Berbice commuters protest pontoon replacement
By Leon Suseran Commuters, including workers and students who daily travel between Rosignol and New Amsterdam, yesterday morning gathered at Rosignol in large numbers and protested replacement of the M.V.Sandaka pontoon with a speedboat to ply the route. The pontoon was put out of service from Friday afternoon, to be replaced by the 26-seater speedboat, [...]
Caribbean Regional Civil Society Consultation commences
In a world of six billion people the odds of many going unheard by the few that govern are high. There are those however who feel that this is unacceptable and so they work to ensure that it doesn’t happen. Sir Ronald Sanders, distinguished diplomat and member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group expressed this [...]
Georgetown players rewarded for winning GFF Inter-Association title
Winners of the Guyana Football Federation Inter-Association Tournament, Georgetown recently rewarded its outstanding performers and coaches during a simple ceremony which was conducted at the Sleep In Hotel on Brickdam. Attended by members of the new executive of the Georgetown Football Association including President, Lieutenant Commander Vernon Burnett, Vice-Presidents Ivor Thompson (Administrative) and Mark Phillips [...]
Berbice Cricket Board pulls out of GCB elections
The Berbice Cricket Board has indicated to the Guyana Cricket Board that it will take no part in the Guyana Cricket Board elections unless a few of the serious prevailing issues are dealt with in a letter to the GCB recently. In the letter which Kaieteur Sport was able to peruse, the BCB indicated that [...]
Gold production on target
Despite being adversely affected by heavy rainfall, gold production for the year is on target, this week surpassing 150,000 ounces and closing in on the half year target of 160,000 ounces. Executive Director of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Edward Shields, said that small miners were hardest hit by the rains but [...]
Photographer granted bail on death by dangerous driving, DUI charges
The driver who reportedly lost control of his vehicle on Sheriff Street and careened off the thoroughfare towards a pedestrian, killing him on the spot on Sunday, last, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charges of dangerous driving causing death and driving under the influence [...]
Callous, uncaring attitude among civil servants in treatment of assets – PAC
The parliamentary group looking at Government’s spending, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has discovered a callous and uncaring attitude among some civil servants in their treatment of assets – either money or items – bought with taxpayers’ money. Chaired by PNCR Member of Parliament, Volda Lawrence, and comprising MPs from opposition and Government, the PAC [...]
GOA host successful BMX Meet for World Olympic Day 2K11
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) through the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held a number of events in observance of World Olympic Day 2011. National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed organised a successful BMX Meet that was held at the National Park on Saturday last. Randy Haynes won two of the five events with Raymond Perez Jr., [...]
The three Ps: Plantains, pineapples and poverty
Since my marriage more than thirty-two years ago, I have done all the shopping. This structure has come about because I got more time from my working arrangement. No one in this entire country can tell me about prices. When you have been to the Bourda Green and the supermarkets for more than twenty-five years, [...]
A criticism of the Home Affairs Minister
Dear Editor: The other day, I placed a call to the Ministry of Home Affairs. I just wanted to ask the Minister one question: What was his strategy to re-capture the highly skilled criminals that got away from Guyana’s jail so that we can avoid a repeat of the 2002 crime spree with Shawn Brown [...]
US army band to perform at Parliament Building
The US Army band ‘State of the State’ and the Guyana Defence Force Military band will hold a public performance at 16:00 hours tomorrow (Thursday, June 30), on the northern lawn of Parliament Building, Brickdam. The performance, which will include individual and joint numbers, is expected to last one hour. The ‘State of the State’ [...]
Boom bye bye Buju bai gone to jail!
Dear Editor, Mark Andrew Myrie, aka Buju Banton, will be behind bars for about ten years. Meanwhile New York State has legalized gay marriage despite Buju’s inciteful lyrics for the burning, shooting in the head and pouring acid over the faces of gay people – Boom bye bye discrimination in NY! In reference to being [...]
Enlightening a disgruntled lawyer
Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter written by Rafiq T. Khan and published in the Thursday June 23, 2011 edition of the Stabroek News under the caption “What is the rationale behind the bureaucratic nonsense at the GRA?” I must first commend Mr Khan for not only having attended St Stanislaus College, [...]
Where are the cameras at DHB?
Dear Editor, Since the announcement by officials that the Demerara Harbour Bridge will be equipped with closed circuit television (CCTV) for security reasons, I was happy with this announcement. On October 5, 2010, a letter I wrote, was published in the two independent dailies calling for the authorities of the Demerara Harbour Bridge to review [...]
CARICOM should increase taxes on tobacco – Ramsammy
Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has suggested that Guyana and other CARICOM countries increase taxes on tobacco so as to limit the usage of the harmful product. Dr. Ramsammy made those remarks yesterday at the ‘Data Dissemination Workshop: Guyana Meeting on Tobacco Surveillance and Policy Development’ held at De Impeccable Banquet Hall, Georgetown. He [...]
GRC says that victims have moved on
Dear Editor In reference to (Stabroek News) Tuesday, June 28, 2011 front cover on the Barrack Street, Kingston fire victims, the Guyana Relief Council (GRC) finds your comment “Most of those offered lodging at the Guyana Relief Council Shelter have now returned to the site, as the time for their stay there has ended” inaccurate [...]
Cronies in Control
Over the past decade, the criticism of the economic performance of the present administration has grown increasingly strident. In several instances, some that have suffered from the effects of the policies, in frustration, have attacked the economic system in toto as the source of their problems, and in some cases failures. This is unfortunate and [...]
Early morning jogger robbed on Success seawall
An early morning jog for a Success, East Coast Demerara man turned out to be a near-death experience as he was held at knifepoint and robbed. The victim, George Mangal, said luckily for him he didn’t have many valuables at the time, but the incident of itself was terrifying. According to Mangal, it was around [...]
National Stadium hosts first basketball final
- Diamond win YBG East Bank Conference By Edison Jefford The National Stadium at Providence added another sport to its itinerary yesterday when Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) hosted the East Bank Conference Finals at the facility that Diamond Secondary School won against Covent Garden Secondary School. The National Stadium, which is renowned as an international [...]
Inter Guiana Club C/ships served its purpose
Mediocrity has no place at this level – Alpha Head Coach Dover By Franklin Wilson Alpha United’s less than attractive performance at the 4th edition of the Inter Guiana Clubs Championships which brings together the top clubs from French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana has been dubbed ‘Mediocre’ by Head Coach of the Club, Wayne ‘Wiggy’ [...]
What is needed for real change in Guyana now!
Dear Editor, I read the June 26 AFC Column in the Kaieteur News as impassionately as I could. I let the recommended 24 hours pass and so forth. I am/was a member of the AFC and the WPA but I am first Guyanese. I really feel passionately that Guyanese at home and abroad have an [...]
Are there more cracks in the Berbice board’s operations?
Dear Editor, There seems to be clear chinks in the armoury of the Berbice Cricket Board and its officials are taking all the necessary PR steps to avoid any scandal. God knows cricket in this country does not need another damning report from another County Board, but if indeed there are problems, they should be [...]
CHOPPING AND CHANGING IN WEST INDIES CRICKET
This is a depressing time for West Indian cricket fans… whatever little is left. The performance of the regional cricket team has been so depressing that many West Indians no longer care about attending matches or even watching the regional team on television. Given the dismal performance of the team over the past few years, [...]
$50M kidnapping Plot… THREE CHARGED
- placed on $400,000 bail each The three suspects whom the police had detained in connection with plotting to kidnap the son of a wealthy Essequibo sawmiller appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The three accused, Carl Krishna Deokaran, Vishnu Ramnarine and Suzanne Kalimootoo were charged with conspiracy [...]
Man falls to death from verandah
A 67-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon, minutes after he fell from the verandah of his 21 G Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara home. Roydon Jaundoo was reportedly under the influence of alcohol when he tried to navigate his way down his stairs and fell over the rail, [...]
