Show more admiration for our achievements – Nascimento
By Rawle Welch Recently-elected President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento speaking at Olympic House yesterday, called on Government to show more admiration for the outstanding achievements of the national rugby squads. Nascimento, who replaced outgoing President Noel Adonis for the top job, was at the time addressing the media at [...]
Ramkarran responds to Joey Jagan
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Cheddi Joey Jagan Jr., published in Kaieteur News on 11 March, 2010, in response to a letter I wrote, which was published on 10 March. I am absolutely appalled that a person who has sat as a Member of Parliament and considers himself a public commentator [...]
Thirty-One Special Forces Battalion take top honours
Thirty-One Special Forces Battalion amassed 31 points and were duly declared Champions when the finals of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Inter-Unit boxing Championships concluded at Base Camp Ayanghana Thomas Lands, Wednesday evening last. Consequently, Sergeant Gillis who tutored the boxers of the winning unit won the prize for the best coach while Private A [...]
Is this another govt. ‘White Elephant’?
Dear Editor, About two or three years ago, construction of a handsome structure made of concrete and painted in white and green came to an end. The building was supposedly built to house a blood bank in Berbice. The building stands in the compound of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. Today, this building, with guard [...]
Kissoon’s interpretations of theories need vetting
Dear Editor, Dr. Joey Jagan and other eminent Guyanese personalities constantly have chided me for responding to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s ranting in his columns. But it is so difficult to ignore Kissoon’s misinterpretations of the theories or arguments of brilliant thinkers. Kissoon has a tendency for name droppings (like Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzche, Freud, [...]
Nascimento returns to head GRFU
-Replaces Adonis Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento was nominated to serve as President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union when the entity held its Annual General Meeting to elect office bearers for the year 2010 recently. Nascimento replaces outgoing President Noel Adonis, while Robin Roberts was chosen as Senior Vice-President with responsibility for Programme Development. Lt. Colonel [...]
Cadogan, Caesar complete CARIFTA team
Field athletes finally given prominence Linden’s Parish Cadogan and Winston Caesar completed the list of eight athletes that will represent Guyana at the prestigious CARIFTA Games scheduled for April 3-5 at Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands. Cadogan, a national schools’ high jump record holder and Caesar, also a record holder in [...]
Some taxi drivers protest new colour code
Approximately 100 disgruntled taxi drivers assembled in the vicinity of the Square of the Revolution yesterday to protest the yellow colour code that was issued by government and is to be implemented by the end of June. The consensus among the drivers was that the government has to recognise that not everyone can afford to [...]
The US Embassy in Guyana should be asked about this
On Thursday, February 25, 2010, a delegation of five Guyanese met with one of the most important members of the Obama Cabinet to discuss the undemocratic behaviour of the Guyana Government. A range of issues were discussed that took in racism against African Guyanese, the relationship between narco-traffickers and leading members of the Guyana Government [...]
Mr. Christopher Ram is dead wrong
Dear Editor, Mr. Christopher Ram is dead wrong in his contention that I have “general direction and supervision over the registration and voters, and over the administrative conduct of elections” in his March 11 letter to Kaieteur News. What Ram is ignorant about is the nature and scope of my work. I have a lot [...]
Progress of Amerindian contemporaneous with the democratic return to office of the PPP
Dear Editor, No decent, honest Guyanese who has followed profoundly the history of our Guyana will deny that, more than any Government of the pre and the post Independence period of our country’s history, the PPP/C Government which a significant majority of the Guyanese electorate, including Amerindians, restored to power through the democratic process in [...]
The Closed Skies
Once again, after far too many times than we care to remember, the question of the limited number of airlines that is servicing our market has risen to the fore. The Cabinet Secretary recently bemoaned the arbitrary action of Caribbean Airlines in raising its fares from Guyana to destinations in the Caribbean, while in conjunction [...]
GFF Super League Resumes this weekend
Rivalry in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition will resume this weekend after taking a break last weekend to facilitate the women’s World Cup qualifying tournament which saw the Lady Jags defeating Suriname and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Five (5) games will be played at venues around Guyana. At the Uitvlugt Community [...]
Health Ministry implementing measures to improve rehab care
By Sharmain Cornette The resources extended to the Ministry of Health have expanded consistently over the years, a move which now enables the public health sector to expand its investment capabilities. Crucial in the expansion drive is the much needed support that is being directed to the area of Rehabilitation Services, according to Minister within [...]
