Donor spending for HIV/AIDS sees significant decrease
Although the world has changed fundamentally since the historic commitments to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to HIV/AIDS, the recent global economic crisis has resulted in a significant decrease in donor spending for HIV/AIDS, especially for low- and middle-income countries. This disclosure was made by Head of Human and Social Development at Caricom, Ms [...]
THE OBAMA DOCTRINE – Cultural diplomacy and humanization in American foreign policy
Dear Editor: Please allow me to revisit several pieces I wrote on a paradigm shift in American foreign policy from one of imperial conquest to one of humanization, thanks to President Barack Obama. Imperialist superciliousness from the United States and those with similar profiles, historically, by definition, interfered with poor nations to push them into [...]
Minister calls for new panel to examine Town Clerk applications
The appointment of a new Town Clerk at City Hall will have to be put on hold with the proposal of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall, to have a new panel be constituted to examine all applications. This notion was detailed in a letter issued by the Minister yesterday in wake [...]
I ‘discovered’ Adam Harris’s column
Mr Editor I have just ‘discovered’ Mr Adam Harris’s column, written in clear, easy style, which lends itself readily to rapid reading. I am not wholly surprised that he is from the ‘oldish’ journalistic school. I’m sure he would not mind this description. Normally, I confine my reading of Guyana’s newspapers to the News, Letters [...]
Operational research to be promoted at 56th CHRC conference
Geared at promoting the use of operational health research which can be used to guide medical practice, the plans for the 56th Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) conference slated for April 14-16 at the Princess Hotel, East Bank Demerara, are moving apace. And not only is a large turnout of local young health professionals expected, [...]
Some comments about the education system
Dear Editor, It will be remiss of me not to make comments on article “The Strategic Plan Responsible for Increases in CSEC: English, Mathematics passes – Education Ministry” S.N. Feb 9, 2011. I wish to express how concerned I was as I read the article. An analysis of the findings has revealed quite disturbing results [...]
Freddie is overreacting, as usual
On Monday, in a column that was characteristically nasty, Freddie Kissoon demanded an apology from me for missing the overall “nuance” of his now infamous column in which he insisted the squatters who live near him will soon be forced to vacate the land on which they live. Freddie stands by his original column and [...]
President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to look in the mirror
Dear Editor, As a patriotic citizen of Guyana I am very concerned about President Bharrat Jagdeo’s behaviour as he addressed persons perceived to be PPP supporters at the ceremony recently held at State House, Main Street. I am taken aback by him asking those in attendance to make the right choice and vote for the [...]
GPHC admits to bed scarcity
While management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) admits to a shortage of beds in the Male Surgical Ward, there is the insistence that patients and relatives understand that although this problem is unfortunate, it cannot be avoided. In response to an article published in the Tuesday, March 29, 2011 edition of the Kaieteur [...]
Those castles were eyesores
Dear Editor, I read the Article ‘Republic Park castle mysteriously demolished’ (KN, 27/03/2011) with wry amusement. It is a recognised fact that in many neighbourhoods our brothers and sisters who live in the diaspora have left their properties, either land or buildings, in a deplorable state. In many instances neighbours out of disgust and a [...]
Health Ministry strives for 100% TB detection by 2015
An ambitious goal of 100 percent detection rate in all regions by 2015 has been set by the Ministry of Health as part of its plan to address the scourge of tuberculosis. This is according to Senior Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who also revealed that 2015 has been labelled as the year to realise [...]
If the PPP wins, opposition groups should ponder their future
At the time of writing, I haven’t done any research on the topic of changing governments through the electoral process around the world since 1992. I follow world politics closely so I am going to opine that since the PPP came to power all governments around the world have changed hands in a free, electoral [...]
Rejecting an ‘unfounded’ attack
Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the March 28, 2011 edition of the Kaieteur News entitled ‘Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana’. The Office of Climate Change (OCC) is quoted as having referred to the signatories of the open letter to Minister Solheim as “a group of persons well known for [...]
Responsibility of Journalism
(In light of some recent events, we repeat this editorial from four years ago to reiterate our commitment towards privileging facts over opinions not based on facts in journalism.) Almost a century ago, Walter Lippmann, the great American journalist who helped to define the profession at a crucial stage in its development, declared that the [...]
One detained as cops seek two GRA staffers
As police on the East Coast of Demerara continue their investigation into the alleged car theft involving an employee of the Licence Revenue Office (LRO), they have made one arrest. This newspaper was told that the man under whose house the vehicle was found was taken into police custody on Monday. However searches at the [...]
HOLD THE SURPRISE!
Just after the big cocaine bust in Jamaica, said to have originated in Guyana, one top official indicated that the country would be surprised when they learn who the person behind the shipping was. That surprise is still being awaited. Tongues were wagging awaiting the imminent disclosure. The surprise is however still to land. Perhaps [...]
Housewife beaten unconscious in Melanie robbery
Two bandits severely beat a 56-year-old housewife to unconsciousness before ransacking her Melanie Damishana Public Road, East Coast Demerara home, and making off with an undisclosed amount of cash and other valuables in a brazen daytime robbery yesterday. Sursattie Chandrabally, well known as ‘Data’, had to seek medical attention for her injuries which she sustained [...]
OP approves US$583,375 payment for spy equipment Co.
The Office of the President has approved the payment of US$583,375 to a United States of America company reportedly for the provision of intelligence gathering equipment. The payment which was approved last December was channeled through the Demerara Bank Limited to the Florida bank account of a company called Phoenix American Technologies at the Sun [...]
High profile criminals fight in jail
- Former Buxton gang member stabbed during prison brawl A prison brawl between two high profile inmates, yesterday, has left one of them seriously wounded .Kaieteur News understands that inmate, Randy Joseph, was attacked and severely wounded by Jermaine Jerrick. This newspaper was told that yesterday’s attack was in retaliation to an attack that Jerrick [...]
National swimmer turned gunman attacks relative at Old England
A Siberien (Old England) woman said she is now scared to death after a man unsuccessfully tried to break down the door to her home, and later shot out the windows to a vehicle that was parked in the yard. The damaged vehicle GFF 9947 belongs to the woman’s reputed husband, Sukraj Fredericks. According to [...]
Patients forced to share bed in GPHC
Patients and their relatives yesterday criticised the pathetic condition of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where there seems to be not enough beds. Men are ordained to share one single bed. “My father has to sleep with a next man on the same bed in the hospital. I can’t [...]
Swindler nabbed in sting
By Rabindra Rooplall After swindling countless young ladies of their monies by pretending to be in a position to hire them or land them a job in the city, the perpetrator known as “Troy” was caught and taken into police custody at the Timheri Police Station yesterday. The police, in collaboration with some of the [...]
Unattended lighted gas stove guts Stewartville home
Three persons were left homeless after fire razed a wooden building at Stewartville Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara after midday yesterday. According to one of the occupants of the home, Rohanie, she left a pot on the stove unattended and a towel next to the stove caught fire. She said that the fire eventually spread [...]
Dem boys seh… Some people got plans fuh thiefing money
Dem boys know wha wrang wid de country. Everybody want lead and nobody don’t want follow. Everybody want sit down and give instructions and nobody don’t want wuk. That is why so many people trying to be presidential candidate. Dem boys seh that Bharrat mek de job nice. He mek dem realize that dem can [...]
Royston King for Town Clerk sparks heated Council debate
Failure on the part of Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall, to appoint Royston King as the substantive Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality was high on the agenda yesterday when the entity held its statutory meeting at City Hall. The motion for King’s appointment as Town Clerk, was moved by Councilor Ranwell Jordan, who [...]
