Tug-of-war splits church into fragments
… Church of God in crisis The local Church of God is in crisis with the head of the reformation movement, Pastor Samuel E. Paul, accusing an expatriate clergyman of attempting to hijack the organisation. Pastor Paul expressed the belief that the expatriate clergyman is using local members to usurp the powers of the Guyana-based [...]
CCC out to spoil Guyana’s run today after sensational match against Barbados
By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Leisure Inn, Carib Beer & Digicel Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) new Skipper says his team’s aim is not just to participate but the win the Caribbean 20/20 Championship and qualify to represent the West Indies in the Club Champions League in South Africa in September. Considered [...]
Disputed owner demolishes derelict building
… tenants forced to scurry to safety In a twist of event in James Street Albouystown, the occupants of a derelict building were made to scurry out after it was forcefully torn by down the alleged owner, yesterday. At the scene persons were seen dismantling the building. The police were called on to settle an [...]
Nurses from 118th batch still to receive pay
Some seven months after successfully completing their examinations at the Georgetown School of Nursing, several nurses from the 118th batch are still to be paid salaries. The nurses have already been attached to hospitals around the country. Kaieteur News understands that while those at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are getting their salaries, those [...]
King, Vieira and Pires headline GMR&SC Prize Ceremony
Even though it was a bit low-keyed, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club held its presentation of prizes ceremony on Friday evening, at its Headquarters on Albert Street. Headlining the list of outstanding competitors from the July 18 Meet which was held at the South Dakota Circuit were Group 4 driver Andrew King, Group [...]
Guyana strikes lucrative US$35M rice deal with Venezuela
- mulls buying fertilizers too By Leonard Gildarie Guyana has sealed another major rice deal with neighbouring Venezuela for US$35M, significantly increasing the amount to be shipped there for the next year. According to the agreement signed last week between Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, and his counterpart, Felix Osorio, Venezuela’s Minister [...]
Jagdeo says govt. will continue to help City Council
President Bharrat Jagdeo said, on Friday, that the government will continue to provide services to residents of the city despite its heavy criticism of the Georgetown municipality. “There are little things that can be done in the City. We have a lot of workers that we support. I keep saying to them to just cut [...]
Georgetown garbage crisis: PPP’s dirty politics with citizen’s lives
There can be no doubt that the garbage situation in the capital city of Georgetown is of great concern to the citizens of Georgetown as it should be of the Government, particularly, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism. Regrettably, the actions of the PPP Administration, recent irresponsible statements by the Minister of [...]
Coming soon – ‘Who wants to be President’
Dear Editor, Please allow me to have a voice in this ongoing discussion surrounding who will be the president after the 2011 election. I am sure that we are all familiar with the game show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, well there is a show that will be staged here in Guyana soon called [...]
Fading Britain
The news that Tate & Lyle has sold its European sugar operations to American Sugar Refining is another signal of Britain’s increasingly weakened relationship with its former colonies and by extension, the world. Not many would dispute that the “Great” in Great Britain grew out of the fact that when “Britannica ruled the waves” she [...]
Grace Nichols – A Voice of Reclamation
- By Petamber Persaud It took me a while before I could open Picasso, I Want my Face Back, Bloodaxe Books (2009), another thought-provoking collection of poems by Grace Nichols. Yes, I was fascinated by the cover design with the painting of the ‘Weeping Woman’ by Pablo Picasso. Transfixed on the cover, trying to discern [...]
Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for a Single Caribbean Airline
By Sir Ronald Sanders “Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for Owning Airlines” is the title of a book authored by Jean Holder, the current Chairman of the Caribbean airline, LIAT. It is a serious work which should be read by all who are concerned with both Caribbean economic integration and the growth of the [...]
BOOK REVIEW
After an illuminating Interview of Sir Wilson Harris by Professor Michael Gilkes brought to you by THE ARTS FORUM in two parts, we now offer a critical review of Harris’s final novel. We hope that this rich insight will, in some modest measure, serve to dispel prevailing perceptions that Harris’s writings are “difficult” and draw [...]
A Battered Guyanese Citizen
I am a battered Guyanese Citizen. Anyone living in Guyana can understand this. Watch the newscasts, read the newspapers especially over this last week and you will understand what I’m talking about. Imagine – you pay your taxes and yet this week you’ve been drowning in garbage, mosquitoes and coughing people all around – possibly [...]
Despite technology we remain backward
By Adam Harris I crossed the Berbice River Bridge for the first time on Friday and I was surprised that for one, it was so short. I had grown accustomed to the mile-long Demerara Harbour Bridge where the toll was a fraction of what they now charge for the much shorter Berbice River Bridge. As [...]
Women hold up half the sky
At any given time, I am likely to be reading two or three books at a time. I love to read. I read for entertainment, I read for information and sometimes I read just to read because it is so relaxing. However, I recently read a book that I would classify as one of the [...]
Ramesh Bess’ last fight
- his final bout was in a death-battle far from the ring… Anyone who followed boxing during the seventies would remember him. Slightly-built but ferocious. Fighting from light-fly to bantam division. He was Ramesh Bess, an amateur boxing champion who would go on to represent Guyana in Cuba, while turning professional in the latter stages [...]
The gypsy lied: The ghost of yesterday is alive
One of the most hilarious yet tragic moments in the political history of this country involved a dispute between Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in his capacity of Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister Clement Rohee. It occurred in Parliament. Mr. Rohee had a request twice turned down by the Speaker, then said to Mr. Ramkaran [...]
The Baccoo speaks
When some of the notorious gunmen were killed people jumped up and proclaimed that murder would decline. I warned them against such optimism. I told them that people are going to turn on themselves because such is the nature of the beast. Many are alive to testify to this. People are killing each other at [...]
Grassroots View
I had a visit last Friday from two old (not in age) foot-soldiers from the ROAR days. After they had helped to (literally) close up shop back in 2007, we had met sporadically but this time they wanted to have a good, old-fashioned gaff. They were both cane-cutters (I have never heard them, or any [...]
AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
The purpose of having journalists certified is to ensure that bona fide reporters are not shut out from doing their jobs. Unless there is a process of certification of reporters through the issuance of press passes, you will have a great mob descending on press conferences crowding out regular reporters. For security purposes, also, it [...]
Farmer knifed to death at Pomeroon
- identifies killers before succumbing A feud between two Pomeroon families ended in bloodshed at around 23:00 hrs on Thursday, with a 54-year-old farmer being cornered and stabbed to death near a backdam. Wilfred Williams, called ‘Willo’ of Grant Friendship, Lower Pomeroon, was stabbed in the face and legs about a mile from a wedding [...]
KN reporter refused entry to President’s press conference
- McCoy says must have govt. issued media pass – Jagdeo unaware of such a rule, unable to explain McCoy’s actions One of Kaieteur News’ senior reporters, Gary Eleazar was yesterday refused entry to the Office of the President (OP) for the Head of State’s press conference. Eleazar presented his Guyana Press Association (GPA) media [...]
Mazaruni escapee ‘Bull Eye’ shot, recaptured
Prison escapee Nigel Williams, called ‘Bull Eye’, was shot and recaptured at around 17:00 hrs yesterday, just a month after his brazen escape from the Mazaruni penitentiary. Police sources said that the 36-year-old fugitive was wounded in one of his legs after being cornered by Joint Services ranks near Bounty Hall, Essequibo. Kaieteur News understands [...]
President discusses “modern new airport” with Chinese
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled preliminary discussions with Chinese companies on building a new airport in Guyana as the country looks to secure a national flag carrier. “If we’re going to make Guyana a hub we need at least bridges and currently we can only accommodate three or four aircraft standing on the tarmac at [...]
