EBCA invites female cricketers to session tomorrow
- committee members to meet on Sunday Female cricketers interested in playing cricket for the East Bank are asked to attend a meeting on the Farm Ground tomorrow at 4:30pm. The East Bank Cricket Association (EBCA) is asking all interested female cricketers to take special note of this development. The players are asked to make [...]
NAC dissatisfied with outcome of UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
The National Aids Committee (NAC) on Friday, last, took the opportunity to comment on the outcomes of the last high level meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations held earlier this month. Coming out of that meeting was the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS. The NAC laid out their contentions [...]
The Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
The Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), also known as the White Caiman or Common Caiman, is a crocodilian reptile found in much of Central and South America. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and riverine habitat types and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh; due in part to this adaptability it is [...]
Global drugs war strategy has failed, overhaul it
By Sir Ronald Sanders The Global Commission on drugs has declared that “the global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world”. The members of this Commission include four former Heads of Government, one serving Prime Minister and a former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Former high serving [...]
The Alliance For Change – The Right Choice For Guyana
By Khemraj Ramjattan and Sheila Holder Over the recent weeks, there has been much talk about the AFC’s ‘spoiler’ approach in refusing to rush into the Joint Opposition Alliance, for a particular reference see Mark McGowan’s, “Joint Opposition a first step to unseating PPP Greenidge says – AFC needed to strengthen alliance” in the June [...]
Something is hiding behind the wall of silence
The wall of silence that surrounds so many matters is not only astonishing, it suggests that people in this country are being taken for granted. Perhaps the reason is even worse; that the people are fools and simply would not understand; that all they are interested in would be other people’s business, the rapes and [...]
“But we have to do things in a proper way”
These were the words uttered by Norwegian Ambassador to Guyana, Ms. Turid Rodrigues Eusebio. She made this sentence when she met sections of the national media after presenting her credentials to President Jagdeo on June 7. It is remains an intriguing situation that neither the President himself, none of his Ministers, party officials nor even [...]
BOOK REVIEW
By Akima McPherson PART ONE Akima McPherson is a lecturer (on leave) in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana (UG) and a practicing artist. She graduated from the University of Guyana with the BA degree in Fine Art (Distinction), 2001 and is currently pursuing the MA [...]
The Baccoo Speaks
If people believe that the end of fires is here they are sadly mistaken. There is going to be another not far from the heart of the city. Again the cause would be unknown. However, arson would be suspected because the building is old and someone with greedy intentions would want the land. Fire would [...]
Guyanese girl, teammates aim at Microsoft ‘Imagine Cup’ glory
… heading to Finals in NY By Crystal Conway Father’s Day may have passed us by, but for some the gifts never stop. Forty-nine year-old father of three, Jack Farley, is one such lucky man. A photographer by profession, Mr. Farley also operates a souvenir shop in the City Mall and for this humble man, [...]
The System and Greed
The great US ex-slave Frederick Douglass once observed pithily that crops can never be produced without first breaking apart the earth nor can the life-giving rains come without thunder and lightning. He was reminding us that very few, if any; improvements in the collective human condition are achieved without upheavals and struggle. A few centuries [...]
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT… NEVER AGAIN!!!
Presently, the price of imported broccoli on the local market is $800 per lb. But you can obtain callalu for far less. Therefore once the two products are substitutable, consumers may be tempted to switch to the local product over the foreign one. This is an example of how import substitution can be induced without [...]
Chetram Singh’s long stint as President of the GCB is coming to a highly controversial and bitter end
Dear Editor, The Guyana Cricket Board election is now five months overdue and this does not bode well for Guyana’s Cricket as the Executive of the GCB will continue to be subsumed in politics to the exclusion of cricket development. Mr. Chetram Singh’s long stint as President of the GCB is coming to a highly [...]
The APNU and You – Guyanese can only welcome this coalition
Dear Editor, On Friday 24 June 2011, Guyana recorded a piece of history, which can only be described as timely and necessary. This historic happening to which I refer is the launch of the Joint Opposition coalition, initiated by the Peoples National Congress Reform. The PNCR, since 2006 took specific steps to realize this noble [...]
Don’t disregard Brian Lara
Dear Editor, During the two test series West Indies vs Pakistan, while listening to the Line and Length radio commentary I heard Mr. Sean Devers mention Gary Sobers, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan all taking some time before they acquired their first Test hundred. What Mr. Devers should have probably indicated is that Gary Sobers [...]
Stella Ramsaroop’s “unbiased” portrayal of David Granger’s views on women’s issue is misleading
Dear Editor, Just this week I was called a feminist and I considered it a compliment. At a very early age, my brother who is 11 years older took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew. I remember myself a girl of six years old romping with him, taking apart radios with [...]
Rosheuvel, Hopkinson win Junior Mixed Doubles title
- as Independence Table Tennis C/ships continue Stalled by the insistence of Chelsea Edghill and Stephan Corlette, Adielle Rosheuvel and Denzel Hopkinson went on to eventually capture the Junior Mixed Doubles title yesterday when the Independence Table Tennis Tournament continued at the National Gymnasium. Rosheuvel and Hopkinson staved off a strong challenge from Edghill and [...]
Law enforcement officers distinguish themselves in GAPSO handgun tournament
The Guyana Police Force male team amassed 288 points to cart off the honours when the Guyana Association of Private Security Organization (GAPSO) staged the 10th George Melville Memorial Sidearm competition at the Police Range Eve Leary, yesterday morning. The tournament was two tiered in nature with ten teams from the private security services competing [...]
International Drag Race Meeting on today
When the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) host its ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ International Drag Race Meeting today, at the South Dakota Circuit it will be a battle for regional supremacy among the three participating countries. Guyana will be aiming to repel the anticipated keen rivalry expected from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago [...]
Teens surface with interesting ‘abduction’ tale
By Michael Jordan After an intensive, four-day search, Yarrowkabra teens LaShawn Mootoo and Marissa Carrington surfaced late last night with an interesting tale of being abducted, forced into a tinted car, and kept in an abandoned house. The girls, who spoke to Kaieteur News by cell phone, were reportedly found just around 23:00 hrs near [...]
Ramotar on corruption … ‘Let the law take its course’
As he prepares to lead the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) into this year’s general elections, Donald Ramotar says that the law should take its course if persons are found to be guilty of corruption. “If you find real corruption in society, let the law take its course,” Ramotar said at a press conference at [...]
Computer student believed kidnapped
- cops stake out Botanical Gardens following $300,000 ransom demand Police are trying to locate an 18-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday. Loretta Persaud, called ‘Stephanie’, of Unity Village, East Coast Demerara, left her home around 09:30 hrs for computer classes in Middle Street, Georgetown. She was last seen in the vicinity of [...]
Granger named to lead opposition ‘partnership’
…leadership core to be announced by July 8 launch Retired Army Brigadier David Granger has been formally named to lead an opposition coalition called A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) which yesterday rolled out a 16-point plan to unseat the incumbent PPP/C at this year’s general elections. The PNC which was in power for 28 [...]
Uitvlugt “Centre” bridge closed off for seven months
- residents complain that it is the main access bridge for the Ocean View area After months of complaining to authorities about the state of the main access bridge to the Ocean View section of Uitvlugt Village, West Coast Demerara, residents are of the opinion that the bridge is just another excuse for officials to [...]
Mother, children escape fiery death as husband sets house afire
A young mother is thankful to be alive along with her three children after her reputed husband set the house afire with herself and other family members inside. Cheryl Kattow, of Friendship, East Bank Demerara, lost all her earthly belonging after her reputed husband of eight years set their house afire some time around 21:30 [...]
