Race against time for aging Harbour Bridge…APNU says – New bridge more important than Marriott Hotel
The recent shocking collapse of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, which left thousands stranded and severe losses to especially farmers and businesses, should be a wake-up call for government to immediately re-prioritise its projects. And, according to the main Parliamentary Opposition, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), finding the money should be simple – go to [...]
Govt.US$85M Parliamentary request…Finance Minister’s latest demand disrespectful – Carl Greenidge
By Gary Eleazar The Guyana Government, through its Finance Minister, has submitted two supplementary requests for monies to be advanced from the Consolidated Fund to meet unforeseen expenditure, but the request on the face isn’t sitting well with Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge. The request, to the tune of some $13B (US$85 million) which will [...]
Ramjattan new AFC leader, Hughes Chairman
…as Trotman exits The Alliance For Change (AFC) has named attorney-at-law Khemraj Ramjattan as that party’s new leader following elections at its Third National Conference yesterday. This was following an address earlier in the day by Raphael Trotman who indicated that he will not be contesting the elections after being at the helm of the [...]
Dem boys seh…Kwame gat fuh walk now fuh meet dem li’l ones
Some people name does tell wha dem is. Tek de name Ali. When dem woman miners check pun some Chinee who wukking dredge in de bush de people tell dem that Ramzan Ali bring dem fuh wuk. Well dem boys want fuh know since when people got to bring in Chinee fuh operate dredge in [...]
Peer educator and fitness enthusiast, Eli Hazel, is a ‘Special Person’
“My principle in life is that people must do positive and uplifting things for themselves…make yourself somebody and be dedicated to whatever it is that you do.” By Leon Suseran Eli Hazel is a community leader, a fitness/sports enthusiast and a role model for young people – something that society needs a lot these days. [...]
Fraser-Pryce is sprint queen once again
LONDON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce proved to be the sprint queen of the track once again when she retained her Olympic 100 metres title on Saturday. Fraser-Pryce, securing what could be the first leg of a Jamaican double with Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake vying for men’s 100 gold on Sunday, clocked 10.75 [...]
Tennis: Serena Williams storms to singles gold
(Reuters) – Serena Williams won her first Olympic tennis women’s singles gold on Saturday with a 6-0 6-1 demolition of Russia’s Maria Sharapova on Wimbledon’s Centre Court. The unstoppable American, who dropped just 16 games in her five singles matches en route to the final, has now completed the “golden slam” – winning all four [...]
Why did Rohee not act as the Home Affairs Minister did in 1962?
Dear Editor, I wish to join those who have mourned in public the loss of three precious lives, and to join those who have denounced the opening of deadly fire on citizens protesting for whatever reason. I was in Guyana for my brother’s funeral when on December 6,2011 the police, under the same Minister, opened [...]
What qualifies this man to be the Chairman of Guysuco?
Dear Editor, Recently, it was reported that Mr. Raj Singh is the Chairman of Guysuco and travels to Guyana on a monthly basis with all expenses paid, enjoying a lot of succor on the backs of the Guyanese people; editor, I wonder when the PPP government will come to their senses and stop this largesse to [...]
Parliament to start review of homosexual, death penalty laws this week
The Guyana Government has apparently decided on its first step to dealing with the matter of the Death Penalty, Lesbians, Homosexuals and the issue of Corporal Punishment. The matter has surfaced as a motion on the Order Paper of the National Assembly and is slated for commitment to a Select Committee. This week, however, when [...]
Health Ministry strengthening surveillance to combat cholera
It has been just short of a month since there have been reports of cholera in some parts of Cuba, and this country’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has confirmed that there have not been any indications of Guyanese students being affected. Dr. Persaud in a recent interview explained that the situation has been [...]
After Nigel Hughes, who is next?
My conceptualizations of people, places, events and things are graphically told in black and white; in other words they are in print. No one can say that I was the last to say this or that. No one can accuse me of evading comment on this and that. You can find my attitude on a [...]
A Commission of Inquiry into the Linden unrest will bear no fruit
Dear Editor, History has a way of repeating itself. The Wismar disturbances of 1964 saw the resignation of Janet Jagan in June, 1964; as minister responsible for the police. History has it recorded that she complained that the Commissioner of Police, one Mr. Owen and his men set hard test papers for rural recruits and [...]
Truckers fearful of traversing Linden to Lethem trail
Drivers of cargo trucks are fearful of traversing the Linden to Lethem trail, owing to criminal elements, resulting in increased prices for fuel and food in neighbouring mining districts. The flow of traffic in and out of mining areas, such as Mahdia, has been difficult since the protest in Linden started on July 18. The [...]
G Division hosts successful Fitness Walk
The top brass and Ranks of G Division held a successful Fitness Walk recently in observance of the Guyana Police Force’s 173rd Anniversary. The event attracted ranks from all the Police Stations in the Cinderella County of Essequibo, from Supernaam to Charity. The walk commenced at Hampton Court and concluded at Anna Regina Police [...]
“Youth at London Olympics 2012 and in cricket not being wasted!”
Colin E. H. Croft You gotta love it! The 30th Olympics in modern times, London 2012, already has new pin-up girls, and we have not really started the athletics fully or completed cycling or swimming. What a feast of sports! Sometimes, perhaps even most times, with our actions, we ponder about the future and those [...]
Mo Farah wins Olympic 10,000m gold for Great Britain
Mo Farah became the first Briton to win Olympic 10,000m gold with a tremendous victory in the Olympic Stadium. The 29-year-old won in a time of 27 minutes, 30.42 seconds. Farah’s triumph ended a run of four successive Ethiopian wins and stopped Kenenisa Bekele from winning a third consecutive title. Galen Rupp of the United [...]
Kennard Memorial Turf Club stages Post Emancipation race meet
The horses have all been engaged in good gallops; the jockeys have prepared thoroughly and the track is in immaculate condition. It’s now lights, camera, action, as the Kennard Memorial Turf Club stages its Grand Post Emancipation Horserace meet today at their Bush Lot Farm Corentyne, Berbice racetrack. Over 70 of the country’s top [...]
Ministerial accountability and responsibility
(An excerpt from an address by Hon. Cathy Hughes MP to the National Assembly – July 24, 2012) No matter how exhaustive the constitutional and international provisions in a democracy, that democracy will suffer irreparably when there is not an understanding by its political actors that there is something called unwritten conventions, which bolster and [...]
“Dem ah watch meh” singer’s torched car found in cemetery
Popular chutney artiste and Director of Firefest Productions, Mahendra Ramkellawan, found one his vehicles torched after it was stolen from his Eccles Housing Scheme residence yesterday. The Toyota Allion was found in Le Repentir Cemetery in the wee hours of the morning. It was taken to the Providence Police Station. According to Ramkellawan, he parked [...]
These two police ranks are terrorizing Albouystown residents
Dear Editor, I write to draw to the attention of the public and those in authority a pattern of abuse towards the residents of Albouystown by two police patrols headed by Cadet Officers (names given) which, if left unchecked, could further tarnish the image of the Guyana Police Force and the reputation of the hardworking [...]
The Deception of Minister Manickchand
Dear Editor, I need to bring to the public’s attention the utter deception in the reply of the Minister of Education (“Sunday editorial failed to publish pertinent facts,” Tuesday, July 31, 12) to the editorial of the Stabroek of Sunday, July 29 that dealt with the new composition of the UG Council as chosen by [...]
Bandits shoot businessman, 74, escape with $2M
The 74-year-old President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation Lenox Shuffler is recovering well after receiving a gunshot wound to his left ankle when bandits attacked him on Friday afternoon. The robbers also relieved Shuffler, the General Manager of Toucan Industries, of a bag containing $2M, just as he was leaving his Water Street, Kingston business [...]
Which university?
Recently there was a desultory and defensive response to our editorial “Higher Education at UG?” in which we had bemoaned the dearth of research in our sole tertiary institution. We questioned whether those agitating for change had given much thought to the ‘raison d’etre’ for higher education which we proposed was ‘the creation of knowledge’. [...]
WHO PACKED YOUR PARACHUTE?
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. Charles Plumb, a US Naval Academy graduate, was a jet [...]
