The Ministry of Labour must be held accountable to discharge its mandate
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article, “Union urges govt. intervention in impasse with bauxite company” in SN, December 26, 2009. The Ministry of Labour has the lead role and legal responsibility to conciliate in industrial relations issues and must be held accountable to discharge its mandate. The dispute (wages increase and strike) is [...]
Humane gesture to start 2010
Dear Editor, It is evident that we all have got our battles to attend and by taking sometime out to make a difference, goes a mile or longer. This is a call to Mr. Roshan Khan (RK’s Security) and someone who speaks to the masses via television with Islamic teachings and all other senior Islamic [...]
There is a lot wrong
Dear Editor, The PPP Government have shown us time after time that they have no idea of what things are right and what things are wrong for them to practice in the lives of the people that they are supposed to be “governing”. The people of Georgetown were served with two Light Bills due for [...]
THE PRICE MUST BE RIGHT
The conclusion of the summit in Copenhagen must not dash this country’s hope of developing a low carbon economy. On the contrary, the failure of the UN conference should force the government and local stakeholders to now rid itself of the over emphasis on financing which was the hallmark of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy [...]
Will the workers and the weather be constantly blamed?
Dear Editor, Our thanks go out to Minister Persaud for recognising our needs and rights and ordering GuySuCo to pay our paltry back pay before Christmas. Of course the management has issued a face saving release to cover their embarrassment. A few questions still bother me and I would be grateful for the Minister’s response: [...]
We seem to have gone into a plastic madness
Dear Editor, If people are going to enjoy the holidays, then please do so with restraint and some prudence. No I am not talking about the alcohol binge that occurs around this time but the huge amounts of polystyrene (Styrofoam) receptacles which would be used at the dozens of Christmas fêtes, parties, socials, lunches, dinners, [...]
The stories go on
I don’t pay attention to the poisonous bile the little dictators write and say about me. I will stop writing when they prove me wrong. Instead of vomiting up their miasma and spreading in on the pages of the Chronicle and the Guyana Times, they will get the support of the Guyanese people by shutting [...]
Noise nuisance in our society
Dear Editor, Our society has become a place of constant noise in various parts of our country, but the police do nothing about it. I wonder if a bill was past in parliament about noise nuisance, then why is it these laws are not enforced. On Christmas day I visited some of my relatives at [...]
CHECKS AND BALANCES
American spelling leaves me spell bound. If you do a spell-check on “cheque” the word gets redlined and you get “check”. Well, the British banks just did a check on the cost benefits of cheques in this age of debit cards and decided to put a check on cheques by October 21, 2018, just [...]
Development
President Jagdeo’s articulation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) earlier this year, has sparked quite a debate on the issue of development itself. This is very positive and exemplifies our position that debates on policy issues involving the general citizenry is the very essence of democracy. Development practice is not new. Ironically, it dates [...]
19 babies came on X-Mas day in G/T
As the world was celebrating Christmas Day 2009, on December 25, 19 bundles of joy made their grand entry into the world, most of them at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The first baby, a boy, was born to Javel Bacchus of Ruimveldt, Georgetown. His weight was 3.5 kg. The first baby girl was born to [...]
Body found with 66 stab wounds
Residents of Lethem, Rupununi, were greeted on Christmas morning by the sight of the body of a man lying in a pool of blood at the approach to the Takatu Bridge. The man who police say is Marcus Paul Da Silva, 34, a Brazilian but who residents identified as Ramotar Singh, of Moco-Moco village in [...]
Basil Bradshaw is a special person
From national sprinter to broadcaster By Edison Jefford His voice was known before his personality. Basil Bradshaw did not know that he was setting himself up for a rewarding career in the fourth estate. He was to transition from his tenure in Radio-Broadcasting to Television. In fact, Bradshaw, now 47, never ideally wanted to [...]
Coloured rice, pepper pot and bread, two cigarettes and sweets
Prisoners given Christmas day treat… After a whole year of eating rice and boiled provisions with black tea, inmates at the Georgetown Prison were given a special treat on Christmas Day. The inmates had been looking forward to the day since they were promised a sumptuous meal, consisting of ingredients mostly produced by the prison [...]
Dem boys seh…Dem big people cry
On Christmas Day some big man cry fuh break dem heart. Dem had to peep through bars and watch people laughing and dancing pun de road outside dem cell. Every other day dem woulda tek the scene fuh nutten but was Christmas and when dem look outside dem start fuh cry. Two of dem who [...]
Two police ranks under close arrest
Vehicle seizures from Desrey Fox’s home: Two ranks of the drug enforcement unit of the police at Lethem have been placed under close arrest for an illegal car seized from the home of former Minister within the Ministry of Education, Desrey Fox. A Lethem resident has also reportedly been questioned on how the vehicle entered [...]
Nine Christmas babies get Teddies Hampers
Parents of nine babies born on Christmas Day at the Georgetown Public Hospital and at Medical Arts Hospital received gifts from Teddies representatives. At the Georgetown Hospital, the first Christmas Day baby was born to Javel Bacchus of Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The first baby girl was born to Subrina Antonio of Bel Air Village, Georgetown. At [...]
Rice farmers complain over delayed payments
Officials will today start meeting irate rice farmers and millers across the country after complaints over payments. According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) were recently mandated by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, to meet with rice farmers to discuss [...]
Army veterans, senior citizens remembered, feted at luncheon
The Christmas season certainly brings out the spirit of love and giving. It also brings into sharper focus the plight of the less fortunate who have given their best years in defense of the freedoms fought for by our fore parents. Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) George Gomes and team took time out to care for former [...]
Pumps consuming huge amount of fuel, regions want more money
Irrigation of El Nino-hit farmlands… By Leonard Gildarie As the effects of El Nino dry conditions continue to take its toll, officials says that hundreds of gallons of fuel are being expended daily to pump irrigation water to farms across the country. Already, a number of regions are asking for additional monies to buy fuel [...]
$$M recouped, smuggling at a controllable level
- GRA The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said that it has reduced smuggling to a “controllable level”, and recouped millions in revenue from interceptions and raids this year. Commissioner–General of the GRA, Khurshid Sattaur, in a statement expressing GRA’s wish for happy holidays, said that in 2009, it adopted a more functional approach of administering [...]
Guyana’s fossil fuel pursuit no contradiction
– Jagdeo Guyana’s pursuit of fossil fuel whilst pursuing a Low Carbon Development Strategy is no contradiction. This is the opinion of Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo who, during a Christmas Eve press briefing, reiterated that developing countries such as Guyana are not required to accept any binding agreements as it relates to cutting emissions. [...]
Carib Soca Monarch plans ‘on track’
Even as the focus is on the festive season, plans are almost complete for the staging of the Carib Soca Monarch 2010 Mashramani competition. A source from within the Carib Beer Soca Monarch planning committee, told this publication that Soca Monarch contenders need to start preparing their songs to submit for a possible chance at [...]
President distributes gifts to kids in Sophia, GPHC paediatric ward
Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo on Christmas Day distributed presents in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, where he was met by a large number of children who were up early and eagerly awaiting their gifts, and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) paediatric ward. During the visit to the GPHC, the President was accompanied by Public Service [...]
Jamzone goes international for 2010
- US $15,000 prizes up for grabs “Jamzone will mark its 10th anniversary in 2010 and we have planned a series of activities to celebrate those successful years of adding to the development of the local tourism sector.” So promises Hits and Jams Director, Kerwin Bollers. Even as his group is organizing and managing several [...]
