GABA President takes outreach programme to Ancient County
Visits made to New Amsterdam & Rose Hall Corentyne In an effort to get a feel of what takes place on the ground and to get first hand information about the challenges faced by the amateur boxing fraternity, newly elected President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Steve Ninvalle has taken his outreach programme [...]
2009, quiet but productive
- Haynes Foundation The Haynes Foundation has described 2009 as a quiet but productive year. The foundation is a New Jersey Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Corporation that is devoted towards the development of education, sports and humanity that enrich the lives of Guyanese student-athletes, by providing life skills development and opportunities to further their educational development through [...]
Trotman hits half century as United Brothers book final spot
A fine half century by Jermain Trotman enabled United Brothers to qualify for the final of the South Essequibo twenty/20 cricket competition when they defeated Eldorado by 14 runs in their semi-final clash last Sunday at Suddie on the Essequibo Coast. Trotman top scored with 50 and got support from Raymond Beaton 36 and Gavindra [...]
Mayor Green 75th Birth Anniversary Football Tournament
Two quarter-final matches set for Friday Two quarter-final matches have been planned for the re-commencement of the Mayor Hamilton Green 75th Birth Anniversary 7-a-side Football Competition this Friday, at the Tucville ground. The Organisers who halted the competition last year to accommodate the Annual Kashif & Shanghai Football Extravaganza have also planned eight exhibition matches [...]
De Ambassadors host successful Grass Track Meet
- Da Silva, Rajkarran tighten grip on C/ships Series Junior Da Silva and Andy Rajkarran could not have asked for a better atmosphere at the Mecca of local Grass Track Racing, the Ogle Community Centre Ground, on Sunday as De Ambassadors hosted a successful race meeting. The two local stars, in the novices and professional [...]
Fitzgerald claim Singles crown
Sudesh Fitzgerald claimed the Singles crown in the Mark’s Creole Corner & Jewellery Store sponsored Darts Tournament which was played recently, at the sponsor’s location on Brummell Place. Fitzgerald beat into second place Anil Latchman, while Sherwin Greene ended third to round out the top podium finishers. In the clash between Georgetown and East Bank, [...]
WIPA responds to media release by the WICB on Friday January 29th 2010
• Dr Hilaire’s comment regarding “airing of issues in the media” is puzzling, particularly in light of past behaviour by the WICB who frequently used the media during the conflict between the parties in July 2009 and beyond. WIPA considers that unless bound by a confidentiality agreement, there are no secrets. WIPA believes that the [...]
No apology for looking out for betterment of workers and their families
Dear Editor, I will plead guilty as charged by Industrial relations guru cum Advisor to RUSAL, Mr. Mohamed Akeel, for being less than objective in the dispute between the GB&GWU and RUSAL. In my letter to the press I stated that I stayed away from providing a public opinion even though asked, because I am [...]
Freddie wrong on NACTA’s poll
Dear Editor, Bisram did not get the assessment wrong in the outcome of the UNC’s internal election in Trinidad (Kaieteur News, January 27, “Pollster got it wrong”). Rather it is Freddie Kissoon who is wrong for misinterpreting and distorting the findings of the Trinidad poll. He also distorted the findings of the Grenada poll which [...]
An independent foreign policy of a poverty-stricken nation is a mirage
President Bharrat Jagdeo, in defending his disastrous faux paus on Iranian soil, justified it within the context of Guyana’s independent foreign policy. Then Dr. Randy Persaud (who strenuously refuses to identify his designation within the Office of the President; so much for transparency) wrote a letter to KN (Feb 1) restated the President’s assertion. In [...]
BY RETURNING TO THE MINES, THE WORKERS HAVE MARGINALIZED THEIR UNION
Prior to a few years ago, there was no right to strike or a right to collective bargaining under our constitution. It was mistakenly assumed by some that the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike formed an integral part of the right to freedom of association which has always been enshrined in [...]
Obama will be around as President of the USA until 2016
Dear Editor, On the 26th January a letter by GHK Lall in SN painted a bleak picture of President Obama’s future based on all the polls and commentaries in the USA. According to Lall, Obama is failing miserably and will be a one term President. I disagree with Mr. Lall’s analysis and would venture to [...]
Dem boys seh… Bharrat says: Ya na gavarue Paruski
Communities and institutions does recognise de great people who come from them. Eddy Grant is the best thing that Plaisance produce but Plaisance don’t have to pay to get Eddy fuh visit. De man does spend he own money whenever he going there. Dave Martins and George McDonald are the best people to come from [...]
Phyllis Carter – a remarkable Guyanese woman
Dear Editor, I wish to pay tribute to Phyllis Carter, a remarkable Guyanese woman who was the essence of human kindness. Phyllis served the public in terms of her membership of Castallani House, and her work with the Cheshire charity, making cakes and other delights for the severely disabled children there, fundraising for their security [...]
President Jagdeo among the early callers for a new Bretton Woods Agreement
Dear Editor, Our own President Bharrat Jagdeo and some other Heads of State, time and again, are on record demanding change in the architecture of international Financial Institutions (IFIs). I will return to this point later in this letter. Nonetheless, most recently, French President Nicholas Sarkozy in his keynote speech at the current World Economic [...]
Would Guyana be looking to supply radioactive uranium to Iran?
Dear Editor, Is the President’s Middle East tour secretive, private and of a confidential nature? Kaieteur News has offered little about the purpose and details of the President’s extensive tour abroad. If the tour is a private one, then is it at the expense of the electorate? If the tour has anything to do with [...]
The mining protest and the Norway deal
Mining is one of the crucial sectors of the economy. In the gold and diamond fields, despite the fact that none of the operators manages a large mining concern such as Omai and the major companies that produce tons of gold each year, these locals recently produced enough gold to make the industry the third [...]
