Merriman Mall celebrates 13 years of formal establishment
By Gary Eleazar Take a walk through Merriman Mall and you will realise that it has come a long way from the days of makeshift stalls where hucksters plied their trade. Over the years, these hucksters endured numerous challenges but today they are stallholders who consider themselves entrepreneurs. They vend just about everything. They [...]
Georgetown, Upper Corentyne secure victories in low key semi-finals
By Sean Devers A handful of spectators watched as Georgetown Flex Check barely squeezed past East Coast Flex Test and favourites Upper Corentyne Free Weekend got past New Amsterdam Free Credit in two low-key semi-finals of the Digicel National Summer Splash 20/20 cricket competition at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday. The first semi-final was [...]
It is clear Govt.’s policy is to punish the Capital and pulverise the M&CC
The Editor, Monday 5th July, 2010 Guyana Times carried three letters related to the Georgetown Municipality titled, “Who will fix the City in preparation for Tourism”? “Garbage pile up is a disgrace” and “It was a low act to remove GT&T Billboards”. No one, least of all the Mayor, can disagree with the sentiments expressed [...]
Alleged Govt. blog site tarnishes citizens
Dear Editor, I’m hoping that this letter will help connect the dots and shed some light on why I came forward to voice my concerns on a blog site I stumbled upon recently (liveinguyana.blogspot.com.). This same blog has maliciously attacked citizens by posting their pictures and information about their private lives as well as hurled [...]
23 contesting Total Fitness Gym ‘Biggest Loser’ competition
Started May 6 to end on September 11 at Gym show By Franklin Wilson A total of 23 persons on the East Bank of Demerara have entered and are making great strides in the Total Fitness Gym ‘Biggest Loser’ competition. Total Fitness Gym is located at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. Speaking with [...]
Some straight talk… An open letter to Mr. Robert Corbin
Dear Mr. Corbin, Thank you for your service to the people of Guyana and to the Nation. Having said this, I add my voice to an increasing number of concerned Guyanese for you to gracefully step down as Party Leader, and enthusiastically support another member of your executive who can lead the party to victory [...]
High class action anticipated as racing switches to Norman Singh Turf Club
The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club (NSMTC) of Silver Park No 6 West Coast Berbice is the place to be come Sunday July 18 when the organizers of that club stages a grand one day horse race meet that features some of the country’s top horses, ridden by experienced jockeys. Horse owners would be contesting [...]
GuySuCo is a government experiment gone wrong
Dear Editor, Internal information sharing within GuySuCo has it that the management restructuring that was announced in January 2009 has backfired and new changes have been implemented mainly driven by Board Member Dr Rajendra Singh who lives in the USA and is deemed an important player in the decision making of GuySuCo. These changes are [...]
GABBFF seniors set for Aug. 29 @NCC
Texan bodybuilder to guest pose Come August 29, the National Cultural Centre stage is expected to sizzle with the best bodies male and female when the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBF) brings off their annual senior championships. According to a release from President of the Federation Fiona Harris the event is being [...]
ALLIANCES, COALITION AND SHARED GOVERNANCE
(Part 2, continued from last week) FOCUS ON POLITICAL PROGRAMME The PNCR position on ALLIANCES, COALITION AND SHARED GOVERNANCE has been well ventilated, particularly, in the 2004 Congress Address and in its position papers on Shared Governance, all of which are available for reading on the Party’s web site. Any alliance or coalition must, [...]
All Guyana urged to support national rugby teams
- Season tickets going for an affordable cost of $1000 With an affordable cost of $1000 for a season ticket to view all three of the upcoming rugby tournaments to be staged at the National Stadium, Providence, President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento urged all Guyanese to come out and [...]
Hotels do not attract tourists
Dear Sir The President went as far as Jamaica to promote his Marriott project and at the same time degrading Guyana’s hotels. The President said that Guyana does not have a quality hotel to attract visitors and boost the tourism industry, hence the building of the Marriott. Hotels do not attract tourists. What the President [...]
Honesty for Hire
Very few, even partisans of the government, would deny that corruption in many governmental institutions –especially in its revenue-collecting arms -is a major problem in our country. In this month’s edition of Hoover Digest, Mitchener and Noel Maurer (professors at Santa Clara and Harvard University respectively) suggest the downside for the country: “Such corruption is [...]
Denzil ‘Lewis Hamilton’ Hopkinson, a star in the making?
Nicknamed after one of the most exciting Formula One drivers Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, young Shifter Kart driver Denzil Hopkinson will be hoping that his performance on July 18 matches that of his more famous counterpart. Hopkinson, whose father Harold is also involved in motor racing, could be regarded as one of the new kids on [...]
Total Fitness Gym to host first competition on September 11
After opening its doors to the public just over 3 years, Total Fitness Gym located at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara will host its first competition which will see its members clashing for the Mr. Total Fitness Gym title with the females competing in the Ms. Best Legs contest. Gym Manager/Trainer Videsh Sookram said [...]
Arise Sir Wilson, Part 1
- By Petamber Persaud On bended knee to rise again to new heights; on bended knee to rise, again, to new levels of recognition, rise again, rising to different levels of consciousness, to be discovered and re-discovered, to be invented and re-invented, to be read and re-read, to be endowed and re-endowed with a new [...]
Khan spins Guyana to victory against L/Wards
Everest 17-year-old leg-spinner Amir Khan made an auspicious start to his regional under-19 career with an 11-wicket match haul as Guyana crushed the Leeward Islands by 8 wickets with over a session to spare on the final day of their first round TLC 3-day game in St Lucia yesterday. Scores: L/Wards 141 & 131, Guy [...]
Don’t blame the people for the Caribbean’s failures
By Sir Ronald Sanders Some leaders of countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) often suggest that the slow progress of regional integration is due to a lack of “trust and understanding” among the people. Certainly this was a view expressed by Bruce Golding, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, at the opening of [...]
Rahaman aims for good performance
- expects to generate more speed Clearly at ease now after all the recent modifications that was made to his Ford Escort, Group 2A driver Jad Rahaman exhumed confidence about doing well at the upcoming Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club July 18 Meet, set for the South Dakota Circuit. Speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday [...]
MICHAEL GILKES INTERVIEWS SIR WILSON HARRIS
WILSON HARRIS, unquestionably one of the Caribbean’s most original and visionary writers, has published an extensive body of fiction, poetry and criticism. He was born in Guyana and has been resident in the UK since 1959. Now 89 years of age, Harris kindly consented to have this interview with literary critic and retired professor of [...]
The Crumbling Security Architecture
By Raphael Trotman Something is happening within and to the Guyana Police Force that is very troubling. There is a negative transformation taking place and it is giving rise to a feeling of foreboding. Last weekend I decided to use public transportation to get around which besides being enjoyable whenever I do, also allows me [...]
Many a tear has to fall
It is so easy to cry and yet so hard for some people. Of course people don’t like to see others cry because it exposes a weakness in both the person who cries and the person who witnesses it. I have seen many people cry and I myself have had cause to shed a few [...]
A Marriott is not the key to attracting tourists
I love to travel. I love going to places I have never been before and spend my time in these places exploring the culture and history, eating the food the locals eat and, of course, relaxing. I do like to stay in nice places, but I rarely spend much time at all in the hotel [...]
This is incredible ignorance that must be exposed!
My policy on the deceptive statements by the PPP as a party, and its leaders when they act in their individual capacity, is that historians and commentators must expose the egregious deceptions in these words, because they are intended to fool the Guyanese people. There may be honest citizens out there who would want to [...]
The Baccoo speaks
Rats run from a burning ship and so it would be in the southern part of the city because of constant police action. In their pursuit of a wanted man the police have made life uncomfortable to the extent that in some homes people take turns sleeping. The situation is going to get even worse [...]
