TWO POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS
By T.S. Eliot A SONG FOR SIMEON Lord, the Roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls and The winter sun creeps by the snow hills; The stubborn season had made stand. My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand. Dust in sunlight and memory in corners [...]
Getting a Tourist Visa To Enter the United States
As an immigration attorney, the most frequent question I get asked is “How can I get a visitor or tourist visa”. Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. The [...]
THIS CHRISTMAS
By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader The Alliance For Change wishes every Guyanese, and every visitor to our dear land, a Merry Christmas in this special yuletide season. As I type this, Mark Benschop and Freddie Kissoon, have been released on $1 bail by a City Magistrate after rightfully protesting against the despicable state of the [...]
Planning for the Oil Boom
The search for oil within our boundaries is once again intensifying. We have in the past cautioned about oil being a mixed blessing. Resource-rich former colonies in general and oil-rich ones in particular, have been the worst performers as far as increasing their growth rates are concerned. One study showed that countries that depended heavily [...]
Peace on earth and goodwill to Women
What would the world be like today if it were three wise women who travelled with gifts to the see the king of the Jews in the Christmas story? What if the shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night were women and they were the ones who got to hear the angels announce the [...]
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas is a time to send special greetings to one and all, even to those it may seem do not deserve such greetings. Christmas is about everyone, and since most Christmas Day columns are dedicated to the good, I have decided this year to single out for special mention those who are often seen as [...]
Magistrate sends Kissoon, Benschop on $1 bail each
Social Activist Mark Benschop and Kaieteur News Columnist Freddie Kissoon were released on $1 bail each yesterday, when they appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on obstruction charges. The cash bail amount was comfortably the lowest in years, most likely decades. The two men, who were represented by defence attorneys Nigel [...]
Victim was Parika taxi driver
The badly battered body that was found on the Dora Trail on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway last Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 48-year-old taxi driver Leyton Garraway. Making the identification was the dead man’s wife, Wornett Indranee Garraway, and his son, Marvick Garraway. The Community Policing Group found the man’s remains shortly after 16:30 hrs. [...]
GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations
…asks if its members are Public Servants or Public Slaves By Leonard Gildarie The country’s main bargaining union for public servants has not ruled out strike action, yesterday giving government a one-month ultimatum to restart wage negotiations. At a press conference, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) also registered its disagreement with what it described [...]
Bartica cop collapses and dies
Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to ascertain how one of their own met his death early yesterday morning at the Bartica Hospital. Thirty-eight year-old Lance Corporal 15718 Lester Anthony Williams died around 04:30 hours after complaining of feeling unwell, with a pain in his stomach. Williams was taken to the [...]
Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family
For years, Nandalall Persaud called Sailor toiled on his fishing boat without much success. But over the last two weeks, he and his crew struck it big and they were all preparing to enjoy the festive season with their families. But just one day before Christmas Eve, two bandits put paid to those plans when [...]
Opposition insists poor planning is responsible
There was a fair degree of banter in the National Assembly yesterday as the Opposition grilled the various Ministers as it relates to their requests totaling almost $7B The supplementary requests were spearheaded by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh who tabled Financial Paper Three for 2010 seeking approval to spend almost $2 billion and Financial [...]
Blood shortage at Linden Hospital Complex necessitated transfer – CEO
By Michael Jordan A shortage of blood at the Linden Hospital Complex was one of the factors that caused two doctors to transfer maternity patient, Inga Nieuenkirk, to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), approximately 104 kilometes (65 miles) away, Chief Executive Officer Gordon Gumbs said yesterday. The CEO told Kaieteur News that the hospital [...]
Dem boys seh…Nah all hunger strike doan gat food
When people want to mek a point in a protest dem does do something really powerful. Some like Kwayana went on hunger strike. But dem boys remember that he wasn’t de first. Dem old PPP people who de government lock up during the early 1960s at Sibley Hall also stage hunger strike. Some people stay [...]
B and Lower Class event promises to be a scorcher at Kennard Boxing Day meet
Today is the eve of Christmas and already Turfites are gearing up for the excitement in store when the grand Boxing Day horse race meet organized by the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) gets underway at the Club’s Bush Lot Farm facility, Corentyne Berbice. Already several corporate entities have acquiesced to lucrative sponsorship packages and [...]
Netrockers spring big upset over Milerock in K&S tourney
It was the battle of the Linden clubs at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last evening in the opening encounter as play in the Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament continued and underdogs Netrockers delivered a surprise package. Netrockers through a 50th minute strike by Matthew Pollard injected Milerock to advance to the next round of [...]
‘Winning back support of entire cricket fraternity is a major concern’
Says GCB Presidential Candidate Ramsay Ali After 19 years at the helm of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and after enduring Guyana’s most controversial year in cricket this year, Chetram Singh says he is no longer interested in re-election when the Board holds it next biannual elections next month. Former GCB Secretary Bish Pandy, GCB [...]
Track and Field had perfect momentum in 2010
-Pompey, synthetic facility among major highlights By Edison Jefford Local track and field gained excellent support and momentum this year, which among the superb performance of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will most likely position the national association for the ‘Sport Association of the Year’ Award. Apart from Cleveland Forde’s dominance at IAAF South [...]
Albert Baldeo leads fight for resources and political representation
District Leader and Community Advocate Albert Baldeo, John Albert of Taking Our Seat.Org, Prita Singh of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, Frank Singh of the Inter Community Civic, and Vishnu Mahadeo of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corporation testified before the State Senate Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment Hearings Tuesday, December 14, 2010. [...]
Speedboat Association calls on sawmills to indulge in safer practices
Members of the Bartica Speedboat Association are calling on sawmill operators to be more responsible when using the river. President of the body, Clarence Belle, in an interview said that the recent deadly accident could have been avoided if this had been the norm. He pointed out that speedboat owners ply the Bartica to Parika [...]
Leslie Sobers appointed a magistrate
Attorney at Law Leslie Sobers took the oath of office as magistrate before Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Wednesday, last. His career saw him joining the Ministry of Information as Information Assistant in 1980. He was later appointed Regional Information Officer for East Coast and West Berbice. It was in that capacity that he was [...]
Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline
By Gary Eleazar Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday informed the National Assembly that the Government will continue to assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and stressed that the industry is critical to the country’s development. The Minister said that the company faces several significant challenges which are not only unique to Guyana but, “we [...]
Police arrest fellow disciplined service members
The Central Police station in Cobourg Street New Amsterdam was in uproar on Monday when the cops arrested their fellow disciplined service organizations after some initial intense battles. The occasion was the police end of year Inter services domino competition and brought an end to the Central Police station Sport and community year of activities. [...]
They wanted me to spend Christmas in jail
I would like to thank all of our lawyers, especially Nigel Hughes, who put his brilliance to work the very minute he walked into the Brickdam lock up and heard that for a very simple traffic offence, the Commander of Brickdam, Mr. George Vyphuis, refused to grant bail. Hughes said something was not right so [...]
Wharves have enough officers to clear barrels, boxes – GRA
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has deployed enough Customs Officers to man the city wharves during the build-up for the Christmas season. The agency, gave this reassurance yesterday in response to a story published in the Kaieteur News edition of December 18, in which the shortage of Customs Officers was blamed for long [...]
