Guyanese family indicted for murder in USA
By PAUL NELSON SCHENECTADY — A Vale neighbourhood home of suspects in the recent killing of a Guyanese man had a cache of weapons — and an attic “sniper’s nest” set up to defend against a retaliatory attack — when police raided the place, a prosecutor said Friday. Two cops investigating the killing of [...]
City Council seeks new site for cemetery
The Le Repentir mortuary has been in a state of disrepair for more than four years and to date the Mayor and City Council is yet to decide on the way forward. During mid last year, the City Council opened a bidding process with the hope of getting any private entity to take over the [...]
First female Prime Minister in T&T
Dear Editor, The Five-Party People’s Partnership won a unique and historic landslide victory as Trinidad & Tobago elected its first female Prime Minister. The landslide victory is testimony to the fact that democracy works within a multiethnic and multiracial society. Kamal Persad-Bissessar’s United National Congress’ (UNC) alliance with Dr. Winston Dookeran’s Congress of the People [...]
Jail delivery unveils human rights violations in justice system
Fifty-five-year-old Justin John stood in the docks of Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire’s Court Room in the High Court on Thursday and muttered in what little English he knows that none of his family comes to visit him and that he doesn’t have a lawyer. That day marked seven years since John, a South Rupununi resident, has [...]
If every country had a Freddie Kissoon the world would be a better place
Dear Editor, Of all the possible things a person can throw on another person, some miscreant chose to throw feces on Sweet and Sensitive Freddie Kissoon. This man could have thrown water on Freddie, or pieces of paper, or rose petals. But no, the scoundrel threw sh*t on poor, poor Freddie. This has to be [...]
From awesomeness to awfulness
On the day South Africa won the ODI series (after sweeping the 20/20 series) Zimbabwe had just trounced India in their ODI match and Bangladesh had taken the day’s honour in their Test match against England at Lords. So where are we on the Minnow Rankings? Three days before, in a panel discussion on “Nationalism [...]
Stroke is second major risk associated with open-heart surgery – Dr Stephens
By Sharmain Cornette “About two percent of the patients who undergo open-heart surgery worldwide end up with a stroke.” This notion was amplified yesterday by Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), Dr Gary Stephens, during an interview with this newspaper. And this state of affairs, Dr Stephens noted, does not mean that [...]
THE CLICO DEBACLE: PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD STRIVE TO BE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE
The PPP/C Administration continues to remain silent on how it will honour its guarantee to ensure that no policyholder or depositor of CLICO ( Guyana ) suffers any loss. It was the PPP/C Government that moved to the Guyana High Court to have a Judicial Manager appointed and subsequently to have the Company liquidated. Millions [...]
Health sector collaborates with PAHO to beef up disaster preparedness
Complacency is one of the worse attitudes as it relates to disaster preparedness. This notion was emphasised Thursday by Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Representative, Adrianus Vlugman, when a health sector disaster management workshop got underway at Cara Lodge, in the city. The workshop which saw the attendance of health workers from various [...]
Scotiabank reaches out to the less fortunate
In keeping with their self-inspired notion of giving back to the community within which they operate, the Management and Staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Carmichael Street Branch, made yet another donation to the less fortunate on Friday last. On this occasion, the residents of the Uncle Eddie’s Home benefitted from a cleaning hamper. [...]
AAG U-23 meet on today, rain or no rain
By Edison Jefford It’s on today rain or no rain at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosts its inaugural Under-23 Track and Field Games. Guyana’s foremost athletes between the ages of 16 and 22 will set new rivalries as the association stages the much-anticipated event to [...]
Innovations in literature
- By Petamber Persaud In the world of literature, we often say there is nothing new under the sun just innovations, new approaches to same old story, and new points of entry. A few recent literary events may just test that old saying ‘there is nothing new under the sun’. World Book and Copyright Day [...]
GCA Spinner’s and batting against spin clinic a success
Summer camp for city cricketers being planned While several off-the-field incidents are worsening the already negative image of Guyana’s cricket following another poor showing at the Regional level this year, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) and the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continue to play their part in the development of cricketers under their jurisdiction. Yesterday [...]
Jamaica’s business is the Caribbean’s business
By Sir Ronald Sanders The widely publicised bloody clashes over the last few days between law enforcement agencies and armed gangs in Jamaica are as bad for the economic and social well-being of the people of Caribbean countries as they are for Jamaicans. While the members of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) see [...]
All Saints Primary emerge winner
An interesting scenario developed in the Godfrey ‘Half man’ Inter primary school football competition which was played recently at the All Saints Scott Church Ground for Primary schools in the New Amsterdam Area. Four schools participated in the competition namely All Saints Primary, St Therese, St Aloysius and New Amsterdam Primaries. Six games were played [...]
BOOK REVIEW (BY EMERITUS PROFESSOR FRANK BIRBALSINGH)
Brenda Chester DoHarris, Calabash Parkway, Bowie, Maryland: Tantaria Press, 2005, pp.158. ISBN 0-9770728-0-0 Calabash Parkway is the sequel to Brenda Chester DoHarris’s first novel A Coloured Girl in the Ring: A Guyanese Girl Remembers (1997) which revels in heart-throbbing nostalgia for Guyana in the 1950s and 60s, a period of painful transition when the country [...]
All set for start of Sagicor WICB High Performance Centre
A new phase of cricket in the West Indies will be unveiled tomorrow with the start of the Sagicor West Indies Cricket Board High Performance Centre. The Centre will be based at the 3Ws Oval at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados and is geared towards refining the [...]
This situation has implications for race relations
By Sheila Holder The Guyana government’s refusal to take appropriate steps to appoint Ms. Genevieve Whyte-Nedd as Chief Education Officer (CEO) in the Ministry of Education has implications for race relations in this country. After all this time no valid reason has been provided for not appointing her, either by the subject Minister or the [...]
RHTY&SC Gizmos & Gadgets crush Young Warriors to clinch Port Mourant CC 20/20 title
A brilliant allround performance from national cricketer and West Indies ODI player Royston Crandon led his team Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to a crushing nine wickets victory over arch rivals Young Warriors in the final of the Port Mourant Cricket Club sponsored 20/20 Tournament on Wednesday last. Playing in front of a large [...]
GCB calls for retraction of Stabroek News article
GCB President allowing Police to do their job The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) torn into two factions due to an escalating and bitter internal power-struggle yesterday took Journalists on a tour of their Indoor Cricket Facility and Hostel at LBI on the East Coast of Demerara. This was in response to an article in yesterday’s [...]
Why is there this madness?
By Adam Harris Life is hard but it is nice. I have always heard that statement, especially from people who survived serious injuries, right up to the point of losing a limb. I have always known that there is nothing better than to live, even if one is hungry. There is always tomorrow when things [...]
The Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
The Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the Little Spotted Cat, Tigrillo, Cunaguaro or Tiger Cat, is a small spotted felid found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. It is a close relative of the Ocelot and the Margay. The Oncilla grows to be about 40-50 centimetres (cm) (18 inches to 2 [...]
Nankumar prevails over Sandiford in amateur segment of fifth ProAm card
The junior welterweight bout between Republican, Nankumar Singh and Police, Ray Sandiford was unofficially billed as the main attraction in the amateur segment of the fifth edition of the monthly ProAm boxing extravaganza. The bout which was organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control in collaboration with the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association, the Ministry [...]
The story of the Champion of Filth
My prediction, since the Guyana Government descended into the pit of fascism somewhere around 2004, was that more East Indian Guyanese would come out into the open and criticize elected dictatorship in this land. The latest is Dr. Churaumanie Bissundyal, the poet and author who lives in the US. He has written one of the [...]
The Baccoo speaks
I spoke about the road accidents and indeed they were horrific. But it saddens me to say that this is not the end of the story. Again the failure to observe traffic signs would lead to another gruesome accident. A car and a minibus are going to collide because one of them would be piloted [...]
