The hypocrisy that exists in Guyana
I READ with interest the news that the two men who impersonated the police, and attacked and robbed innocent and hard-working Guyanese were arrested. It is interesting to note who the victims were....
View ArticleCarl Greenidge ran Guyana bankrupt
CARL Greenidge is not a financial expert, he is not a money manager, and he is not a world class economist. If he is so much of an expert, how was he capable of taking Guyana to bankruptcy? Why is he...
View ArticleMany thanks GPHC for a ‘Royal medical care!’
ON the 30th April, 2014, I was exiting the Guyana port of entry/exit at Moleson Creek, on the Corentyne River via Suriname, in my attempt to return home to the Netherlands. I felt ill, fainted and was...
View ArticleStar Boys Moses and Ramjattan
HERE”S a bedtime story: there were two boys, Moses and Ramjattan, who were star-boys in their day. They joined a team to play a game where the trophy was the biggest you had ever seen – the right to...
View ArticleAPNU/AFC , What Did You Do
DEAR APNU/AFC – please tell us what have you achieved in the last Parliament with your one seat majority? It seemed that your focus was on dominating the halls of Power by positioning yourselves as...
View ArticleBouquets to Nigeria
NIGERIA, the most populous country in Africa recently held national elections. This is the first election in the history of that country where an Opposition party managed to unseat the incumbent ruling...
View ArticleWe’re a functioning democratic society
OUR society today works according to democratic principles. Our history reflects a time when democracy did not exist, when freedom of the press, paramountcy of the ruling party, and denial of basic...
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Suspect in dismembering Buxtonian woman names two others – say robbery was...
KEVIN Ramsawck, 22 years, of Berbice who was picked up on Tuesday night from a house at Middle Walk, Buxton, during investigations into the murder of 39-year-old Samantha Benjamin has reportedly...
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Jagdeo dares Granger to ‘come clean’ –‘Deal with major questions hanging over...
A week ago, Brigadier (rtd) David Granger was called upon to come clean with the Guyanese people on several major issues, particularly the people of Whim, in Region 6 (East Berbice/ Corentyne) where...
View ArticlePPP/C beats rival APNU+AFC to the punch –Makes public excerpts of ‘Guyana...
FIRST to unveil its vision for Guyana, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday made public excerpts of its manifesto, Guyana 2.0, a play on the ‘tech’ term that translates to mean an...
View ArticlePersons urged to take precaution during April 1-7 high tides
PERSONS are urged to take all necessary precautions during the spring tides period of April 1-April 7, 2015, as the predicted tide indicates above normal levels for this period, according to the...
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Wakili Totem Pole unveiled in National Park
THE Wakili Totem Pole in the National Park carved by Lokono Artist, Mr. Oswald Hussein (Ozzie) was officially commissioned last Thursday. The pole tells the ancient story of Man’s abiding respect for...
View ArticleJamaican drug mule jailed for five years –fined over $3.4M
A twenty-year-old Jamaican national was sentenced last Friday to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking. Richard Daniels was also fined over $3.4 M after he was found guilty as charged for the...
View ArticleThree in custody after robbery spree in Berbice
THREE suspects are in police custody after staging three different home invasions and an armed robbery of a vehicle in Berbice last Thursday night.Police reported that at about 20:30 hrs on April 02,...
View ArticleJamaicans among 30 soldiers given ‘Wings’ –after GDF paratrooping course
THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) reports that 30 soldiers successfully completed a historic GDF Basic Paratrooping Course and received their “Wings” at a simple graduation ceremony last Thursday at Base...
View ArticleMiner admitted a third time to GPHC –following motorbike accident
MOTORIST Otto Pitman, 26, who lost his right leg following a motorbike accident on D’Urban and High Streets, was on Saturday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporatiion(GPHC) for the third...
View ArticleSeven roads completely upgraded in Regions 3 & 4
RESIDENTS of Region 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica) now have passable asphalted roads, thanks to the Miscellaneous Road Project under the Ministry of Public...
View ArticleSix-year-old in critical condition –after hit by speeding car on West Bank
SIX-year-old Adon James of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after being struck down by a speeding motorcar on the...
View ArticleMoses should say he is a proud Indian, not deny his ethnicity
Much brouhaha has been made about a statement attributed to Prime Ministerial candidate Moses V. Nagamootoo that he was “not an Indian” during a speech he made on the campaign trail in Queens, New...
View ArticleBharat’s boon to the people of Guyana–Black Bush Polder.
The PPP’s Black Bush Polder project continues to be a boon for the people of the Corentyne and Guyana as a whole.A few months ago, I went on an excursion to the Polders via the Adventure entrance. My...
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