Miss Wakenaam to be crowned tomorrow night
With a mission to assist young women to build self-confidence, and to promote self-worth, morals, and to provide social support for youth the stage is set for a grand Wakanaam Night. The event is also intended to publicly recognize women who have obtained personal, professional and community achievements. This event includes a pageant at which [...]
Govt moves to Parliament for a further US$12.5M
…reasons create doubt among MPs One hundred fifty-three days after Guyana’s largest ever ($143B) budget was approved in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has moved to the House seeking approval for an additional $2,426,470,077. The Ministry of Public Works and Communication will be the biggest beneficiary from this latest request for money. [...]
90,000 poor families to get laptops
By Leonard Gildarie Government says that it has earmarked US$30M ($6B) over the next three years to equip an estimated 90,000 poor families with laptops as Guyana attempts to harness the potential of extra bandwidth. The announcement, to loud applause, was made by President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday at the launching of the new fibre optic [...]
AFC’s decision to exclude PNCR not unanimous – Trotman
… says it represents democracy at work By Gary Eleazar “I, as leader, know that people expect that the Alliance For Change (AFC) will find a way to make it possible for an alliance of all interested and patriotic persons and groups to be in place in time for the 2011 elections…Politics is about making [...]
Boat owner detained at CID Headquarters
- body of dead crew member brought back home Local police officials have detained the owner of the ill-fated MV Captain Tom as they try to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the death of two crew members following an explosion on his vessel. Kaieteur News understands that police ranks picked up Mr. Sasesankar, called ‘Charlie’, at [...]
Fire guts Red Thread Activist’s home
Fire of a so far unknown origin gutted a two-flat house in the posh community of Bonasika Street, Campbellville, around 19:45 hours yesterday, leaving popular Red Thread activist Andaiye and five other persons, including a 93-year old man, homeless. The fire started in the lower flat of the building and quickly engulfed the interior forcing [...]
Dem boys seh…Bharrat lying pun de flu?
Poor people smiling. Bharrat announce that he gun put 90,000 computers in poor people house. Well dem boys want to know when this gun happen suh dem ask. De answer come back. Bharrat seh he gun put these computers in three years. But dem boys believe that he mouth slip. He mean 300 years. Dem [...]
As GT&T launches US$30M fiber optic cable
Cheap PCs offered… The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has allocated a significant portion of its bandwidth to the education sector even as moves are being made to introduce new features that will integrate schools’ curriculum with internet-based programmes. The announcement was made yesterday as GT&T launched its US$30M Suriname/Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) [...]
Guyana Watch serves West Coast Berbice
- medical team heads for Windsor Forest today Hundreds of residents of West Coast Berbice took the opportunity to see the doctors of the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday. The Team descended on the Bath Settlement Primary School early yesterday morning and within fifteen minutes had their clinic up and ready. Their arrival was not [...]
Searches conducted at two warehouses
Two bonds, owned by The Discount Store, were yesterday searched for the fake “Piccadilly” shoes as marshals continued to execute court orders, in a battle of two Regent Street establishments. The marshals accompanied by police, the owner of Bhena’s Footwear, Bhena Lall, and her employees, conducted searches at a High Street bond before visiting a [...]
Jamaican CAC gold medallist offers support to Guyanese Carifta gold medallist at CAC
Guyana’s young breaststroker and 3-time Carifta gold medallist enjoyed her first Senior Meet at the CAC Games ending the Meet with two Personal bests in the 100 and 200m breasts where she performed better than her seed times to achieve a 13th and 14th place out of 22 swimmers and a 16th in the 50m [...]
Taxi driver remanded for causing death
A 28-year-old taxi driver was yesterday refused pretrial liberty when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The allegation is that on July 25, at La Union Public Road, West Coast Demerara, Ramkissoon Prempaul, drove his motor vehicle in a dangerous manner [...]
GUYANA SINK PUERTO RICO IN CAC HOCKEY
The Guyana women’s hockey team relegated Puerto Rico to the 7th & 8th place match set for this morning with a 1-0 victory over the hosts in the CAC hockey tournament. The Guyanese suffered another setback in the very first minute when Captain Tricia Fiedtkou received an injury to her forehead by an errant Puerto [...]
NACRA Champions Guyana unblemished record tarnished
-T& T end the day unbeaten NACRA defending champions Guyana had to rebound from a stunning defeat at the hands of beaten Central American & Caribbean Championship finalist Jamaica to stay in contention to gain top honours after Day One yesterday, at the National Stadium. Playing in the third game on opening day, Guyana were [...]
We are all Guyanese citizens unless we choose to renounce it
Dear Editor, When I responded to Freddie Kissoon’s attack on three Guyanese – Lord Canary, Kenneth Denny, and Dr. Randy Persaud, two of whom are long dead and cannot defend themselves I knew that the discussion would inevitably degenerate into personal attacks and insults. Kissoon is yet to demonstrate that he understands that academics and [...]
Rain could end Guyana’s S/Africa’s dream
Today’s semis in jeopardy By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Digicel A day after over 17,000 fans jumped, danced and screamed as host Trinidad and Tobago, led by a wonderful 65 from the exciting Daren Bravo, beat Jamaica by 49 runs to top Zone ‘A’, the Queens Park Oval looked like a huge [...]
Success Masters X1 defeat Max Masters to book quarterfinal berth
Success Masters turned in a superb all round performance to defeat Max Masters and claim a quarterfinal berth when play in the 4R Masters Cup and Females Softball cricket tournament continued on Sunday July 25 last. Success Masters called correctly and inserted Max Masters XI limiting them to a meager 82 all out in 19.4 [...]
GASP gears up for Emancipation Day tourney, Junior Scrabble competition
Scrabble players are scheduled to match wits when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) convenes at the Malteenoes Cricket Club for the Emancipation Day open on Monday August 2. Already the top seeds have indicated that they would participate in the tournament and picking a winner would not be that easy. While national champion, [...]
Boxer Michael Carryl finds that thinking out of the box boosts teens’ confidence
Michael Carryl, the president of the Long Island Amateur Boxing and Charities, is hopeful more than 500 boxers will participate in his Lawrence, L.I., tournament next month. Michael Carryl got sanctioned this week, and he could not be happier. The 44-year-old of West Hempstead, L.I., is president of the Long Island Amateur Boxing and Charities, [...]
Local boxers exit CAC C/ships with two bronze medals
Other disciplines suffer mixed fortunes Guyanese boxers’ hopes of winning a silver or gold medal at the 21st Central American and Caribbean championships, currently underway in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, fizzed out after Dexter Jordan and Ray Sandiford lost their quarterfinal matches to Puerto Rican Jonathon Gonzales and Guatemalan Juan Reyes, Wednesday evening last. Earlier in the tournament, [...]
The poison of Alcohol
In our Wednesday edition, we reported on the outraged reaction of Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop to the avalanche of cases of violence overwhelming the courts in Berbice, precipitated by excessive imbibing of alcohol. Seems that the magistrate went beyond the call of duty and with “another senior member of the bar” conducted a survey, which confirmed [...]
14 plus 28 equals ignorance
The U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affairs, Karen Williams, before she completed her tenure held a press conference and though the news was bad, it was good in the sense that the statistics on migration that she offered show the ignorance and abominable mediocrity that pervades the corridors of power in this country. According to Ms. Williams, [...]
Sundays by law are already public holidays
Dear Editor, I observed in the newspapers and in the Official Gazette a notice under the signature of Mr. Clement Rohee in which he purports to declare Sunday 1st August, 2010 to be a public holiday. This notice states that it is made pursuant to the Public Holidays Act Cap. 19:07. The Public Holiday Act [...]
NOT ABOUT COMPETITION
It is regrettable that the President of Guyana should have made those remarks at his last press conference about the Pegasus Hotel. While it is not the first time that the President has commented on the standards at the Pegasus and while he is free to hold his opinion, he ought to know that his [...]
The postal system needs revamping
Dear Editor, I don’t have much to say to Peter Fraser concerning his response to my letter in the press about the hours of service by GRA officers at the New Amsterdam Post office. (SN July 28, 2010) The fact remains: Guyanese go through hell and back in shabby and poor quality of services at [...]
