PPP commissions Essequibo headquarters
The People’s Progressive Party has commissioned a new state-of-the art two-storey Freedom House at Anna Regina, Region Two. According to Mr. Vishnu Samaroo, Regional Vice Chairman and first secretary for the PPP in Region Two, the project cost some $12M and was constructed by Bhajnauth constructing Service from Reliance village. The new party office replaces [...]
Environmental stewardship is a priority
DEAR EDITOR, We are a collection of individual lives, each separate and unique, yet drawn together by profound, shared life experiences: the new challenges of global warming and climate change and the global effort to address them. There is no one exactly like each of us. Yet without the prior work of others very much [...]
Housing Ministry geared to “nip squatting in the bud” – Irfaan Ali
“Some people are of belief that squatting is a shortcut to getting a house-lot,” said Minister of Housing and Water, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, yesterday. The Minister sought to debunk the conception claiming that persons will only become eligible for a single house lot once they meet the necessary requirements. According to him, legal action will [...]
LCDS will not lead to job loss in Forestry and Mining sectors
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to two (2) articles published on January 4, 2010: “Are we pawning our forests because we are desperate for money – Sasenarine Singh” (Kaieteur News); and, “Guyana is not an LDC so how can it qualify for funding – Emile Mervin” (Stabroek News). As has become the norm, both of these [...]
Why hasn’t BCGI mentioned Article 46 (2) of the CLA?
Dear Editor, The members of the Aroaima/Kwakwani Branch want an end to the violations and tensions at the sites. It has been several weeks since the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BCGI) issued notice to the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) in the presence of the Ministry of Labour that it has “terminated with [...]
Guyanese arrested in Nepal for counterfeit, heroin
- in major sting operation A Guyanese man is said to be among several others arrested in Nepal for counterfeiting and heroin charges, Nepalese News says. The arrest of the son of a powerful Nepalese politician on charges of heading a major fake Indian currency and drugs smuggling racket allegedly sponsored by Pakistani intelligence agencies [...]
Drugs, refunds and care for seniors
DEAR EDITOR, In mid-December, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) announced that it would be terminating its drug distribution scheme with effect from January 1st 2010. We (pensioners), now have to buy and seek refunds (which would be 80% of the cost). We would have to find 20%. So, for example, if drugs cost $20,000 a [...]
Year of secrets and revelations
Two contradictory characteristics enveloped the Government in 2009 – secrecy and apocalypse. We can start with secrets. We were never told who the investors were in the failed hotel venture on the Atlantic coast in Kingston that if completed would have carried the Marriott brand. We are still to know who collected monies that were [...]
The revisionist hoax and other fallacies
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on a number of themes that have recently surfaced in the press in Guyana. One of the most important of these is the notion of a revisionist history. Kaieteur columnist and U.G. lecturer Mr. Frederick Kissoon has been the leading (public) intellectual on the subject of a revisionist [...]
Squatting- a problem of sorts
The concept of squatting has become endemic. People who need a plot of land simply move to any vacant spot and erect a structure of sorts. Such erections escape notice and before long the structures become permanent features. This explains the presence of so many structures on Government reserves, along trenches and on lands once [...]
THE BRIDGE THAT WAS NEVER FORMALLY OPENED
The People’s Progressive Party, PPP, is sixty years old. It has held office over this period just as long as it has been out of power. The problems that it has faced while governing have been many but the party can still take immense pride in what it has achieved in and out of office. [...]
Dharmic Sabha celebrates 36th anniversary
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha is celebrating its 36th anniversary. A special function is scheduled for today at the Shri Krishna Mandir, Campbellville, Georgetown. Today’s function brings together Guyana’s top singers Sookranie Boodhoo, Krishna Mandata, Mohan Nandu, Rekha Singh, Suchitra Rampersaud, Ramkissoon Singh and Besham Boodhoo and others who will intersperse the proceedings with appropriate [...]
