GAWU collaborates to launch one year project
Under the theme “Promoting Legal Rights and Building Union Capacity in Guyana” the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) along with Britain’s General Union (GMB), have begun a year-long project that started yesterday at GAWU, on High Street, Kingston. The Project aims to [...]
Post Mortem on woman’s body suggests poison
- body parts sent for further testing FERRY STREET, NEW AMSTERDAM – Forty-nine-year old Keith Simon was released yesterday from police custody. The man was detained on Sunday evening, hours after his reputed wife, Pauline David, of Ferry Street, New Amsterdam was declared dead at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Dr. Nehaul Singh performed the autopsy [...]
Crash victims injured as driver of black wagon remains on the run
Up to press time yesterday police were still unable to locate the black wagon which was involved in a hit and run accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Meanwhile, the two injured persons, Orlando Mc Arthur and his wife, Maria Stephens, remain hospitalised. On Sunday night the couple who hails from La Parfaite Harmonie, West [...]
Mahaicony Rice Mills owes farmers $380M, GRDB mulls action
More than $380M is owed to farmers by one of Guyana’s biggest rice millers and authorities say that they contemplating taking actions unless answers are forthcoming. According to officials of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday, for the last crop, Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) bought almost $818M in paddy from farmers but only paid [...]
Unlicensed driver causes road fatality
Charges are likely to be laid against the driver of the car that was involved in Sunday’s road accident at Pearl, East Bank Demerara that claimed the life of Police Corporal Sharyn Denny. Investigations have since revealed that the driver of the car was unlicensed. He was also found to be under the influence of [...]
“Produce the evidence of Child Labour “- Minister Nadir
- in response to Ambassador Luis CdeBaca Minister of Labour Human and Social Services, Manzoor Nadir, has challenged the United States to produce evidence to support the recent trafficking in persons (TIP) report. United States Ambassador, Luis C deBaca, on Tuesday last, said that the easiest way for Guyana to get off the U. S. [...]
Jagindra is Essequibo’s top performer, places seventh nationally
Eleven-year-old, Jagindra Persaud, of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, and pupil of the Suddie Primary School, was the nation’s seventh highest achiever at this year’s Grade Six Assessment. Yesterday, he said that he was very proud. Initially, he was speechless when Kaieteur News broke the news of his success to him. The young Persaud, who was about [...]
The ground provision boy
Dear Editor, I like metem and often buy the fish and provision at the Mon Repos market. More often than not I buy my root vegetables from a stall managed by a lad who can’t be more than 10 years old. Once when he was struggling to calculate my change I asked him why he [...]
TIP report on Guyana unfair and inaccurate
Dear Editor, I wish to state that the United States’ very high handed approach to countries in the world when it comes to judging them, whether it is based on the human trafficking situation or their economic successes or failures, is wholly unfair and unreasonable. Guyana’s position on the Tier 2 Watch List suggests that [...]
It’s hard to comprehend the EIU report
Dear Editor, The recent specious Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) report on Guyana’s economic situation is simply an attack on this country’s positive level of economic performance in 2009. It clearly seeks to make liars out of the Government of Guyana and the Minister of Finance, directly. To purport, as they purported, that the figures contained [...]
What happened at the National Library is an insight into the lengths the state will go to control and stifle dissent
Dear Editor, The outrage that occurred on Saturday June 26th at a conference hosted by the Guyana Institute of Historical Research must be condemned in the strongest possible manner. The actions displayed by agents sent by the Guyanese state machinery are ominous, especially in the light of forthcoming elections in 2011, and provide an insight [...]
‘Democracy’ as we know it is a fading concept in Guyana
Dear Editor, Global trends in political economy suggest that “democracy” as we know it, is a fading concept in Guyana. Arguably in Guyana, through the ruling class, their friends and cronies, democracy is something of a façade as it is. However, we are entering into an era in which even the institutions and image of [...]
Take the mantle and run Joe
Dear Editor, I have been following reports on the likelihood of Major General Joe Singh being asked to head a coalition to contest the next General Election(s) in Guyana. This has been my wish for years now. I surely wish that Joe Singh would accept. We need democracy and respect to revisit our shores. Joe Singh [...]
Ethnic identity
The United Nations has designated the coming year as the year when the international community should focus on People of African ancestry. Perhaps it is a belated recognition that people of every other ethnic group are celebrated with the same frequency as some countries observe their national day. For a very long time the people [...]
Gardner places 10th at Musclemania Universe in Miami
Cops 6th at IFPA Pro Figure Show in Cayman Islands The second man to compete as a professional bodybuilder for Guyana Sylvan Gardner has just returned to these shores following competition at two international shows, in Miami and the Cayman Islands. At the Musclemania Universe Show which took place in Miami Florida on June 18-19, [...]
Miller crushes Lewis for Men’s title
- Humphrey outlasts Sukra for Women’s crown Just as expected Jeremy Miller won the Men’s Open Singles title to bring the curtains down on the GBTI Open Tennis Championships which ended on Saturday, at the Bank’s Hardcourts. Miller, appearing in his third final, trounced Kijana Lewis 6-0, 6-1 to become the new Men’s champion. In [...]
These are the truths of Guyana
The PPP’s election campaign is in full swing. The latest action from the bandwagon is a glaring campaign of historical distortion and political barefacedness from Mr. Hydar Ally in the letter pages of last Saturday’s edition of this newspaper. It is important for those who want to see the PPP get voted out of office [...]
EAST COAST, NEW AMSTERDAM MARCH INTO SEMIS
East Coast Flex Check and New Amsterdam Free Credit have qualified for the semi-finals of the Digicel Summer Smash National twenty/20 cricket competition following the completion of the final round of matches in the super six stage which were played on Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground in Good Success. Played in front of [...]
St. Agnes sweep titles
St. Agnes made a clean sweep of the Boys and Girls titles in the Georgetown Zone of this year’s Primary Schools Windball Cricket Championships which was played recently, at the National Park Tarmac. The champions defeated Mae’s in the Boys final, while they swept past ABC in the Girls final. In the Boys final, St. [...]
Acting GCB President congratulates Bess
Acting President of the Guyana Cricket Board, Bissoon Singh, has offered congratulations to latest Guyanese West Indies Test player, Brandon Bess on his selection to the regional team. The message reads; “May I, on behalf of the Guyana Cricket Board and the Guyanese cricketing public applaud your selection to the West Indies team and congratulate [...]
MARRIOTT SHOULD TELL US WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT
I am proud to know that my country has been chosen as the place to build a hotel that will carry the Marriott name. This is another plus for Guyana. The proposed hotel also looks classy, at least on canvas. When I saw the design of the hotel, as shown in an artist’s depiction of [...]
Cuba beat Guyana 1-0 in bid for final Women’s Gold Cup berth
Havana, Cuba – Yezenia Gallardo scored her sixth goal in four games to give Cuba a 1-0 victory over Guyana on Saturday in the first leg of their Caribbean playoff, seizing the early advantage in the bid for the final berth in CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. The two will face off again on Saturday at [...]
John Barnes looks at yesterday’s World Cup matches
Brazil beat Chile today with three fantastic goals. In my opinion, they are the best side in the world and will probably win the World Cup. Chile too are a good footballing side – their Argentinean manager has them playing in a very attacking manner and it was thought they would give Brazil some problems [...]
34th Teach Them Young programme to pedal off on July 12 at National Park
The 34th consecutive National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling programme organised by National Coach Hassan Mohamed MS, is set to pedal off on July 12 at the National Park. The eight-week programme which has produced dozens of Guyana’s best riders including the current crop, the likes of Warren Mc Kay, Christopher Holder, [...]
Benn breaks 34-year spin drought at Kensington
But woeful Windies on verge of another defeat By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Caribbean Airlines Left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn yesterday grabbed 6-81 from 46.4 overs to become only the fifth West Indian spinner and the first in 34 years since David Hollford, to take five wickets in a Test innings at Kensington [...]
