Three more swine flu cases confirmed
By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed three more cases of the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), from a batch of 37 specimens that have been tested so far in Trinidad. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, told Kaieteur News yesterday that 50 specimens were sent for testing and of that number; the Ministry [...]
Guyanese Literature Junction
by Petamber Persaud ‘The Wanderer’ Charles Waterton (1782 – 1865) In 1826, Charles Waterton published his ‘Wanderings in South America’ which re-opened Guyana to the world, leading to numerous amazing discoveries. The book was translated into French, Dutch and Spanish and endorsed by Dickens, Darwin and Roosevelt. Charles Waterton was the Squire of Walton Hall, [...]
King claims pole for Group 4 showdown
Veteran motor racer Andrew King stormed to pole position for today’s feature clash in the Group 4 event at the South Dakota Circuit when qualifying was staged yesterday in the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club National Race of Champions Meeting second 2. Afternoon showers failed to dampen the thrust of the yellow and blue [...]
Judge temporarily bars CHPA from repossessing land
High Court Judge, Justice Diana Insanally, has granted an injunction against the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) prohibiting the entity from canceling a transport, and repossessing and reallocating a plot of land located at 671 Section A, Block X, Great Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The judge granted the order on July 13, [...]
The Baccoo speaks
There are going to be even more road accidents as people continue to display the same recklessness they have grown accustomed to. This time around a group of partying youths is going to cause a major smash-up on a highway by driving into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Alcohol will be at the bottom [...]
Man to man is so unjust
By Adam Harris I read somewhere that man is the greatest predator. It might have been a book by James Michener who did a novel that actually traced the origin of man on the planet. And then there was this National Geographic programme which I saw just as I was writing this piece. That narrator [...]
Day of football to be staged at Paradise today
Organisers of the Bare Root Inter-Block Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport sponsored football tournament, has organised a day of football today at the Paradise ground starting at 11:30am. The programme will take the form of a 5-a-side extravaganza involving Under-15 and senior teams. The areas taking part are Bachelors Adventure, Paradise combined, Melanie, Dazzell [...]
Pan Am Games team to leave Wednesday
- Ministry pledges support The national athletics team that will compete at the Pan American Games in Trinidad and Tobago from July 28-August 2 departs Guyana on Wednesday following a commitment from the Sports Ministry. The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) was unable to secure overwhelming support from the corporate community, but AAG President, Colin [...]
Low carbon, low life, low stereo, low everything
Guyanese have a fantastic sense of humour. If President Bush had made one percent of the ocean of mistakes that the Guyanese President have incurred, the stand-up comedians in the US would have material to last them a lifetime. Imagine if President Bush had initiated a concept called low carbon development, and knowing how unpopular [...]
From third force to First Choice
By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader This weekend the Delegates, Observers, guests, well wishers and supporters gathered to share in the historic moment of the 2nd Delegates’ Convention of the Alliance For Change. The theme for the Convention is “From third force to First Choice.” This Convention was held at a most unique time in Guyana’s [...]
Third Annual Guyana Cup Race Meet fixed for Rising Sun August 16
Over $6.5 million in cash and prizes have been made available for the third annual running of the Guyana Cup horse race meeting, which will be held on Sunday August 16, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice, compliments of Mr. Nazarudeen Mohammed of the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and racing stables. Apart from [...]
Creative Corner : Roses on Linda’s tomb
By Michael Jordan “Something wasn’t quite right about the cemetery…something I couldn’t quite place…” It was close to evening when I reached the crossroads leading into the cemetery. Not remembering how I had got there; guessing I was maybe drunk again but not really caring; wondering only at the strange urgency that made me quicken [...]
Davis to conduct basketball clinics
Guyana’s national male basketball coach of the 2007 team that played in Puerto Rico, US-based, Larry Davis and a South Carolina Lady All-Star team will be in Guyana to conduct clinics for players and coaches from August 19-26. “The South Carolina team will be involved in a camp for local female players and would be [...]
A PRAYER
Dear God, Please stop climate change. It is causing too many problems. Sea levels are rising; the rains are more intense, and the Earth is warming. These things are causing a great deal of problems in Guyana. For one, we are receiving too much rain. There is great flooding, resulting in many farmers losing their [...]
For stronger state leadership
One of the enduring refrains in this space has been the need of the administration to become more directly involved in the economic development of the country. We had called for the creation of a “Catalytic Entrepreneurial State” (CES). Such a state would first, and obviously, have to be a very responsible state, with a [...]
The House Dust Mite
The house dust mite, sometimes referred to by allergists as HDM, is a cosmopolitan guest in human habitation. Dust mites feed on organic detritus such as flakes of shed human skin and flourish in the stable environment of dwellings. House dust mites are a common cause of asthma and allergic symptoms worldwide. Some of the [...]
Facing financial challenges in the Caribbean’s smaller states
By Sir Ronald sanders As the member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) work toward the establishment of an Economic Union amongst themselves amid grave economic circumstances, all of them should even now be considering initiatives which would cut costs while making policy making and implementation more cohesive. Now that’s a long [...]
‘Sash’ Sawh murder accused succumbs
Death had the final say in the high profile Satyadeow Sawh Preliminary Inquiry, after David Leander, called ‘Biscuit’, succumbed yesterday from the mystery illness that struck him eight days ago. The 26-year-old Buxtonian, who was at the time the last surviving accused, died in the Male Medical Ward without emerging from the coma into which [...]
Speeding driver dies in submerged car
A 36-year-old pest control employee was killed shortly after 01:00 hr yesterday, when the car he was driving at high speed careened off the West Coast Demerara public road near Ruimzeight and toppled into a canal. Secharan Singh, called ‘Sunil’, a driver for PESTEX Environmental Solutions, lost control of the vehicle which overturned several times [...]
Govt. deliberately mislead MP’s on contracts – Corbin
There has been deliberate misrepresentation of the status of contracts to the People’s National Congress Reform, even if the queries are made through the National Assembly. This is according to Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, who yesterday told the media that when questions are asked in Parliament about information on these contracts, particularly to whom they [...]
Brutalised man still a prime suspect – Top Cop
Sources close to the matter of Troy Small, called Cats, who was brutalised by persons identified as wearing military uniform, are adamant that the beating/torture was not a police doing but that of Guyana Defence Force Ranks. While the GDF chief could not be reached for a comment yesterday, Police Commissioner Henry Green did not [...]
Guyana Watch opens 17th mission
Guyana Watch has brought its 17th batch of medical professionals to Guyana and will today begin countrywide outreaches designed to meet the needs of Guyanese patients. Guyana Watch is a team of local and overseas-based Guyanese, who, over the years has managed to attract specialist medical professionals to come to Guyana at their own will [...]
Final prosecution witness places PI in limbo
… Kaieteur News pressmen killings Troy Bacon, the final prosecution witness who the police are seeking to help complete the preliminary inquiry into the Kaieteur Killings has placed the case in limbo. Bacon has failed to appear in court for the past two months even though he was served with a summons. An arrest warrant [...]
Desperate gunman robs Digicel Linden outlet
Pandemonium broke loose in Linden yesterday, after news of a brazen daylight robbery, committed at Digicel’s Republic Avenue outlet hit the streets. Persons in the vicinity said that they were not even aware of what was going on, until the cashier, who was the only person in the store at the time, ran outside screaming. [...]
Serious crime in Guyana drastically declining, says Top Cop
Crime has drastically decreased in Guyana over the past month but a gang operating in Berbice has become a source of concern for the Guyana Police Force, according to Police Commissioner Henry Greene. Though not as notorious as the Fine Man gang, the group of criminals operating in the Berbice area, is a source of [...]
