Golden Jaguars begin camp for Jamaica Friendly and Parbo Bier Cup
After enjoying the off-field ambience during the launching ceremony of third round, World Cup Qualifiers at Princess Hotel on Saturday, the Golden Jaguars have now refocused on their on-field tasks, as they prepare for international friendly action against Jamaica as well as the Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname within the next fortnight. Currently, 21 second [...]
Black Bush Polder Road misses April deadline
- bad weather, cement shortage cited The contractor, BK International, of the US$6.6M Black Bush Polder Road, Region Six, has missed the project’s April deadline. The contractor has written to the Public Works Ministry requesting November 2012 to be the new deadline. This is according to Bridges Engineer, Sunil Ganesh, who disclosed that the consultant, [...]
BIG BANG THEORY
If I were writing a “brief” history of warfare and sought to uncover the truth about the relationship between underwear and violence, I would start with the “Boxer” Rebellion of 1898 – 1901. A young student encountering a question on that topic in his history exam sought to explain it as an act of resistance [...]
NO LEGAL LIMB TO STAND ON
This is not a defence of NICIL. It is a counter to the proposition that the revenues and other moneys earned by NICIL should be passed into the Consolidated Fund. There has been an uninformed and misguided attempt over the past few weeks to deflect attention from the Budget cuts instituted by the opposition. As [...]
‘Operation Safeway’ sees decrease in road deaths
The police have stated via traffic statistics that there has been a decrease in the number and categories of accidents that occurred on Guyana’s roadways from January 1 to April 30 of 2012, in comparison to that same period last year. There have also been decreases in the number of deaths occurring during the January/April [...]
Guyana consistently achieves 90 percent vaccination coverage over five year period – Health Minister
Guyana has consistently achieved over 90 percent coverage of vaccination of children for routine preventable childhood diseases for the past five years, according to Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran. Dr Ramsaran said Guyana once again received an International award for its consistency in achieving vaccination coverage consecutively for the past five years. “We received in [...]
There should be an immediate Commission of Inquiry into this situation
Dear Editor, For decades Uitvlugt was the estate with the highest rainfall, the worst lands, the poorest drainage and consequently the lowest yield in the Guyana sugar industry,whilst Skeldon was the best yielding estate of cane and sugar per acre and was the flagship of Bookers and then GuySuCo from 1976. Last year and 2010, [...]
Public figures act as if anything less than a win puts them at a disadvantage
Dear Editor, I am sometimes overwhelmed from observing public figures becoming embroiled in matters and making statements which with – hindsight, should have been left unsaid or – at best should only have been uttered by subordinates. Although I firmly believe that it is best to be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth [...]
Coca Cola bottle with a Pepsi Cola cap
Dear Editor, I smiled when I read about the Coco Cola bottle with the Pepsi Cola cap, kept for a quarter of a century, and that “not too many people will keep a bottle of drink without opening it for 25 years”: I am happy to say that I am one of the ‘not too [...]
Parliament needs statesmen to steer the ship of the State on a safe course
Dear Sir, With regards to your ‘Peeping Tom’ article of Friday 11th May, 2012 on the Ethnic Relations Commission, I might support the view that the action of some members of staff, maybe four or five, may have harmed the perception about the Commission’s future ability to be impartial. Fact may often be distorted by [...]
This wickedness must stop now
Dear Editor, The tenth Parliament has really brought to light the true nature and heart of the PPPC government. Their response to the opposition’s call for transparency and much needed reform in specific entities such as NCN have been met with the full force of evil. Only a people who are under the control and [...]
The opposition leader should not have hastily appointed a commissioner
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the recent appointment of Ms. Sandra Jones to the Guyana Elections Commission replacing the late Mr. Robert Williams and at the same time tender my congratulations. Let me say from the onset that I have no difficulty with the woman’s competence but the circumstance under which she was [...]
Still no telephone service in Bare Roots
Dear Editor, Good day, kindly allow me a space in your letter column to highlight an issue affecting our community of Bare Roots, East Coast Demerara. Almost one year ago the Guyana Telephone and telegraph Company completed installing cables in our community; the residents were excited to know that they would finally be granted access [...]
On Mothers
Mother’s Day was invented in the USA, as increasingly as so many of our social practices, thanks to the power of the US media. In that vein, a beachhead has recently been opened on the celebration of “Thanksgiving Day”, complete with turkey and pumpkin pie. But back to Mother’s Day. The driving force behind Mother’s [...]
Funding for LCDS project will not be affected by Budget cuts – AFC
The Alliance For Change (AFC) said that it wishes to make it clear that the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) projects in Amerindian and hinterland communities will not be affected by cuts to the 2012 budget. According to the AFC, it is not amused by the vile attempts of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration [...]
Dem boys seh…NICIL gun send nuff people to jail
Dem have problems all over de place. De other day de people had to close de Harbour Bridge to fix it. People grumble and dem blame de budget cuts. It tek a few days and de bridge fix. Then gas prices go up and dem blame de budget cuts. Shaatie step in and he cut [...]
Amelia’s Ward Russians win tension-filled penalty shootout; $500,000 richer
Amelia’s Ward Russians withstood a tension-filled penalty shootout to grab the $500,000 first prize after escaping with a 1-0 win over Hardknocks in the final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Football Competition which ended late Saturday night, at the Wisroc / Amelia’s Ward Bus Park in Linden. The result came after the [...]
Floodlights, Wolf’s Warriors and Mike’s Wellwoman victorious
By Sean Devers Watched by a large and raucous crowd the 2012 Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) Hadi’s Word/City Mall, Nationwide Male and Female Softball tournaments climaxed last Saturday at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue. Final day action began in sunny conditions and ended under flood lights and a brightly shining full [...]
Finals decided: Wolf’s Warriors v Regal X1; Trophy Stall Angels v 4R Lionness
Well, the long wait is finally over as the finalists of the 3rd GT&T 10/10 Nationwide Softball Cricket competition were decided after four pulsating semifinal matches at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, yesterday. Even the rain which interrupted the first male semi final match between Rockaway Auto Sales and Regal X1 did not dampen the [...]
Bohemia, Betsy Ground, Overwinning among latest winners
Following are the results in the Canje & New Amsterdam Zones MCYS/NSC, GT&T & ASTP played at the Welfare Centre Ground Canje in the 15th Annual Regional Primary Schools Windball Championships. Canje Zone – Girls: Bohemia beat Cumberland by 8 wickets. Cumberland made 29-2, with Manesha Samaroo 10, Nathanya Baker picked up 3 wickets. Bohemia [...]
National football coaches advocate renewed vision for the sport
Assistant National Coach, Wayne Dover has made an impassioned plea for cohesiveness among local footballers and other stakeholders if the sport is to develop. He is adamant that footballers will benefit if they inculcate the precepts, strategies and vision espoused by the Technical staff headed by Trinidadian Coach, Jamaal Shabazz. He supported his case by [...]
Man shot in back with arrow
A 28-year-old man from Aishalton, South Rupununi is currently nursing a wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital after an outing with friends went ugly. Mechanic Mark Dookie, was shot once in the back with an arrow by a man who he reportedly had a confrontation with. The mechanic is recovering in the High Dependency Unit [...]
High tide shifts bridge out of alignment
Abnormal high tide caused three anchors at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB)’s retractor span to burst, shifting the structure completely out of alignment, yesterday. Manual realignment took one and half hours, causing traffic to build up in and around the bridge environs. On schedule, the bridge closed its gate to vehicular traffic at 14:30 hrs [...]
Embracing a healthy lifestyle could effectively combat diabetes – Dr. Cummings
Being inflicted with diabetes today can no longer be considered a death sentence with the numerous medical advances that have been made over recent years. However, adhering to healthy lifestyle habits could in fact prove to be almost miraculous for persons diagnosed with the disease. This is according to the findings of a study which [...]
CXC aiming to reduce disqualification at upcoming exams
- no-cell-phone-policy to be fully enforced Of the 225,000 candidates who participated in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination last year about 0.9 per cent (or just over 2,000 candidates) were disqualified for entering the examination room with a cellular phone. This state of affairs has been amplified by Senior Assistant Registrar, Administration and [...]
