Govt. looking for $3B more one day before year-end
The government, each year, presents a National Budget which represents the current and capital expenditures for the year but subsequent to that, each year there would be further requests for money by way of Supplementary Provisions to be extracted from the Contingencies Fund. To date there have been four requests for additional funds and on [...]
Fire wrecks Christmas for Bagotstown families
- two houses razed Fire of unknown origin wrecked the Christmas Day plans for four Bagotstown families shortly after 21:00 hrs last night, destroying two houses in the East Bank of Demerara community. Tessa Benjamin and her sister, Nicola Simon were among the victims who lost everything in the blaze. The houses, which were located [...]
Dem boys seh….Dem thiefing contractors
Today is Christmas and some people gun smile when dem wake up because dem fleece de whole population whole year just fuh mek money fuh demselves. Dem get contract that dem had no intention to fulfill. De Engineer who provide de estimate encourage de thiefing. He price one li’l foundation fuh $120 million. Dem boys [...]
Victim died from shock and haemorrhage
…. Bound, and gagged body on Highway A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of taxi driver Leyton Garraway has shown that he died from shock and haemorrhage due to multiple chop wounds. The post mortem was conducted yesterday by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh. The police have not been able to make any [...]
Mayor bemoans lack of multiple radio stations
By Rabindra Rooplall Guyana is one of the only countries to have one radio station in the Caribbean and Latin America, says Mayor Hamilton Green. And that radio station is state-owned, he added. He said that on many occasions while interacting with various persons and groups who had applied for license and who spoke to [...]
Diaspora looking in…I MISS MY GUYANESE STYLE CHRISTMAS
By Ralph Seeram Thousands of Guyanese worldwide are now heading home for the Christmas holidays. The planes are coming from cities such as New York, Toronto, Miami, London and the Caribbean Islands filled with Guyanese looking forward for a nostalgic Christmas with their relatives and friends. I envy those returning since I won’t be among [...]
Family pays tribute to mother murdered on Christmas Eve
By Michael Jordan If Devi Fung and her siblings could have one Christmas wish granted, it would perhaps be that the person who killed their mother last Christmas Eve be brought to justice. Mrs. Fung, who resides in Canada, and another overseas-based sister, returned to Guyana recently to honour their mother’s memory. On December 24, [...]
Ambitious youth has plans to propel Computer Technolgy in Guyana
“One major way that Guyana can grow is to become a bigger player in the computer technology industry.” At least this is the conviction of 27-year-old Jason Mars who is of the firm belief that this industry is in fact one of the biggest growing kind of industry in the world today. He has vibrant [...]
Ashanti promises a ‘great’ show
A few hours into Guyana, Ashanti got some things right and some things wrong. Hits and Jams have proclaimed her as the first diva to hit these shores, and she told local press she has some Guyana flags ready, and was waiting for someone to offer her some Pepperpot. We like that. She has come [...]
Fishing companies agree to reduce trawlers fleet 10% by January
- further 10% in 2012 By Leonard Gildarie The country’s seafood operators have agreed to slash their fleet by 10 per cent next year taking it up to 20% in 2012 as the industry continues to battle falling production from a dwindling fish stock in the region. During a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Robert [...]
Food For The Poor secures release for 34 prisoners
Thirty-four prisoners who were part of the Food For The Poor’s Prison Ministry Programme, will be back with their families in time for Christmas following their early release this month. According to the Food For The Poor, Wednesday, twice a year – during the Christmas and Easter seasons – the programme releases inmates who have [...]
Quarterfinal lineup complete; Topp XX bt. Caribbean Utd; Netrockers needle Milerock
The most successful team in the history of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament Bakewell Topp XX have moved a step closer in taking their 6th crown when they defeated Caribbean United 2-0 in extra time at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Thursday night. In the opening game of the final group-of-16 double header clash, [...]
National Under-20 footballers to play practice matches during K&S games
The National Under-20 football team preparing for the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Qualifiers to be held in January 2011 will be engaged in a number of practice matches during the current Kashif & Shanghai Football Tournament, according to a Guyana Football Federation press release. The GFF stated that the K&S Organisation [...]
Still seeking sponsorship for Linden sixes festival
Dear editor, Please allow me space in the sports section of your newspaper to print this sports letter thanking you in advance. Due to the continuous rain fall and little sponsorship, caused the first ever sixes cricket festival to be held in Linden which was scheduled for December 11 &12, 2010 organized by Sherwin “umpireawo” [...]
“Shane Shillingford – Another let down by a poor system!”
Much of what I write irks. At nearly 58, having been victimized, vandalized, even scandalized, in most Caribbean territories, I could not care less. Somehow, I will live! Someone has to be honest, despite the constant inane Obama-like rhetoric in our cricket. Many might not like what I say, but they know that all I [...]
Carl Greenidge is right that Guyana is a nightmare in need of visionary leadership
Dear Editor, Mr. Carl Greenidge’s now famous quotable quote, “Guyana is a nightmare and needs visionary leadership to lift itself from that position,” clearly irked the Jagdeo administration, while resonating with many Guyanese. It may even have an effect on his contract renewal with the CARICOM Secretariat after December 31. But Mr. Greenidge, whose resume [...]
Morality in Guyana
This Christmas Day is as good a time as any to question the sort of morality that is guiding our people. Killing without apparent remorse and a tendency to dehumanise and oppress each other are only two of the most obvious symptoms. This may be partly due to the fact that our Guyanese society is [...]
GSL made Progress in 2010 – Says Executive Secretary Harprashad
The Guyana Softball League (GSL) has reported that the year 2010 has brought much progress for the organization and softball cricket as a whole both on and off the field. It was noted by GSL Executive Secretary Leonard Harprashad that the GSL had attracted a number of new areas in the country and have brought [...]
GFSA had great year, says 2011 will be better
The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) would like to thank its members and followers for their generosity throughout this year and informed that they hope to continue their good work next year. In 2010 the Association donated $400,000 to Haiti, $375,000 to Pakistan Flood Relief, $275,000 to Cancer Patient from Enmore and $250,000 to [...]
Will Guyana’s goal ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny’ ever Be attained?
Dear Editor, From the day (May 26, 1966) Guyana received political independence, this country was faced with the challenge of building a Guyanese nation – “One People, One Nation, One Destiny”. It is doubtful whether the implications of building such a nation were fully understood by those in authority. Two hundred years ago, a German [...]
Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club dedicate award to sponsors, residents
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on December 15, 2010 received the Guyana Cricket Board’s Club of the Year Award at the Umana Yana. The award was the fourth of its kind for the Club having won it before in 2004, 2005 and 2009 and is one that is viewed with pride as [...]
Would Donald Ramotar drop out from PPP race?
Dear Editor, GuySuCo’s decision to de-recognize GAWU was the oxygen of explosive outrage and simmering anger amongst sugar workers in Enmore and Enterprise ECD. Many were disappointed that President Jagdeo’s candidate Donald Ramotar, as a GuySuCo board member was an accessory to the fiasco, despite his surprising denial (SN, 12-23-10). But anger was directed not [...]
The things I missed out on this Christmas
I am not going to burden you with ponderous political arguments on this quiet family day. I will certainly remember Christmas 2010. I made a mistake in yesterday’s column when I said I spent 22 Christmases with my wife. Make that 32. I have been married for 32 years so make that 33 Christmases because [...]
A personable and astute administrator, Affeeze Khan is a ‘Special Person’
By Rawle Welch “I’ve always been driven and believe unwaveringly in self development, and it has been with God’s help, because of the sacrifices that I had to make due to the lack of opportunities.” For those forced to forego the opportunity to attend High School due to their parents’ inability to fund tuition, and [...]
Waiting to hear from Trinidad PM on Air Jamaica
By Sir Ronald Sanders As the sun began to set on the closing days of 2010, Caribbean Airlines Ltd. (CAL), the airline owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago, has been the major headline story in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a story that has serious implications for the operations of Air Jamaica and, [...]
