Arrest warrant issued for former Judge
Magistarate Haymant Ramdhani presiding at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for former Judge, Jainarine Singh Jr. after he failed to attend court on several traffic charges. The former judge was charged last week with several traffic violations, stemming from an accident last Tuesday night at Clonbrook , East [...]
Court bars GRA from transferring seized Pajero
Chief Justice Ian Chang has granted a conservatory order compelling the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Kurshid Sattaur and his agents to refrain from selling, transferring, pledging, mortgaging or otherwise alienating or dispensing of motor vehicle number PJJ 3837 which is now registered as PMM 5467. The order was granted last Wednesday after [...]
Helping to bring those despised from the brink …Reverend Fay Clarke is a ‘Special Person’
“The many successes one may achieve in life breed enemies, jealousy and every negative emotion, and there are those who will ascribe ulterior motives to what we do, but God is the one who knows and he sees it all.” By Jenelle Carter Very often in life people say they know that they have a [...]
Another batch of volunteer teachers ready to go
… Ministry working towards reversing the inequity in Education provision – Baksh Forty volunteer teachers celebrated the completion of a rigorous training programme yesterday as they awaited their assignments to school locations across the country. Most of the volunteers will be sent into remote locations in an attempt to plug the gap created by teachers [...]
School Feeding Prog. encourages increased attendance
- Minister Baksk The public school feeding programme has warranted a six-month survey, which has been very revealing. This is according to Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, who disclosed that the review was undertaken to examine the very extensive programme to ensure that it was on track. He admitted that there have been some problems, [...]
Strength versus brains – the raging battle of the sexes is on
By Michael Benjamin Whenever a group of men congregate for a street corner lime or a rum shop gaff, women always bear the brunt of their jokes. This group was no different and Joe had taken center stage, his voice rising 10 decibels. He was reciting an earlier fracas with his wife one night prior. [...]
90% Labour Force does not have an education above secondary level
- Labour Statistics reveal A government survey has found that 90 percent of the labour force does not have an education above secondary level. In the survey, 540 establishments were targeted in Guyana under the Occupational Wages and Hours of Work Survey (OWHWS). Of this amount, 251 establishments responded in eight regions, this is according [...]
Minister promises better quality of education for hinterland students
- some to attend President’s College Hinterland children can expect a better quality of education as the new school year approaches, Minister of Education Shaik Baksh promised at a graduation for a group of volunteer teachers yesterday. Minister Baksh said that a number of hinterland children who have performed well at the National Grade Six [...]
Quick thinking lad saves lives of Parliamentarian, Pastor
A little boy saved the lives of Alliance for Change Member of Parliament, Latchmin Punalall along with her husband Sewnauth Punalall, who narrowly escaped death at Mango Landing last Sunday morning. Their car was submerged in water in the Essequibo River after the vehicle they were trailing inadvertently backed into them. Punalall and her husband [...]
Guyana Watch Medical Outreach a Resounding Success
– 26 children identified for heart surgery The Guyana Watch Medical Outreach team that arrived in Guyana late last month has had a truly successful visit according to President of the Organization, Mr. Tony Yassin. The team of 13 doctors, their families and a number of support staff members, had touched down on Friday, July [...]
LFS BURNHAM – HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
BY HALIM MAJEED, FORMER POLITICAL ADVISER TO PRESIDENT BURNHAM Background: His Excellency Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana, formerly British Guiana, in December 1964. Following a change in the National Constitution in 1980, he was designated Executive President and Head of State. President Burnham believed in a cooperative [...]
Angry father blames hospital for daughter’s death
NUMBER SIXTY VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Mr. Edwin Debarros, Proprietor of DM&S World of Spice is looking for answers. On Friday, the man claimed that his child, 14-year old daughter Savitri Debarros of Lot 14 ‘B’ Number Sixty Village on the Corentyne, walked into the Skeldon Hospital but never made it out alive. He feels that [...]
20-year-old heads to India for kidney transplant
Rockel Gladstone, 20, of Kimbia, Berbice River was scheduled to leave Guyana yesterday for India to undergo a much needed kidney transplant. The trip is made possible by Three Rivers Kids Foundation, a charitable organisation in Ontario, Canada. Rockel will be exchanging places with 19-year-old Satish Gobin, of Anna Caterina, who underwent a successful kidney [...]
Girl Guides pays last respects to centenarian stalwart
The Guyana Girl Guides Association’s flag flew at half mast last week as the organization mourned the death of Muriel Wright, who passed away July 26th, 2010. Wright nee Fraser, 102, dedicated almost her entire life to the Guide Movement in Guyana. She became a member of the Sisterhood in New Amsterdam in 1922, beginning [...]
Govt. invites entity to operate, maintain casino
“…is under no obligation to accept any or all of applications received” With the Government forging ahead to push for the construction of a Marriott-branded Hotel it appears that the casino/entertainment component of the project will not be directly managed by the owners of the Hotel. There is currently an invitation for Expressions of Interest [...]
Breathing Life into the Written Word
- By Petamber Persaud For me, it was an adventure of a lifetime, right here in my own backyard; within hours I was able to turn back the pages of history, going back in time to the late 18th century and to discover for myself a few events (monuments) as recorded in our history books [...]
The Jacamar
The jacamar is of the family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The order contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order away from the Piciformes, [...]
Human Rights Not for Sale
By Sir Ronald Sanders The military leader of Fiji, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, recently said that he would like to cut his country’s ties with neighbouring Australia and New Zealand and align with China. His statement would find little support amongst the people of Fiji who value their long and deep relationship with Australia and New [...]
The presidential candidate should be indentified not because of race but in spite of race
Dear Editor, Rights form the bedrock of every modern and civilized society and they are enshrined in conventions, constitutions and laws. Guyana should be no different if it wants to be seen and respected as a modern and civilized society. Rights are non-negotiable. As we seek to develop a democracy the rights of every citizen [...]
WELCOME TO THE PLANTATION
Part One Three Novels by David Dabydeen The Counting House, Disappearance, and The Intended. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press. By Keith Jardim The recruiter had promised romance, comparing it to the story of Lord Bharrat’s journey to Dandaka forest to meet his bride, but in the three long months to Guiana and the two long years [...]
After the PPP’s choice of Jagdeo and treatment of the Civic arm, who can trust the PPP in any partnership?
Dear Editor, PPP General Secretary, Mr. Donald Ramotar said that the “PPP is open to power-sharing with partners it could trust,” (Kaieteur News, August 13), but the stark truth is, since Dr. Cheddi Jagan died in 1997 and his wife took over, the PPP government accelerated the downward spiral of it and the country while [...]
MRL financial irresponsibility can trigger a partial collapse of the rice industry
Dear Editor, When one reads the SN article, captioned, “Payments from MRL to rice farmers trickling in”, of August 5th, 2010, one is driven to conclude that an absolute determination to prevent this ongoing abuse of the rice farmers, is slothful at best at the highest political levels. Why did the Minister of Agriculture delay [...]
Threats and vilification of our character will not intimidate us
By Sheila Holder AFC Vice-Chair The Alliance For Change (AFC) broke with tradition when it published the minority view of its National Executive Committee’s (NEC) decision not to form pre-elections alliances with either the PPP/C or the PNCR-1G. It went further when, on our weekly television programme – Alliance on the Move – it featured [...]
Where have the opposition politicians gone?
By Adam Harris When a government treats its people with scant disregard, it is sending a message that it is prepared to use everything in its power to justify its actions, whether wrong or right. Another message is that there is nothing anyone could do to change the course determined by the government. In recent [...]
The PPP should find a way to govern all the people justly
While studying journalism in college, would-be reporters are taught to look at an issue from every possible side. This is drilled into our heads. If I turned in an article that did not approach every side of an issue, I was given a failing grade. Semester after semester of this training forces journalism students to [...]
