History has a puckish way of repeating itself
DEAR EDITOR, We need to compliment this PPP administration for having so far been able to tear apart the slender moral fabric of our society, and in essence be allowed to as the old folks say, “get away with murder”. The list of purported serious unsolved crimes is long, shameful and unbelievable in a country [...]
Are we taking care of our future?
DEAR EDITOR, The CCWU is concerned with the issues of abuse and exportation faced by our nation’s children. We wish to highlight the domestic abuse of children within our society and advocate the Universal Rights of the Child proclaimed by UNICEF 1988. Children are the future of any nation. Are we taking care of our future? [...]
SDA youth arms host youth congress
The Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists recently, over the last weekend, held its Youth Congress under the theme “Pass it on.” GCSDA’s Youth Congress is a forum that allows the youth population of the Adventist church to meet for fellowship, critical performance reviews, and fun. This year, approximately 2000 youths and youth leaders from Lethem [...]
Coconut exports quadruple over past 10 months
Guyana’s coconut industry boomed this year with almost $50M earned from exports at the end of October. According to the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (New GMC), more than 900 tonnes of dried coconuts were shipped to the Caribbean during the last 10 months. For the same period last year, only 200 tonnes were shipped. General [...]
Regulations that involve workers’ money should be written in lucid language
Dear Editor, In reading the Stabroek News edition of Saturday October 17th, 09, I saw the letter under the heading “Mr. Ramdeen’s NIS claims were disallowed”, a reply by NIS Publicity and Public Relations Officer Dianne Lewis-Baxter, in which she offered an explanation why Joel Ramdeen’s claims were disallowed. But I couldn’t remember reading the [...]
Min of Education, Softball Association locked in land dispute
… latter occupied plot for almost 30 years The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Softball Association are heading for a bitter stand off over a plot of land that currently houses the Association and its facilities. According to President of the Association, Cammie Ramsaroop, his association has been occupying that land for more that [...]
UNICEF brings CROCS Initiative to Guyana
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has supplied 42,000 pairs of Crocs (shoes) to the school systems in which the hinterland and river schools in Region Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten will be benefiting. This initiative is linked to ongoing sustainable school water; Sanitation and Hygiene (wash) programme initiatives. Crocs shoes [...]
Let us address the rice industry’s real concerns
DEAR EDITOR, I will be among the first to passionately admit the rice industry needs critical support from government for it to survive these trying economic times. Rice has remained a very volatile commodity on the world market and is subjected to the caprices of the international rice traders and speculators, especially in Asia and [...]
Relative attempts to bribe jury, judge aborts trial
Justice Winston Patterson, on Thursday, aborted the trial of 34-year-old Eric Sookchine for the murder of his 24-year-old wife, Jasodra Sookchine. At the time, her husband, who was 30, allegedly slashed her throat when she was eight weeks pregnant. The judge was forced to adopt this action after a member of the jury immediately reported [...]
Two arrested for Gizmos and Gadgets robbery
Two persons have been arrested for the robbery at Gizmos and Gadgets Auto Zone on Regent Street last Tuesday. According to a police press release, following rigorous investigations, a man, who has since been identified as Terrence Greene, and a woman, were arrested between Thursday night and Friday morning. They are in police custody assisting [...]
Government must get serious when it comes to spending taxpayers’ money
Dear Editor, I live at Jonestown, Mahaica, East Coast, Demerara. It was 14:00hrs on Tuesday 27th October, 2009. I was sitting at my front door looking out and up comes a grader. It was grading Lima Dam which is a road running from east to west and is the main road in the village. I [...]
Govt. has not signed any agreement-President
A Trinidad company interested in sharing power from an 800-megawatt hydroelectric project in Guyana, never signed any agreements with the government. Rather, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo, ENMAN Services may have only signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government to look at the possibilities of building a hydro dam. During a press conference on [...]
Is God removed from the hearts of men?
DEAR EDITOR, It is appalling and atrocious to say the least at the mere sight of the young boy who was viciously attacked by custodians of the law [law officers] Let it be known that the Church [custodians of the Gospel] abhor and detest this heinous crime perpetrated against a human being. Never in my [...]
A move to correct so many social ills
It is the dream of every individual to own a home. Older folk always say that people should always look for somewhere to rest their head; it is the home that often becomes the centre of the family. There are families that trace their origin to a certain home and the building remains at the [...]
Interact Clubs to donate books to Drop In Centre today
As the Rotary International observance of World Interact Week 2009 comes to an end, members of the Interact Clubs of Queen’s College, Bishops’ High School, Christ Church Secondary and St. Rose’s High, will be demonstrating how, as young people, they are committed to service. This morning, they will be actively involved with Rotarians from the [...]
Abducted man suffocated
Wodette Roberts, whose bound and handcuffed body was found at Dora last Wednesday, succumbed from asphyxiation compounded by compression to the neck. This was revealed yesterday during a post mortem by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh. Police had initially said that they suspected that Robbers suffocated Roberts after the gunmen who abducted him and two [...]
Fire at Supreme Court underscores the need to speed up judicial modernisation – Bar Association President
President of the Guyana Bar Association, Teni Housty, said that the body has grave concerns when the foundations of Guyana’s judicial system become the victim of brazen attacks. He made the comment while condemning the brazen attacks by a gang of gunmen on Wednesday morning when the Brickdam Police Station, the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost [...]
GBA takes sport to ABC Academy
The Guyana Badminton Association junior drive, which has been targeting schools, again took place, this time at the ABC Academy on New Market Street. Demonstrations of the Basic Rules and on court play were done along with some verbal explanations to the students. A GBA release said, “It was very good to see the interest [...]
Bartica police brutality file with DPP
The Director of Public Prosecutors has instructed the police to conduct further investigations into the alleged beating by police ranks of Bartica on robbery suspect, Cedric Babb. A police statement said that the allegation was investigated and the file forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). “The DPP instructed that further investigations be conducted [...]
President Jagdeo’s style
I am not going to get personal or get into the gutter with President Jagdeo. There is bound to be tremendous loss of respect by citizens when a President behaves so wildly. Perhaps the only person who doesn’t know that the Office of the President carries with it certain levels of decorum may be the [...]
GDF celebrates 44th anniversary
The Guyana Defence Force(GDF) is celebrating a month of activities that began with a church service, and will continue with a Veterans Day Observance on the second Friday in November. There will be a talk and a luncheon, giving opportunities for ex members to socialise and meet with current serving members to have a transfer [...]
State’s ability to prosecute has been seriously compromised-Anil Nandalall
The methods being employed by the security forces could seriously undermine the judicial process and prove counter productive to what is desired. This view was expressed by attorney at law, Anil Nandlall, during a press conference hosted by the Guyana Bar Association last Thursday. Nandlall was referring to the torture of a teenaged boy who [...]
EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS HAPPENS!
The ruling People’s Progressive Party must summon an emergency meeting of its Central Executive to discuss the crisis that is besetting the presidency. The ruling party cannot afford to wait any longer before it addresses this matter which is causing this most important office in our land to be belittled. Never in their wildest dreams [...]
Moves afoot to scrap Trained Teachers’ Certificate
The Ministry of Education is prepared to do away with the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) trained teachers’ certificate and is set to phase in an initiative called ‘Two Plus Two’. The initiative, according to Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, will see teachers in training spending two years at CPCE and a subsequent two years [...]
