Boat builder recalls his horrifying two-week ordeal with kidnappers
“Me beg them, ‘ow buddy, me get family and dey nah know wheh me gone’. Me beggin dem everyday, me praying and begging dem” Imagine being locked away on a trawler with no land in sight for two weeks after being kidnapped, desperately hoping that your life will be spared and that eventually you will [...]
Festival of the Chariot delights Georgetown
Citizens of Georgetown and those in the city for various activities were treated to a colourful display by the Hare Krishna Movement yesterday. The parade was held under the theme “Parading for Peace, ecological Harmony and Spiritual Unity.” The programme culminated with a cultural show at the Merriman’s Mall. The programme was aimed at bring [...]
Unselfishly committed to the needy
Jimmy Bhojedat is a ‘Special Person’ “My advice to youths in any depressed situation is to not settle for less and always strive for better, because the opportunities are there to succeed.” By Gary Eleazar There are few young people that have made it into this popular Sunday Feature ever since this newspaper commenced its [...]
13-year-old in Sharma rape case, the only protected witness
…adults were only offered accommodation The mother and sisters of a 13-year-old girl at the centre of the carnal knowledge case involving Chandra Narine Sharma recently recanted their stories in an interview conducted by Mark Benschop and Nazima Raghubir of Prime News, sparking rumours that the state-protected witnesses were allowed to be contacted. A source [...]
Dem boys seh….Bharrat Kissoon and Freddie Jagdeo
Uncle Freddie does eat, sleep and dream Bharrat. Dem boys seh that things reach de stage wheh every time Uncle Freddie open he mouth he got to talk bout Bharrat. And he can’t seh nutten nice bout de man. Well Bharrat got a plan. He gun keep Uncle Freddie talking because he know that once [...]
Child abuse higher in Georgetown
Instances of child abuse are more rampant in Georgetown and in the mining town of Linden, the Social Services Statistical Bulletin for 2009 has shown. The Bulletin is produced by the Statistical Unit, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security. It recorded child abuse cases by sex and age for the period January to [...]
Ex-GDF association commemorates second anniversary
The Ex-Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Association is completing two years as an organisation. The association in a statement disclosed that its membership has just passed the 800 mark and the growth continues. “We have been attending to over 100 ex soldiers (our brothers and sisters) who are now shut-ins. Our list to date numbers 86, [...]
20-yr-old fined for sex with dead
A 20-year-old garbage collector in Berbice has pleaded guilty to performing an indecent act on a dead body after he allegedly exhumed the corpse of an elderly woman and had sex with it. Roopram Bacchus appeared before a Judge on Friday and testified that he had a drinking problem. The Judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation [...]
Honey Sehgal – clearing mind and skin
The Hari Mandir in Amritsar, Punjab, known popularly as the Golden Temple, is the holiest shrine in Sikhism. Although the building itself has great historical and architectural interest, it is the Golden Temple’s great spiritual value for Sikh believers, like Honey Sehgal, that is most meaningful. “You can say it’s like heaven,” she says of [...]
Improved attendance, heightened performances highlight fifth ProAm boxing card
By Michael Benjamin Mandessa Moses thrilled a much-improved crowd with a classical boxing display of two-fisted punching that distinguished her apart from Margaret ‘Chico’ Walcott, earning her a unanimous verdict, when the fifth edition of the ProAm boxing extravaganza concluded at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Friday evening last. Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes failed [...]
Youth Ministry’s camps to commence in July
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will be hosting its annual summer camps for students for the August holidays. It is scheduled to commence on July 12 and conclude on August 27. The camps will be set up in all 10 Administrative Regions and youths from around the country will have the opportunity to [...]
The Importance of Play
By Marijke Huybrechts, Speech & Language Therapist, MoH/VSO If you think back to your childhood, some of your fondest childhood memories may include time spent engaging in play. And those simple activities are also probably the ones that taught you some of the most valuable life lessons. That’s why it is important for us to [...]
“Cutting Styles” emerges from unlikely partnership
The Ministry of Agriculture via the New Guyana Marketing Corporation will partner with Guyana Fashion Weekend today for an event which promises to showcase Guyana’s talent in the culinary arts, utilizing local fresh fruits and vegetables. According to Managing Director of Guyana Fashion Weekend, Sonia Noel, she is very excited that the Ministry of Agriculture [...]
Bess becomes 2nd Berbician Test pacer, but Windies’ struggles continue
By Sean Devers In association with Caribbean Airlines South Africa were 46-2 replying to West Indies’ 231 after the opening day of the 3rd Digicel Test at the Kensington Oval here yesterday on another day dominated by the tourist in the final match of what has been a one-sided series. Skipper Graeme Smith, who scored [...]
Cops fail to find ‘Blacka’
Despite intensive searches yesterday, ranks from Georgetown and Mahdia have failed to find the surviving gunman from last Monday’s Mowasi Landing shootout that left two people dead. The slain dredge owner has since been identified as 20-year-old Devon Baird aka Devon Williams or Davendra, of Mainstay, Essequibo Coast. Police had initially identified the slain man [...]
ACP-EU sign Second Revised Cotonou Agreement
After more than a year of negotiations with the European Union, the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group and the EU this week signed the second five-yearly review of the Cotonou Agreement in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The Cotonou Agreement is the most comprehensive partnership agreement between developing countries and the EU. It is a key [...]
More cocaine intercepted at GPOC
Despite the stringent measures in place, persons in the narcotic trade seem hell bent on trying to smuggle the illegal substance out of the country. On Friday, another person was caught at the General Post Office Corporation trying to post a package with cocaine concealed in it. Reports are that some time around noon a [...]
The Crisis of Management in our Sugar Industry
By R. O. Bostwick The Sugar Industry has always been of supreme importance to our national economy in many respects. Inter alia, it is the largest foreign exchange earner and the most significant contributor to our gross domestic product. In addition, it provides direct employment for well over twenty thousand workers and indirect employment for [...]
Character assassination and the Internet
This week, I want to touch on a topic that I believe not only has relevance right now but is going to receive far greater focus in the upcoming months, in the lead up to the general elections to be precise. That issue is of course the use of the Internet. First I should say [...]
Guyana Cultural Association calls for award nominations
This year the Guyana Cultural association is attempting to honour a new cross section of Guyanese Society during its annual award exercise. Organisers of the event which forms a part of the Guyana Folk Festival celebrations, have said that this year they are trying to acknowledge, “ … individuals from villages and village communities who [...]
Business Coalition on HIV/AIDs hands out awards
The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Friday evening handed out awards to several companies for their outstanding work in seeking to eliminate HIV/AIDS and the stigma and discrimination against those living with the disease. According to Amanda St Aubyn, the chairperson of the Coalition, the membership is more active than ever before, with marked increases [...]
Patentia Secondary Head Teacher’s home broken into
No matter what comes her way, Gloria Gobin, the Head Teacher of Patentia Secondary School said she will not give up on her 31 years of teaching service. Ever since the shooting to death of one of her students, Kelvin Fraser, the teacher said that she has been under attack from members of her community. [...]
Historical body reviews history, politics, environment
History and the Environment was the theme yesterday as the Guyana Institute of Historical Research staged its third annual conference. Held at the National Library Conference Room, the four panel discussions and opening ceremony spanned the entire day. More than a dozen presenters took to the microphone and expounded on four very distinct subject areas [...]
Scrap metal association not “scrapped”- founder says
A scrap metal dealer has denied that an association he helped to establish has been “scrapped”. As a matter of fact, says Percy Cole, former President of the Guyana Scrap Iron and Metal Dealers Association, the constitution of the body just does not allow this. Cole’s claims come after it was reported earlier this week [...]
OUT OF CONTROL? WHAT ELSE COULD BE EXPECTED? (Part 7)
By Clarence O. Perry Used correctly, education will build for us a prosperous and democratic Guyanese nation. Used wrongly, it will continue to destroy us. There is so much more that can be written on the relationship between the lack of quality education and the incidence of violence in our schools and in [...]
