$90M for police elections duties unaccounted for
- Commanders were advised to seek public assistance During last November’s General and Regional Elections, police ranks had complained bitterly about the quality, and in some cases, lack of food while they were inlying in the various barracks throughout the country. Their Commanders were advised to solicit the help of the public in [...]
Guyanese culture on display
The North Georgetown Secondary School yesterday hosted a cultural extravaganza in recognition of Mashramani, which is being celebrated today. Created in 2009 with the intention of having students understand and respect Guyana’s cultural diversity, Culture Day has become an annual event. According to Deborah Greenidge-Hinds, Head Teacher, the school’s cultural event is usually held [...]
Govt. doesn’t deny financial irregularities
- Luncheon says PAC can make recommendations The government is not denying charges of financial irregularities, but says the option the Parliamentary opposition used two weeks ago in not approving supplementary spending has left the system of financial administration in a quandary. “What specifically with regards to financial administration will come of this, [...]
Female teacher suspended for ‘pimping’ student
A female teacher attached at the Pomona Secondary School, on the Essequibo Coast, has been suspended, a week after she instigated a relationship between one of her students and a young man from Berbice. According to reports, the man who was on the Coast and posed as a relative of a senior politician, was [...]
UG admin causes talks to collapse
After five hours of negotiations between the University of Guyana workers’ organizations (the Senior Staff Association and Workers’ Union) and management, the latter rescinded its consent to items agreed upon on Tuesday and has proposed new items. According to sources at the University, up until late yesterday the situation remained unchanged. On Tuesday, [...]
GuySuCo unable to supply sugar to CARICOM markets
…contemplated importation to meet shortfall By Leonard Gildarie Strikes at a number of estates over the past week have left the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) short of the natural sweetener to deliver to markets in Caricom. The Corporation also said yesterday it contemplated importing sugar but dismissed this option, as any shipment will [...]
Mash in Guyana but ….
Mashramani in Guyana brings into focus its unofficial anthem composed by Rudy Grant, the brother of world famous Guyanese singer, Eddy Grant. Whenever it is Mash time, that song is played over the airways all the time. It is quite a little catchy tune that has a disturbing Freudian secret somewhat unrelated but somewhat [...]
THE SUGAR STRIKE IS RECKLESS
There is a casualness bordering on recklessness about actions in the sugar belt, where strikes are presently taking place for the flimsiest of reasons. The sugar industry is important not just to the workers in Guyana, but to the entire economy. When the industry suffers, it is not just the workers that suffer but [...]
Dem boys seh…De Rat want use Uncle Donald
De Big Rat ain’t done wid Guyana; he only tek a break. Dem boys hear he good when he seh that he coming back to be de President, how Donald only holding de brief fuh he. Well dem boys seh that if Uncle Donald holding he brief then Uncle Donald more brave [...]
Welcoming another republic anniversary
Forty-two years ago today, Guyana shed the last vestiges of the Monarchy and became a republic, the first in this corner of the world. This was happening a mere four years after Guyana had gained its independence from Great Britain. There were implications. Indeed many in the country did not understand the reason for [...]
The PPP/C desperately needs to wriggle out of its minority status – Guyanese must stay alert
DEAR EDITOR, There seems to be an aggressive and deceptive campaign on the part of the PPP/C and their agents to hoodwink or bully the people into supporting their call for fresh elections. I have noted that over the last few weeks the Chronicle Newspapers and its identified, fiction-writers have been concocting stories [...]
Adumbrating the national policy on child abuse
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter written by Help and Shelter and published in the print media during the week of February 12, 2012. The letter writers demanded that the Ministers of Education and Human Services say what they planned to do about rape, sexual abuse and sexual harassment of [...]
An effort to bring order to chaos
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, 25th January, 2012, fifteen persons took the Oath of Office as Regional Councillors of Region Nine. I was one of those persons. During that most memorable day of my life, scores of residents drawn from the communities of Lethem and Tabatinga bore placards with a number of issues that they [...]
Detailing a waste of taxpayers’ dollars
Dear Editor, Certain things are more self evident than others, since we can see some of them clearly but there are also those which we cannot see e.g. expensive contracts to do work below water for example at Nos 1&2 canals polder and the East Demerara Water Conservancy [EDWC], For example, in the [...]
Indifference and a death on the roads
Dear Editor, What a tragedy of errors. In the dark of night a young man holds out his hand to hail an ambulance on its way to the hospital with a casualty, mistaking it for a bus. The driver of the ambulance mistook the young man for a cow and the man died [...]
Let’s talk about crime in this country
Dear Editor, Any poor society will have crime. It is just the way it is. Poverty and crime will go hand in hand. This means crime has always been a feature of Guyanese society. However, the story of crime is more complex than a linkage to poverty. In the 1950s and early 1960s, [...]
Calypso has gone to the dogs
Dear Mr Editor I must comment on the Calypso and soca competitions held for Mash 2012. I have been was involved in the planning and execution of Mash for the period 2000 to 2003 and I have a very good idea of what it entails. But what I saw recently has left a [...]
It happened before
Dear Editor, I have read with personal interest the sad passing of Guyanese born Mr. Cecil Fitt and his wife, Joan Fitt, in Barbados. A similar incident had occurred in Guyana – right in my own family. My grandparents, Joseph and Susan Gushway, who resided at 65 Public Road, Kitty died less than [...]
‘The Sniper’ Cox threatens to shoot down ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite
Don’t expect any white flag, the symbol of surrender, to be hoisted when former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite and current Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) heavyweight champion, Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox step into the ring for a scheduled twelve rounds contest for the latter fighter’s title tomorrow night. [...]
Courageous Aguilleira takes Windies to 4-wicket win
Roseau, Dominica — A superb knock by Merissa Aguilleira took West Indies Women to a hard-fought victory over India Women in the third T20 International at Windsor Park on Wednesday. The courageous captain remained calm under pressure to make the topscore of 39 not out as the home side reached 86-4 off 19.4 overs to [...]
Extensive League to test fortitude of clubs
– says GABA President By Edison Jefford President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), David Carto has stated that the extensive League, which got underway last weekend on the Burnham Basketball Court, will sincerely test the fortitude of the participating clubs. The League is the first major undertaking of the new [...]
Chisholm says fair performance at AAG Developmental meet
– athletes to better performance at next developmental meet on March 1 Robert Chisholm, Coach of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Track Club, stated yesterday in a candid interview that his club performance was fair at the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Developmental meet last Sunday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, [...]
Hadi’s Softball results for Feb. 19
Action in the Hadi’s Softball Cricket competition organised by the Guyana Floodlights Association continued with several matches last weekend. Here are the results of those matches. Carifesta Sports Complex: Rockaway def. Renegade by 50 runs. Rockaway 111 for 9 off 15 overs. Kunar Bishundial 23. A. Persaud 3 for 22. Renegade 61 all [...]
GPS again among devices mulled in piracy fight
By Rabindra Rooplall Once again, Global Positioning System (GPS) for fishing boats along with improved coast guard monitoring, is being touted by Government and relevant authorities to prevent piracy. This was disclosed at a Fisherfolk consultation held at the International Convention Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara yesterday. Stakeholders in the fishing industry met with the [...]
Strikes put sugar’s turnaround plan under stress – Dr. Luncheon
The government has expressed concern that strikes in the sugar industry threaten the financial viability of the sugar corporation and have put the Corporation’s turnabout plan under stress. “Canes are there to be harvested, labour discipline must prevail,” Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon declared yesterday. He said the government plans to [...]
