What public mischief is Rohee talking about?
Dear Editor, I respond to Kaieteur News article, dated 21st April 2011 in connection with the refugee case in Canada. Clement Rohee is attacking me unjustly. I never made any allegations against him, the police or anyone to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. All I did was to represent my client based on [...]
Neither the PPP nor the PNC succeeded in improving people’s lives
Dear Editor, Having read the latest of Cheddi Jagan Jnr.’s increasingly frequent contributions to your letter columns (published Friday 22nd April), I was reminded of Ronald Regan’s simple rebuttal to a lengthy criticism from Walter Mondale back in 1984. He smiled, shrugged his shoulders and quipped, “He’s at it again”. Indeed Mr. Jagan has been [...]
Did Burt Bacharach have the PPP in mind?
A few years ago, Burt Bacharach released an album titled, “At this time,” One of the cuts (“Who are these people?) contains the following lyrics’ “Who are these people that keep telling us lies And how did these people get control of our lives? Make them stop Who are these people that destroy everything And [...]
Guyana has paid an incalculable price for festering instrumental malice
Dear Editor, Rhetoric, in whatever form and in whatever style, is always an attempt to persuade, to influence, to produce identification and signification, to move its recipients to attitude and to action. Consequently, rhetoric is generally constituted with a specific audience in mind, seeking to adopt a form of address which will engage people of [...]
Journalists are always the punching bags for frustrated politicians
Dear Editor, The letter by Charles Ramson (Jr.) Esq., in which he put down and “exposed” my friend, Adam Harris, listing all the places he worked in and quoting from Harris’ writing, was not called for because whatever Ramson might think or say, Adam Harris is one of our most senior journalists in this country. [...]
President Jagdeo and professionalism
Dear Editor, When I read with astonishment the Adam Harris’s column in your newspaper, under the caption: “Jagdeo hates professionalism”, I felt duty-bound, as a professional journalist, trained at the PPP Mirror newspaper, under the illustrious Janet Jagan, and then at the London School of Journalism, in the UK, to defend him. He is a [...]
BEING SMITTEN LEADS TO BEING BITTEN
A standup comedian observed that these days, politicians are not emerging from the ranks of the people. Instead they are offering themselves up to the people as the chosen ones. They come forward and announce, “I believe that I have the qualities to be your leader.” Instead of the people deciding who they wish to [...]
A poor attempt by Nigel Green to distort my comments
Dear Editor, I observed a letter by one Nigel Green in the Kaieteur News in response to my letter captioned, “Mr. Ramotar’s absolution of GuySuCo is deceitful”. I am absolutely convinced that Nigel did not understand my letter which was printed in full in the SN with the associate empirical evidence to back up my [...]
Who is at fault here?
Dear Editor, I think the Department of Education in Berbice needs to employ better procedures when dealing with the records of teachers that are submitted to the department. Whether it is application for leave, a letter to an officer, or application for release to attend the University of Guyana (UG), the clerks there are very [...]
The return of the prodigals
More Guyanese have come home in a long time for this the Easter season and it just goes to show that negative publicity or not, people will always come home because as they say, home is where the heart is. Some of these people have been preparing since last year and some even bought their [...]
Bandits beat elderly woman with shotgun during midday robbery
She could have been their mother or grandmother but armed bandits paid no heed to that as they beat and robbed a 72-year old business woman during a brutal robbery at Triumph, East Coast Demerara around midday yesterday. Bibi Ali of Market Street Triumph had to seek medical attention at the Georgetown Hospital for injuries [...]
Detained man for ID parade in cop shooting
Police were yesterday still questioning a suspect in connection with Saturday afternoon’s $2M robbery during which police Sergeant Ransford Liverpool was shot. The suspect, who is reportedly from the East Coast of Demerara, was taken into custody after persons alleged that he owns one of the two bicycles that the gunmen left at the scene [...]
Cane Cutter in attempt murder suicide after wife spurned him
An East Canje man has been hospitalised after he drank poison in an effort to take his own life moments after he had inflicted multiple stab wounds on his former lover when she refused to make up with him. According to reports, Sheneza Mangru 23, a sales clerk of Hazrat General Store in New Amsterdam [...]
Family awaits answers as labourer remains critical in ICU
Is it accident or robbery? Thirty-two year-old Khemraj Hariprashad is clinging on to life at the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown hospital, the victim of what appears to be a hit and run accident. However, his relatives are almost convinced that he is the victim of a brutal robbery by fellow villagers who are [...]
Bartica’s oldest resident is 102 not out
She has two children alive, 22 grandchildren, 135 great grandchildren and she is still trying to count her great-great grandchildren at 102 years-old. Leah Allen was born on April 13th 1909 at Baracara in the Upper Mazaruni River. She clearly remembered attending the St Edward’s Mission Primary School. Mrs. Allen was married at an early [...]
Multiple donations needed to sustain NBTS
– Health Minister Although there is an increasing number of persons who donate blood, there still remains a dire need for blood donation, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. As such the Minister said that the Ministry of Health through the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is on a mission to change the [...]
Wreath laying ceremony
Members of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) turned out in numbers at the Parliament Building yesterday to commemorate another period which is identified with the worker’s struggles and achievements led by National Hero, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow (Skibby), the father of Trade Unionism in Guyana and the British Commonwealth. Mayor Hamilton Greene who addressed the [...]
Over 20 Rupununi villages receive mobile, ICT, agriculture equipment
Toshaos in over 20 Amerindian communities in the Rupununi, Region Nine had their long awaited requests for assistance from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs granted on April 23 corresponding with a visit of President Bharrat Jagdeo at St Ignatius. The assistance included tractor trailers, harrows, plows, sewing machines, laptops chainsaws, one solar panel, outboard engine, [...]
Thrills and less spills on day one of Bartica Easter Regatta 2K11
Despite a late start to the days’ activities, the 36th Bartica Easter Regatta got off to an electrifying opening at the Golden Beach Circuit yesterday witnessed by a colourful crowd of over three thousand Guyanese including President Bharrat Jagdeo, Minister of Tourism Maniram Prashad, Regional chairman Holbert Knights as well as the respective Presidential Candidates [...]
George, clear prospect for Police future in Athletics
In a meet organised to spot future talent for the Guyana Police Force Track and Field Team, Winston George ensured that he impressed the Top Brass of the institution yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary. George turned in 21.3 seconds to win the 200m Men ahead of Keith Roberts, who had 22.1 [...]
ECCB holds practice for U-15s from tomorrow
In preparation for the Inter-Association under-15 cricket competition, the East Coast Cricket Board (EECB) will be holding practice sessions from tomorrow to Thursday at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground. All clubs are asked to send their five top under-15 players to this session. Registration will starts at 13:00hrs on Tuesday. In addition, the following players [...]
Guyana capture bronze medals in two categories
Guyana’s Junior and Cadet Teams competing at Caribbean Table Tennis (TT) Championships in San German, Puerto Rico, secured bronze medals in the Girls’ 15-years-and-under and Boys’ 18-years-and-under team events on Friday. In the Girls’ 15-years-and-under competition, the Guyanese trio comprising Junior Sportswoman and former Caribbean Cadet Champion, Chelsea Edghill, Olivia Weekes and Christie Lopes won [...]
East leads West with one discipline left to contest
With just one discipline left to be contested, East on 90 points lead the West on 85 after the completion of four of the five disciplines of the Women on the Move / Mackenzie Sports Club Cavalcade of Sports which was held on Saturday, at the MSC ground. In the athletics segment, outstanding performances were [...]
Guyanese-born man one of Suriname’s most wanted
A Guyana-born man is one of Suriname’s most wanted, media reports have said. According to Superintendent John Jones, an official of the Police Public Relations Department, investigators almost caught Poeran Gopi last week. He was spotted but by the time police arrived, the wanted man was already gone. Gopi was born on January 26, 1978 [...]
Self-stigma….a major challenge in HIV/AIDS fight – Dr Singh
Although the impact of stigma and discrimination still has a dire impact on the fight against HIV/AIDS, the health sector has been able to make inroads among some key populations. However, self-stigma has been noted as a major factor in addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS. This disclosure was made by Head of the Ministry of [...]
