International Wimen’s Day
No matter where a girl is born, she should live free of discrimination and violence. Every girl and woman should enjoy equal opportunity and equal rights. Yet, violence against women and girls continues to be widespread and most of these crimes go unpunished. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, “Ending impunity for violence [...]
GT&T donates $150,000 to Camptown’s inter-street football tournament
President of Camptown Football Club, (CFC) Troy Mendonca, yesterday received a donation of $150,000 from Renatta Exeter, a representative of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company, in aid of the club’s inter-street football tournament. Mendonca expressed sincere thanks on behalf of CFC to GT&T for their sponsorship and support for the tournament. He said [...]
National Novices Championship to open weightlifting season on March 25
The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Assoc-iation (GAWA) will commence their season with a National Novices Championship on March 25 at Blue Note Club. It will be GAWA’s first national championship for the year and it is aimed at attracting weightlifters from Georgetown, Berbice and West Coast to compete in the various categories. GAWA General Secretary Deion [...]
R&R International 11-race cycle card for National Park Saturday
National Sports Commission’s cycle coach Hassan Mohamed will conduct the Annual R&R International Limited 11-race cycle programme on Saturday in the National Park. The first event wheels off at 9 am. The day’s activity includes three-lap races for racing cyclists 12-14 years of age, BMX boys 12-14, and 9-12 years old. There will also be [...]
National Inter-Secondary Futsal Tournament
Seven schools registered victories when play in the National Inter-Secondary Schools Futsal Tournament continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium. In the opening encounter, Jason Sandiford recorded a treble that enabled his team Dolphin Secondary to register a 6-0 win over Zeeburg Secondary. The other three goals came off the boots of D. Babb, [...]
‘Embattled’ WDCA president Shradananda deems meeting illegal
Embattled president of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) Vishnu Shradananda is claiming that he was not invited to any Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) called by executives of the association and the meeting was an illegal one. Speaking to Stabroek Sport by telephone yesterday, Shradananda said:”I’m the president and if any meeting is to be [...]
Castrol inter-county under-15 two-day final
Demerara will attempt to dethrone defending cha-mpions Berbice in the rubber match of the Cas-trol inter-county under- 15 two-day cricket competition at the Police Sports Complex today. After both teams made light work of Essequibo, recording outright wins over their hapless opponent in the first two rounds, it is time to get down to business. [...]
William Wilberforce and the Abolition of Slavery
The year 1789 is not usually thought of as a turning point in English politics, certainly not when you compare it with what was taking place across the Channel, but it is arguable that the abolition of the slave trade two hundred years ago could not have happened when it did without a speech made [...]
Linden man going to city had over five kilos ganja
A Linden man who allegedly had over five kilos of cannabis when he was searched by police at a roadblock on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan. Garland Pellew, 46, of 13 Amelia’s Ward, Linden pleaded not guilty to the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking [...]
Escapee suspected of murder still on the run
Essequibo police are still on high alert as they try to recapture a prison escapee who is now suspected of murder. And according to Prisons Director Dale Erskine, the man’s escape was not publicized since it was not normal procedure for all escapes from that prison to be advertised since in most cases the men [...]
Terror or test?
In the wake of the brutal, lightning attack on an East Berbice agricultural community on Monday night, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has raised the question of whether the assault was a terror attack or a test of the law enforcement capacity in the area. In an invited comment on the raid which left two [...]
Thousands celebrate Phagwah in New York
Dear Editor, Congrats are in order for the founders, planners and organizers of the 18th annual Guyanese Phagwah parade in Richmond Hill. Up until Wednesday, a parade was not certain as a police permit was not granted because of division in the organizing committee. Fortunately, differences were resolved because of concessions from the two factions [...]
The traffic trial run for the World Cup was a disaster
Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter regarding the misuse of the West Demerara Police vehicle, I do not see it traversing the Demerara Harbour bridge at the hours that I had mentioned. This is enough evidence of misuse. Mr. Commissioner, do not sweep this case under the proverbial carpet. Investigate and punish those [...]
Decentralisation of government structures is vital
Dear Editor, I wish to compliment Mr. Ravi Dev MP for his incisive article in Kaieteur News. Sunday March 4, 2007 titled ‘Moving on’. There are some assumptions given the fact of racial voting in Guyana that require further debate, for example the assumption that the existing electoral arrangements are sufficient to produce a truly [...]
Many small economies face a perpetual foreign currency constraint
Dear Editor, Please permit me to make a few remarks about your editorial of February 16, 2007 captioned “The role of the mandarin”. I would like to reposition one of Mr. William Demas’s conditions for development which the editorial restates: “A very small country can achieve transformation only with a high ratio of foreign trade [...]