Love from a distance
Beres Hammond isn’t just the soulful crooner from Jamaica we’ve grown to love all these years; he is a God-like figure posing as a man. What else explains the authority with which he commands a stage, the influential effect of his lyrics and the legion of followers? “I see love from a distance…” keeps playing [...]
Political leadership stifling business -Ramjattan tells manufacturers luncheon
Political leadership has failed the business community presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday, pledging that new policies under an AFC-led government will see an end to the suffocating of the entrepreneur class. The business climate in Guyana has been mired in a web of failed leadership, corruption, nepotism, red tape and “plain arrogance in officialdom”, [...]
GuySuCo could face big shortfall for first crop – Chand
GAWU President Komal Chand says the sugar corporation could close the first crop with a shortfall of around 38,000 tonnes of sugar based on current production numbers and the threat of approaching May/June rains. GuySuCo has improved from weekly numbers of just over 3,000 tonnes of sugar about a month ago to 9,000 tonnes within [...]
Collette Jones returns
If the name Collette Jones sounds unfamiliar to you, the popular ‘Tessa real girl’ stage persona from the early 90s might trigger a few memories; either way the reputation precedes the woman. Guyanese actress Collette Jones is the kind of straight-talking, no-nonsense woman with a fiery passion for the arts, which probably explains why she [...]
Review finds weak policing, prosecution of sex offences
Sexual offence convictions remain considerably low in this country despite reformed laws and problems still persist in policing and prosecution, particularly with evidence gathering. Cases are collapsing and many are not being prosecuted at the level of the High Court and recent data indicated that Nolle Pros (opt not to prosecute)
Visiting constitutional expert warns of state’s coercive powers, weakening of civil society
Dr Yash Ghai, former Chair of the Kenya Constitutional Commission, yesterday cautioned against the coercive powers of the state and the deliberate weakening of civil society, saying that they are used by power-hungry politicians to fuel conflict. He likened politicians to colonists, saying that many pursue higher office because the easy way to power is [...]
In Kamadyah’s zone
Kamadyah Israel, occasionally appearing on a stage near you, sort of danced out of nowhere doing poetry with a voice so haunting that you listen to the message and you just cannot shake it. She is the kind of woman you would imagine dancing onto the scene and not popping up; that scene being the [...]
Ramjattan eager for presidential debates
AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that he plans to debate his political opponents from parties “that matter” if the conditions are agreed upon, and the PNCR and the PPP might take up challenge. David Granger, the PNCR presidential nominee, said yesterday his party has not discussed the issue and he hesitated to give [...]
GuySuCo at standstill
GuySuCo’s operations came to a grinding halt two weeks ago due to persistent rainfall—a critical blow for the first crop and production, in a year the industry desperately needs a turnaround. Chief Executive Officer Paul Bhim contextualised the impact on Wednesday when he told Stabroek News the industry is not only losing
PPP in a freefall, Ramsaroop says
Guyana People’s Partner-ship candidate Peter Ramsaroop believes that the PPP administration is in a freefall and has come to the end of its time in power, after spreading hopelessness in the country. “Power will shift,” Ramsaroop told Stabroek News, while saying that the governing party has forgotten the people of Guyana and seemed to
Woman stabbed to death by female lover
Sonobia James called Stacey, a mother of two, died early yesterday morning after she was stabbed by her live-in lover during a struggle at the Red Dragon night club on Robb Street. James, 25, of Rasville Housing Scheme sustained a wound to the neck and died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Caribbean governments must diagnose, treat root of crime – Admiral Lewin
Drugs pose a serious threat to democracy and the general way of life in the Caribbean region and governments continue to ignore the root causes of crime while treating the symptoms, according to Rear-Admiral Hardley Lewin, former chief of staff of Jamaica Defence Force. The movement of illicit drugs across the region is linked to [...]
‘The Professor’ delivers winning calypso lecture
If the Mighty Rebel had defended his calypso crown this year the script would have read that a new rebel has taken over or that he has passed the torch to a younger performer with a firm grip on social issues. With a hard-hitting calypso called,
Calypso race wide open
With Rebel pulling out of the calypso finals this year for reasons which he has made very public, the race is wide open though many of the performers were preparing to dethrone him when the finals run off tonight at Thirst Park. Rebel’s exit has angered a few who called him a pioneer and “someone [...]
Nabaclis woman repeatedly stabbed by ex
Vanessa Francis left her reputed husband five months ago but he has been stalking her and yesterday he attempted to kill her, dealing her several stab wounds about the body before fleeing. Francis of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara had just entered a taxi when the man confronted her. He tried to drag her from the [...]