Stop holding your breath, Guyanese
Dear Editor, As we enter 2009, I foresee many challenges globally, and one must not lose focus with one’s independent project/s. The new “American Administration” will soon take office, which the world over is much awaiting for changes; but one must not be carried away with the idea that, if indeed one needs change, it [...]
Thank you, Mr. President
Dear Editor, A happy and prosperous New Year to you and the entire management! It is no coincidence that my first correspondence for 2009 be a positive one. My letter on Monday, December 15 in this newspaper which issued a special call to President Bharrat Jagdeo concerning no bonuses for teachers this year apparently did [...]
Collapsing culvert at Hunter Street
Dear Editor, Through your widely read newspaper, I would like the relevant authorities to know that the culvert at the end of Hunter Street (by the traffic lights) is collapsing. The road by the traffic light is eroding. It is about 18 feet wide for three-way traffic at this junction. Pot holes are at the [...]
CIOG condemns Israeli attack on Palestine
The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) has initiated a position of peaceful and positive action in the wake of the Israeli Government’s constant offensive on the Palestine people, which has resulted in the deaths of over 300 people, and injuries to more than 800. The CIOG, the representative body of Muslims in Guyana, in [...]
Woman found floating in canal at Mahaica
Police on the East Coast of Demerara have launched an investigation into the discovery of the body of a 35-year-old woman in a canal at Berlin, Mahaica Creek on Sunday afternoon. The body of Suedicilla Mohan was pulled from the canal at about 17:30 hours by her brothers, who went in search of her after [...]
Mr. Corbin has not delivered, but where do his potential replacements stand on the issues?
Dear Editor, To letter writer Mr. Eustace Harlequinn, who asked, “Is Mr. Van West Charles trying to become Leader of PNCR” (January 5), I think you have every right to ask that key question, as well as all the other supporting ones of Mr. Van West Charles. But what I think you are missing in [...]
GWI issues boil order to flood-affected communities
- possible threat of contamination looms The water system has been definitely contaminated in some flood-affected communities, a development which has since forced the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to intensify its monitoring mechanism. GWI has also issued a boil order, according to Chief Executive Officer Karan Singh, who, at a press briefing yesterday, said that [...]
One nightmare has ended for Berbicians; another is about to begin
Dear Editor, The New Amsterdam and Rosignol Ferry Stellings (especially the former) are two places at which I loath to be. These are two venues where anything and everything goes. On a recent visit to these venues, I was filled to the brim with disgust. The following day, the Berbice River Bridge would’ve been opened, [...]
Building of Hope Canal is priority – Jagdeo
The proposed canal to drain the East Demerara Water Conservancy through Hope, East Coast Demerara will cost some $3B. Yesterday, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced that cuts will be made to other developmental projects in order to reallocate resources to the building of the structure. According to the Head of State, this project will take priority, [...]
We need lay magistrates and JPs in the administration of justice in Guyana
Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on a letter written recently by Mr. R. J. Eleazar. The entire letter of this esteemed lawyer is “With UG churning out so many attorneys-at-law, what right (do) we have to employ lay magistrates/JPs?” Up front, let me say I am not a lawyer, nor do I have [...]
Who are the real terrorists?
Dear Editor, A people were beaten to pulp and made to watch helplessly as their homeland was taken away. They continue to be brutalized by powerful forces, and are called “terrorists” fighting for their dignity and their homeland. The ones that give them the bombs and continued support are never called “terrorists”. America gave Israel [...]
Homeless Sophia family receives monetary assistance
As Oneika Thompson battles to care for her seven children, after being left homeless following the collapse of her Sophia home on Boxing Day last, more donations continue to pour in to assist the family. Yesterday, overseas-based Guyanese Natasha De Jounge, through a relative, Colin Marks, gave the woman a substantial amount of money to [...]
You can’t begin to understand what we are going through
Dear Editor, In reply to T. Pemberton’s letter, “We need not complicate matters,” dated 12-02-08 in Kaieteur News, I would like to ask this writer if he/she is an investigating officer in my son’s murder case. If not, you have no authority to query my democratic rights in my quest for justice. This writer doesn’t [...]
Trainee teacher remanded for alleged rape
Jackson John Abel Marare, 18, of Warrie Village, Central Lethem, is currently training to become a teacher. Yesterday, he appeared before the acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, to answer to a charge of having carnal knowledge of a woman without her consent. The defendant was not required to plead. It is alleged that, on December [...]
Comedy on Guyana’s television
Dear Editor, It was interesting to see the comments by Mr. Leon Jameson Suseran on the quality of comedic endeavours on Guyana’s television. I am glad Mr. Suseran brought this up, and I am happy that someone wants humour (local) raised to a higher level. We have many humorous individuals who would love to do [...]
No further word from police, says Rockcliffe
After showing up at the Brickdam Police Station yesterday morning at 9:00 hours, as he was asked to, the leader of the Yoruba Singers band, Eze Rockcliffe, said that he sat and waited in the station for more than an hour, without any word from police ranks. He was then asked to leave. Rockcliffe said [...]
Dead Cuban lecturer to be cremated
Since the discovery of the decomposing body of a Cuban national, believed to be Edwardo Barreios, in his apartment at Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge on Sunday night, the police have taken possession of the dead man’s laptop computer and mobile phone, to assist them in their investigations. While foul play has almost been ruled out, [...]
How should rural residents dispose of their garbage?
Dear Editor, In a recent news item, “Dr Ramsaran calls for multi-agency approach in flooded communities”, (Chronicle, 03-01-09), I applaud the minister for his statements on the need for proper environmental husbandry. But, if Dr. Ramsaran were in that hapless young man’s place, what would he have done with that wheelbarrow of debris and other [...]
Danger at Cornelia Ida river koker
Dear Editor, Danger lies at the Cornelia Ida river koker, on the West Coast of Demerara. About 20 feet on the western side of this koker has been undermined. A layer of dirt on the dam is holding things in place, in the meanwhile. A close inspection of the dam has revealed that the dam [...]
Blood Bank supply 60% below normal level
- appeals for donors The National Blood Transfusion Unit is once again urgently appealing to the public to donate blood to raise the depleted supply which it began the year with. At present, the stock level is 60% below what is needed for normal services. This is despite the record amount of blood collected in [...]
Cynicism in Gaza
Even as we fume and rail at the indignities precipitated into our already beleaguered lives by the torrential downpours since December, we have to feel for the one and a half million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. After a year and a half of siege, on December 27, Israel launched a week-long sustained F-16 aerial [...]
Stolen car still missing
- owner thinks license plates, stickers may have been changed Last Saturday night, taxi driver Orin Bruce was relieved of his white Toyota Carina AT 192 motor car (PJJ 5288) and $9,000 in cash by two bandits armed with knives, while in the vicinity of Conversation Tree, in Georgetown. Since then, Bruce says, there has [...]
