Stop supporting the tried and failed “isms and schisms”
Dear Editor, Every day I read the letters and opinions, which are often followed by responses in your paper, and I keep asking myself if we are okay. I think about almost fifty years passing since Independence, and what the Colonial Rulers gave us; where we came from; and I compare what is experienced by [...]
Tax concessions for alternative energy for homes – GRA
Homeowners interested in equipping their homes with alternative energy can benefit from tax exemptions. According to Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Commissioner–General, Khurshid Sattaur, tax exemptions are granted on certain equipment used in the generation of alternative energy when imported into Guyana for household purposes. All alternative energy equipment of a type used for household purposes [...]
Private school official denies “butting” incident
An official of an East Bank Demerara private school has apologised after being accused of head butting a Grade One student. The school official was also accused of beating the student on his knuckles causing bruises. Yesterday, the Principal of the private school at Grove held a confrontation with the official, the student and his [...]
What is it that Kissoon wants?
DEAR EDITOR, Having read your columnist, Freddie Kissoon’s article, “Lady Jags, the colour of Guyana, the colour of tragedy”, in your March 06, 2010 edition, I was unable to resist the feeling of sadness that overcame me and which compelled this reply. My intention is not to delve into the semantics of Sociology or Cultural [...]
Cargo could be prohibited through Guyana-Suriname backtrack route
While the Suriname Government is moving toward the regularisation of the back track route from Guyana, persons using that means to get to Suriname will not be permitted to transport cargo. This was announced by Suriname’s Minister of Justice and Police, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, during a recent visit to this country to discuss the back track [...]
This sad, tragic, unmodern, unphilosophical, horrible, ugly and dangerous country
I know the name Mark Benschop will come up when people stop me to discuss politics. I have been in the news several times with Benschop picketing for causes that are justified. In one instance we made the front page photograph of this newspaper. It is natural then for people to ask me about Benschop [...]
Don’t criticise Brian Lara, he did his best
DEAR EDITOR, Just the other day I was having a conversation with some of Guyana’s young and talented cricketers and they just seem to believe that Brian Lara was not good enough for the team thus he should be blamed for their many failures. I disagree strongly. First, Lara holds several world records for high [...]
Remanded for allegedly assaulting girlfriend
An assistant manager at the Diamond Insurance Company was remanded by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Rabindranauth Basil, 24, of 31 Cherry Tree, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend, Artie Roopchand, causing her actual bodily harm, on March 6, at Middle Street, Georgetown. [...]
‘Cell Shop’ burglarised, dozens of gadgets stolen
Shazam Ibrahim, the proprietor of Cell Shop on Light Street is now counting his losses as the store was broken into some time Thursday morning. Reports are that the breakage might have occurred some time around 03:00 hours. The proprietor said that the security service, despite receiving an alarm, failed to respond. According to Shazam [...]
Woman lands in court for stealing from employer
A 46-year-old woman was yesterday granted bail on a charge of stealing from her employer and for fraudulent conversion. The woman, Rihana Hussain, of Diamond Housing Scheme appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that on February 13, last, Hussain was entrusted with a gold chain worth [...]
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?”
Those words are the opening line of one of the not so famous songs of the Beatles (“When I’m 64.”). They can be seriously applied to Moses Nagamootoo (he will be 64 in the year of the national election if it isn’t held this year). If Nagamootoo is not his party’s candidate at that time, [...]
GMC will ensure that the farmers’ market is used for its intended purpose
Dear Editor, I refer to the Peeping Tom article captioned “This is Craziness!” published in Kaieteur News of March 12, 2010 and provide the following for edification of the author and information to the readers of said article. The piece of land referred to in the article is currently red sand/loam with some amount of [...]
Massive fogging campaign on the charts for city
In an effort to address the problem of mosquitoes in the city, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown will from next week commence a massive fogging exercise. Public Relations Officer, Royston King, made this disclosure yesterday even as he revealed that every section of the city will benefit from the exercise which will be [...]
Power talks
The United States Government has just released its annual Country Human Rights Report. In respect to Guyana, the report rehashes the usual concerns about alleged deaths at the hands of the police and the allegations of torture leveled against the Disciplined Services. However, for the first time, as far as this columnist can recall, the [...]
Discarding our history
It never fails to boggle the mind that precious little is being done to keep the memories of the nation’s past leaders alive. In fact, precious little is being done to preserve the nation’s history. To many, the past leaders are just names mentioned by older people. Ask some of the younger people, those who [...]
