Aid is retarding the development of developing countries
Dear Editor, I refer to a front-page story – US in $2.6B aid deal in SN’s issue of Thursday, August 19, 2010. As a Guyanese I am particularly worried about the action of members of the international community. They appear to be oblivious to the serious concerns of Guyanese about the stewardship of the Government. [...]
An attempt to plant confusion in the minds of the few who might be less informed
Dear Editor, I respond to Peeping Tom’s article of Tuesday, August 24, captioned, “Keeping the Burnham flame alight!” In his attempt to sow further discontent within the PNCR, this article exposes Peeping Tom for being a PPPC activist in disguise. He hails Robert Corbin as the only person who is capable of keeping the party [...]
The world has turned full circle
For nearly two centuries women knew that they were equal to men, if not better. However, the societies as they were structured, then, never gave them a chance to prove their mettle. In England there were groups of women who defied the norms and protested the unequal treatment they received. For example, they were barred [...]
Seventy percent of Americans are not wrong
Dear Editor, In a previous article, I had jokingly suggested that Peeping Tom may have been smoking something when he wrote that the AFC could become the next main opposition party; now I’m convinced he must also be on drugs to have written, “Islam is not the enemy of America” (Kaieteur News August 23). Mr. [...]
Ruling party did more for Buxton than PNC ever did
- PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Donald Ramotar has lashed out at opposition leaders who have condemned the Head of State’s recent visit to Buxton. According to Ramotar, the wild accusations by leading opposition spokespersons have shown clearly that they have no interest in promoting inter-ethnic understanding [...]
Magistrate wants ‘killer’ drivers to be charged with manslaughter
- confirms cases being dropped because of financial settlements By Michael Jordan Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday confirmed that he and other magistrates have been discontinuing some causing death by dangerous driving cases after financial settlements were made to the victims’ families. But he said that the magistrates do not have unrestricted authority to do so, [...]
Guyana to lodge formal representation with Norway
…monies will not be affected – Persaud Guyana will be lodging formal representations with the Norwegian Government as it relates to the Reuters article that painted Barama operations in Guyana in a bad light. This was confirmed by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud who said that he was a little surprised at the statement given that [...]
Neighbourhood policeman struck by minibus, dies
A 47-year-old male resident of Bath, West Coast Berbice, died early yesterday morning after being involved in an accident. The man, Rajpaul Jagroop, of Lot 100 Waterloo, Bath New Area, a cane cutter and member of the Neighbourhood Policing Group in the area, was riding a bicycle on his way to the dispensary in the [...]
Fire leaves E’bo family homeless
- Losses estimated at $5M A Richmond, Essequibo Coast family, whose house was gutted by fire yesterday morning, is happy to be alive, despite an estimated $5M in losses. Claire Belfield said she and her youngest son, Joel, along with her grandson were all asleep at around 10:30hrs, when she was suddenly awakened by the [...]
Providence accident victim still unidentified
The Guyana Police Force is seeking the assistance of members of the public in identifying a man who was involved in a fatal accident at Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara, on Monday last. The victim is of East Indian descent, believed to be between 50 and 60 years old, approximately five feet in height, [...]
Cush delayed in USA to collect Visa
Looking forward to weekend matches By Sean Devers Thirty-five year old Lennox Cush is now expected home on Friday from the USA due to a delay in collecting his Visa but the experienced right-hander says he is looking forward to this weekend’s 20/20 matches between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago at the Guyana National Stadium. [...]
3rd Inter Guiana Club Football Championship kicks off today
GDF play Inter Moengotapoe; Alpha oppose Gelder By Franklin Wilson The Third Edition of the Inter Guiana Club Championship initiated by the respective Football bodies of Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname is set to kick off today at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda with a double header. The Technical staff for all four clubs [...]
Harris free throw flop gifts wrap series for Jammers
- National basketball captain chokes By Edison Jefford He had done everything right before he stepped to the free-throw (ft) line with one second left in regulation time. An overwhelmed Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was already immersed in the detail that the moment belonged to Guyana and they had every reason. Was this the time [...]
Nankumar Singh, Mervyn Ageday in highly anticipated rematch
Boxing fans that have come to appreciate the appearance Republican lightweight pugilist Nankumar Singh when he appears in the ring will once again get a chance to see this rising star in action when he appears in the seventh edition of the ProAm boxing cards at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Friday evening. [...]
GBBC President lauds viability of ProAm cards
President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool is adamant that there have been notable improvements in the boxing arena ever since the birth of the ProAm boxing card, inaugurated in February this year. Mr. Abdool was at the time assessing the general output of the card at the monthly press briefing [...]
Inter Guiana Club Championship to expand
Youth, Women & Brazilian teams can be added – Klass President of the Guyana Football Federation and Chairman of the Inter Guiana’s Club Championship Committee, Colin Klass has stated that he is very pleased with the progress of the competition since it kicked off three years ago in French Guiana. Klass made these comments at [...]
QC’s CSEC performance improves for 2010
The performance recorded by Queen’s College at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination has improved, according to statistics unveiled by the school yesterday. According to a statement issued by the school, “Queen’s College continues to record excellent performances in all subject areas offered at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate.” It was revealed that [...]
Stabbed Nine Times
The scourge of domestic violence continues unabated. The bodies of Guyana’s women continue to pile up. What is yet to be seen is a real, feasible solution to this dire situation. What is it that makes men think they have a right to beat and kill women? Domestic violence has not been stamped out; instead [...]
The Audit Office of Guyana – embracing risk and technology
By Crystal Conway The Audit Office of Guyana (AOG) has recently acquired two new additions to their arsenal that will allow them to improve the quality and depth of their audit investigations. The first is the incorporation of the risk-based approach to financial audits. According to the Auditor General Deodat Sharma, the audits undertaken by [...]
Who paid Movado, Ne-Yo, Bravo and Gayle? Follow the money
“Follow the money” will always remain one of journalism’s most quoted mantras. Even if newspaper journalism dies, replaced by the online format, investigative reporting will never fade. For those in the media too young to have acquaintance with “follow the money,” it is about the investigative relentlessness of two Washington Post journalists to prove that [...]
High-Flyer stress
The CSEC results, as had the CAPE and SSEE earlier, accomplished its annual raising-of-the-national-consciousness about the value of education. Everyone agrees that education is good: good for the children and good for the nation. Reading between the lines of the remarkable success of the high-flyers (Sixteen subjects?!), however, one can only wonder about the anxiety [...]
Why blame the AFC for reading the grassroots point of view and strategizing accordingly?
Dear Editor, In Arthur Schlesinger words, “a great injustice was done to Cheddi Jagan”. From my reading on our nation’s history, this injustice included destroying a popularly elected government (with an electoral shenanigan called Proportional Representation (PR) in 1964), undermining democratic electoral procedures (with the mis-use of the overseas and postal votes in 1968 and [...]
BETTER RADIO PRODUCTIONS ARE NEEDED
A few weeks ago, I tuned in to one of my favourites nightly radio programmes, Doctor on Call. The doctor who was supposed to be on call must have turned off his beeper (or cellular phone) because when the time came for his grand entry, radio aficionados were told that the programme would not be [...]
What is the big fuss about Jagdeo visiting Buxton?
Dear Editor, The President is entitled to visit any and every community in this country. It is no surprise that David Hinds of the WPA and critics of his ilk have found another opportunity to criticise, this time, the recent visit to Buxton by President Jagdeo. The President is entitled to visit any and every [...]
Sawmill employee electrocuted
A 19-year-old Rosignol sawmill employee perished yesterday afternoon after he was electrocuted while working at the establishment. David Theophilus Smartt, of Welcome Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was pronounced dead at the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was rushed immediately after he was discovered lying motionless in the facility with burn marks on his hands. [...]
