Consultant says National Stadium safe
THE engineering consultant hired to inspect the National Stadium has concluded that the facility “is as safe as it was built”. The consultant, Hue Lyew Chin Engineering Ltd, was hired in the wake of concerns attributed to the Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, in an Observer report that the National Stadium was “a death trap”. [...]
Car heading in the right direction – Jeffrey
- Steady progress being made Former motor bike champion Kevin Jeffrey, who made the switch to motor car racing after suffering a horrific crash many years ago speaking with Kaieteur Sport following his victory in the final Group 4 race said that even though the feeling was a good one, he prefers to win with [...]
West Dem. hammer East Bank 5-0, Berbice swamp Essequibo 6-0
A Trayon Bobb helmet trick set the platform for a big win for West Demerara when rivalry in the Guyana Football Federation Under-17 league continued on Saturday last at the Georgetown Football Association Ground with a double header. The scorching afternoon sun as a result of the continued El Nino weather pattern did not in [...]
New boxing Gym opens in Berbice
The new established Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym, situated in the Central Police Station compound recently opened its doors to be the second gym in the county. The other Berbice gym is the ‘Pocket Rocket’ Boxing Gym which is being guided by Flyweight boxer Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers. Former national Flyweight and Bantamweight Amateur and [...]
Adams, Yadram give Guyana 1st round victory
Guyana made a very good start to their 2010 Regional Under-15 campaign when they beat Windward Islands by 50 runs yesterday at Gilbert Park in Trinidad and Tobago in the opening round of the competition. Hunting their first title since winning back to back crowns in 1998 & 1999, Guyana made 193 all out in [...]
GCC win and lose over the weekend
GCC defeated Vikings and lost to DCC over the weekend in their opening matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Haier Cup 40-overs second division cricket tournament sponsored by Queensway. On Saturday GCC managed 221-9 with Clevon Hyman 63, Parmanand Ramkissoon 32, Winston Forrester (30), Trevon France (24), Delon Fernandes (19) and Raphael Singh (18) [...]
LBI cricket facility should be best in the region
Indoor nets and hostel to be opened in two weeks By Sean Devers I had my first tour of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) indoor practice nets and hostel yesterday and despite the controversy surrounding the East Coast facility it should be the best of its kind in the Caribbean when it is fully completed [...]
GCB IN CRISIS
Mediator should step in By Sean Devers With the opening match in the T20 World Cup in Guyana just over a month away it is imperative that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), known for its excellent hosting of tournaments, work as a united force at a time when Guyana’s cricket is at an all-time low. [...]
“Knight” of long, creeping secrets
A gentleman came up to me last year in the supermarket and said, “Freddie, you don’t understand that thing with Nirmal Rekha; you keep writing about it but you don’t understand it.” His explanation, I must confess, was never captured in my columns. For those who are not familiar with this episode of PPP politics, [...]
ALL IN A DAY
A young boy lives in the countryside with his family. His father is a cow herder and also a farmer. This young lad is twelve years old. He awakes at 5:00 hrs each day. Since his parents have instilled in him the importance of undertaking responsibilities in the home by doing basic chores, he does [...]
Mosquito invasion of New Amsterdam
Dear Editor, In a recent telephone interview with Health Inspector attached to the New Amsterdam Town Council, Mr. Ackloo Ramsudh, concerning the mosquito invasion over the past weeks, he divulged some bits and pieces of information which might be of importance within the whole scenario of the problems being faced by New Amsterdamers and other [...]
Digicel to the rescue
Dear Editor, Two fortunate Guyanese nationals will soon have their dreams become a reality, when they zoom off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer in South Africa. I say to those selected persons well in advance, suck in the experience you will have from the other end of the globe with such high end [...]
Airlines are reducing service worldwide
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter posted by Vishnu Bisram in Kaieteur News on March 19, 2010. It never ceases to amaze me how uninformed and ignorant some Guyanese people can be. Mr. Bisram mentioned paying $1,400 to fly to Guyana in an obvious attempt to mislead the public. I fly home to Guyana [...]
Power sharing, the door to power?
Dear Editor, Power sharing is attractive to the traditional and new opposition groups in Guyana, not as a means of conflict resolution and governance, but as a less competitive way of entering the corridors of power. And it, indeed, is a stunningly eye-catching phenomenon in this election season. We can start in 1998 with the [...]
Amaila Falls road programme
Dear Editor, I just read that a contract was awarded to Synergy for constructing the road to Amaila Falls. I also note that Synergy is the original developer for the Hydro Project and several questions come to mind: 1. Is there a conflict with Synergy the developer being awarded a construction contract? 2. Does Synergy [...]
Toying with our continental destiny
For as long as one can remember Guyana has always maintained that it has a continental destiny. Historically it has been a country within the West Indies, largely because of a shared history and a common language. The people even took to moving to a West Indian country before moving closer to its neighbours on [...]
Fascism and the rule of law in Guyana
Did you read what Minister Priya Manickchand said about the DPP’s attitude towards the Court of Appeal Amendment Bill? She defended the Bill and argued that it could have contained more sweeping powers for the DPP. She was quoted in the newspapers as saying that during the consultations, the DPP wanted to go beyond what [...]
Shot watermelon vendor succumbs
Hampshire shooting… – cops detain four, vow to break gang Police have detained four men and are hunting for others in connection with the murder of 49- yr- old, Hansraj Samaroo, who was shot by bandits who invaded his squatting area home at Hampshire, Corentyne on Saturday night. Samaroo, called ‘Buddy’, ‘Long Hair’ or ‘Watermelon [...]
Berbice now a drug-cultivating haven
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Ancient County now tops the list for the cultivation of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in Guyana. This is according to a senior official of the Guyana Police Force, based on the finding of the Government of Guyana Anti-Narcotic Efforts document for cannabis sativa eradication between January 1st and October 31st, 2009. [...]
Deadly year for women
- nine murdered in three months By Michael Jordan Nine women have been murdered within the past three months, making this year a deadly one for females. Of this number, three were slain in Berbice, four in Georgetown, and one each on the West Coast and West Bank of Demerara. One was clearly a victim [...]
PNCR cannot be terrorised or bullied into submission
- Corbin Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert Corbin, recently lambasted the current administration as being replete with corruption, adding that the slothfulness of the judiciary is affecting any attempts in the Court to seek redress. Corbin was at the time speaking during his party’s weekly press briefing where he told media operatives that President [...]
Former tenant robs Landlord and family
A Railway Line Kitty family was tied up with duct tape and robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom was once their tenant. This newspaper was told that the incident occurred sometime after 21:00 hours on Saturday at Lot 5 Railway Line Kitty. One of the victims, Abdool Naeem Yassin, told this newspaper [...]
Pledged $30B for vulnerable countries still to be realized
Climate Change Fight… – Jagdeo The monies pledged by some developed countries, namely US$10B over a three year period, is yet to be realised and placed in a fund for developing countries which are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. This was revealed by Head of the State, Bharrat Jagdeo, during his most [...]
Three held for Triumph robbery
Three persons have being arrested following the robbery and severe beating of Triumph, East Coast Demerara businessman Mohamed Husain. Husain was beaten on Friday night by three-gun toting bandits, who pretended to be customers. The man received a chop to the head and was beaten in his face with a gun. His entire face is [...]
US goes virtual to solve world’s problem
…local embassy urges participation The US Government has launched an ambitious virtual project that hopefully will see thousands of persons logging online from tomorrow to discuss and offer solutions to some of the global problems. Ten main areas which include women and girls to education to climate change to health issues, will be discussed throughout [...]
