66 graduate from Kuru Kuru Co-operative College
Sixty-six students were honoured for successfully completing studies at the Kuru Kuru Co-operative College when the institution held its annual graduation ceremony at the Guyana Red Cross Society Building at Eve Leary Kingston. Twenty one of the students completed the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate, while 45 completed various levels of the advance courses offered by [...]
DeSinco Trading U-19 football kicks off
Conquerors maul GFC, Camptown, Riddim Squad, Santos, Pele, Uprising also win The 2009 DeSinco Trading Under-19 football tournament organised by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) kicked off on Saturday last with Fruta Conquerors’ 10-1 mauling of Georgetown Football Club being the highlight of the opening day’s play. Enjoying home advantage, Conquerors dominated the young Bourda [...]
G/T are inaugural National Women’s league champions
Region 9 cop runner-up spot after 2-all draw with Bartica On a scorching hot day in mountainous community Lethem in hinterland Guyana, hosts Region 9 held Bartica to a 2-all draw in the final match of the National Women’s League Football tournament to finish behind inaugural champions Georgetown as Runners-up. Urged on by a large [...]
Terrorist actions political
Dear Editor, Terrorism struck again last Wednesday morning (04-10-09), when an armed gang camouflaged as policemen with AK-47s, shotguns, channa bombs, and grenades, inflicted a series of attacks on the Brickdam Police Station; East Ruimveldt Police Outpost; the High Court Registry, and Richard Ishmael Secondary School; including hijacking a vehicle on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway. The [...]
Put an end to these acts by our security forces
Dear Editor, The recent torture of a 14-year-old lad who was in custody at the Leonora Police Station, has created quite a stir, and, justifiable so too. Guyana has once again made the international scene and for an offence that is so prevalent among persons arrested on mere allegations. What is so horrific is that [...]
Let us love justice without double standards
Dear Editor, I wish to commend my good friend Leon Rockcliffe for his wonderful letter in the newspapers of 7th November, 2009, when he quoted Shakespeare and the Bible to support his warnings to civil society not to relapse into complacency in dealing with current unacceptable standards of happenings in our beloved country. I am [...]
Public consultation means engaging all sides in frank and open discussion
Dear Editor, Over the weekend the Obama administration scored a major political victory when their Health Care Insurance Bill was passed by the House of Representatives. After scores of meetings, speeches and countless debates, the bill was narrowly passed through the House with a final vote of 220-215 with only one Republican — Rep. Joseph [...]
Visa issuance and cancellation
Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of the general public and especially those in government and the Joint Services about certain conditions for the issuance and cancellation of visas for Canada, USA and the UK. If a person who commits inhumane acts on a civilian, that person and his family members can [...]
LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!
The President of Guyana must understand that however much he chooses to believe who like to tell him what he wants to hear, it is often better to find out the truth even if this comes from a source which is opposed to the government. There are many persons who are today trying to tell [...]
All Guyanese must strongly condemn acts of brutality
Dear Editor, It is with dismay I saw on the front pages of the Kaieteur news dated 31, October, 2009 the badly burnt and incapacitated body of a young man alleged to be a suspect in a current murder probe. When I share this piece of article with fellow co workers the very morning it [...]
We need Freddie’s pen and would be poorer if not
Dear Editor, I once said that young people should take a page from Frederick Kissoon’s book, especially young journalists. If nothing else, they should emulate his bold and fearless stand in highlighting and exposing stories, events, people etc. He dares to tackle all and sundry exposing them for what in his estimation is wrong, unjust, [...]
Guyana: Descent into state terrorism
There can be no doubt about it; the PPP had lost rationality and a creeping nihilism is taking over that party and the government it leads. There are all types of authoritarian systems in the world but whether it is a military government as in Myanmar, a semi-fascist state like Cuba, an elected dictatorship in [...]
A PARLIAMENT FULL OF SHEETS
Parliamentarians throughout the world are often chided for exhibiting, while at their appointed or elected task, a childish obsession with the trivial and sexual. However, they reached their nadir in Trinidad last week. According to a report, they talked sheet and more sheet and then continued to talk sheet. For the record, the report was [...]
We have lost all that was good about radio quite some time ago
Dear Editor, Recently I was engaged with an interview with someone with great knowledge, insight, passion and love for radio in Guyana. Maybe our exchange of views and ideas may be of benefit to your readers as this essay would also allow me to conclude my own assumption that we lost all that was good [...]
WTO and Doha
As we ponder the now all-but-dashed hopes that the December Copenhagen meeting on Climate Change will lead to a new Protocol, we should spare a thought for the status of the WTO’s Doha Round. A new Protocol on Climate Change, of course, will most likely incorporate incentives for the preservation of standing forests, providing us [...]
