GOODLUCK wins silver cup, STUART claims spoon
Ransford Goodluck won the Silver Cup while Lt. Col. Terry Stuart carted off the Spoon at last Sunday’s Rifle shooting competition held at the Timehri rifle ranges. The winds varying in speed and switching regularly, while there was interruption for rain, otherwise sunny conditions prevailed, after recent inclement weather forced the cancellation of two competitions. [...]
Western allies’ pounding of Libya necessary to protect civilians
Dear Editor, I have always taken the line that Libya’s President and dictator Col. Muammar Gaddafi must step down to make way for democracy; to rid Libya of the bloody authoritarianism that has besmirched not only Libya but other parts of North Africa and the Middle East; and to which some Western allies were architects. [...]
Freddie, go stand in the corner!
A columnist is, by virtue of the job, under constant scrutiny for the opinions penned and published. The ability to write is only one aspect of this multifaceted job. We must always be in the know about almost everything that is happening, and subsequently have the capacity to digest that information and speak on it [...]
Diamond CPG plans to install security cameras
- concerned about spike in daytime criminal activity Persons with criminal intent may soon find themselves under constant surveillance in Diamond New Scheme, if plans by members of a recently formed community policing group bear fruit. The setting up of security cameras is one of the major goals of members of the new community policing [...]
Garbage affects Stabroek market vendors
Vendors on the southern side of the Stabroek Market are up in arms over the presence of a strong stench that is emanating from a broken down garbage truck that is filled with days-old refuse. Some vendors are also reportedly suffering from skin rashes. According to them, several complaints have been made to the Mayor [...]
Reader expresses anger over ‘drugs’ reports
Dear Editor, I read with anger the news report of the 122.65 kg of cocaine seized aboard a ship, the Vega Azurit, from Guyana. The shipment was reportedly valued at an estimated J$217 million. Sir, I am angry because my native land, Guyana, has become notorious in the United States as a cocaine kingdom. The [...]
Guyanese faces Canadian trial for backtrack ring
ST. STEPHEN –Canada (Telegraph Journal) – Savita Singh-Murray offered to pay $2,500 apiece to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States, a witness testified in St. Stephen provincial court Monday. The 43-year-old Charlotte County woman, a native of Guyana, did not know that the “truck drivers” she talked to in Fredericton on June 18, 2008 [...]
Our challenges are more cultural than political or economic
Dear Editor, We have come from a place in our history where positive societal change has and continues to be an over-emphasised conditionality of political and economic reform. From 1964 to 1992, we hoped somehow that economic reform would be the panacea for Guyana’s development. From 1992 to now we have focused less on political [...]
Man’s body fished out of Eccles trench
Early yesterday morning, the corpse of Herbert Howard was discovered in a trench at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, by passers-by. According to a police source, the body was fished out of the trench (in the Industrial site road between Eccles and Bagotstown) at 08:45 hrs, and bore no visible injuries. It had already begun to [...]
Ryan Gomes, three others to face Suriname courts tomorrow
A tip-off to Suriname authorities may have led to the dismantling of a major drug gang and resulted in the arrest of former Guyanese policeman, Ryan Gomes, earlier this year. The gang had been smuggling cocaine across the Corentyne border for a while now with a fuel tank of a car modified to hide the [...]
ERC exposes its lack of moral authority to sanction others
Dear Editor, It has been more than two weeks since President Jagdeo made his racially charged and provocative remarks at the Babu John Cremation site on the Corentyne Coast, and to date the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is yet to issue a statement. This situation is very unpropitious, as it would be used as a [...]
FREENESS BREEDS PROBLEMS
A not too smart man went into a store that sells curtains. He said to the salesgirl, “I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains. The salesgirl assured the man that they had a large assortment of pink curtains. She showed the not too smart man several patterns, but the man seemed to [...]
Housewife remanded for alleged ganja possession
Housewife/vendor Denise Fortune, of New Amsterdam, Berbice, was yesterday remanded for allegedly having in her possession 415 grams of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. She made an appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Fortune pleaded not guilty. She was unrepresented. It is alleged that on March 19, at [...]
Angels and demons and creatures and….
This column here is not a philosophical essay but it has implications for a philosophical understanding of people and life. I will ask young readers with an intent to enter journalism and politics and public life to examine it carefully, even to take time to re-read it. In the yesterday’s edition of this newspaper, there [...]
The Libyan Intervention
As western jets pound the positions of the forces of Colonel Gaddafi, including the latter’s compound, questions about the operation are beginning to surface, even within the countries that have taken the lead to enforce UN Security Resolution 1973. Crafted and accepted after intense debate, the resolution comes out of the still evolving R2P – [...]
Czech national remanded
Habl Angel, a citizen of the Czech Republic, was yesterday remanded by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry for entering Guyana and not presenting himself to an immigration officer. The accused was unrepresented, and was provided with an interpreter. It is alleged that on March 5, at Lethem, the accused entered the country from Brazil and [...]
A fresh approach to addressing domestic violence
Dear Editor, In the spirit of appreciation, reflection, contemplation and envisioning and embodies the ethos of International Women’s Day, I salute all especially Guyanese women and other historically marginalized gender groups for their courage, perseverance and contributions to the well-being of our society. Gender issues in Guyana are extremely complex, interlinked and often invisibly inter-twined [...]
Guard killed, guns, ammo stolen in military-style operation at Ogle Airport
In what was described as a military style operation, gunmen shot a security guard dead and carted off four firearms, $100,000 and other items during an early morning raid on the Ogle Airport yesterday. Solomon Burke, 55, of 27 Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, and a driver attached to Correia’s Security Services was shot dead while [...]
Top Cop hospitalised
Police Commissioner, Henry Greene is under observation at the Balwant Singh Hospital after he was rushed to the institution yesterday. Kaieteur News was told that the Commissioner fell ill in Linden, where he was attending a table tennis presentation. This is the second time in recent months that Greene has been hospitalised. The nature of [...]
GRA, GFC clash over shipping procedures
Following the seizure of a large stash of cocaine last week by Jamaican authorities in a container of logs from Guyana, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has denied that it is responsible for the clearing or packing of items for export. But the state’s revenue agency, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said that GFC is [...]
Health Ministry records decline in dengue cases
- continues to fight malaria The Ministry of Health, as at last weekend, has said that there has been a significant reduction in t reported cases of dengue. At a recent press conference Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, said that at the end of eight weeks of epidemiological monitoring last year there were 231 [...]
UNASUR considers visa exemptions for travel within South America
- Heads to decide on rotating candidates for Secretary – General Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) recently discussed a possible visa waiver for travel within the continent, while reserving a decision on a rotating Secretary General for Heads of Government. The Foreign Ministers discussed these issues when they met in [...]
Dem boys seh…Henry de Ripe pregnant in hospital
Is bad mind mek that tsunami hit Japan. Rob-bert decide to release water from de conservancy into Mahaica River suh that it could end up in de Atlantic Ocean. Bharrat approve of de plan because everybody agree that if de conservancy collapse then is everybody pun de coast in trouble. Dem house at Pradoville2 would [...]
Driver in Hope fatal accident on $100,000 station bail
The driver of a route 63 minibus which was involved in last Friday’s accident at Hope, East Coast Demerara, leaving schoolboy Theron Berkshire dead was yesterday released from police custody on $100,000 bail. The man had been detained since the day of the accident and since investigators will have to wait until tomorrow for a [...]
7,000 participate in GT&T’s Colour Fest
The National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara came alive on Sunday with a kaleidoscope at the GT&T sponsored and organised National ColorFest. The event formed part of the celebration of the Hindu Festival, Holi. The colour fest, the first ever such organised in Guyana, attracted over 7000 persons reflecting Guyana’s diverse ethnic and religious [...]
