Daily Archive: Monday, October 26, 2009

Articles published on Monday, October 26, 2009

Raphael Piggott

Cops under pressure as baffling crimes mount

The police are under pressure to solve at least a dozen murders, a bizarre shooting and the unexplained death of a high-profile murder accused, all over the last 12 months or so, though the motive in many of these cases remains uncertain and suspects were held and later released.

Search for oil to pick up next year

Pomeroon gas boreholes ‘disappointing’ Oil exploration companies are not likely to drill here this year though the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) continues to pursue its petroleum exploration activities.

GT&T Indoor hockey tourney

Hikers, GCC ‘A’ teams serve up another delicious dish Their first round battle saw the Hikers ‘A’ men’s team edging GCC ‘A’ by one goal scored two minutes from full time.

For GAWU to ask for a substantial wage hike when productivity is falling is unconscionable

Dear Editor, Who is drinking something other than cane-juice? Not withstanding the already oversized and cost over-run, new factory in Berbice, I find it preposterous that the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) will unscrupulously press hard for a significant wage increase from a dying sugar industry, where losses last year were over $4.0 billion and this year losses will be just as bad.

Rushed T&T arriving home today

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Champions League runners-up Trinidad and Tobago will arrive home tonight after their sturdy performance in India and are forced to make a quick transition to the WICB President’s Cup in Guyana.

All Freddie Kissoon is asking of them is to take a good long look at themselves

Dear Editor, As I peruse the contents of the historical exchanges between one of Guyana’s most enduring patriots Kaieteur News Columnist Frederick Kissoon, and the army of PPP apologists and sycophants in whose side his truths have become annoying and discomfiting thorns, the chorus from the lyrics of Michael Jackson’s ‘Man in the Mirror’ keep filtering through my head.

Rays of Hope

Before I get off on the wrong foot here, let me start by saying that there are many causes for anxiety in Guyana – we all know the list very well – and each of us will find ourselves trying to cope with this or that aggravation from day to day, but the difficulty is that we can get so consumed with the negative that we often become blind to what I call “rays of hope” that shine out from the gloom.