Works Minister, Top Cop clash over Govt reserve
…public interest outweighs private agenda – Robeson Benn Despite orders by Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, not to stop hire car drivers from parking at the head of the UG access road, the police ordered that a ‘No Stopping’ sign be place at the said area. There seems to be a challenge between Commissioner [...]
Semi-finalists to be decided tonight
Guinness/GFA/MCY&S/NSC Futsal The final four places in the inaugural Guinness/Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission Futsal competition will be know tonight when the quarter-finals are contested at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Battle lines have already been drawn with the contesting teams leaving no stones unturned as they seek victory. Riveting [...]
Scores flock Patentia school for Guyana Watch clinic
75-year-old Bissoondai, of Patentia walked out of the Patentia Primary School all smiles yesterday, her hands full with free medication for her many ailments, including hypertension. She was among the scores of residents from Patentia, Wales, and other nearby communities on the West Bank of Demerara who turned out for the free medical clinic put [...]
Laboratory of Excellence breaking new ground one year later
As the most modern health facility in Guyana, the National Public Health Reference Laboratory, strategically situated at the corner of Thomas and New Market Streets, has been breaking new ground in the area of laboratory testing over the past year. Tests the likes of Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Polymerase (DNA) and other virology tests that were previously unheard [...]
Reifer exudes confidence ahead of first Digicel ODI
Roseau, Dominica: West Indies captain, Floyd Reifer, says that his side will learn from the mistakes they made in the Digicel Test Series and bounce back in the Digicel One Day International Series against Bangladesh. “We are still confident because we know the mistakes that we made in the two (Digicel) Test matches,” Reifer told [...]
GCF President declines comment on Bentley issue
Cyclist, lawyer may consider legal recourse By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Hector Edwards declined to comment on the Jude Bentley furore ushering in a season of silence on an issue that needs urgent attention at the highest level of his administration. Kaieteur Sport contacted Edwards yesterday to facilitate an interview [...]
GASP holds another successful interactive session
The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP,) held another interaction session yesterday morning at the Old Guyana National Service Sports Complex, and registered another favourable turnout. In photo, James Krakowsky (yellow sweater) assists Orlando Michael ((blue sweater, backing camera), in tutoring the youngsters during the two hour sessions.
New Ministry of Health to go to US$3M complex
Plans scrapped for Ministry of Labour; contractor to be fired The Ministry of Health which two Fridays ago lost its Brickdam, Georgetown head office to fire is to be relocated to the US$3M complex being set up at Princes and High Streets, Georgetown. Construction of the building, which was first identified for the Ministry of [...]
You are free to protest; don’t break the law
Police Commissioner to three Musketeers: “Police headquarters is a place where well armed men with ammunition are…We don’t want any weapon to go off accidentally and something to happen to anybody.” – Commissioner Green (By Mondale Smith) “You are free to picket once you do not break the law” is Police Commissioner Henry Greene’s message [...]
Stranded Jamaican rescued by kind hearted Guyanese family
Despite his traumatic ordeal, a 27-year-old Jamaican is expressing his gratitude to a Guyanese family who provided him with food and shelter when he needed it most. Harvey Anderson was taken in by a North Ruimveldt family after he was found wandering in the Stabroek Market area, following his release from the custody of local [...]
Man who killed lover’s mom charged
Hamraj Rambachan, the Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara man who stabbed his girlfriend’s mother to death, was yesterday formally charged with murder and remanded to prison. Rambachan, 23, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Vreed-en-hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He appeared calm throughout his [...]
Honduras coup reveals fragility of Latin American democracy
By Odeen Ishmael The fragility of democracy in Latin America was revealed late last month when the democratically elected President of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army and exiled to neighbouring Costa Rica. Significantly, this coup which also forced out Zelaya’s cabinet was backed by a large section of the members of [...]
Guyanese will face severe hardships, despite increase in salaries – PNCR
While public servants are likely to get an increase in wages and salaries, the vast majority of the Guyanese people will continue to face severe economic hardships. This is according to Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, who on Friday during a press conference, said that no evaluation by the International [...]
Police raid West La Penitence house for suspects in Health Ministry fire
…arrest sleeping teen By Latoya Giles The relatives of 19-year-old Clayton Westford, of 7 West La Penitence are pleading with members of the Guyana Police Force to conduct better investigations that would lead to the right perpetrators being arrested. According to Clifton Westford, his son was arrested early yesterday morning by heavily armed policemen wearing [...]
The current University of Guyana debate
Dear Editor, The current debate in the Guyanese press on the question as to whether the University of Guyana (UG) should emphasise teaching or research, is a question as old as the medieval university itself. But, what is relatively new (and more germane within the context of the Guyanese reality) is the role of a [...]
Simple behaviour changes can help shift the culture of alcohol use
Dear Editor, Within the last week, we have seen some of the most horrific acts of domestic violence resulting in murder. In addition, there are other reports of injuries sustained as a result of violence and of people being charged. One of the threads running through the stories is the use of alcohol. The man [...]
$140M Ophthalmology Centre commissioned
President Bharrat Jagdeo commissioned the first specialized Ophthalmology Centre in the Caribbean and Latin America, yesterday, at Port Mourant, Berbice. The Ophthalmology Centre is expected to perform a total of 10,000 eye surgeries a year in the areas of corrective refractive error, cataract, glaucoma, and retinopathy and retina detachment. One of the centre’s long-term plans [...]
Let us not fall prey to falsity and perceptions
Dear Editor, I recently stumbled upon an article written by Dr. Bertie Ramcharran in the SN on July 23, 2009 about inclusive governance in Guyana. Dr. Ramcharran seems to be presenting Guyana as if it were an ethnoracy, instead of a democratic electoral state. Dr. Ramcharran should note that the people of Guyana are all [...]
165 youths complete five-day Police youth Camp
By Mondale Smith One of the nations top performers at the grade six assessment exams said, “I like technology and having my parents do everything for me, but this camp gave me an appreciation for washing my own clothes and it is not as hard as I thought.” One lass said that she now [...]
Presenting macroeconmic variables as if the world is static
Dear Editor, Today, critics see loans and general financial aid as an end in themselves, but instead, they should be seen as means to build on resource capacity. And then the critics tend to present macroeconomic variables as if the world is static; the world is dynamic; and so, when there are crisis situations, as [...]
Will the brutality ever end?
Dear Editor, Justice is a fundamental virtue that renders to another what rightfully belongs to him. A trial with adequate evidence provided is subjected to anyone suspected of criminality. However, beating the sense out of an individual for a crime he didn’t commit or only on the whim of suspicion or hunch is downright injustice. [...]
Expo and Trade fair earns kudos for Berbice Chamber
ALBION, CORENTYNE – Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia, lauded the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce for its contributions to society. At the time he was addressing the opening ceremony of the fifth annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair on Friday at the Albion Sports Complex. This body was established in November [...]
GT&T shares should not be sold
Dear Editor, The government wants to sell its shares in GT&T, but I see in the newspapers GT&T contributed $43 billion since 2000, paying nothing less than $200 million a year, and up to last year government collected $1.5 billion in taxes and $265 million in dividends. Should these reports be true, then why sell [...]
Homo homini lupus
“Homo homini lupus” – “man is a wolf to man” – is a Latin phrase that has come down to us from the Roman playwright Plautus (300BC). It succinctly summarises a view of man that sadly history in the succeeding millennia has given too many illustrations to suggest that things might have changed for the [...]
Roraima Airways introduces new aircraft
Roraima Airways has increased its’ local fleet of airplanes to with the latest addition of an Islander to its fleet. Yesterday, a number of local media operatives were afforded the opportunity of flying in the aircraft around the city. Speaking to the media after the flight piloted by Captain Gerry Gouveia, Captain Learie Barclay, who [...]
