdam, Lower Corentyne branches The jointly sponsored MoE / NSC / GCB / GTU Secondary School U-15 40-over cricket competition continued in the New Amsterdam / Canje and Corentyne Districts at the inter-branch stage. New Amsterdam defeated Canje by 67 runs in the game played at the Rose Hall Ground in [...]
Caribbean Airlines flying with K&S
Three tickets presented For the 7th consecutive year, Caribbean Airlines (CA) has committed to flying with the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Football tournament. Yesterday at the main office, located in the Demerara Mutual Life Insurance Company compound, Ticketing Agent Trevor Beckles handed over three tickets to Director Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major, two of which would be [...]
What is the battle of the opposition?
Dear Editor, When the Alliance For Change (AFC) was formed, I thought that they had a great battle ahead which most Guyanese did not see. To my surprise, they ended up just like the rest of the opposition, nothing grand to fight over. They try to make big issues of little matters, and sometimes they [...]
Reckless Government
The World Bank says that there will be global gloom in 2009. It says the world may be facing a deep recession. It predicts a drastic reduction in growth rates for all types of countries. While the Bank issued its bad news, the United Nations was ready to chip in with more bad news. The [...]
Difficult, if not impossible to salvage sugar industry -PNCR
“…nation was better off building hydro power electric plant” By Gary Eleazar The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is of the view that Guyana was better off constructing the Amaila Falls Hydropower Electric Plant rather than undertaking the Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Plant (SSMP). This is according to the party’s shadow agriculture minister Anthony Vieira, who [...]
Nabaclis businesswoman robbed at gunpoint
Bandits, using the cover of heavy rainfall, invaded a Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara business place and held up the female proprietor before proceeding to rob her of a quantity of jewellery, groceries, and an undisclosed amount of cash, early yesterday morning. The businesswoman, Karen Mc Intosh, was asleep in her bedroom, which is located at [...]
When politics dictates
By Rawle Welch Quite a few social commentators have described Guyana as a failed state and this hypothesis is based on the fact that so many of the prerequisites that embrace a normal functioning society are either insufficient or absent. Other theories submitted is when politics in a country dictates who gets what, when and [...]
A wake-up call
The Parrot is feeling cold as a result of the continuous unusually high persistent rainfall that we experienced over the past few days. I am only cold, but those who reside along the coast are probably being haunted by the memories of 2005. Since then, just the sight of dark clouds is enough to evoke [...]
Disgusted and fed up with GPL’s quality of service
Dear Editor, Please permit me to highlight a situation which has, over time, become very frustrating, to the extent that residents who are in a position to afford a generator are seriously thinking of buying one in order to prevent their dependence on GPL for the lousy service being offered. In the past, we would [...]
Bids out for tower at CJIA
– training also part of package Following the near mid-air collision of an outbound Caribbean Airlines (BW 484) aircraft and an inbound Delta Airlines (DAL 383) flight, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has said that the equipment which is being tendered at approximately $666 million will be used primarily for the Air Navigation System [...]
GAWA enjoyed a favourable 2008 but challenges abound in 2009
By Michael Benjamin Despite undergoing severe financial and other challenges over the year, the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) has performed creditably under the circumstances and General Secretary, Deion Nurse believes that this augers well for the development of the sport. Now as another year beacons, the weightlifters are hoping for a change of fortunes [...]
The story of Mud Dam, Sophia
Dear Editor, I am glad that Hydar Ally highlighted the development of the PPP Administration, especially as it relates to Sophia. For the record, sir, I was born there at a time when Sophia only had 11houses and a tannery. The Bel Air Dairy and a house for the manager were built later. Other than [...]
Sitting governments should not be ousted by “fiddled constitutional arrangements”
Dear Editor, Whatever the eventual outcome of the constitutional ‘crisis’ in Canada, I think that the opposition parties – the Liberals and New Democrats – along with the written support of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, should not be allowed to oust the sitting Conservative government led by Prime Minister Mr. Stephen Harper, after the recent [...]
Be Prepared – The Economy Rolling
INTRODUCTION: The current global economic performance continues to look bleak and it seems to be getting worse with every passing day. The implications for economies like Guyana are astounding because there is no way we can isolate the country, businesses and individuals from the vagaries of current markets. How serious it would be, is [...]
Is de time of giving but Bharrat ain’t deh suh
Christmas in de air and every year if nutten else, people does look out fuh de Christmas party. Is like if some employers does be tekking out people money in de sly and then giving dem a big party at de end of de year. But most of dem does get into de spirit of [...]
‘National faith-and-hiv Coalition’ launched
…Declaration of Commitment signed By Melanie Allicock Against the backdrop that faith-based leadership plays an influential role in efforts to stop the spread of hiv and supports those living with the disease, a national coalition of faith leaders of all denominations has been formed to address hiv-related stigma and discrimination. Yesterday leaders from the Hindu, [...]
