Inability of Police force to deal with serious crimes exposed-Dr Norton
“Wake up! Commissioner Greene,” said People’s National Congress Reform Member of Parliament, Dr George Norton, in his closing statement yesterday after questioning whether the Guyana Police Force is truly capable of handling serious crimes in Guyana. Dr Norton said that Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, during his most recent press briefing, informed the nation that [...]
Childcare and Protection Agency wants apology from GPA head
Dear Editor, Today (Wednesday) the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security in partnership with UNICEF launched a report on Media Trends in Guyana related to the representation of women and children in the Guyanese media 2008-2009. The report was commissioned by the Ministry over a year ago after an observation that our women [...]
Pulsating action expected at Rising Sun Charity horserace meet
Samuel Whyte Over 60 of the countries best racehorses inclusive of a number of new imports have taken entry for the Annual Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the True Friendship Committee Charity horserace meet set for tomorrow at the club’s Arima Park West Coast Berbice racetrack. With over $3.5M in prize monies and [...]
Guyana’s development is being stymied by disunity
Dear Editor, In a recent interview Dr. George Norton, (“Indigenous people could hold the ‘swing vote’ in next election – Norton:” SN: 12/09/10), raised a number of important issues, some of which demand further elucidation. There is no doubt that Indigenous people are the most deprived of our peoples and I agree that it is [...]
Regal Twenty20 softball competition starts tomorrow
Regal Stationery and Computer Centre inaugural Twenty20 over-35, 25-over softball cricket competition is set to commence tomorrow at various venues across the country. The competition will be run under the auspices of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) and they will be organizing a female nationwide 10-10 softball competition, which also begins on Sunday. This week, [...]
WHEN IN GUYANA, MAKE SURE YOU WIPE BEFORE YOU WASH!
Once a habit has been drilled into you, it returns almost automatically when you return to the setting where it took root. This was very much the case on the first night of my return to Guyana. The journey to the airport was tedious. The roads were fine but the drive took a long time. [...]
City businessman refutes maid’s allegations
…provides proof that woman was never cooped up A popular city businessman says that he is going to sue two privately-owned newspapers over an article that featured a maid who worked with the businessman. The businessman said that he was also seeking legal action for the malicious manner in which the articles were carried in [...]
No amount of lies and half truths will rewrite the history of the PCD’s negotiations
Dear Editor, I wish to make a brief response to Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s letter published in Kaieteur News on Tuesday September 14th, 2010 captioned, “Dev is not inaccurate on collapse on PCD talks”. Bisram was responding to my letter – “Dev is conveniently engaging in outright and sensationalism” – in Kaieteur News of September 12, [...]
A life taken in one senseless moment of greed and callousness
Dear Editor, Tragedy walks into one’s life, uninvited, unexpected. Some may say, it is fate, or it is death playing his stalking game, but sometimes, it’s really not. It’s simply a systematic failure to put the right measures in place to deter crime that put citizen’s lives and safety at risk. That fateful day when [...]
There is no better time to bring a national airline
Dear Editor, We certainly have interesting tales of air travel and the airline industry in Guyana and in these parts of the world. I paid close to US$1,000 for airfare to Montego Bay in Jamaica a few weeks ago from Georgetown. My mother, who resides in New York, paid less than half the price and [...]
New Jersey-based Guyanese woman found murdered
New Jersey-A 45-year-old Jersey City Heights woman who was yesterday scheduled to fly back to Guyana was on Thursday found stabbed to death in her home, officials say. Shrimatie Parasram, of Prospect Street, off Oakland Avenue, was found lying face down between the kitchen and dining room on the first floor of the residence when [...]
Name something after Eddie Grant!
Dear Editor, I am responding to the article dated 10/16/10 by Freddie Kissoon regarding international legend Eddie Grant. I would like to establish support of Mr. Kissoon’s point to have something in Guyana named after this man who has done so much for West Indian Culture. It is my view that Eddie Grant is the [...]
Govt.’s failure to protect CLICO depositors is reflective of its wider failure with taxpayers’ money
Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s original commitment to use taxpayers’ funds to resolve a problem that arose in the private insurance company will begin when “CLICO policyholders (will) be paid within three weeks,” (Kaieteur News, Friday, September 17), and should be just the first in a series of steps needed to fully resolve the entire [...]
Public vs. private higher education in Guyana: the bigger picture
Dear Editor, The initiation of the discussion of the issue: “Public vs. Private in higher education” (Kaieteur News 13-09-10), is significant. The letter by Dr Prem Misir, Pro-Chancellor, University of Guyana, illustrates quite vividly the challenges involved in the application of knowledge resulting from experiences in developed societies to practical problems in poor developing countries [...]
Father in court for damage to property
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was Aleen Jaboor, of 7C Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo, who was charged with damage to property. It is alleged that on Wednesday, the defendant damaged properties owned by Abdul Jaboor valued $270,000. The defendant, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to the charge. [...]
The Land Registry is not part of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter published in Kaieteur News on Friday, September 17, 2010, captioned, “Lands and Surveys frustrates house-owner” and would like to provide the clarification as stated below. Applications for replacement of Certificate of Title and Transfers of Certificate of Title are made to the Land Registry and not to the [...]
Let’s aspire for excellence
Dear Editor, In an article published on Wednesday September 1 in the newspapers on Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Independence Day address, she stated, “When we can aspire to be better people, when mediocrity is no longer tolerated, and excellence is a standard by which everyone is measured everyday….” I would most certainly like to [...]
Agri-lifeline
Nary has a week passed but that the Ministry of Agriculture, frequently under the aegis of the Minister himself, is seen engaged in one or more initiative to expand the “non-traditional” agricultural sector. Crop insurance, packaging, refrigerated trucks, new crops (spices, for example) foreign investors are only part of the buzz. Last week we saw [...]
Truant schoolgirls nabbed in Montrose home
Following a tip off, police on the East Coast Demerara yesterday raided a Montrose home and arresting four men and three schoolgirls. Kaieteur News understands that the girls were partially undressed and drinking alcohol with the men. The men arrested included a minibus conductor and driver and the girls are said to be from a [...]
