Despite recent losses Vivian Harris Plans to Fight On!
Moves up to welterweight division Less than one week after suffering a humiliating third round knockout to Victor Ortiz, former World Boxing Association (WBA) junior/welterweight champion, Vivian Harris said that he is not yet ready to hang up his gloves. Instead, Harris plans to campaign in the welterweight division where he believes he will be [...]
Pit bulls should be put to sleep
Dear Editor, It is everyone’s right to have security measures on their premises to avoid un-invited guests. Whoever trespasses does so at your own risk. I stand by my word as I have said earlier. That is, whenever ferocious animals like pit bulls among others escape from the perimeters which they are confined and attack [...]
Stiffer penalties for gun crimes
Dear Editor, Quick action by the police has led to the capture of some known criminals and the recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition in various parts of the country. In the case of the Berbice operation we are witnessing the recovery of firepower enough to measure up to the capabilities of a [...]
GCC off to flying start in Banks Night Hockey
The GCC hockey club got off to a roaring start on opening night of the Banks Night Hockey Tournament being held over the next two weeks, at the Thirst Park ground. The GCC ladies started the evening with a 1-0 victory over lady rivals Hikers. Young Aliyah Gordon, making her debut for the blue and [...]
Zone winners decided as action moves to next round
Following the completion of several zone matches on Sunday September 19 last, the respective winners will continue the battle for top honours on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 October when the second round of the GTA Super Sixes cricket competition resumes at various venues countrywide. In one of the zone finals played at the Everest [...]
Guyana’s cricket uncovered
Dear Editor, A national cricket team left these shores amid all the hype of “taking it”. Little did we know that what they really meant was ‘teking a good lickin’ from sides that were superior in almost all departments of the International 20/20 game. As an ardent sports fan, it pains my heart that our [...]
Former detective presents ID card machine to Police Force
Police ranks will be brandishing brand new Identification Cards with state-of-the-art security features in the not too distant future, thanks to a former Sergeant who is now a security expert in the United States of America. Michael De Souza, a former Detective Sergeant who is currently employed as a security expert with the World Bank [...]
Decisive and strong decisions required to halt the escalation of crime
Dear Editor, Touching once more on the continuing issue of crime in our society, there is a deep contention and overriding desire, for something new, something decisive and strong, coast to coast in this land by the powers who make the law and by those who implement it, to halt the escalation of crime in [...]
AFC criticizes Jagdeo’s front-running role in CLICO payout
The Alliance For Change (AFC), while explaining that it supports the policyholders of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Guyana) being paid their entitlements now that the liquidation process is being carried out, is critical of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s involvement. The party states that it has long stated that CLICO (Guyana)’s transfer to CLICO (Bahamas) in of [...]
New Amsterdam Multilateral is 35
Always renowned across the land as Berbice’s most senior secondary school, the New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS) is celebrating its 35th anniversary this month. The school, which has produced many outstanding Berbicians and Guyanese, year after year, has planned a series of activities to commemorate the special period, including a walk-a-thon starting from the Berbice [...]
Heroes Cup 2-Day Cricket Competition unveiled
-Three matches to start tomorrow The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organised First Division Heroes Cup 2-Day Cricket Competition was officially launched yesterday, during a simple ceremony which was held, at Malteenoes Sports Club. The occasion had in attendance representatives of Carib Beer Brand Co-ordinator- Nigel Worrell, Public Relations Officer- Darshanie Yussuf, GCA President-Roger Harper, Chairman [...]
“Spring tide” dictatorship
The Government of Guyana has now severed its advertising relationship with the independent dailies. They say all newspapers will be affected but I doubt that, so I am referring in this column to the two independent dailies only. I cannot see the Mirror being affected; if it does, it will go out of existence. But [...]
PPP’s Presidential Candidate
With the return of “free and fair” elections to Guyana, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) won the elections of 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2006. With the opposition forces as fragmented as ever, it is widely perceived by the Guyanese public (if anecdotal evidence and the NACTA polls are to be believed) that the PPP will [...]
Short changed once again!
Dear Editor, Nothing hides for any length of time in GT. So it is foolhardy when persons try to ‘cock’ the work they are in-trusted with. It is alleged, by persons from the area, that a Guyanese contracting firm working along with a Trinidadian Company installed conductor casings for a well at Parfait Harmony to [...]
A nation’s development is measured by its living standards
Dear Editor, I recently visited Guyana and was appalled at what I saw happening to my beloved country. Some in the PPP called it progress, others described it as development, and many viewed it as improvement. But whatever it is, the fact is a nation’s development is measured by the improvement in the living standards [...]
HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD WOMAN – (In response to Stella)
With so many people shacking-up these days, it would mean something completely different if the heading of this article was about choosing a good husband. Most women are first interested in finding a good man, then they will decide whether he is good enough to be a good husband. A good man and a good [...]
Where is the maturity among our so called leaders?
Dear Editor, In a letter written by Rayvonne P. Bourne the writer asks “Why is Dr Walter Rodney’s death being used for political gain”, (Kaieteur News, September 21 2010). This is a most apt question from the writer and it shows a very astute and vigilant reader who has recognised the situation for exactly what [...]
Bravo, Pollard still ‘committed’ to WI – T&T manager
Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, the Trinidad & Tobago all-rounders, remain committed to West Indies cricket, their regional team manager Colin Borde has said. Borde’s comments came a day after it was reported that the two had turned down central contracts from the WICB. “I don’t think by not signing the central contracts that they [...]
What child-friendly classrooms?
Dear Editor, I am not asking, but rather I am begging the Minister of Education and the Regional Education officials of Region Six to send some furniture to the Vryman’s Erven and Overwinning schools. Dozens of students were transferred from the Vryman’s Erven Annex School (Trinity Street Primary Tops) on the first day of school, [...]
People like leaders who can ground with them
Dear Editor, Next year is the most important election in the life of a generation and those who are clogging up space under the pretense that they care about the oppressed voters don’t care two hoots. Tony Jones’ letter, “The PNCR leadership appears detached and most times dispirited” (Kaieteur News 23/9/2010), calling people yard-fowls and [...]
GCC hosts Lawyers of T&T for friendly cricket matches
The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will play hosts to two days of cricket action, starting today, when its ‘A’ team takes on a visiting Trinidad & Tobago Lawyers team comprised of Attorneys. The following day will see the Trinibago team test skills against its Guyanese counterparts, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), at the same venue. [...]
One must always look to draw lessons from history
Dear Editor, I agree with Ravi Dev’s concern that too much of the debate about the past could be a distraction from the present problems Guyana faces. It is for that reason that I took a long time to respond to his views on my reaction to the recent developments in Buxton, published in three [...]
Ken Gibbs’ 1970 National Squad Engaged the strongest T&T team
- Lennox Arthur Local Football stalwart former National player and Coach Lennox Arthur commenting on Sunday’s one off International between Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ and T&T’s the Soca Warriors believes that although Earl O’ Neal’s 1977 Squad which was the last team to defeat the Twin Island Republic at the Senior level, the Ken Gibbs 1970 [...]
Two missing army AKs, Uzi found in Berbice
EAST BERBICE/CORENTYNE – Police in Berbice recovered six unlicensed guns in one night in East Canje and at Number 58 Village on the Corentyne, putting a major dent into what has been described as a major criminal gang. According to reports out of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, about 22:20 hours on Tuesday, [...]
Unbearable conditions force witnesses to flee
… Govt. witness protection programme They thought that they would have been well taken care of by the state but now witnesses in the C.N. Sharma carnal knowledge case are condemning the prison-like conditions in which they are being housed. Such is the condition that two of the witnesses who are under the protection of [...]
