Night Crescendo shines brightly in taking feature event at Rising Sun
Jumbo Jet stable takes top honours as Sun Raiser scores two wins Night Crescendo owned by Senior Council Marcel Crawford and excellently ridden by Jockey Yap ‘Old boy’ Drepaul ran brilliantly to edge out The Message and take the feature event when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the True Friendship Committee successfully [...]
Christophe earns ITTF Course Conductor Certificate
- qualified to conduct USATT and GTTA Courses Former national table tennis player, Sydney Christophe was among 11 United States of America Table Tennis (USATT) Coaches that earned International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) status as Level I Course Conductors, following a recent programme. Chairman of the USATT Coaching Advisory Committee, Richard McAfee in a release, [...]
The Khans, Shariff cart off top honours as tourney concludes
Despite suffering two losses to Raan Motilall and Rashad Hussain earlier in the tournament, Sham Khan recuperated enough to amass 6 points and eventually capture the DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament when activities concluded at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street Georgetown last Saturday evening. Motilall occupied the second podium position while Suhai Feng sealed [...]
New talents dominate AAG Championships
While the seasoned athletes turned in their usual outstanding performances, it was the emergence of new talents that dominated the two-day Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Youth, Junior and Senior Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground. Alton Seaforth, Trevon George and Natasha Albert were among those emerging athletes that had their time to shine [...]
The truth about the PNCR’s election
Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to Harry Gill (“I challenge B. Beniprashad Rayman”) and Mike Persaud (“The fight to preserve the status quo of the PNC”), both appearing in Kaieteur News, 15/9/2010. Mike and Harry seem very upset with me for trying to preserve the “status quo” in the PNCR. My response was because, [...]
“This is Guyana.” The story of investigative journalism
We can’t blame the media if curious situations are never explored because information is almost impossible to obtain in this country. One reason for the tightness in which information is secured relates to the smallness of the population. In countries with vast numbers, the paper trail crosses many hands so journalists are bound to find [...]
The laws of the PNCR are not paramount to those of the Constitution of Guyana
Dear Editor, With reference to a letter: “I challenge Mr. Harry Gill to deal with the central issues” (Kaieteur News Septem,ber 19), I gladly accept this challenge by the author whom I believe to be the real B. Benipershad Rayman, with a little help from a friend. Everyone who reads the letter column in the [...]
IS OIL IN DEM WATERS?
The settlement of the maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and Suriname has opened the way for the resumption of oil exploration in what is now lawfully Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). But is Guyana prepared for this major step, considering the risks involved as has been so vividly exposed during the recent oil spill in [...]
The religious community has to refrain from becoming the “dogs and slaves” of politics
Dear Editor, Tuesday 21 September is the United Nations designated International Day of Peace. On Sunday, September 19, ACDA participated in the Guyana Justice of Peace and Commissioner of Oats to Affidavits Association’s Peace event at the National Park to celebrate this day. Dancers from ACDA (Nzingha and Crystalite) together with dancers from The Indian [...]
Universities must show economic outcomes in quantifiable language
Dear Editor, Massive reductions in government funding, increasing budget deficits, and the need to attract more students in higher education, tend to influence decisions to up tuition fees. Chancellor of California State University system Dr. Charles B. Reed at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference in Paris this week noted that increased [...]
GPA head wants an apology
Dear Editor, I find it quite amusing that the Government Information Agency (GINA) is reporting that the Child Protection Agency is demanding an apology from me with regard to my comments (Wednesday 15th September) about Capitol News not being able to access information on Child Protection Week and several efforts to get information from that [...]
Why is Dr. Walter Rodney’s death being used for political gain?
Dear Editor, I wish to ask the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-leader Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and others in the party a question: Why is the death of Dr Walter Rodney being used for political gain? It is obvious that ahead of every election season in Guyana this issue of Dr Walter Rodney’s death and investigation [...]
The AFC is creating another choice for voters
Dear Editor, Mr Lloyd Phillips wrote in a letter titled. “Lack of unity by the AFC will be their downfall”, (Kaieteur News, September 13th 2010). The writer clearly is another member of the “preserve the status quo” brigade – staunch defenders of the PNC/PPP albatross – that have enslaved our people since independence. First I must [...]
The fight in the PNCR is not limited to a disputed election it is about reform of the party
Dear Editor, I refer to B. Beniprashad Rayman’s letter titled: “I challenge Mr. Harry Gill to deal with the central issues” in Kaieteur News of Septem,ber 19th. There is a fight going on in the PNCR for change: to reinvent the party, to give it multiracial appeal, to give it a new platform – so [...]
Bad eggs in the police force
The arrest of a policeman who attempted to solicit money from a man he knew had committed a dastardly act, and the hunt for someone who was once trained to protect the nation—a former soldier- tell us that all is not well in the society. The situation tells us that people who should know better [...]
