Power and money (and sex and rape of course) in Guyana
It is rational behaviour when rulers ignore societal stultification and tell their citizens that positive glows surround the nation. That is the task that they must perform. They have no other choice. Recent memory will take us to President George Bush just eighteen months ago. In his press briefings and official speeches, Mr. Bush’s recurring [...]
This is the story of faith
Dear Editor, A miracle is considered to be a fortuitous occurrence, a statistically unlikely but beneficial event according to definition. All religions from time to time have laid claim to such occurrences. There have been testimonies of salvation, healing and deliverance from all kinds of bondage’s. This is the story of faith. According to Sanatan [...]
The truth has too many legs Joey!
Dear Editor, I had intended to pen this letter some days ago but my computer crashed and I have been out of commission since. When I saw Joey Jagan’s letter in SN of October 6th 2010 labelled, “Lionel Peters irks Cheddi Jagan”, I was really perplexed as to why. Then it dawned on me that [...]
Not too many teachers are participating in the EMPC
Dear Editor, The Education Ministry has over the years trained many teachers through the Education Management Certificate Programme (EMCP) to function in the capacity as active leaders in the school system. The programme was designed to train and better prepare head teachers and deputy head teachers for managing the school in an environment that is [...]
Drs. Ramsammy and Ramsarran should resign or be dismissed
Dear Editor, WPA believes that now the Health Minister Leslie Ramsammy has finally come around to accepting responsibility for the failure of the state’s medical services to provide a sufficiently high standard of patient care in the facilities run by the government, the political overlords of the Ministry of Health should do the decent thing [...]
Is this not a betrayal of congress decisions?
Dear Editor, Mr. Hydar Ally in a letter in the SN captioned “A misrepresentation of the facts” published on October 6, 2001 stated that Lionel Peters is bent on “misrepresenting the facts regarding the selection of presidential candidates…since he was not a member of the leadership…and as such was not privy to what transpired.” First, [...]
Gregory Isaacs’s musical career was exemplary
Dear Editor, The reggae fraternity has lost another potent and distinctive voice in the death of Gregory Isaacs. After launching his music career in the late 60s, Gregory toiled during the very turbulent days of reggae in the 1970s determined to make his voice heard, recognised and loved by the ‘reggae massive’. Upon signing to [...]
‘Unsavory characters’ prowling the National Park
Dear Editor, I am a habitual jogger in the National Park and noticed that a lot of dedicated working persons frequent there for their morning workouts. One morning, during this week while jogging I was approaching the north western entrance (Carifesta Ave) when I observed the regular gathering of young men congregating by the entrance. [...]
The scourge of domestic abuse
Last week, another woman succumbed to domestic violence. Her abusers did not take her life but certainly, by their actions, they drove the woman to suicide. The woman, a retired head teacher, took a dose of poison. She was 61. This death tells many stories. In the first instance the woman was intelligent enough to [...]
Man goes berserk, kills two in chopping spree
- Two injured By Jenelle Carter and Kristen Macklingam Just around mid-morning yesterday a man went berserk at Howes and Russell Streets in Charlestown, chopping four persons, in a savage attack which left two dead and two injured, and a community reeling. Those killed have been identified as 38-year-old Ann Cham-a-Koon of 60 Russell Street [...]
G/T & Vreed-en-Hoop stellings up for sale
- Dr Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says that the Government is exploring the option of private investors repairing the now dilapidated Vreed-en-Hoop and Georgetown Stellings. He said that there were earlier offers but these fell short of the expectations of the government. Dr Luncheon said that the investment opportunities exist [...]
GRA officers on bail, one back on the job
Blackmail plot… Three of the detained customs officers who were arrested following a blackmail plot have been released on $100,000 station bail each, as investigations continue. The three officers were arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to blackmail two top Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officials, who had implicated them in a massive cigarette smuggling racket. [...]
Gold miner dies in cave-in
A 39-year-old gold miner was killed yesterday during a mishap at Mahdia. Police have identified the victim as Randy Simon of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. According to one report, Simon was working in a pit with other miners when a section of it caved in on him. Another report said that he was in [...]
Dem boys seh….GRA got nuff spies
Now-a-days dem boys got to be careful because dem have cameras all over de place. Imagine GRA does put camera to spy pun people. Dem put cameras at de airport fuh spy pun people smuggling drugs; dem have cameras pun dem wharf and of course in de office wheh ordinary people does wuk. Well dem [...]
Plywood production up 25% before Barama’s closure
- Sugar price up 75% but production poor – Eggs plunge, tilapia increases 300% Plywood production for the first eight months of this year rose sharply by 25%, as compared to the same period in 2009, before Barama Company Limited decided to close its Land of Canaan factory after a technical foul-up with its boiler [...]
Failure of aged converters, feeder problems led to outages
- GPL The failure of both converters at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)’s Sophia station led to a power transfer deficiency and as such they could not convert the 50 Hertz power to 60 Hertz, according to the officials of the power company. Senior Divisional Director of Operations, GPL, Colin Singh, speaking at a [...]
IMF report captures ‘disturbing truth’ about developments in C’bean
Why has growth in the Caribbean been so low over the last 20 years? Has debt significantly hindered it? And what are the policies that could help boost economic performance and better prepare the region to benefit from the recovery in the global economy? These are some of the issues addressed in the International Monetary [...]
Emphasis placed on promoting rehab services
…as Int’l Occupational Therapy Day is observed Heightened awareness is in order to help promote occupational therapy, as International Occupational Therapy Day is observed today. And the awareness efforts are being channelled through the Rehabilitation Services of the Ministry of Health. But though the Health Sector is currently supporting a University of Guyana programme to [...]
UG’s Student Records Management System likely by March
By March 2011, the University of Guyana hopes to have its Student Records Management System – or SRMS – up and running at full steam. This is according to Registrar of the University, Vincent Alexander. The SRMS is the University’s attempt to streamline its data management – especially in the areas of student records and [...]
C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding
A post mortem conducted on 21-year-old Yogeeta Bishram on Monday at the New Amsterdam Hospital revealed that she died from excessive bleeding. Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh performed the autopsy. The woman’s death was due to hemorrhage and severe anaemia Bishram, a mother of one, of No 60 village, died early on Wednesday morning at [...]
Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death
The inquest which was conducted at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton into the 2001 death of eight-year-old, Troy Hughes, of 49 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, concluded that lorry driver Heralall Narsaiah of 302 Number Two Village, East Canje, was responsible for the child’s death. The child died nine years ago on September [...]
Mansell Foundation fêtes seniors citizens
There was plenty to eat and drink, and the sound of oldies filled the air, setting a euphoric atmosphere at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Meeting Hall Sunday afternoon. The event was the annual senior citizens luncheon for the elderly organised by Ms Bernice Mansell of the Bernice Mansell Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation. According to [...]
Driver on bench-arrest
Baby dies in locked car… Ms. Mayfield Fraser, the woman in whose care two-year-old Radain Wilson was left when he succumbed in a locked car, has reportedly been arrested. This newspaper was told that Fraser was released from the Fort Wellington Hospital late last evening after doctors there managed to get her blood pressure under [...]
GCCI slams errant importers
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday slammed errant importers who are granted Permits for Immediate Delivery (PID) by the Guyana Revenue Authority and have in the past failed to provide accurate information on the declaration which causes frequent processing delays. “GCCI understands that in some instances importers have also failed to clear [...]
Another drug mule nabbed at CJIA
Yet another United States-bound passenger has been arrested after being nabbed while trying to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana. This newspaper was told that the 24 year-old suspect was intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, sometime after 14:30 hours yesterday while checking in his luggage. Ranks from the Custom Anti Narcotics Unit found [...]
