US$110 Million concealed in 2011 Budget to serve ‘Cabal’

- AFC Economist When the Current and Capital Expenditures that form the 2011 Budget were announced in February, some opposition elements immediately called it an elections budget. Some had accused the administration of concentrating spending in a particular area so that the electorate there would have a tangible reason to give credence to the ruling [...]

TUF Chairman switches to APNU

The United Force (TUF) party has been embroiled in a plethora of controversy in the lead up to the 2011 Regional and General Election, with most of it surrounding the leadership and now the imbroglio seems to have deepened. Ismail Muhammad, the Chairman of the TUF, who had also been a staunch opponent of the [...]

Fleeing chain snatcher dies after riding into car

    Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 36 year old man, who was struck down yesterday afternoon by a motorcar, on Wellington Street. Dead is Rawle Blackman, called ‘Presumptuous’ of East La Penitence and also of James and King Edward Streets Albouystown. Blackman died shortly after 15:00hrs yesterday at the [...]

Kwame Mc Koy gunbutt’s man in head

    Controversial Information Liaison to President Bharrat Jadgeo, Kwame Mc Koy, is once again being accused of assaulting a civilian. This time, police are investigating reports that Mc Koy gun-butted 50-year-old Clifton Stewart, of Norton Street, Lodge last Friday night, during a fracas over the erecting of political posters in the community. Stewart has [...]

Dem boys seh…People want back Bar Rat wedding gifts

When people getting married dem does prepare a guest list. That is because dem want things to start up dem house. When Bar Rat announce that he was getting married nuff of dem people who get invitation buy gift. Now that he seh that he never married dem people want back dem gift. De Waterfalls [...]

Mystery Fire demolishes Caneville home

A middle aged woman and four children had their Caneville East Bank Demerara home completely demolished by a fire of unknown origin sometime around 19:00hrs on Saturday. May Daniels, the occupant of the house was not at home at the time of the fire, neither were any of the four young children who reside with [...]

Energy week activities end on a high note

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) on Friday ended activities for Energy Week 2011 at the Umana Yana. The event was held under the theme “Guyana’s Youths adopting clean low-energy lifestyles”. The week of activities sought to sensitize youths on energy usage and its role in Guyana’s development. The event ended with an energy seminar and [...]

Mayers crowned new champion of CMRC

- Barbados dethrones Guyana for the Country title Defending champion David Summerbell Jnr. called it an unbelievable disappointment, while new champion Barbadian Roger Mayers said it was certainly not what they had planned, but in the end it worked in their favour as he went on to dominate the final leg of the GT&T / [...]

‘Golden Jaguars’ arrive in T&T ahead of return World Cup Qualifier

The history making ‘Golden Jaguars’ Guyana’s flagship senior team arrived in the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday (Sunday) morning ahead of their final round-two FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 qualifying game having already sealed their place in the third-round for the first time in its history. Regarded as the underdogs by many, [...]

Pacesetters cash in on $1M first prize

A clinical performance from shooting guard, Stephan Gillis was enough to ensure that Pacesetters cash in on the $1m first place prize Saturday night in the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 basketball competition. Down two points in the first semi-final against Albouystown’s Above the Rim, Gillis shot three consecutive three-pointers, which counts for two points in [...]

Buxton win East Coast Zone of Ministry 7:15 football, book Nat’l playoff place

Bourda Blues take one City zone Defending East Coast champs Buxton rolled into the National playoffs by winning their zone, comfortably defending their title in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block 7:15 football tournament at the Buxton ground under lights Saturday. The Buxton lads, playing in front of a large crowd, turned in [...]

Former Commonwealth Champion and world rated fighter Patrick Ford is dead

Former Commonwealth Champion and world rated pugilist, Patrick Ford died yesterday morning after being hospitalized at the King’s County Hospital, Brooklyn NY for close to one week. He was 54 years old. Ford was rushed to the medical institution last week Sunday after complaining of feeling unwell. His nephew, Darius spoke with this publication soon [...]

Millions lost as fire guts Mon Repos business

    – seven homeless   Seven persons are now homeless and contemplating their next move after fire gutted their home and destroyed their business. According to reports, at around 11:00 hours yesterday fire struck at Lot 666 Block 8, Mon Repos. Home owner Parbattie Balkarran said she has been living in the two storey [...]

‘Squandermania’ will end

    – Nagamootoo  tells West Berbice rally By Leon Suseran Thousands turned up at the Alliance for Change (AFC) Rally at Bath, West Coast Berbice on Saturday to listen to the messages of ‘change’ by several party members. New party member Moses Nagamootoo, in a fiery speech to the crowd, spoke about various issues [...]

Chancellor of the Judiciary urges UG graduates to be patriotic

      “Any public institution which is the recipient of public funding must submit itself to inflexible standards of accountability and be able to withstand rigorous financial scrutiny.” This assertion was made by Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh when he addressed the 45th University of Guyana Convocation on Saturday. He pointed out [...]

Relatives get rid of dogs that mauled 65-year-old woman

    Relatives of Wilem Saul have gotten rid of their dogs that caused the 65 year old woman to lose her right hand. Saul, who was mauled by two dogs at her residence on November 2, is said to be recovering fairly well in the Female Surgical ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [...]

Condom distribution increased in 2010

    – over two-million distributed by NAPS With more focus being placed on HIV/AIDS reduction throughout Guyana, the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) and the Ministry of Health has placed greater emphasis on condom distribution which has been a mainstay in preventing the transmission of HIV/STIs. As part of the Universal Access approach, the [...]

A FAILED STRATEGY!

The opposition PNCR has lost four consecutive elections. Despite the first three of these losses however, it was able to retain the support of 41% of the electorate but at the last elections, it slipped eight percentage points. How does it recover from these defeats? No party will ever find it easy, if at all [...]

GOING FOR CAIN

Herman Cain is an Afro-American trying to be the Republican nominee to contest the next Presidential election due on November 6, 2012.  A few weeks ago he seemed to have everything going for him including a 9-9-9 plan to eliminate the existing tax code in the US and to replace it with a 9% tax [...]

The spin doctors are having a hard time

Dear Editor, The defenders of the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 including Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Mr. Robert Persaud and now Dr. Nanda Gopaul are having a hard time trying to convince the Guyanese taxpayer that President Bharrat Jagdeo was less than greedy in initiating and approving legislation providing [...]

The balance of power will be with the party that comes third

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your column to add to a previous blogger who suggests the voters in Guyana put the PPP out of power for one term and then vote them back in after they clean up their acts and to the response of Mr. M Maxwell on this topic. The AFC was [...]

Many PPP supporters see the better PPP slate on offer within the AFC

Dear Editor, The PPP is starting to panic. The message from its supporters is that enough’s enough. PPP supporters can’t take anymore of the thieving, corruption, skulduggery and wrongdoing. Many are ashamed and disgusted. Many PPP supporters see the better PPP slate on offer in this election within the AFC with the likes of Ramjattan [...]

UG is one of the institutions that the PPP targeted for special marginalization

Dear Editor, I write in solidarity with the University of Guyana students who have become the latest victims of the PPP’s campaign of racial and other forms of socio-political profiling. The PPP seems to have made up its mind that political profiling is good political strategy. The University of Guyana students during the recent Presidential [...]

Genetically Modified Crops

Two Mondays from today, we select the next government of our country for the next five years. It is unfortunate that the political parties vying for the honour of leading that government have been more focused on trading barbs rather than plans for our development. In the interstices of their bickering some positions have been [...]