Darts action set for Mark’s Club tonight
Cash incentives are up for grabs in two categories, Open Singles and Draw Doubles, when Darts action continues tonight at Mark’s Darts Club 72 Brummel Place Stabroek, from 20.00hrs. Central Automotive Repairs of Campbell Avenue, Campbellville, is the lone sponsor for the tournament, which is expected to attract the cream of the nation’s top players [...]
One year later: UG top student jobless
Dear Editor, It has taken me one year to break my silence. I attempted to pen these lines many times, but deferred, hoping for the best, but I can no longer hold my peace. I did not even tell my daughter that I was writing this letter because, knowing her unassuming and non-combative style, she [...]
Caricom’s Featherbedding
Here we are with the end of 2010 pretty much drawing nigh, and after the obligatory meetings, workshops, consultations and other talkshops, we have a “Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan” (RFNSPAP). Since it was now decided that for the plan to be viable the various organs of CARICOM should be brought [...]
Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors: An old scandal
No one in this wide world can lecture to me about the crisis in education delivery when a country’s economy slumps and money vanishes. I am in my 25th year as a university lecturer and I saw (and am still seeing) how the quality of education drastically declines when university services get stuck on hard [...]
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ALL
Make no mistake. The government is not short of money. It is awash with public funds extracted from the taxpayers of the country. Whatever the need, money can be found. Except that there are some needs that are more easily satisfied than others. Right now there is a need for four billion dollars to mend [...]
Mr. Kwayana never made ‘daily’ visits to my home
Dear Editor, I was in Guyana when I read Vassan Ramracha’s letter (Kaieteur News of Sunday 03 October 2010) in which I am named as the Assistant Secretary to Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s PPP Council of Ministers. Since I do not know Mr. Ramracha, I immediately called Ravi Dev at his Uitvlugt Ocean View home, to [...]
A genuine attempt at selecting the best possible presidential candidate
Dear Editor, The recent decision by the PNCR General Council to delay the adoption of the procedures in which to identify its presidential candidate appears to be a good one, and a genuine attempt at selecting the best possible candidate to lead the Party to victory in 2011. I am pleased with the inclusion of [...]
General Marine Open 15/15 Softball cricket starts Nov. 07
The General Marine 15/15 Softball Tournament, which will be run by the Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, starts next week Sunday November 7. Any age is eligible to play, the winning prize will be a trophy and $50,000, Runner Up -trophy and $25,000, Man-of-the-Match in the [...]
The Ministry of Human Services and its sexual violence plans
Dear Editor, I read in the print media of plans by the Ministry of Human Services to launch a National task force on sexual violence. I believe this plan of has come about as a result of the brutal slayings of our womenfolk in recent times and the mounting pressure brought to bear on a [...]
There was never a vote of conscience on the issue of sexual orientation
Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of 23 October, 2010, reported that Minister Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett presented the Universal Periodic Review reports and assorted documents to the National Assembly. One of the issues, as reported in the Guyana Chronicle is the issue of “decriminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex by protecting lesbians, [...]
Smith’s House declared champs
Smith’s House with a total of 341 points was declared champions when the New Life Ministry School held its Inter House Athletics Championships recently, at the Carifesta Sports Complex.They beat into second place Brown House on 316 points, while Jordan House with 227 points finished third. Champion Boy was Trevon Johnson of Jordan House, while [...]
The one laptop per family initiative
Dear Editor, Whenever I think about this initiative, I wonder if there is not a better way to ensure the masses become literate in the use of computers. This letter is not to take a knock at the Government and or President Jagdeo for showing initiative. However, it is to show that their initiative has [...]
Brazil murder probe leads to Chevy car being seized near Lethem
Authorities in Lethem, Region Nine, have seized a Brazilian-registered car that was suspected to be involved in a murder investigation. While details of the murder, said to have occurred last week in Boa Vista, Roraima State, Brazil, was still unclear last evening, the Chevrolet car was found hidden in some bushes some 20 miles south [...]
Survivor recovering well, police await PM results
Shawn De Souza, one of the two survivors of last Tuesday’s deadly Charlestown cutlass attack, is said to be recovering well at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Up to press time yesterday De Souza was still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s High Dependency Unit. The other injured man Radesh Persaud is also said to [...]
Post mortem inconclusive, samples taken for testing
A post mortem examination conducted on Charlene Amsterdam has failed to uncover what really caused the woman’s death. The former nurse, who was attached at the Georgetown Public Hospital, died last Sunday at the same institution two days after a Caesarian section. Relatives yesterday revealed that the post mortem which was done on Monday was [...]
Citizens mount protest over Neesa Gopaul’s death
Approximately three weeks after the discovery of Neesa Gopaul’s partially decomposed body several public-spirited citizens, said to be members of the People’s National Congress Reform, PNCR, yesterday staged a protest outside the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security. The protest was said to be executed as a result of the “avoidable” death of 16-year-old [...]
Rex McKay files motion to jail GCC execs
Prominent lawyer, Rex McKay, S.C., has filed a motion of contempt to have three executive members of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) jailed for allowing loud music to be played at the Bourda ground despite a court order. The matter will be moved on Monday. In court documents yesterday, McKay asked for the GCC officials, [...]
Dem boys seh…Ramson mouth stick pun president
De Attorney General is a man who like to be by heself. When he wukking he by heself and when he relaxing away from home he like to be by heself. De only thing is that he forced to be alone. Dem boys seh that he cloak up under Bharrat till everything is Mr President. [...]
City Constable arrests aggrieved man in M&CC compound
The sale of a truck to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) was reportedly the basis of a physical altercation between an officer of the City Constabulary and the vendor yesterday. The incident which occurred some time after 13:00 hours, was characterised by a boxing match which was sparked by an attempt by [...]
GEA observes National Energy Week
Under the theme “Working to Secure a Clean Energy Future for Guyana” the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) will be hosting its National Energy Week during the period October 25 to October 31, 2010. According to Head of Energy Statistics Division, there will be a week of activities that include; daily quiz during the week to [...]
CC Nicholson Hospital now has doctors
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Regional Administration Health Sector, has lauded efforts to proper facilitate and maintain a quality of standard at the Dr CC Nicholson Memorial Hospital, located at the Golden Grove/ Nabacalis area, East coast Demerara. “The aim of the Ministry is to resurrect a run down health centre” said [...]
‘Trigger man’ picked out during ID parade
An eyewitness to the killing of Guyana Power and Light security boss, Clifford Peters, has positively identified the alleged trigger man behind Peters’s death a year ago. The suspect, known as ‘Johnny’, was picked out from a police lineup yesterday. A police official told Kaieteur News that investigators will be seeking legal advice to ascertain [...]
M&CC introduces new measures to improve revenue collection
New measures will be introduced at the commencement of next year to help improve the revenue collection of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown. The measures which come as part of the recommendations of the municipality’s Implementation Committee will entail the establishment of a database to monitor the operation of businesses within the confines [...]
Buxton Health Centre gets facelift
The Buxton Health Centre, located on the East Coast of Demerara was recently renovated after being sponsored with $1.5 M, an allocation by President Bharrat Jagdeo through the Ministry of Health. According to Dr Bheri Ramsaran, Minister within the Ministry of Health, the facility was in need of renovations, thus the Ministry responded swiftly. Dr. [...]
Companies look to confront IT fraud, other risks
Internal auditors of public and private sector agencies are meeting in Georgetown to confront risks to their entities, including IT fraud. More and more companies in Guyana are moving to computerise their operations but management of these companies need to understand the risks involved, said Oswald Barnes, Director of Internal Audit at the Secretariat of [...]
