Newsmen barred from entering NIS $69M building
-GM instructs manager to hide Management and security of a controversial $69M Corriverton office of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) denied entry to media workers on Tuesday claiming that they had received orders from “higher up”. The branch manager, Louise Bryan, was seen hiding at the back of the building. This raised even more [...]
Gail Teixeira was honest, forthright – WikiLeaks cable
-Minister battled documents fraud, fake business weddings, foreign missions In late 2005, the local US Embassy in Georgetown believed that the then Minister of Home Affairs, Gail Teixeira, was an honest, forthright official who genuinely wanted to fight corruption and inefficiency in her portfolio. Teixeira had called the meeting with the US [...]
Mahaica pastor clings to life after robbery
A pastor from Mahaica is currently on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after a severe beating by two men who invaded his home. According to reports, 36-year-old Daniel Subramani, of 15 Helena, Mahaica was beaten in his head after two gunmen attacked him and his wife on Tuesday [...]
Guyana seeks an extended continental shelf
Guyana Wednesday made a submission containing all the relevant data with respect to Guyana’s claim to an extended continental shelf pursuant to Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkette announced yesterday. Like other States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law [...]
Dem boys seh…De Big Man can’t sleep
Some people don’t have problem sleeping. Some does put down dem head and by de time you count from one to ten dem done sleeping. Some does have to count, and count, and count and recount and dem still can’t sleep. Is a mystery if de Big Man does sleep. Dem boys seh [...]
Fantasies unfolding into tomorrow’s tragedies
The first essay I wrote as a university freshman at UG was on Nazi Germany. My professor was Guyanese Catholic Nun, Sister Mary Noel Menezies. During the discussion of my essay, I told Sister Menezies that the magnitude of the atrocities committed upon the Germany people by Adolph Hitler could not have been possible [...]
T&T make Guyana see ‘Red’ despite 4-12 from impressive Bishoo
The optimists will tell you that after making 91-6 off 15 overs on Tuesday in their 53-run loss to Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana produced an improved performance yesterday at Bourda; reaching 96-8 off 20 overs before losing by five wickets in the last of two t20 practice matches between the two sides. But the [...]
Athlete with Guyanese roots celebrate 1500m Bronze at World championships in Daegu
Matthew Centrowitz – who has Guyanese heritage – celebrated winning the Bronze medal in the1500M event at the recently concluded Track & Field World championships, Daegu, South Korea. Matthew comes from a ”rich” history of family in sports, which has strong roots in Guyana through his Grandfather, Colin Bannister, Mother, Beverly Bannister Centrowitz and sister, Lauren Centrowitz all [...]
President meets with cricket officials
Follow-up meeting planned Guyana’s President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met with stakeholders in Guyana’s cricket and a follow-up meeting is scheduled for the near future but their have been no official comment from any of the parties involved. The Government had proposed to set up an IMC to run the affairs of Guyana’s Cricket [...]
PM Karibee Rice, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets and Edinburgh in winner’s row
Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Round Robin Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued on Sunday with three of the scheduled second round matches with the fourth one between Young Warriors and Skeldon Community Centre postponed due to the unavailability of [...]
Giftland Office Max, NSC supports Netball squad
– Team leave Friday for B/dos The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) received a timely donation from Giftland Office Max recently when Marketing Manager Compton Babb presented a cheque for an undisclosed sum to Captain of the Combined Club Team Christel Lambert, at the entity’s Head Office on Water Street. According to a release, the [...]
RCMTC teams with the Guyana Veterinary Association for horserace meet
With there being a lull in the horseracing season after a hectic two months with six race meets within an eight week period, most of the stables are taking the time out to replenish their stocks and even give their animals a much needed rest and medical check up. Horse owners will have approximately [...]
Black Hawks sweep medals at Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tourney
The Black Hawks Martial Arts School secured a total 19 awards; 12 titles, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals, at the Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tournament staged in Trinidad and Tobago, August 19 and 20, fielding a team of 14 which included 11 competitors. The Guyanese team competed in Kata, Weapons Kata, Kumite and [...]
Eroding the dignity of the young by denying them what’s rightly theirs
Dear Editor, Reference is made to a Guyana Chronicle August 24th article, “Impress Youth Expo angers dinosaurs who want to re-write history.” The failure of the government to disprove statements made by the Guyana Trades Union Congress in its August 15th press release regarding President Jagdeo’s distortion and selective recall of history, coupled with [...]
The prolonged plague of garbage
DEAR EDITOR, It is quite disturbing, the response of the government to the still prominent and escalating garbage issue plaguing our garden city Georgetown. I don’t know if others have noticed, but there doesn’t seem to exist a section of the immediate and neighbouring Georgetown areas that doesn’t vomit waste on its street corners. [...]
A gesture of the heart
Dear Editor, I wish to use this medium to extend my heartfelt thanks to the person who turned in my wallet to the La Penitence Post Office this week. I had lost my wallet in the Bourda Market on Monday last. It contained less than $1,500 (G) and some very important documents. The [...]
Of literary contingents and their credentials
Dear Editor, Over a year ago, I had leveled what I believed to be a serious charge of nepotism and discrimination against the Ministry of Culture in its selection of literary contingents for Carifestas 8 and 9, held in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively. I claimed that artistic qualification was superseded by political [...]
BleakiLeaks… somebody please help!
Dear Editor, The rains fell heavily even though briefly with clapping of thunder and flashing of lightning, the lightning was so bright that it lit up my dark bedroom during this bad weather, then there was another problem, leaks and more leaks, where there were no leaks before began to drip and then pour. [...]
Govt. double standards on WikiLeaks convenient – Ramjattan
“It is double standard for the government to be inconsistent on their perspectives on WikiLeaks, because when it is biting them, they are saying it is predominantly opinion, unsubstantiated statements and not true when it suits their cause. It just goes to show the unprincipled stance of Dr Roger Luncheon when he [...]
A wicked and dangerous government ploy
People have always been saying that governments are cruel and vindictive. They do not take kindly to people who oppose them. There are counties in which those who oppose the government are locked away in jail. There are numerous such cases, not least among them the Middle East countries, Cuba, and some African countries. [...]
Two more Buxton youths freed of murder charge
-state to appeal decision Despite Prosecutors conceding that they have no further evidence against two Buxton youths on trial for murder, the state has appealed a high court judge’s decision on Tuesday last, to free them. Justice Winston Patterson had thrown out caution statements, both written and oral, following a voir dire (trial within [...]
Top Berbice CSEC performer laments shortage of Science, Maths teachers
Shalita Appadu of Auchlyne Estate on the Corentyne secured the top spot in the country alongside a student of Queen’s College. She also did her region and school proud by gaining the much coveted top spot. She secured 15 Grade One passes. She said that there is a shortage of Maths and Science teachers at [...]
Berbice family stunned by young girl’s death at GPHC
By Keeran Singh and Zena Henry The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Guyana’s main hospital, came in for some serious criticisms from a family in mourning. The family members aired their frustration at what they say was the facility’s heartless behaviour following the death of 21-year-old, Shonique Clarke. The family also expressed [...]
After WikiLeaks Revelations…Police Commissioner should resign – AFC
The AFC has called for the Commissioner of Police to instantly resign following the launch of an independent forensic inquiry into the drug infiltration of the police force. This notion was expressed by AFC Executive Member Gerhard Ramsaroop at the party’s recent weekly press briefing at its Fourth Street headquarters yesterday. Ramsaroop said that [...]
THE REAL ENTREPRENEURS OF GUYANA
There’s an unerring habit to put down persons who have taken their knocks in life and emerged against the odds. In many ways, the reason why this is done; why we put down others who have succeeded where we have failed, is in order to excuse our own shortcomings. If only we can accept [...]
