Blue Band’ competition winners presented prizes
BRYDEN and Fernandes yesterday presented prizes to winners of the competition for ‘Spreading the Blue Band Goodness’ promotion.
The simple ceremony took place at the company’s Water Street, Georgetown Head Office.
The recipients of consolation prizes, comprising mixing bowls and oven mittens were Bibi Mohamed, of Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge; Omadai Prashad, of Pike Street, Kitty and […]
REO reiterates sanctions warning at contracts signing
In Region Four…
THIRTEEN contracts, worth in excess of $60M, were signed by the Regional Administration of Region Four (Demerara/Mahaica) on Monday.
They are for the construction of heavy duty bridges at Unity Main Road and Railway Embankment; the access road at South Better Hope; First Street in Melanie Damishana South; construction of Wills Street, Buxton and […]
Ambassador Cheryl Miles to represent Guyana at EU-LAC Summit in Peru
CHAIRMAN of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr. Hubert Ingraham –who is the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, will be among four CARICOM Heads of Government attending the Fifth European Union-Latin American and Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit which will be held in Lima, Peru from tomorrow.
Other Heads of Government expected to attend are the Prime Minister of […]
Corbin walking the ‘thin red line’
It would appear as though opposition leader, Robert Corbin, has bitten more than he could chew at the moment, and there seems to be more questions than answers. As the Police-Corbin drama continues to unfold, the opposition leader seems to be walking the ‘thin red line’ and would have to come up with credible answers […]
Language of the streets
According to President Bharrat Jagdeo, Monday, May 12, 2008, Kaieteur News
” PNCR blind to reality, only knows the language of the streets”.
“I am disappointed that, as a serious party, they only know the language of the streets, rather than trying to co-operate and deal with the situation, as so many opposition parties in the region […]
Shameful actions
The world has been reading with disgust/amusement about the so-called food prices protests in the streets of Georgetown. Honestly, how docile can some of our people be, to allow political leaders to use them in such degrading fashion?!
The world still remembers PNC women, in the streets, punching needles into dolls to exterminate one of Guyana’s […]
Enjoy the Freedom
In the Stabroek News edition of May 13, I read with interest a letter by a Lurlene Nestor, a PNCR member or protester.
Ms. Nestor, if she is a protester has to be one of the silliest characters if she indeed wrote that letter. Firstly, is Ms. Nestor proud of the way those protesters behaved?
Their behaviour […]
Corrupt officers should pay harsh penalties
Since President Jagdeo recently stated that only where persons come forward and give evidence of corrupt practice that an investigation can be conducted, agencies such as the GRA which are prone to frauds, should fund a scheme to give importers the ‘facilitation cash’ to induce the corrupt officers.
In this way, the rotten apples would be […]
Let the paid advertisements do the job
Religious devotees must be careful not to make public statements that they treat mystical-religious truth as if it were universal/scientific truth. Such utterances should be confined to the private confines of their places of worship.
If, for example, a devotee makes the statement, “My religion has the full truth,” he is uttering a mystical-religious truth, which […]
No power in Canje
Yesterday, Wednesday, East Canje was without power once more from since 7AM. For several days now, this has been happening to residents. When will there be a reliable and cheap supply of energy to Guyanese. Of course, in order for electricity to become cheap, there first must be a reliable supply, an area in which […]
