How can a country care about the planet but not about its own?
Dear Editor, On the 4th of November BBC 4 carried a news item about Guyana sinking in to a state of lawlessness. The subject of the broadcast was the most recent torture of a teen in custody. What the BBC tells the world the world believes and the message sent out is that Guyana has [...]
West Indies Women claim cricket series with 1-wicket win against England
Led by 43 from 18-year-old Stefanie Taylor, 41 from fellow teenager Deandra Dottin and 40 from 26-year-old Stacy-Ann King, West Indies beat England by 1 wicket with 21 balls to spare in the 3rd Womens’ ODI in St Kitts yesterday to clinch the 3-match series 2-1. Left-hander Lydia Greenway top scored with 60 before she [...]
Mayers crushes Summerbell’s lap record
- Summerbell qualifies ahead of Mark Maloney By Rawle Welch Just as he had promised, Barbados’ Roger Mayers, driving a Black Ford Focus, registered a blistering time of 34.585 seconds to crush the previous lap record of 34.98 set by Jamaican David Summerbell during qualifying sessions which ended yesterday, at the South Dakota Circuit. Mayers’ [...]
Customs enforcement in Lethem
Dear Editor, I have just returned from a recent visit to Lethem, where I was so delighted in seeing and driving over the Takutu joining Guyana to Brazil. The drive to and from Lethem was somewhat long, but yet an enjoyable journey with lots of sceneries, mountain ranges, savannahs, animals along the trail and so [...]
Terrorism resurgence
Dear Editor, I am rather confused by the editorial in (6th November, issue. First, of all you implore the “terrorists” to exercise their democratic rights and seek salvation at the “ballot box” – well, anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of Guyana’s political system would know that the present electoral system and history of ethnic [...]
The ‘King of Football’ Edison Arantes do Nascimento for 20th Kashif & Shanghai opening
Tournament officially launched in style at Duke Lodge By Franklin Wilson National treasure of Brazil and FIFA’s football Ambassador to the World, also known as “The King of Football” (O Rei do Futebol), Edison Arantes do Nascimento, will be the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of the annual Kashif [...]
Mario Forde takes stage 4 as Pollydore retains overall lead
By Franklin Wilson Jamaican Mario Forde eased to victory in stage-four of the 3rd annual Ride for Life five-stage cycle road race which took place on the Essequibo Coast yesterday. The 62 miles (100KM) contest saw Forde, who is riding as a member of the Heat Wave team of Trinidad and Tobago winning in 2 [...]
Another battle between Govt. and the opposition
Dear Editor, We are now ringside of another battle between the government and the opposition supposedly in our interest. However, as happens more and more these days both sides seem to have got it all wrong. The two sides in parliament are arguing about the merits and demerits of selling the State’s 20% stake in [...]
Govt. policies are working against the young and vulnerable
Dear Editor, The Guyana Government and police are proving inherently incompetent to deliver security and protection for its citizens. It is scandalous that the police could not stop the gunmen in their brazen attack, who went on a rampage of shooting at the Brickdam Police Headquarters, East Ruimveldt Police Outpost and the fire bombing at [...]
Paddy Price Stabilisation Fund
To deal with the recent vicissitudes in the rice industry, the government has adopted a commendably interventionist policy. We dealt with some of them a week ago in “Rice Interventions”. During the recent Parliamentary debate on the Rice Factories (Amendment) Bill – to compel payment by millers to farmers within 42 days – the Minister [...]
Norman Cameron, part one (1903 – 1983)
By Petamber Persaud (Queen’s College celebrates its 165th anniversary this year 2009; one of the activities for this occasion is the honouring of Norman Cameron who had a special affinity to Queen’s College as student and teacher.) Some writers go to great lengths to spread the word. N. E. Cameron was concerned that his writings [...]
Daren Ganga is first to win three consecutive regional one day finals
When Trinidad and Tobago humbled Guyana by 81 runs in the Regional One Day Final at the Providence Stadium last ‘Thursday, triumphant Captain Daren Ganga not only became the most successful Regional one day Captain, surpassing compatriot Brian Lara and Guyanese Carl Hooper who had shared with him three Regional one day titles, but the [...]
The Baccoo speaks
There must be more mad people around because all the warnings seem to go unheeded. I warned that the roads are dangerous but rather than people taking their time and heeding all that is in place for them to enjoy a painless life, they continue to do stupid things. This is not going to end [...]
Universal Pharmacy maintains support of cyclists
For the third consecutive year, Universal Pharmacy of Suddie on the Essequibo Coast has rewarded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed finishers of the fourth stage of the 3rd Annual Ride for Life Cycle Road Race. Mario Forde, Godfrey Pollydore and Marloe Rodman were each presented with gifts by a staff of the Pharmacy following [...]
Migration: A dirty word or a global opportunity?
By Sir Ronald Sanders “Migration not infrequently gets a bad press. Negative stereotypes, portraying migrants as ‘stealing our jobs’ or ‘scrounging off the taxpayer’, abound in sections of the media and public opinion especially in time of recession”. That is the opening sentence of the United Nations Human Development Report 2009. The report goes on [...]
Et tu, Mr. Ram?
The exposure of the unpardonable torture of a youth by elements of the police in their investigation of a brutal murder has once again raised the vexed issue of the modus operandi of the GPF. In one intervention in the press, Mr Christopher Ram offered his take on the matter around his major premise: “For [...]
Caribbean TT champ, Lowe returns to Guyana
Participated in GTTA League yesterday By Edison Jefford Caribbean Under-21 Table Tennis Champion, Trenace Lowe has returned to Guyana after migrating to the United States of America in August with the intention of focusing on her academic life at University on a prospective scholarship. Kaieteur Sport caught up with Lowe yesterday and she told this [...]
We have to fight for everything, it seems
By Adam Harris Just yesterday I had a meeting with the staff of Kaieteur News and we attempted to examine the situation in Guyana focusing on things that affect our daily lives. Each reporter was to identify those areas to which he or she has been assigned and to look not only at the positives, [...]
Ship of Secrets
By Michael Jordan If you were to visit Bartica, you would see an ancient, half-sunken vessel jutting out of the river, in the vicinity of Triangular Street. It was a ship of secrets, some say; a haven for rapists and lost drug addicts. The rotting remnants of that ‘steamer’ also hold the secret of a [...]
The advantage President Jagdeo has over me
I have known no other life but one of struggle. I have been struggling for human rights all my life since age 16. I remember in 1989, my wife was in advanced pregnancy and FITUG called a general strike against the Hoyte Government’s budget. My strike relief was $300 weekly paid by Father Malcolm Rodrigues [...]
The Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of salmonid that is native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America as well as much of the central, western, eastern, and especially the northern portions of the United States. The species has been introduced for food or sport to at least 45 [...]
Police win and lose in double header
By Sean Devers Police suffered mixed fortunes yesterday as action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Busta 20/20 2nd division cricket continued in the city. Police lost to GCC after beating Diplomats at Eve Leary while Carl Rambarose made an unbeaten 68 for Transport Sports Club (TSC) to register the only half-century in the round. [...]
THE AWAKENING OF CIVIL SOCIETY IS A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION
By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader As the week ended on the latest revelations of torture committed against the Leonora youth and others held at that station, we have seen a flurry of activity on the government side, with the usual grandstanding and platitudes about “full force of the law” to be applied etc. The PPP [...]
Georgetown seniors face foes from Linden
By Edison Jefford Reversing the course of history is never an easy task, but that is what Georgetown will try to do tonight when the senior All-Star basketball team takes on defending champs Linden in a keenly contested battle for the coveted title. Linden has won the Beepat’s Scorpions’ Senior All-Star Championships for the past [...]
