THE MISSION AUTHORS IT OWN REPORTS
A little understanding of how the International Monetary Fund is organized and managed would save a great deal of embarrassment and avoid us having to waste the time of important individuals working within that institution. The IMF is not your ordinary international organization. It is one of the world’s foremost financial institutions which [...]
CJIA ‘secret deal expansion’ hinges on securing Chinese loan
…Jagdeo says Govt. to put US$5M more in project By Gary Eleazar Government is yet to secure the loan to finance the extension and modernizing of the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). President Bharrat Jagdeo made this disclosure yesterday to the media while seeking to explain why there was no [...]
AFC founder member Sheila Holder passes away
Alliance For Change (AFC) founder member Sheila Holder has died after a prolonged battle with ill health. An AFC statement last night said that Mrs. Holder passed away yesterday evening in New York with her family by her side. “It is with deep sadness that the Alliance For Change regrets to announce the passing of [...]
Chinese company gets contract to build US$51M Guyana Marriott
… financing arrangements still incomplete, Govt. listed as minority shareholder By Gary Eleazar Almost eight years after being conceptualized and with the electorate going to the polls to elect a new government exactly one week from today, the outgoing Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo and Area Vice President for the Marriot Brand [...]
Bandits snatch $5M from Foulis gas station
Businessman Cecil Gajadar had read enough about the robberies and other crimes in Guyana but this did not deter him from returning home and opening a gas station at Foulis on the East Coast of Demerara. But Saturday night he had a firsthand experience of the banditry that has been plaguing Guyana for [...]
Marketing student is new Miss Guyana India Worldwide
Alana Seebarran, a stunning 24-year-old marketing student who described the characteristics of an empowered woman to be compassion, strength and vulnerability, was crowned the new Miss Guyana India Worldwide just after midnight Saturday. A Georgetown girl, Alana was the one to beat in the competition, and the other eight girls proved no match for her [...]
Dem boys seh…Guyana gun have more hotel than people
Guyana racing fuh put up more hotel than people. Dem got Pegasus but Bar Rat seh that it ain’t good and people complaining. Dem building Marriott. Then two more people plan fuh build two more hotel. Dem want build Hilton and dem want build Sheraton. Dem boys want fuh know wha gun happen wid Princess. [...]
Bus driver killed in collision with truck
Minibus driver Azeem Wajid was killed on Saturday after slamming into a paddy truck on the Number Two Village Public Road, West Coast Berbice. According to reports, Wajid was heading to Georgetown in minibus BLL 285, when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a truck which was transporting paddy to East Berbice. [...]
Preparatory work for Turkeyen’s speciality hospital attracts $158M bid
…sub-contractor bids $1B for section of Amaila Falls access road Six bids were opened on Tuesday for Phase Two of the West Demerara synthetic track (construction of boundary fence and ticket booths, Leonora Community Centre Ground). The track is to be the first of its kind here and is seen as key to taking athletics [...]
164 more graduate from UG Berbice campus
One hundred and sixty- four persons graduated on Saturday at the tenth Convocation of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) in a variety of disciplines. The event, which got underway shortly before 17:00 hrs, began with the Graduands’ Procession to the Square. This was immediately followed by the Chancellor’s Procession, led by the Pro- [...]
Forde continues South American 10k dominance
- Morgan drops out, Josiah-Tanner finish second By Edison Jefford A change in strategy and a clear race plan were evident yesterday afternoon on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race course that aided Cleveland Forde in an extension of his dominance in the event. Forde, who is the most [...]
President’s X1 advance to semis
The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) President’s X1 advanced to the semi-finals of the Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket competition when they defeated the North Essequibo Warriors at the Everest ground yesterday afternoon. The President’s X1 now joins Mario Pizza West Berbice and Church’s Chicken Corentyne Titans as the teams in Friday’s semis at Albion, while [...]
Chanderpaul likely to play in Mumbai
ESPNcricinfo- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies batsman, is expected to play in the third Test against India, despite an injured calf muscle. Chanderpaul had missed West Indies’ practice session in Mumbai on Sunday, but he should be fit for the Test that begins at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday, according to media manager Philip Spooner. [...]
16 teams advance to Guinness Street football KO stage
Following competition last Saturday at the East Ruimveldt Community Centre, which brought an end to the round robin segment, 16 teams has now advanced to the knockout stages of the Guinness in the Street Football Championship sponsored by Banks DIH. According to a release, the tournament will take a break and resume shortly after National [...]
Mother of four killed by speeding bus after leaving church
A mother of four was killed yesterday by a speeding minibus shortly after she had left church at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WCD). The woman was identified as 54-year-old Budwantee Cyril Vissoon of Lot 300, Goed Fortuin W.B.D. Reports revealed that the accident occurred at 12:35 hrs while the minibus driver was [...]
Several areas complete Ministry 7:15 Inter Block zones
Several areas completed their zones of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport 7:15 Inter Block football tournament over the weekend setting the stage for an intriguing finale to the tournament and the fight for the $150,000 first prize. Up at Linden, One Mile overcame Amelia’s Ward Back Scheme 2-1 to clinch their zone and [...]
Family loses millions as fire guts Wismar home
Two sisters and their children were left with just a handful of their belongings after their home was destroyed by fire at 774 One Mile Wismar, Linden. The two women were so distraught that relatives and friends demanded that their photos not to be taken. Their home, a two storied wooden and concrete [...]
Cops seek several ‘key players’ in ship cocaine bust
The police are seeking several “key players” into Saturday’s drug bust from a vessel moored near the Demerara Distillers Limited ( DDL) Wharf. Officers from the Police Anti Narcotics Unit unearthed a quantity of illegal substance suspected to be cocaine, heroin or cannabis onboard the MV Bizzard B. Sources yesterday said that the [...]
A RED-LETTER DAY
I got a letter from David Cameron two days ago. It was a red-letter day for me. In fact, the letter wasn’t just red it was well read. David Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This is the first real letter that I ever got from a Prime Minister. [...]
We have come to the fork in the Road
Dear Editor, At critical times in our lives we have each come to a fork in the road, when and where we have to make difficult choices of the two or three paths ahead. The choices ahead of us sometimes affect not only our own lives, but those of our families, friends, neighbours, communities and [...]
There is no courage left in the PPP
Dear Editor, Some PNC or APNU supporters are of the view that a vote for the AFC is a vote for the PPP, contending that the AFC and the PPP is one and the same entity. Now, I can understand why one can be easily misguided with this perception, given that the AFC is now [...]
Kwame McKoy thinks he has immunity in society
Dear Editor, Over the past several months Kwame Mc Koy, the Presidential Information Liaison has being abusing his power. There are many incidents in which Mc Koy was involved in and he was not arrested because of the connection he has to the Office of President (OP). Here are some of the things we know [...]
They have reduced themselves to cussing out
Dear Editor, I was in attendance at a PPP/C so called rally on Friday November 18 at the Stabroek Market Square, and I stood there in disbelief as the “President” was being so disrespectful to other candidates contesting this election. And to think those candidates are bonafide Guyanese, it is no wonder we are not [...]
All is not well at the Guyana Chronicle
Dear Editor, I am an observer and would like to bring to the reader’s attention the atrocities of the management of the state-owned Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) Publishers of the Daily and Sunday Chronicle, which are directed at helpless employees. I direct this letter to the Office of the President (OP), the Clerical and [...]
Distributive Justice
If there is one constant in any election campaign, it is the claim or defence – depending on which side of the fence the particular party sits – that the patrimony of the country is being shared equally. To even suggest otherwise would offend the principle of distributive justice that is now the global norm. [...]
