Dem boys seh…Woman forget de missing commandment
A child does tun out to be wha he parents train he to do. When dem tun adult dem and got to fend fuh demself, dem does tek directions from dem boss or from de leaders of de land. De people who thiefing tek dem guide from some leaders and some Ministers who does give [...]
Bandits hit Sophia family and contracting company
Up to press time police ranks were trying to locate a Kitty resident who reportedly orchestrated a robbery in the Sophia community on Monday night. Kaieteur News was told that home maker Dianne Fordyce and her daughter Shonette Mitchell were beaten about the body when four gunmen invaded their Lot 14 Plum Park, South Sophia [...]
Mid-city garbage pile-up causes concern
In Wellington Street, between Charlotte Street and South Road, there is an almost unmanageable heap of garbage piled up on a daily basis. This, according to residents of the mid-city area, would often result from the numerous persons from “all over” disposing of their refuse at the location. The smelly heap attracts mosquitoes, flies and [...]
US Professor urges media to be more pluralistic
American Professor David Lublin, who is currently visiting Guyana as a guest speaker for the American Embassy’s series on “Democracy and the Role of Free, Fair, and Transparent Elections in the Nation Building Process,” has urged the media to be more pluralistic in their reporting. The professor expressed this notion during a press briefing yesterday [...]
Cowards hide behind anonymity
DEAR EDITOR, We are in the rapidly changing age of technology as proven in the changes of the forms of communication that we are utilizing at present. We used to express our views in the form of oration and writing. Those forms were what we now see as slow and inefficient as compared to online [...]
Troubling events are occurring
DEAR EDITOR, It is time for the Guyanese people to rise and take note of what is happening to their rights of free expression and the public right to be informed. Recent events are troubling, and present a multiplying and grave danger for the free press in Guyana. First, Mr.C N Sharma informed the moderators [...]
Man arrested in connection with Five Star robbery
On Monday, Police arrested a man whom they believed was linked to last week Monday’s robbery at Five Star Backdam, North West District, which left one man nursing a gunshot injury. Reports are that the man was arrested at the Port Kaituma landing. Brazilian miner Felix De Souza was shot in the neck after four [...]
When a policeman disregarded his appearance
Dear Editor, It was the 18th of July, 2011 shortly after 19:00 hrs 7pm. I was sitting outside the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, with a friend because her son was taking oxygen in the asthma room. I was observing the quiet atmosphere and the passersby. Suddenly the surroundings erupted into [...]
Third party insurance for speedboats to be mandatory – Maritime Official
Passengers who lost their luggage and valuables during Sunday’s speedboat mishap along the Parika to Supenaam route are unlikely to be compensated. According to Stephen Thomas, Director Maritime Safety, Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), the body would be pressuring the vessel’s owner to compensate the passengers. However, the owner is not obligated to do so since [...]
Transportation woes for West Demerara folk
Dear Editor I’m writing to highlight the plight of the people living on West Bank Demerara who depend on the route 31 minibuses (Wales to Georgetown) to get to and from work. It has now become a trend for commuters to have to wait for hours before they can join a bus to get to [...]
The death of a church heralds much worse, or does it?
Dear Editor, As an outsider looking in at the literal tearing down of a place of worship, the St Barnabas Church in Georgetown, I am extremely appalled at this situation to say the least. Churches, especially our Catholic and Anglican churches, are blessed and consecrated by the local Bishop. No house of God should ever [...]
Some like it hot
The U.N.’s Framework Conference on Climate Change held two weeks of negotiations in Bonn, Germany last month, to plan the agenda for the major climate summit in Durban, South Africa, at the end of the year. These talks basically set the stage for whatever global agreement will replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires next year. [...]
FRIENDLIER LAWS ARE NEEDED
Forty years ago, there was a good chance that if a traffic cop stopped you on the road for some minor infraction, there was a seventy-five per cent chance that he would give you a friendly warning and send you on your way. Today, there is a seventy per cent chance that a traffic cop [...]
Kudos for the AFC
Dear Editor, The debate and influence pedaling measures are out in full measure of who is winning the battle for the minds of the rational Guyanese voter in the forthcoming General and Regional Elections. Vishnu Bisram is working to justify his thirty pieces of silver by concocting a so called poll that he can’t get [...]
Access to Info Bill will create re-vamped version of GINA – GHRA
Several weeks ago the Access to Information Bill No. 10 of 2011, was tabled in the National Assembly. That Bill is now in the Special Select Committee phase where the comments of concerned and interested individuals have been invited. The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has decided to take advantage of this opportunity to air [...]
Is there another country as jinxed as Guyana?
This country has less than half a million voters yet election after election we cannot get pre-election bureaucracy into shape. There cannot be a scientific answer. The mystery must be supernatural. Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad & Tobago called a general poll two years before it was due. There was not even a minor [...]
Trio on robbery under arms charge refused bail
Joel Ali, Devon Cornette and Dudley Rampersaud, who were allegedly involved in an armed robbery committed in Alexander Village, were yesterday remanded to prison. They were charged indictably and were not required to plead. The trio made their appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The charge states that on July 24, [...]
Ghost writers abound all around the political divide
Dear Editor, This is in reference to Mr. Mike Persaud’s letter (KN Jul 25) on the use of fictitious names (ghost writers) to defend the government. Yes, it appears there are letter writers using different names. However, in all fairness, the government or the PPP does not have a monopoly on letter writing using fictitious [...]
A challenge to Vishnu Bisram
Dear Editor, To what lengths will Vishnu Bisram go, and how ridiculous can be become? His latest heavy propaganda is like the straw that breaks the back of the camel. Replying to Malcolm Harripaul’s truism, he allows his imagination to run riot with his totally untruthful letter published (K.N Sunday, July 24, 2011). In that [...]
Man gets three months for assault
Leon Smart, who was charged with assault, yesterday pleaded guilty and was subsequently sentenced to three months imprisonment. When Smart made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court he was told that it was alleged that on July 2, in the vicinity of Robb Street, he assaulted Lloyd Smith with the [...]
Khan’s 4th five-wkt haul gives Guyana 1st day honours against T&T
By Sean Devers Although the sun was out in all its glory all day yesterday, heavy early morning rain and tardy work removing the covers resulted in the first session of the opening day of the third round Regional under-19 three day cricket match between hosts Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago being washed out at [...]
U-20 ‘Lady Jags’ wrap up successful camp in Toronto
Guyana’s Under-20 ‘Lady Jags’ wrapped up a very successful camp in Toronto held from July 11-16. A total of Eighteen (18) players drawn from Canada, United Kingdom and United States of America were in attendance all vying for spots to represent Guyana in the Under-20 World Cup Qualifying competition set to kick off in October [...]
National Ladies Hockey team, GABBFF receives support from Digicel
The national Ladies hockey team and the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) were the beneficiaries of the sustained generosity of cellular giants Digicel when the Company handed over separate sums of money to them yesterday, at its Head Office in Kingston. In handing over a cheque for $150,000 to the GABBFF, Public [...]
East Coast takes centre stage today; 4 matches slated
By Franklin Wilson The battle for supremacy in the inaugural GT&T Fastball knock-out football competition continues today when round-of-32 matches continue at the BV Community Ground under lights today. It has a been quite a while fans on the East Coast have been treated to flood light football and a huge crowd including fans from [...]
Persaud powers to Wartsila Golf win
Reigning Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud won the Wartsila Golf Tournament on a Saturday that saw some high scores at the Lusignan Golf Club, thanks to very slick greens, tricky pin positions and strong winds. Persaud Gross 78 was good enough to take the first prize of a brand new wedge, a box of golf [...]
