Hubert girls impressive as Carib win School of Nations House sports
Jamelle and Tiffany Hubert displayed impressive talent, while Carib House conquered the other houses as School of Nations concluded their annual track & field inter house championship at the Police Sports Club ground. Four houses, Carib, Arawak, Wapisiana and Macushi houses participated in keen competition for top honours. Carib House conquered all comers with 599 [...]
The Monkey Frog
Monkey frogs are a group of tree frogs (Phyllomedusa hypocondrialis, phyllomedusa sauvagii) which are characterized by long limbs and a lack of webbing between their toes. This last trait allows them to grasp branches and to climb trees in the manner of a monkey, hence their name. This frog is a very large tree frog [...]
Mayor Dennis Richardson hosts Digicel Kick Start footballers
Urges players to do everything they can to improve their skills – Sunderland, England: The eight Digicel Kick Start Clinics players who concluded their one week coaching stint at the Sunderland AFC Academy on Friday morning, were hosted at a reception by the Mayor of the City of Sunderland, Councillor Dennis Richardson, in the afternoon [...]
MORAL DECAY IN GUYANA AND THE ROLE OF THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
By Sheila Holder, MP and AFC Vice-Chair MORAL DECAY IN GUYANA Members of the Jagdeo government have no regard for boundaries – be they of decency, the law, or that which is acceptable conduct for public officials. A recent scandal which has captivated the public gives credence to this statement. As has come to be [...]
Robert and he seeds
By way of a number of e-mails, telephone calls and letters to the management, people have been asking that the column Dem Boys seh be a daily feature. After careful discussion and consideration we have decided to heed the calls. Starting today, we begin the daily feature. ** Dem boys pick up de Chronicle yesterday [...]
UG fires lecturer for inappropriate behaviour
The University of Guyana Council (UGC) has fired one of its lecturers for inappropriate behaviour following a meeting Wednesday night. Although it was unclear last evening whether the lecturer was told of the decision, a top source of the university confirmed that the decision has been taken and the lecturer, Evan Persaud, will have to [...]
US embassy staffer arrested for rape
An employee of the United States Embassy has been arrested for rape and is likely to face the courts tomorrow. Kaieteur News understand that the staffer committed the offence on Sunday on a 21-year-old teacher after she visited him at his Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, home where she had gone to return a book. The [...]
Three Rose Hall businesses go up in flames
By Melissa Johnson ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-storey building that housed three business entities at Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne, yesterday. In the aftermath, there were accusations and allegations of theft leveled against some members of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Fire Service. Many residents [...]
Suriname deports illegal Guyanese nationals
By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Law enforcement officials in Suriname have disclosed that over the past several days a large number of illegal Guyanese nationals were deported to Guyana. Also at least four were detained for various offences ranging from drug trafficking to violation of the Foreign Currency Act. ‘Operation Koetai’, a wide-scale security [...]
Kwame, Julius sex tape hits the streets
Risking arrest, activist Mark Benschop yesterday caused a stir in the Stabroek Market area after he used a music vendor’s cart to play a taped sex conversation of a government official, prompting scores to flock around him. Benschop, who is no stranger to clashes with authority, arrived shortly after 11:00 hrs at the Ministry of [...]
36-foot whale dies
The 36-foot whale which had drifted ashore at Almond Beach, Morawhanna, Region One, has finally died. For the past four days, the Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with support from volunteers in the community, tried desperately to save the whale. This was confirmed by Farmers Relations Specialist of the [...]
Gunman grabs Kissoon’s payroll
Two officials from A H&L Kissoon’s Limited were left traumatised yesterday, after a lone gunman grabbed a $2M payroll from them as they sat in a car on Camp Street. Police said that the officials had just uplifted the cash from Demerara Bank Limited around 13:00 hrs and were heading to the Kissoon’s branch in [...]
Stone was stoned when he made that film
What I find inexplicable about the American film maker, Oliver Stone, and the Caribbean economist, Professor Norman Girvan, is that despite all their panegyrics of Castro’s Cuba and Venezuela’s Chavez, they would not work and live in those two countries and they wouldn’t send their children to universities there. Girvan is happy to remain on [...]
WHAT IS EARNED SHOULD NOT HAVE CONDITIONS ATTACHED
There is an age-old adage which states that impediments should not be placed in the way of a man receiving what is rightly due to him. Thus, if someone has worked, he should be allowed to receive his earnings and benefits without extraneous considerations. There is also however a responsibility on the part of the [...]
What is the obsession with polls in Guyana?
Dear Editor, I recall the day I met Vishnu Bisram – February 10, 1990 – at a meeting on Liberty Avenue, attended by approximately 300 Guyanese activists. At this meeting the World Union of Guyanese was formed under the guidance of Dr. Fenton Ramsahoye. Bisram had joined me and others at meetings with several U.S. [...]
A passing sexual fetish?
Dear Editor, Being in a crowded New York subway car is no fun. You are literally pushed up against hundreds of cultures from around the world, all with its nauseating odours and its alien, even irritating mannerisms. Couple this with the fact that almost half the people on the train don’t speak English and everyone [...]
Only good environmental governance can sustain real development in Latin America
Dear Editor, Old dancing partners, with new faces, are making well-coordinated steps across the countries of Africa and Latin America. In the face of the global financial recession and, what appears to be, the end of the Monroe Doctrine, these partners are moving lightly across the geopolitical spectrum to the increasingly sweet sound of South-South [...]
Self confessed murderer remanded
Also charged with possession Damian Griffith, also known as Damian Marks, appeared in court last Thursday to face multiple charges, including murder and narcotics possession. According to reports, Griffith had murdered Juliet Forde, a shopkeeper, two years ago at Mahdia. He was also charged for having in his possession, on Monday last, a 9mm pistol [...]
Dragging of feet and a frustrated pensioner
Dear Editor, I am writing on my father’s behalf. His name is Seegobin and he currently resides overseas. My father’s local address is lot 151 Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice. His NIS # is A-1656404, and he has been the recipient of old age Pension since 2007. He last received payment in May 2009 and was [...]
Ex-GPL employees face Magistrate
Two ex-Guyana Power and Light employees yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, charged with demanding money with menace. It is alleged that on September 23, last, at Craig, East Bank Demerara, Solomon Jones and Jermaine James demanded $60,000 from one Shionjali Sheumber. The prosecutor told the court that the two men, aged 28 [...]
Plantain farmers hit by infestation
…Agriculture Ministry ‘studying’ the issue Plantain farmers in Rosenanti Tuschen Backlands, East Bank Essequibo are being severely affected by Sigatoka disease which has taken over their farms. The farmers, through representation from People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Member of Parliament, Mervin Williams, raised this issue with Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, yesterday during a farmers’ [...]
A man with a passion for education has passed
Dear Editor, It is with deep sorrow that I write to express my sincere condolences to the family of the late Randolph Gordon, who passed away on September 24, 2009. I met Mr. Gordon some years ago while working with the Georgetown District of the PNCR, and this gentleman I can only describe as a [...]
Shooter remains critical, two youths undergo surgery
Four days after the gun brawl at the National Gymnasium, Jermaine Langevine, remains critical, while two of the youths shot underwent surgery. Dwayne Wharton, 17, and Terrence Edwards, 15, underwent surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital to remove bullets from their left foot and buttock respectively. Jamel Thomas, 17, who was also shot, was discharged [...]
The silence of the political opposition
The silence of the opposition in the face of serious national issues is something of concern for the more that 44 per cent of the population that voted against the current rulers of the nation. And there are very many issues that demand political action. More recently, there were a number of queries about some [...]
Minister vetoes Grove NDC’s bid to increase rates
Residents of the Golden Grove/Diamond area will not see any increase in their rates for this year, according to the Local Government Ministry. A notice posted in yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News said that rates for residents, commercial and industrial/agricultural lands will not be increased. Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall, also [...]
