Kids First Fund ‘not ready’ to commit to local heart surgeries
- Wants to monitor success of CHI first The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) in Georgetown says it will begin doing paediatric surgeries next year, but local charity Kids First Fund is not ready to be a part of that process just yet. “CHI is going to be new at what they are doing in Guyana, [...]
NDIA remains open to constructive criticism
Dear Editor, I have read with interest a letter in SN dated November 17th, 2009, titled, “The possibility of a Flagstaff-Mahaica route to take off floodwaters from the conservancy is now being explored rather than the Hope Canal” which is filled with inaccuracies and is quite misleading. I wish to note that the Ministry of [...]
Do the right thing Mr. President
Dear Editor, I have been following the recent development in relation to the sale of a building on 93 Duke Street, Kingston. I feel compelled to write this little note to alert the President of this nation to follow the right procedure and conclude this sale to the next highest bidder. It will once again [...]
Javed Alli elected President of Young Warriors FC
Young Warriors Football Club (YWFC) based at Uitvlugt on the West Coast, will now be headed by Businessman Javed Alli. Alli was elected President of the Club when they held their Annual General Meeting on Sunday last at the Uitvlugt Community Centre. Winston Manjet was elected Vice President while Keith Sampson will serve as Secretary [...]
Low-Carbon Development Strategy and diesel emissions
Dear Editor, With respect to the ‘low-carbon development strategy’ fever presently on the airwaves and local events, I would like to take the opportunity to raise an issue that has been ignored for quite some time. From the gist of the Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) campaign and the minutes on the LCDS website, it would [...]
Fraser bowls Rest team to victory against E’bo
Permaul grabs 5-98 as Berbice hunt win against Demerara By Sean Devers Former Guyana under-19 pacer Keyron Fraser took 5-40 to bowl the Rest team to an emphatic innings and 49 runs victory over Essequibo with a day to spare at the Anna Regina yesterday in their final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) [...]
This approach to governance is purely based on a tit-for-tat mentality
Dear Editor, At a time when the ruling party, the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and Government of Guyana is exposed for what it is, it has launched a vicious public relations campaign aimed at swaying public sentiments and distracting attention. This is a regular, calculated and designed strategy by the PPP/C to change the [...]
Act I, Scene II: Enter Norway
The Guyanese people have come to know a little bit about Norway since it was announced that Norway will buy carbon credits from us. Before this, little was known of Norway among the ordinary folks of this land. What they now know is that this Scandinavian nation is one of the richest states in the [...]
Governmental Entropy
It is propounded as a general law of science that the universe as a whole is tending towards a greater state of entropy. In our laymen’s terms it simply means that notwithstanding all the complex structures we see at the micro, human and macro levels, everything will end up as chaos and degradation. While scientists [...]
Amerindians would manage funds from forest they pledge – Independent review team
Any funding mechanisms for revenues from forests which they may seek to be part of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) would be managed by the indigenous people themselves. This is highlighted in a report compiled by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The Institute was contracted by the governments of Guyana and [...]
