Food For The Poor donates $12M in supplies to Mahdia
Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc., with transportation assistance from the Ministry of Public Works and Communication, on Friday last, donated $12M worth of items to victims of the devastating Mahdia fire that left scores of residents homeless. The fire which erupted on the evening of Thursday July 1, accounted for the total annihilation of [...]
Brothers detained for cop’s murder
- mother insists sons were at home when victim slain Police have detained three brothers from South Ruimveldt in connection with the gunning down of Police Constable Vickram Singh, but their mother insists that the youths were at home when the young cop was killed. The brothers, aged 19, 17, and 16, were detained on [...]
Local Red Cross embraces regional HIV initiative
The Guyana Red Cross Society has begun preparations for a new regional initiative which will target key populations that have higher risks of HIV. The initiative will also involve the collaboration of the Bahamas and Jamaica Red Cross Societies with the American Red Cross. Whilst initial preparations are ongoing, the actual programme will begin during [...]
‘Women With A Vision’ march against domestic violence
The ‘Women With A Vision’ Diamond community group, in collaboration with Help And Shelter, braved inclement weather on Monday to stage a march to highlight the issue of domestic violence. The group started their march on the Diamond access road and ended at the Community Centre ground. Project Coordinator Akila Doris said that after the [...]
Fisherman’s body found near koker
The body of 36-year-old fisherman Seeram Balwant, popularly known as “Bird”, of 347 Grove Housing Scheme, who reportedly went down while bailing a boat at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, has surfaced. According to reports, Balwant’s badly decomposed body was found floating next to the koker at Friendship yesterday morning. Seeram disappeared last Sunday morning after [...]
Power, Priests, Paedophilia and Corruption
Though I have never hit another person, if there is one thing above all else that maddens me to the point that I could react in a physical way, it is when I hear of someone hurting a child. It is for this reason, that I consider the ongoing scandal about paedophile priests to be [...]
Moonlight waves, seawall opulence and the hut of death
I do not visit the Kingston seawall often anymore. Since I feel my life may be in danger because of my politics, I don’t feel safe any longer at a place that was truly in my heart and soul. But I do pass by the Pegasus Hotel on my way home when I am on [...]
‘Son Chapman’ victims remembered at touching ceremony
By Enid Joaquin The cold overcast day, with a sprinkling of sporadic drizzle that threatened to become torrential showers any minute, was somehow reflective of the somber mood of the small group of people that journeyed to Horadia yesterday, to commemorate the death anniversary of forty-three Lindeners, who perished there over forty years ago, when [...]
Falsely obtaining money lands man in jail
Forty-one year-old Shawn Younge of Belladrum Village, Berbice, was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretence. Younge was accused of obtaining $15,000 from Orlando Harlequin on March 13, 2008, under the pretence that he could obtain a Guyana passport. The accused made his court appearance yesterday [...]
CARICOM holds on to Golding despite ‘Dudus’ affair
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is backing Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding as chairman of the 15-nation grouping despite his disgrace in failing to accept that his party tried to block a US request to have alleged drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke extradited. Golding is hosting CARICOM leaders at a time when Jamaica is reeling from [...]
Unions should defend staff
Dear Editor, I was surprised to read (SN June 26) that UG staff union rep, Freddie Kissoon, was displeased with the outcome clearing accused lecturer, Radhay Evan Persaud, of wrongdoing. I am not familiar with the contents or the strengths of the allegations against Persaud. His guilt or innocence is of no consequence to me. [...]
GIVE THE DOGS A BREAK!
How can you blame the sniffer dogs at the airport for not detecting cocaine? How can you expect them to detect anything given the torturous nature of their job and the peculiarities of local travel? These dogs are not trained to deal with the average Guyanese traveler. The average overseas traveler usually only has a [...]
Victoria village teaches a lot about determination
Dear Editor, On May 2, 1845, 79 of the 83 Africans who bought Northbrook made an agreement among themselves “…For the good regulation and general benefit of the said estate”. The property, now called Victoria, was purchased in November 1839 —some 500 acres for $10,000. The code catered for: in Clauses 2 and 5, revenue [...]
Failed States
Foreign Policy Magazine, in collaboration with the Fund for Peace, has just announced its 2010 “Failed States Index” (FSI). As with most of these rankings from foreign sources (this one has been issued annually since 2005) the governors of those states that fare poorly will be up in arms while their critics will be clapping [...]
Where does the PPP find these people?
Dear Editor, The recent floods in Diamond and Grove as well as areas on the West Bank of the Demerara River again highlight the pathetic performance of Robert Persaud and his sidekick, Lionel Wordsworth. They both remind me of the Guyana Fire Service. They rush to put out a fire with empty fire tenders resulting [...]
Why must President Jagdeo’s commit tax dollars to build Marriott?
Dear Editor, It is not easy to understand President Jagdeo’s obsession with a Marriott operated Hotel at the Georgetown waterfront. It seems that he has not learnt from the Buddy’s Hotel which he supported with concessions never extended to any other Hotel in Guyana including duty free concessions, 10-year tax free holiday and numerous cars [...]
The police must be free from political directives
Dear Editor, The recent violence and senseless attack carried out on University of Guyana’s political scientist and Kaieteur News columnist, Mr Frederick Kissoon, outside Nigel’s Supermarket on the evening of June 5, 2010 should be strongly condemn by all Guyanese since it is totally unacceptable and unjustifiable in our society. I wish to say that [...]
