GRDB not surprise by PNCR and AFC’s condemnation of Rice Factories Act
Dear Editor, The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is not surprised by the PNCR condemnation of the amendment of the Rice Factories Act to provide additional protection from the few unscrupulous millers who delay and or deny payment to farmers for paddy purchased. The Alliance for Change and the Chairman, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan also criticised [...]
Hollywood block buster
Dear Editor, Mr. Ryan Waldon’s letter (23-10-09) needs not look as far as Hollywood for his block buster, because Guyana has its own home-grown “Wacko Freddie”. After all, Freddie Kissoon seems to be the expert on all the topics Ryan Waldron has mentioned, plus more. Moreso, the way Freddie attacks certain section of the Indo-Guyanese [...]
Lumumba blast GFF over stance on Inter-Block
President of Alpha United Odinga Lumumba has said that the Guyana Football Federation’s decision to sanction some of its members and withhold its support for the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block Football tournaments as foolish. Speaking with the media recently, Lumumba pointed out that the inter-block was an activity which enhances football as [...]
Hikers ‘A’, GCC ‘A’ serve up another thriller in stalemate
After their first round battle saw the Hikers ‘A’ edge GCC ‘A’ by one goal scored two minutes from full time, the two teams served up another remarkable battle Friday evening at the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships to draw 3-3 at full time at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Old Fort ‘A’ meanwhile were [...]
GAWU needs new leaders
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in Kaieteur News, captioned, “How the PPP underdeveloped Guyana”. The leader of the GAWU is not doing anything for the workers. The so-called leader has not reached with the workers in Berbice for several years. GAWU needs a more dynamic leader not an incompetent leader who sell the [...]
Comments made by Backer were not serious and intended to cause panic
Dear Editor, The move by the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) members of Parliament to discipline Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) Member of Parliament, Deborah Backer, is a low class political stunt aimed to mislead the general public, and to divert attention from issues that really matter to the Guyanese people. In the news item published [...]
Generating change
Few would deny that today in Guyana there is a widespread feeling of dissatisfaction – a feeling that things are just not right. Much of the dissatisfaction centres on the social structures around us – the political, social, economic and cultural structures that are no longer seen as delivering the goods. In the political realm, [...]
Robin Persaud unstoppable in feature @ Humphrey’s Bakery sponsored event
By Franklin Wilson Robin Persaud was unstoppable in the feature 25-lap showdown at the 12th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycling Extravaganza held at the inner circuit of the National Park, yesterday and organised by the Roraima Bikers Club with sponsorship from Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products of Ketley Street, Charlestown and the Humphrey’s Family. In [...]
The Paper Trail, part two
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 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. Juliet [...]
Ram pays recognition to Pegasus’ commitment
The Pegasus 40th Anniversary Open Tennis Competition opened last Friday with an impressive ceremony, at the Hotel’s Hardcourts. Attended by members of the new executive including President Christopher Ram and President of the Guyana Olympic Association K.A. Juman Yassin and sponsor’s representative and Deputy General Manager Susan Isaacs, Ram thanked the Hotel for continuing its [...]
Curbing Racism in Britain: Censoring the BBC is not the answer
By Sir Ronald Sanders Racism and xenophobia have once again emerged in British politics, driven by the very difficult economic situation in which Britain is now mired. The grim reality of racial unease in Britain and its possible consequences were highlighted by an invitation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to a convicted racist and [...]
For a New Political Culture
In 1990, I issued the paper, “For a New Political Culture”, that was to become the basis of the ROAR program a decade later. I noted: “Guyana, throughout its history, has been subjected to only one type of political order – the rule of superior force. The present political culture, which promotes an adversarial form [...]
THE JOINT OPPOSITION FORGOT THE SNAKE BITE VICTIMS
There were at least two persons who died as a result of hit and run accidents during the crime wave of 2001-2006. I hope that the joint opposition parties add these two names to the dossier that they are compiling because it seems as if they are simply stringing together all the violent deaths that [...]
Essequibo Zone of National Softball Cricket tournament starts today
Four matches are scheduled to be played when the Essequibo zone of the National Softball Cricket tournament gets underway this morning. The championship is organized by The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with the Guyana Softball Cricket League and sponsored by Ansa McAl, under the Carib Beer brand. The Regional Executive Officer [...]
Accreditation yes; technical skills, no
By Adam Harris I recalled that there was talk of equivalence of certificates. Guyana has many institutions some of them prominent like the Government Technical Institute and other related institutes, the various schools of nursing, and the like. When Guyana set up the University of Guyana in 1964 there was talk that there was already [...]
Flashes of friendship, fragments of memory, frescoes of history
Malcolm Harripaul, in a letter to this newspaper last Sunday, wrote some kind words about me. People out there may not know but Malcolm has made some significant contributions to his country. So many of the Malcolm Harripauls we don’t know about. Their stories left untold. There were two strong supporters of the PPP with [...]
Exciting matches as Power Stout Cricket gets underway
Cricket buffs were treated to several exciting matches when the Power Stout Tapeball Cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Tapeball League in association with the Guyana Softball Cricket League got underway last Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday evening at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park Georgetown. The competition was jointly sponsored by Banks DIH [...]
The Coati
Coatis genera, also known as hog-nosed coons, snookum bears, and Brazilian aardvarks, are members of the raccoon family. They are diurnal mammals native to South, Central, and south-western North America. The word coatimundi is a commonly used misnomer applied to solitary adult males. Adult coatis measure 33 to 69 centimetre (cm) or between13 and 27 [...]
Flying Ace Cycle Club honours coach during Anniversary celebrations
The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of Berbice will be celebrating its 23rd Anniversary with a series of events starting with a church service this morning in the Ancient County. The club would subsequently stage a Peace Ride and a cycle meet that comprises 20 events at the Skeldon Estate Ground dubbed ‘Track Attack’ later [...]
“Blackout Nation”
We all have been experiencing blackouts almost daily in Guyana. We are becoming known as the “Blackout Nation”. Many have complained that even with good internal wiring, surge protectors and other protective equipment, our properties are still being destroyed, from TVs to computers, to other assorted electrically, powered appliances and equipment, at our businesses and [...]
GHRA proposes independent panel to assist police
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, at a press conference on November 27, 2002, commented that “there seems to be reasonable, plausible evidence that suggests that there is a body out there that has been involved in criminal activities and it is not the (prison) escapees. Attention is now being paid to those [...]
Abandoned ship was ordered detained by Guyana courts
- police investigating links to Haiti piracy Authorities are making arrangements to move to safety a boat believed to have been pirated in 2004 in Haiti. Yesterday, Maritime officials also said that the Florida Star1 has been in Guyana since 2006 and is at the centre of litigations with the owners. Authorities also said yesterday [...]
Guyanese get Jamaica National Award
In July of this year, Eldon Bremner, received a letter with the words Secret Confidential written on it. “I was on cloud nine!” he said of its contents. The letter was from the Prime Minister of Jamaica informing him that he had been awarded an Order of Distinction in the rank of officer for service [...]
Funeral parlour owner released
Police appear to be back where they started, with no clue as to who the perpetrators are in the gruesome murders of the Island Princess crew. A senior police official confirmed yesterday that investigators have released the funeral parlour owner and two other men who were held three days ago in connection with the case. [...]
Dem boys seh…Digicel girls send dem man to Food for de Poor
Cricket is in de air and dem boys love a good cricket match. When de match done dem does talk about de sound of ball on willow and who stop which boundary and things like that. Last night was a different tune. Dem boys coulda barely talk about de game and who score what and [...]
