Dover disappointed with Alpha’s performance
Head Coach of the Alpha United Football Club Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover did not spare any thoughts to describe the performance of his charges in their first game of the 4th Inter Guiana Club Championships on Tuesday night at the Remire Montjoly Stadium, French Guiana. Dover summed up his charges display as “Dismal and Poor”, noting [...]
Is the “white man” better than us?
Go to any non-white country that was a former colony of the European empires and say out loudly that Third World people are of inferior quality to white Europeans and white Americans and you would probably get some dangerous stares. Depending on the particular country, you may even get assaulted. Yet there are scholars in [...]
Vastly different visions for a bankrupt GuySuCo
Dear Editor, Donald Ramotar wants to be the next President of Guyana. Fair enough. Everyone can aspire to be the President of a nation. But what has been Donald Ramotar’s legacy? He sat as a member of the Omai Gold Mines Board while that company did not pay its fair share of taxes to Guyana, [...]
We still need to hear from Dave Martindale!
Dear Editor, Names like Francis Carryl, Rachael Bakker, Dave Martindale and scores of others – have long been suspected of being assigned to letters that were regularly published in the Guyana newspapers. These phantom letter writers write in support of the government; they very often also launch into visceral attacks on critics of the administration. [...]
LOGIC AND REASON
There have been numerous exchanges on the food bans instituted in the 1970s and 1980s by the then Forbes Burnham administration. It is indisputable that those bans affected all Guyanese. The fact that someone chose to highlight the specific (not necessarily primary) effect on one grouping, does not mean that there is a lack of [...]
Like Brigadier Granger, I too would like to see a female Prime Minister
Dear Editor, Recently there has been lots of speculation in the media about who will be selected by the JOPP to be David Granger’s Prime Minister. Brigadier Granger has said that his first preference would be a woman, and that is not only good politics but it would be good for the nation. Over the [...]
Joey Jagan confuses the electorate
Dear Editor, It would appear that the Ramotar faction of the PPP is busy looking for prominent individuals, who were members of the PPP or closely associated leading personalities of the PPP. One such person is Cheddi Jagan, Jr., better known as Joey Jagan. Mr. Jagan told us following last Thursday’s (16.06.11) TV programme – [...]
Did the law take its course then, Freddie?
Dear editor, I agree with my friend Mr. Freddie Kissoon that the population does not have much respect for the police, because most of the time they fail to do their job. But in his latest praise of the dictator Forbes Burnham, Kissoon penned: “If you ran over a civilian on the road while you [...]
It’s the wondering bee that finds the honey
Dear Editor, Recently I saw Dr. Ramaya on television. The programme was about an AFC political meeting where Dr. Ramaya was a speaker. As I listened to the good Doctor I remembered something quite interesting. In 1985 Dr. Ramaya was a member of DLM. In 1992 he was URP. In 1997 he was PPP. In [...]
An absence of social services
There is a strange wind blowing across the country. We see unnecessary road accidents, drownings, fires across the country and missing children, particularly girls. Parents seem to have lost the art of parenting and many end up getting hurt, emotionally, when their children end up in anti-social conditions. It is time the society takes a [...]
PAC exposes continued financial impropriety
There are 55 instances of Government entities violating rules of financial transactions. The illegal actions fall into eight categories, according to the report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tabled in Parliament last week. PAC Chairperson and Member of Parliament, Volda Lawrence, presented the report in the House last Thursday detailing public accounts of Guyana [...]
High fuel prices rock Lethem
- bad road leads to increased acquisition costs While the flood waters have receded and life is slowly getting back to normal in the Rupununi, the people of Lethem and surrounding communities are faced with a new problem – the rising cost of fuel. In what is being seen as direct fallout from the recent [...]
Prosecution given two weeks to produce tapes
The preliminary inquiry into the treason charges aginst Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and former reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. At yesterday’s hearing Defence Counsel Nigel Hughes requested that the prosecution produce the tapes that they hold as evidence against his clients [...]
Infant succumbs after ingesting kerosene
Family members of one-year-old Crystal Blackett are at a loss for words after the toddler ingested kerosene at her home yesterday afternoon and died after being admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). According to the baby’s maternal aunt, who identified herself as ‘Gail’, Crystal’s mother resides at Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, and [...]
Driver surrenders to police
- injured boy able to talk The driver of the car that struck down two children on Monday morning, killing one of them on the spot, has surrendered to police in Berbice. The man turned himself in at the Blairmont Station on the West Bank of Berbice, almost 24 hours after his vehicle struck and [...]
Joint Services still on high alert
12 days after NA prison escape… Members of the Joint Services remain on high alert with the objective of recapturing four criminals who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison almost two weeks ago. However, senior Joint Services personnel have indicated that they are nowhere near finding the escaped prisoners now than when the search commenced [...]
Dem boys seh…Some people can’t even get one vote
De opposition talking about joining. All of a sudden some political parties that can’t even get one vote talking how dem joining wid de main opposition to form a team to fight de government. And dem boys want to know if de PNC get stupid. It joining wid people who nobody don’t know and these [...]
Lethem residents fearful of imminent rainy season
- farmers, households to receive Gov’t relief By Rabindra Rooplall Residents of Lethem are fearful that flooding will return with dire consequences, since the traditional rainy season is yet to begin, and this sentiment was also underscored by the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine, Ronald Harsawack. “Brazil has serious rains and flooding still [...]
Missing teen’s body found in creek
A search party, including relatives and friends of 14-year-old Kevin Poulis, discovered the teenager’s lifeless body yesterday, some 50 metres away from where he was last seen on Sunday. Poulis, a student of South Ruimveldt Secondary School, disappeared on Sunday after a trip to the Aziza Akousa Resort, opposite the Splashmin’s Fun Park, with his [...]
2009 forgery case ruling set for June 30
Thursday, June 30, is the date set for the ruling into the forgery matter for which Sita Ramlal and Norman Mc Lean are before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Ramlal, the former Registrar of the High Court and Mc Lean, the former Major General of the Guyana Defence Force, were charged in [...]
Rice farmers claim GRPA bias
General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, stated that the only bias the entity has is towards the representation of its members. He emphasized that whenever resources are being distributed on behalf of Government, absoluely no bias exists. He was at the time responding to rice farmers’ claims that the association [...]
Barath’s ‘come-back’ fifty fails to prevent Indian lead
Dravid unbeaten on 45 after Sammy’s let-off By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Queensway, Western Union & Jamaica Pegasus Adrian Barath batted purposefully for 64 on his return to Test cricket but no other West Indian reached 30 on a track with bounce and turn as India took a 73-run first innings [...]
Fairy Landing lands big win at Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club
By Samuel Whyte Fairy Landing, owned by Mohamed Sheriff, returned to the Race track with a bang when it won the feature B class event last Sunday when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club situated at Bel Air No 6 West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Jumbo Jet stables staged its grand one day ‘Guyana Cup Fever’ horserace meet. Fairy Landing, [...]
Fun and excitement galore as GT&T gets ready for ‘Fast Ball’ action
Months of intense planning will finally come to fruition when officials of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Ltd (GT&T) launch the inaugural GT&T Fast Ball Football competition at the Mackenzie Sports Complex Ground on Friday July 22 next. Already, one hundred and twenty teams have registered for participation in what is expected to be [...]
Alpha opened quest for 1st c/ship last night; pay courtesy call on Mayor Remire Montjoly
It started right here in French Guiana four years ago with the same four clubs and the only nation not to have won the trophy is Guyana. This time around however, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is seeking to take their first championship. The top Guyanese side, Suriname Club champions Inter Moengotapoe, French Guiana champions US [...]
