Riddim Squad remain unbeaten
Riddim Squad remained undefeated in the Georgetown Football Association Western Union sponsored Division 1 League. In recent action, Riddim Squad came from behind to turn back the challenge of Santos by the odd goal in three, 2-1. Sheldon Hope (29th min) and Rashleigh Ramsay (60th min) were on target for the winners, while Ryan Seales [...]
Hamid explores creative dunks
- ahead of All-Star Weekend By Edison Jefford Tyrone Hamid idolises Vince Carter in a way that maybe no other local young basketball talent has, and as a result, the All-Star Junior and Senior Dunk Champion has gone to the depths of his creativity for 2009 All-Star Weekend. Hamid has superseded pasting posters of the [...]
Ganga, Bravo lead T&T to President’s Cup final
Barbados go down by 2 wickets By Sean Devers Skipper Daren Ganga led from the front with a responsible unbeaten 79 while Dwayne Bravo grabbed 6-46 to defending Champions Trinidad and Tobago to a hard fought 2-wicket win against Barbados at the Guyana National Stadium last evening in the first semi-final of the President’s Cup [...]
Ticket sales for ICC 2010 World 20/20 cricket begin
System malfunction stall commencement of sales By Sean Devers The ICC 2010 World 20/20 cricket tournament begins with a double header at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on April 30 and with less than 200 days to the commencement of the 3rd such competition and first in the West Indies, the sale of tickets [...]
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, confident of victory against CCC
As Guyana and the Combined College and Campus team go after each other in a day/night encounter at the National Stadium, Providence later today, West Indies batting star, Shivnarine Chanderpaul is confident that Guyana would win the encounter and set up a thrilling encounter between the winning team in the Trinidad and Tobago/Barbados encounter, contested [...]
Is there no honour among the political class anymore?
Dear Editor, As part of my research, I had the privilege in reading Ravi Dev’s article “The Ethanol Option” of December 2008. What a profound thinker. I then took the opportunity to see what President Jagdeo promised in his 2006 Manifesto on the Ethanol Question and expectedly, I found another unfulfilled promise from the great [...]
Fascist torture: The culprits are the political bosses of the police force
We, the people of Guyana are letting horrible things happen to us that never occurred under the Burnham regime. The answer for this tragic state of affairs entails a long intellectual discussion which cannot be provided here because of space constraints. At some point this nation has to take a stand. I am satisfied with [...]
Guyana is the poster child of nepotism, corruption, under-development and insecurity
Dear Editor, My grandmother taught me many moons ago that the more things change the more they stay the same. Guyana is the epitome of this axiom, just ask many who were fortunate, I use this word with caution, to experience life in Guyana during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and now. Protractors of the [...]
No matter who is in power, there will always be those who will find fault in policiesNo matter who is in power, there will always be those who will find fault in policies
Dear Editor, There is a thin red line between the burdens of being in the government as against those burdens faced by opposition forces because governing this country is not an easy task, even in the best of circumstances, and therefore, we all have to work together, in facing new challenges. Ask President Jagdeo and [...]
THE POLICE FORCE NEEDS TO MODERNIZE ITS INTERROGATION METHODS
A man came up to me in the streets and said, “When lawyer crying in Guyana, you know that things are not right” Another man said to me, “When my mother died, I did not cry; when my father died, I shed no tears; but when I saw that photograph in Saturday’s Kaieteur News, water [...]
The recent security reform fiasco is an indictment on the nation
Dear Editor, Is the Guyana Government truly committed to its constitutionally entrenched responsibility to ensure the safety and security of its citizens? The recent decision by the British Government to plug its £4.9 million from the security reform project is a massive blow to the local security sector and a major set back for citizens. [...]
Marginalisation in the ownership of radio and print media
Dear Editor, When we read of black clothed law enforcement breaking down the door of a citizen to search for information disseminating equipment we do not associate that kind of judicial force with democracies. We do not relate that kind of judicial force with information disseminating in a state where freedom of information is sacrosanct. [...]
A comprehensive overhaul of the police and army is needed
Dear Editor, It is time for all Guyanese to face an inconvenient truth. The politically correct statement that “Our men and women in uniform are by and large hardworking and honest but the reputation is being tarnished by a few bad eggs …” is just that, a politically correct statement. In reality the majority of [...]
Something stinks in the Guyana Police Force
Enough cannot be said about the unprofessionalism of some members of the Guyana Police Force; particularly those who tortured a boy who is just 14. The use of force by the ranks of the police force is nothing new, but this is the first time that we have been exposed to the torture of a [...]
