Guyana was to have Hydro Power from today
According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2006 by Makeshwar Fip Motilall for Synergy Holdings Inc, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds as Minister with responsibility for energy, and the then Chairman of Guyana Power and Light, Ronald Alli, the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant (AFHEP) should have begun generating power from today. That MoU [...]
One dead, four injured after bus, car collision
Thirty-one-year-old Ravi Singh of Montrose, East Coast Demerara, became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday, adding to the steadily growing list of vehicle fatalities so far for this year. Singh succumbed to massive head injuries after his Toyota AT 212 motor car crashed head on into a minibus that was heading in the opposite direction [...]
Pensioner, Health Ministry in court over daughter’s death
- 68-year-old also battling NIS for survival benefits By Michael Jordan A diabetic grandmother is gearing for a David versus Goliath fight with the Ministry of Health and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). She is seeking financial recourse from one entity over the death of her daughter seven years ago, while trying to collect benefits [...]
Guyana Watch clinics attract 3,000
- find critical pediatric heart conditions The Guyana Watch Medical team has wrapped up its 18th mission to Guyana with their last clinic in Windsor Forest. In just one week, the team managed to see 3,192 patients at seven clinics across the country. The doctors and medical staff examined, treated, referred to appropriate specialists and [...]
A nurse for all seasons
Melisha Toney is a ‘Special Person’ “Do all the good you can whenever you can, and you will be rewarded…do all the good you can as long as you can, and life will be wonderful.” By Rabindra Rooplall Nurses are essential assets; they possess special qualities. Consider this. While a doctor may see a patient [...]
Dem boys seh…..Look out fuh Sam and he dashiki
Guyana Watch come to Guyana to look after sick people. Dem see more than 3,000 people and believe it or not, dem boys see de team going to Bharrat. De man was sick but dem boys didn’t know that he was so sick that 12 doctors had to look after he. He strong now, but [...]
It is never too late to tie the knot
How Cool! The St. George’s Cathedral was the scene of an unusual, but touching affair yesterday, when two senior citizens decided to do the right thing and tie the knot. Kathleen Peroune and Marcus Simon, both in their late 70s, had been sharing a union for years. Yesterday, they decided to legalise their union. They [...]
Turning heads: African head wraps go on show today
African head wraps are both intriguing and stunning and today you will get a chance to see just that when the African Cultural and Development Association hosts its Emancipation Day festival at the National Park. In Guyana, the elaborate head wraps are sometimes seen at weddings, funerals or some other special occasion. But perhaps like [...]
Authorities to increase monitoring of fishing industry
Trawler explosions… Following a number of fatal incidents involving fishing trawlers, the authorities are moving to introduce several measures, including increased monitoring to ensure workers of the fishing industry are better protected. On Friday, representatives of the Guyana Private Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors Association met with the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture [...]
India’s Lil Champs to arrive this week
India’s little singing sensations, better known as “Lil Champs,” are due to arrive in Guyana this week for what is being touted as an unforgettable show. The singers were slated to perform in early May as guests of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha. However, the unavailability of flights caused the show to be postponed. Now, [...]
THERE IS A WORLDWIDE RESURGENCE IN TEACHING CIVILITY AND SOPHISTRY
By Marnie Kant Today’s global economy demands polished flexibility and professionalism. Such things as your appearance, style of dress, mannerism and body language can be more influential than your actual business knowledge. This is because it is common for people to assess you by face value alone. Switzerland, the United Kingdom and most Metropolitan countries [...]
Augustin steamrolls Bess; London overcomes Tyson
By Michael Benjamin Kurt Bess registered a first round knockdown and a second round mauling on Anthony Augustin but the latter fighter reasserted himself in the third and fourth stanzas to clinch a unanimous verdict when the two boxers faced off in the 6th edition of the ProAm boxing extravaganza, under the auspices of the [...]
Guyana fall to Jamaica in clash for fifth place
The Guyana women’s hockey team fell to Jamaica by a 1 – 0 margin in their final match of the CAC Games which is being held in Puerto Rico. The loss left Guyana in sixth place of the eight team competition, while Jamaica ended fifth. With Jamaica scoring against the run of play in the [...]
Greene assumes GTTA leadership Greene assumes GTTA leadership
As widely predicted, Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene yesterday assumed the leadership of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) when the association held its Annual General Meeting and Elections at the Zoom Inn International Hotel. Greene and General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe were installed unopposed. Among the plans of the new President is to facilitate a [...]
Action galore as Tapeball Association launches inaugural GTA Super Sixes
The Guyana Tapeball Cricket Association will launch its inaugural GTA Super Sixes competition starting August 14-September 26 next and already several teams have registered for the grand tournament. Some 204 teams have already registered for the tournament and the deadline has been extended to facilitate the others. Several categories would be contested including boys, girls, [...]
We need to be infused with the pride and dignity of our ancestors
Dear Editor, Emancipation my friends, is not an occasion for Africans to be rejoicing as if somehow a great favour was bestowed upon us. Emancipation my friends is an occasion for us, as Africans, to be reflecting on the human imposed conditions that threaten to reverse the gains we had made over the past 177 [...]
Who’s in charge of the GPF?
Dear Editor, I refer to your article of Friday 30th July on Pages3 and 11 concerning a police woman who refused to be obstructed in the performance of her duties by not taking a cell phone call from a high judicial functionary when she was investigating an incident. This police woman has been condemned and [...]
Emancipation Day
It is now 172 years since slavery was abolished in this country – and in the rest of the British Empire, for that matter. As a national holiday, we should be reminded that it is a day that should be commemorated by all Guyanese. Not because we are citizens of this country but because we [...]
Emancipation lessons still relevant today
Today, August 1, 2010, as we celebrate the 172nd anniversary of emancipation from slavery, the lessons of that struggle still remain relevant today as we confront the continuous effort of the present dictatorship to re-impose modern slave conditions upon Guyanese. It is, therefore, essential that we use this anniversary to reflect, not only on the [...]
The Guyanese Novel…what of it?
- By Petamber Persaud The statement by critic Lee Siegel that the American novel is dead drew me into the debate. The upshot to me was more or less a wakeup call. People are writing, novels are being written; I know, I hear many stories of novels being written locally, manuscripts will cross my desk [...]
No trade without help on Undeniable Climate Change
By Sir Ronald Sanders Climate change is now undeniable according to a new study headed by the US National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration. It is already having a disastrous effect on small island states. The very existence of some of them, particularly in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, is threatened. Caribbean islands too are [...]
BOOK REVIEW
By Dr. Judith Misrahi-Barak Associate Professor, Paul Valery University, Montpellier, France. Lawrence Hill. The Book of Negroes (Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007) ISBN: 978-1-55468-156-3 The Book of Negroes, published in 2007, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in 2008. It was also on the Giller Prize long list. [...]
Reaffirming our oneness as a people
By Sixtus Edwards General Secretary On this day, the Alliance For Change joins our brothers and sisters to commemorate the moment that symbolises the end of African bondage and the shackles of slavery. We pay tribute to the many heroes and heroines who laid down their lives in the cause of that freedom struggle. And [...]
Getting answers from the Government is like pulling teeth
By Adam Harris I could not help but notice the anger from some government officials when they were questioned about certain projects designed to enhance national life. For example, Kaieteur News happened upon a situation involving two top-of-the-line motor cars—both of them Jaguars. The reporter happened to be around when Customs recognized that something was [...]
Mental and Emotional Abuse; wounds that will not heal
One of the reasons I have no tolerance at all for domestic abuse – whether physical, mental or emotional – is because I suffered terribly from all these forms of abuse for years while I was a child. My father was nowhere to be found and my mother was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One [...]
