Why are there NATO assaults in so many non-white countries?
Dear Editor, Gadaffi is dead. Some are happy, some are not. Why was Libya invaded in the first place? Why did the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) bomb Libya? Why is there a NATO assault in so many non-white, African, Muslim countries? History repeats itself time and time again. When we study history [...]
The hypocrisy and ironies that bedevil Guyana’s political landscape
Dear Editor, A few days ago, at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, in his usual cuss- down- market style, President, Bharrat Jagdeo delivered a mouthful of venalities against Attorney-At-Law Nigel Hughes. According to news reports, Jagdeo stopped just short of implicating Attorney Hughes in the 2003 murder of Buxtonian Brian Hamilton but did say [...]
Guyanese are waking up from the long slumber since independence
Dear Editor, My letter is of particular importance for consideration by my Guyanese sisters and brothers. I am fully aware that the Alliance for Change (AFC) is making remarkable progress in getting its message across to the Guyanese people and in particular, to the young people who would be voting for the first [...]
Hic Rhodus, Hic Salta, and Why Not?
Dear Editor, Karl Marx in the 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte alluded to the words from Aesop’s Fable the Swaggerer ‘Hic Rhodus, hic salta’ which means ‘here is the rose, here dance’. In this instance, Marx compared the bourgeois revolutions of the 18th century with proletarian revolutions of the 19th century. He asserted [...]
We’re adrift at the mercy of the Titanic’s clueless captain and crew
Dear Editor, In the immensely successful movie Titanic, a three-man band continued to belt out soothing music as the colossal ship was sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg. The band played on in the midst of complete chaos as panicked passengers scrambled to save their lives. Guyana [...]
Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club quartet seeks greater glory
– Hooper, Hicks, Mahadeo & Ivan aiming high Over the last decade the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), which was formed in 1990 has along with Albion Cricket Club, dominated cricket in the Ancient County at the junior and senior levels. Widely regarded as Guyana’s leading youth & sports [...]
Ailing 3 year-old benefits from benevolence of RHTY&SC & friends
$100,000 handed over towards overseas operation Three-year-old Jada Gravesande of Mahaica, East Coast, Demerara, who is fighting for her life in a Trinidad hospital on Tuesday last received $100,000 compliments of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and friends. President of the Club, Keith Foster handed over the cheque to [...]
Hearts of Oak Masters win Masters football competition in Berbice
Host Hearts of Oak Masters football club of New Amsterdam came out victors in the second annual Hearts of Oak Master football competition which was played last weekend at the Scott Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam. Four teams participated in the competition; Hearts of Oak Masters and Scott School All Star out [...]
Cummings captures Citizens Bank Players Cup Golf title
Andre Cummings celebrated Diwali in grand style when he secured victory in the second annual Citizens Bank Players Cup golf tournament which attracted both local and foreign competitors Wednesday at Lusignan golf course. Cummings who returned to competition a few weeks ago looked in good nick on a challenging day on the course. [...]
Three Berbice Boxers honoured for successes at NIBC by RHTY&SC
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Guyana’s leading Youth & Sports Club, as part of its continued efforts to promote sports as an alternative to a life on the road on Tuesday last honoured three boxers of the Rose Hall Town Jammers Boxing Club (two females and one male) for their [...]
“Chris Gayle – Consequences, Apologies & Numbers – That ‘can-do’ attitude!”
By Colin E. H. Croft Chris Gayle has nothing to apologize for as regards West Indies cricket. He simply makes a living, representing well. If criticizing and comparing employers, supervisors or managers were crimes, we would be self-incarcerated, forever. No-one would be out here. All, without exception, have done that! One of the [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor …The GFF Presidency
Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation has been embroiled in some amount of controversy and not too nice things, such as injunctions, suspension, etc, etc. It is my humble opinion that in such crisis it should have been prudent for the so called General Council to meet so that they could have fixed the [...]
We are sorry
Eid is not today.
Enough Running
Is there something difficult in your life that you tend not to talk about?? Is there something, buried deep inside of you, that you never want to dig it out and you let it lay there and fester and grow inside of you like a bad disease? There are so many people who run from [...]
Jagdeo’s pension is not $3 million per month – OP says
Mr Khemraj Ramjattan of the Alliance For Change recently contributed to the misinformation being peddled in the media about President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pension, stated Office of the President last nite. A statement out of Office of the President said that in fact, the President would receive “about one-third of that amount and is comparable [...]
APNU dismisses PPPC manifesto as regurgitation
David Granger, the Presidential Candidate for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that the manifesto which represents a contract with the people of Guyana as presented by the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is nothing new and is merely a duplicate of previous ones. The party launched its manifesto a week ago and [...]
HPV vaccines arrive in Guyana
Within a matter of two weeks 20,000 doses of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) will be administered to girls as young as 11-years-old, as part of the Ministry of Health’s attempt to protect them against cervical cancer. On Friday, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said that “I am in the position [...]
Funding made available for religious channel
– operations could start within weeks The establishment of an Inter-Religious Television (IRTV) channel dedicated to the broadcasting of religious programmes on a 24-hour basis is within reach with funding made available. On Friday, President Bharrat Jagdeo met members of the Inter Religious Organisation (IRO) at the Office of the President, where he made [...]
Woman and baby struck down by out-of-control truck
A woman and her six week-old baby miraculously escaped death when they were struck down by an out-of-control truck around midday yesterday on the Annandale Market Road, East Coast Demerara. The woman, Lilowattie Ramohan, ended up under the truck with her right hand almost under the front wheel while her baby boy Vinod [...]
Sophia records another centenarian
After a century of living, the reserved Gladstone Augustus Mack considers his life to be simple and quiet. Such a life is similar to the man himself. Today he reached the envied milestone. On the occasion he stated that there is little he regrets in the span of his life. Mack hails from [...]
Chain snatcher nabbed
Maydha Persaud M.S.—a most dedicated teacher
If one should describe Maydha Persaud, a/k Sir Maydha, not too many words would best fit a perfect description than simplicity. Indeed simplicity, and humility have been the key words that aided in fashioning his character into, undoubtedly, a committed and stellar educationist, a teacher who taught at the Secondary level for some 37 years. [...]
Civility in the Elections
Over the years, we have had occasion to remind our fellow Guyanese as to the import of civility – especially in a society with the fissures and cleavages such as ours. As we careen towards the end of this election period, tempers are already becoming frayed and intemperate words are being hurled. We must [...]
Halloween
By Leon Suseran More and more sections of the Guyanese society are embracing the festival of Halloween which is celebrated on October 31 every year in Europe and North America. Through the advent of television more and more of the American culture has invaded Guyana. Halloween is one of them. The great Protestant [...]
