Different guns used to execute crewmen
Investigators have established that two different weapons were used to execute crew members Mahendra Singh and Captain Titus Buckley. Ballistic tests conducted on bullets recovered from the skulls of the two men have confirmed that the warheads recovered were fired from two different 9mm calibre weapons. Buckley’s degutted body was found on Tuesday afternoon on [...]
Injunction fails to stop demolition K.P Thomas offices
- as workers, company officials clash By Leonard Gildarie A Government Minister and media clashed yesterday and the police were called in during an early morning demolition exercise on the Railway Embankment that threatened to turn ugly. A late afternoon ex-parte injunction granted by Chief Justice, Ian Chang, failed to stop the demolition. Workers of [...]
Guyana should take every action to protect its children – Min Ramsammy
While pointing out that sexual abuse is a major public health issue in Guyana, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said, yesterday, that it is an area that Guyana should not be hesitant about. In commenting on the recent revelation of a tape recording between Information Liaison to President, Kwame McCoy, who is overheard soliciting [...]
GRA admits to stealing electricity
…GPL should not have gone to media -Sattaur Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur says that the illegal connection that was discovered at one of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s building was not authorized and that the entity does not condone theft. He further promised that he would launch an investigation into the incident. Sattaur was however adamant [...]
Woman begs for release of brother on death row
- after 22 years in jail By Dale Andrews Relatives of convicted murderer Noel Thomas have written to President Bharrat Jagdeo pleading for his release from death row. Thomas along with Abdool Saleem Yassin of the famous Yassin/Thomas duo, had warrants for their execution read in 1996. The other inmate has since died in prison [...]
GWI launches “Camp Resolution”
The many water woes being experienced may soon be addressed at the community level. As part of the Government’s strategy for the improvement of the Nation’s Water Sector, the Ministry of Housing and Water, through Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), is set to launch a massive customer service programme. Titled “Camp Resolution,” it will encompass visits [...]
NBS slated for BOG regularisation under proposed legislation
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, on Thursday last announced that the New Building Society (Amendment) Bill is among the priority Bills for the House when it resumes sitting later this month. Under the proposed amendments it is expected that the New Building Society (NBS) will now be regulated by the Bank of [...]
A retraction is in order
Dear Editor, Parents and elders would chide us whenever we do “wrong” things. If we were caught lying, our parents would whip us or impose some other form of punishment. We were raised with good values to be honest, mannerly and straight. If we hurt someone, we apologise. When Kaieteur News reporters or editors made [...]
Robin Williams confused about Dr. Misir’s responsibilities
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Robin William’s letter in the SN on October 2, 2009 captioned, “Fluctuating principles.” First and foremost, as the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr. Prem Misir has the right to inform and correct the media of their premature conclusions about the Evan Persaud matter. It is within the [...]
When silence equals consent
Dear Editor, Approximately two weeks ago, my 13-year-old asked me two simple yet profound questions; why do you get so upset about what’s going on in Guyana when they themselves don’t seem to be bothered? What are they doing about the situation? She stumped me. I did not have a ready answer and since that [...]
What it takes to be an effective political leader in a multiethnic setting
Dear Editor, We want leaders and not managers! This may be true more so in politics. Unfortunately, many so-called political leaders are managers. Guyana through the nation’s chief executive and few other multiethnic countries may have started an experiment in political leadership that has a vision and a method that socially construct and reconstruct a [...]
Deterioration of the situation in Honduras
Dear Editor, The people of Honduras are in a state of panic as a result of the “siege” declared by the de facto government. All human rights are suspended and there is much fear that reprisals will be taken in this situation against those who took part in street protests, and threats are already levelled [...]
Spare us this torment, Mr. Jagdeo!
Dear Editor, Just when one thought that the revelations about a government official’s alleged inappropriate behaviour with a minor had taken us to the bottom of the barrel in terms of what the government has to offer this country, the administration has unveiled yet another lowly aspect of its character, the ability to depress the [...]
The nature of ‘Fear’ – then and now
Dear Editor, I lived through the entire Burnhamite era (1965-85) and, without a doubt, it was largely authoritarian. It was characterized for the most part, as I had written then, by political despotism. Fraud, Fear and Food (the triple F policy) were weapons of political rule. Elections were routinely rigged; attacks on civil liberties including [...]
Thomas, GFC, Santos & Alpha book remaining knockout spots
Thomas United, Santos, Alpha and Georgetown Football (GFC) Club have booked the remaining spots in the knockout stage of the 2009 Chubby sponsored Under-13 football competition organised by the Georgetown Football Association following the final set of group matches yesterday at the Tucville ground. In the day’s feature match, Sunburst Camptown defeated GFC 3-1 on [...]
Politics, Power and Sex
Politics, we should know, is all about power. Mr. Forbes Burnham once said that anyone in politics who said he did not want power was either a fool or a rascal. And Mr. Burnham knew a thing or two about power. The question, he asserted was, “What did the person want to do with the [...]
Sterling Products showcases new products at GuyExpo
Sterling Products Limited, known for its “Golden Cream” line of margarine and its Foam brand of soaps and detergents, is using GuyExpo to introduce some of its new products. The company, which began producing margarine 55 years ago, recently introduced on the market Golden Cream margarine, free of trans fat. The company’s representative, Nafeeza Balkissoon, [...]
Satro take on Rebel in P&P 40-over final
Hardball cricket will take full flight today at Amsterdam, Leguan when Satro takes on Rebel in the P&P Insurance Brokers 40 overs cricket competition. The riveting contest is expected to bowl off at 10am at White’s Park. A release from officials related to the event stated that Trevor White will lead Satro while Brian Roopchand [...]
THE MERMAID’S REVENGE
By Michael Jordan You may wonder why the date August 18, 1997 sticks in my head. I’ll tell you why. It was the day that me and Maxie did a terrible thing, though we hadn’t meant to hurt anybody; we were just two 12-year-old boys enjoying the long holiday, but nobody, except Old Skeetes, who [...]
GFF National Super League continues today
Competition in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation National Super League funded under the Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF project, will continue today with five matches around the country. One of only two unbeaten teams and leading the points tally with 8, Alpha United, will lock horns with Bakewell Topp XX in one of two matches [...]
Guyana/Venezuela closer to appointing Good Officer
…should work toward solution rather than managing dispute – AFC Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Cooperation, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, along with her Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, are expected to meet with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon later this month to formally inform him that both countries have agreed to Professor Norman Girvan as the new Good [...]
Griffith gets new bat from YK Investments
West Indies provisional pick and Demerara Cricket Club opening batsman Trevon Griffith was the recipient of a new bat compliments of businessman Marlon Yenkana of YK Investments Pawn Shop of Regent Street. The slimly-built left-handed opener who had an outstanding TCL Group West Indies Challenge Trophy Competition in Jamaica where he was the leading batsman [...]
The Paper Trail, part one
by Petamber Persaud (Extracts of a conversation on the movement of man, with Nalini Mohabir and Juliet Alexander, Georgetown, Guyana, August 28, 2009). Nalini Mohabir, born in Canada of a Guyanese father and Trinidadian mother, is doing her Ph. D. thesis at Leeds University, UK, on the last return ship from British Guiana to India. [...]
DCC hammer MSC despite 50s from Holder & Barry
In sweltering heat and watched by a small but vocal crowd, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) defeated host Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by 5 wickets yesterday to advance to the final of the Georgetown zone of the Demerara Cricket Board’s Hand-in-Hand 50-overs 2nd division knock-out cricket competition. The over-40 pair of former Guyana wicketkeeper Batsman Neil [...]
Court frees Prison Officers after Mazaruni escape
- One to challenge his dismissal by the Prison Service By Brushell Blackman Magistrate Fazil Azeez dismissed the case of two prison officers who were charged for negligence that resulted in the escape of nine prisoners from the Mazaruni Prison on January 12, 2007. The matter was last heard in the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on [...]
