Two months after Mahaica accident, survivor still bedridden
On November 21, 2009, Clavia Williams and her one-year old son, Jonathan Bourne, were making a trip to the ancient county, Berbice, a trip which would be forever embedded in their memories. As the minibus was travelling through the village of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, it slammed into the back of a parked truck. Six [...]
Junior Calypso competition to help raise funds for Haiti
Mash Round-Up…. (By Mondale Smith) The 2010 calypso events begin with the junior competition at the National Cultural Centre next Saturday and will feature eight competitors from Region 10 and four from Region Four. Unlike previous years the competition will offer a first prize cash incentive of $150,000 through a partnership with the Culture Ministry [...]
Chutney clash a one-off show
Neaz Subhan is the Chutney competition convenor and he says 15 have made the shortlist while three competitors from the diaspora are to be selected to compete in the hope of upping the standard of the competition this year. He disclosed that there will be only one Chutney competition this year and it is slated [...]
UG’s Degree Nursing programme to become fully accredited
Without the Registered Nurses Programme there can be no offering of the Bachelors of Science Degree Nursing (BSN) programme at the University of Guyana. This was disclosed by Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Emmanuel Cummings, when he addressed a gathering at a ceremony to honour 27 nurses who recently completed the nursing [...]
Persaud family still seeks answers to cause of deadly fire
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – It has been exactly one year since proprietor, Ivor Persaud, his 60-year old wife, Parbattie Persaud and their grandchildren, eight-year-old, Mellissa Persaud and five- year- old, Arman Persaud, perished in a mystery blaze that gutted the famous Persaud’s Funeral Home in New Amsterdam. Over the weekend, the children’s mother, Mrs. Sherry [...]
Disabled People’s Network needs assistance
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Disabled People’s Network in Region Six is appealing to kind hearted persons for assistance in acquiring computers and Braille equipment such as the slate, writer, paper and other like paraphernalia. The members are also inviting visually impaired persons and those with physical challenges to make use of new training programmes [...]
Olympic size pool can be commissioned by June, foundation completed
Italy-based Myrtha Pools contracted to supply prefab pool By Franklin Wilson Work on the much anticipated 50 metre Olympic size swimming pool, a project funded by the Government of Guyana is progressing according to plan. That’s the word from Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony. In an interview with Kaieteur [...]
Guyana asked to follow-on against Jamaica
Fudadin hit 2nd innings 54 as Guyana still trail by 102 runs By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, Caribbean Airlines & Brydens & Fernandes Guyana’s newest Test batsman Travis Dowlin (41) and former West Indies under-19 left-hander Assad Fudadin (54) featured in a face-saving 84-run 3rd wicket [...]
Former Western Tigers executives return after vote of confidence motion
By Michael Benjamin The standoff between the footballers of Western Tigers FC and the members of the executive committee took a strange twist yesterday afternoon when eleven of the club’s nineteen players moved a vote of confidence for President Gordon Gilhuys to be reinstated to the helm of the club. In an abrupt turn around [...]
Barnwell, Singh to join Guyana team
By Sean Devers in Barbados New Line Cavaliers left-handed middle order batsman Gajanand Singh and DCC all-rounder Chris Barnwell are scheduled to arrive in Barbados tomorrow as replacements for Test players Narsingh Deonarine and Travis Dowlin. The 23-year-old Barnwell who lost his place in the First-Class side after an ordinary regional one-day tournament in Guyana, [...]
Ravens blow-out Pacesetters again
Linden’s juniors top Georgetown By Edison Jefford Ravens threw complaints about them being the recipient of favourable referees’ decisions in their 17-point triumph against Courts Pacesetters last November to the wind when they thrashed the same opposition by a bigger margin Sunday night. After much scepticism over having FIBA accredited referees, Lugard [...]
GT&T Ladies clash for Sonita Jagan Trophy
Fibre Optic intensifies preparations as well Not wanting to be outdone, the GT&T Ladies from Telephone House commonly known as ‘Fibre Optic’ (Lightning Speed) have also intensified preparations ahead of their showdown tomorrow evening under floodlights against Customer Services ‘Supa Nova’ for the Sonita Jagan Trophy and bragging rights. The clash forms part of the [...]
A ‘golden brown’ opportunity for Guyana
Dear Editor, The headline screams in the FT of January 22, 2010 – “Sugar crisis worsens as Indonesian tender fails”. Sugar prices closed last week at 29.82 cents on the world market since Indonesia, one of the world’s leading importers of sugar was not able to procure one pound of sugar on the world market. [...]
Minister Nadir continues to abandon his responsibility
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Labour Minister, Mr. Manzoor Nadir’s comments in the article “Nadir dismisses charges of dereliction of duty in bauxite strike” (SN 20th January 2010). At the time of writing the Minister continues to abandon his responsibility under the laws and he must be held accountable. The Labour Act Chapter 98:01 [...]
Ituni/Kwakwani road in deplorable state
Dear Editor, As a Guyanese living overseas, it is exciting to return to my country of birth – but after 17 years to see that the rock and gully road between Linden via Ituni to Kwakwani still exists is horrendous. This road is not comforting for pregnant women, older seniors, babies or even patients being [...]
A big feature of political life is image
Dear Editor, The People’s National Congress-Reform (PNCR), the main opposition party in Guyana, seems to be coming under fire from a group of concerned Guyanese who are determined to see a political party of vision, drive, transparency, political will and astute leadership run against the ruthless elected dictatorship at the next general elections. I believe [...]
Post trial analyses on CLICO
Dear Editor, Some of those claims in the article on CLICO (Kaieteur News 17-01-10) I have heard before. I’ve been attending the hearings in the Chief Justice’s court, and always after these hearings, the spectators, mostly former ex-CLICO agents, gather outside in the hallway not far from the Chief Justice’s court, to do post-trial analyses, [...]
Panday seen as a winner
Dear Editor, The findings of the latest tracking poll by NACTA in Trinidad show opposition leader Basdeo Panday is not a loser as he battles to hold on to leadership of the UNC he founded 20 years ago. One of his challengers, Kamla Persad Bissessar, for his position called Panday “a loser”. But Panday is [...]
THE PROMISE THAT IS STILL IN LIMBO
Before all the hullaballoo over the legacy of Walter Rodney fades, it is worth a reminder that this year will mark the 30th anniversary of his assassination and so far there have been no announced plans of any major observances of this milestone. Perhaps, those responsible for preserving the memory of his contributions, as well [...]
It’s better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable
Dear Editor, In response to Rayvonne P. Bourne’s article 23/01/2010. I can understand that many hearts are bleeding all over the world for Haiti and rightfully so. During this time of turmoil and suffering, well meaning people like Mr. Trotman comes up with his idea, which was fiercely attacked by Mr. Bourne, who, stated that [...]
Two men in a bed and the incomprehensible mind is watching them
The incomprehensible still exists in Guyana. It was always there. I am referring to the East Indian voters that have interminably balloted for the group they saw as being for Indian people, the PPP. Will that mind continue its life as we approach the national elections, the winner of which will have power to [...]
Who feels it knows it
Dear Editor, There exists a coterie of wise men in Guyana whose fantasy is to secure victory at the next election, take control of Guyana and set it on the right path. This group is comprised mainly of intellectuals, and business men. They are for all intense and purposes middle class with all the appurtenances [...]
THE MILF OF HUMAN KINDNESS
I suppose if you’re having a relationship with a cougar you have to start from scratch. In my case, they hover upon my horizon as an application of an old word to describe a new phenomenon. I had seen them in books and movies as American wildcats and suddenly they became part of the ultra-new [...]
Inhuman distribution of aid
Dear Editor, The world continues to be troubled by great natural disasters affecting the lives of millions and in the case of Haiti, a death toll that amounts to several thousands. In these cases humanitarian aid is rapidly deployed…but a lesson has not been learnt by all donor agencies. From the graphic photographs that came [...]
The Big Ones
In Guyana, and we suspect for most of the former colonies of the various European empires that gained independence by the middle of the last century, the departure of the erstwhile masters has mostly meant their replacement by locals of a darker hue. The earlier euphoric talk of a new egalitarianism replacing the rigid hierarchical [...]
