Farmers get sheep, pigs as Agri Month winds down
As Agriculture Month winds down, more than 100 small farmers countrywide received pigs, sheep and fish fingerlings as a boost to their capacity. Braving rains at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent Road, farmers were warned by Minister Robert Persaud, not to waste the efforts of government but rather to use it to improve on the [...]
CCC, Jamaica match washed out at Bourda
Rain could deny Jamaica semi-final spot By Sean Devers Jerome Taylor returned to the Jamaica team after illness with 2 wickets in the opening over of his team’s 2nd round President’s Cup regional 50 overs cricket match against CCC at Bourda yesterday. However, the West Indies pacer’s effort was in a wasted one as rain [...]
Missing fishermen found
…were forced to rob other boats By Brushell Blackman The fishermen who were abducted by pirates were released unharmed but not before they were forced to loot other boats along the waterway by the four masked pirates. The two men are Bevon Wickham, 35 of 291 Bachelor’s Adventure and Kamalodeen Nazrudeen, of 539 Good Hope, [...]
Trinidad, Windward match abandoned
Rain ensures teams one-point each Overnight and early morning rain on the West Coast of Demerara forced an abandonment of the Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands’ West Indies’ Cricket Board President Cup One-Day Match yesterday at the Uitvlugt Ground. The match was officially abandoned at 11am without a ball being bowled and both teams [...]
Alkins, Persaud and Federicks hit half centuries
National U-19 vice captain Royston Alkins, Rovindra Persaud and Essequibo opener Norman Federicks hit half centuries as the South Essequibo Twenty/20 cricket competition continued last Sunday on the Essequibo Coast. At Suddie, Santos defeated Jaguars by seven wickets. Jaguars batted first and made 91-2 in 20 overs. Ricardo Persaud top scored 22 and Fazal Mohamed [...]
Local Over-35 ruggers clash with T&T counterpart today
Former Guyana and Guyana Defence Force winger Christopher O’Donoghue has been appointed Captain of the Guyana Over-35 team for the match against the Trinidad Enthusiasts Rugby Football Club today at the National Park rugby ground commencing at 16:00 hours. Last year the Twin-Island Republic boys snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with two quick [...]
Town Clerk, City Treasurer sacked
Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall, yesterday told the media that he was deciding to accept the recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry, that Town Clerk Beulah Williams and Treasurer Rodrick Edinboro be dismissed. The Commission’s work had concluded in May 2009 and a report was presented to the Minister in July. The report was [...]
UK security project scrapped as Guyana dragged its feet
Dear Editor, Yet again funding to the Guyana government has collapsed as the UK scrapped a $1.6 billion Security Project. This time there was no time-lined application as was the case with the EEC funding, but negotiation based. The Guyana government had failed to obtain the EEC funds due to sheer inefficiencies in working to [...]
The Government must set GAWU straight
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Errol O S Hanoman’s letter (SN 10-30-2009) on sugar captioned, “GAWU distorting grim realities of sugar, all sides must work together to keep industry alive” and wish to state that he clearly shows that GuySuCo must undertake a serious financial and ownership correction, if there is to be any [...]
Guyana gets US$24.8 million loan from IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan to Guyana of US$24.8 million to improve roads. The Bank, in a press release, said that the funds will support a government programme to cut travel time and costs and boost safety and accessibility in and around Georgetown. The IDB funds will support the government’s Road [...]
It would be very educational if our TV stations broadcast these programmes
Dear Editor, The newspaper letters page is often swamped with the questions, where did we come from and what makes us human? The TV programme NOVA will provide us the most likely answer on Tuesday November 3rd. The three-part special running on PBS examines what the latest scientific research reveals about us and our hominid [...]
Let’s view recent fires with more caution before forming an opinion
Dear Editor, We must view the spate of recent fires with a bit more caution before we form an opinion or even express one that could cast false aspersions on others, particularly, the victims who at the time might not have even gotten over their ordeal. To this end I ask that we examine the [...]
Clarification on Freddie’s logical deduction
Dear Editor, I write to clarify Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s misapplication of the term logical deduction in his column captioned “Rohee’s deduction has permanently damaged his Government” (Oct 29). This is another of a long line of missteps and misstatements. I disagree that Rohee’s statement has damaged the government. Freddie penned that Minister Rohee, after noting [...]
Demolitions: There will be no untouchables-Benn
Amidst criticisms, Government yesterday vowed to continue its demolition of illegal structures and said that there are “no untouchables, no sacred cows”. Speaking to reporters during a press conference at his Kingston office, Minister of Public Works and Communication, Robeson Benn, also believed that there is an orchestrated campaign to halt the campaign which has [...]
Itabali children suffer lack of teachers
- Ministry to investigate The Ministry of Education is investigating the operations of the Itabali Primary School following complaints by parents of students there about the grossly inadequate staff. The parents had contacted this newspaper and informed that there are presently only three teachers to the 150 students at the institution. The situation was compounded [...]
Our humanity cannot be sustained if some of us profit while others suffer
Dear Editor, The newspapers on Thursday all reported on the opening of the new bottling plant at DDL. This expansion seems to be a Guyana success story that all Guyanese should be proud about, according to the speakers at the plant opening. Capitalism is like that. Regardless of whether the bottles are going to be [...]
Linden honours first mayor with conference centre
The Egbert Benjamin Exhibition and Conference Centre was officially handed over to the Mayor and Town Council of Linden on Thursday at a simple ceremony at the facility. Among those present at the handing over ceremony were Ambassador of the European Union, Geert Heikens; Senior executives of the Linden Economic Advancement Programme; Regional Chairman Mortimer [...]
Radio and dictatorship
Life is indeed funny. I was having coffee at a well known Georgetown café with Mark Benschop yesterday morning when Benschop informed a number of European and American diplomats that he had started up a radio station. They all agreed that it was a good move. Later in the day, I got a telephone call [...]
Violent crimes drop drastically over past year
Figures released from the Guyana Police Force have revealed that there has been a reduction in murders and other categories of serious crimes so far for this year as compared to last year. So far for this year there have been 95 murders as compared to 136 for the corresponding period last year. Of the [...]
The animals among us
Illegality seems to know no bounds in Guyana. There seems to be no regard for law and order and certainly none for decency. A few weeks ago there was the incident that led to the arrest of some soldiers. They were operating like common criminals although they were supposed to protect the people. They targeted [...]
Keep your money; we will keep our self respect
What has happened with the Security Reform Project which was to be funded by the British Government should be a lesson for the Guyana Government who must now reassert the same rights to sovereignty over other foreign-funded projects. The fact that a foreign government or agency is lending or giving you money to undertake projects [...]
