GPL should say when it thinks the Xmas season begins
THE headline ‘Xmas should be bright’ on the November 1 edition of the Stabroek News was indeed a deceiving one. ‘GPL assures no planned power outages for Christmas’ was on the Guyana Chronicle the same day while ‘Dark Christmas averted’ was on the Kaieteur News on November 1. It was no accident these headlines graced […]
The Garland
You confused me, my child,
When I saw you with it
Of the thousands on the shelves
You chose what I created.
You honoured me, my child,
For though what I give is unknown
You offered me a garland as a gift
That told me mine will be known by you.
Ten thousands words from them
Cannot be as valuable as this from […]
Financial crisis has put globilisation; economic trends on trial
THE current financial crisis round world has put globalisation and global economic trends on trial. These trends include:
1. Globalization of financial markets
2. Uncontrolled growth of financial speculation
3. Lack of adequate systems for proper financial supervision
4. Pursuit of economic growth without social progress
Millions of workers are being asked to pay the price for the failures […]
VJ did extremely well
THOUGH “VJ” has moved on to the next level, I would agree that as much as his contribution towards the local music industry was within a short time span, he did extremely well.
His representation for music must continue to be a motivation for potential musicians from the rural areas in other regions.
T. PEMBERTON
Black out woes persist in Berbice
I and almost all of the Guyanese population would like to know if the Guyana Power and Light Inc. or should I say “Get Plenty Lamps Inc.”(GPL) is working feverishly day and night to eliminate the development of the young minds of our country?
It seems to me that almost everyday in Berbice there are blackouts […]
America produced a home run when about to be written off
JUST when the world was getting ready to write off America it produced a home run that proves to one and all that it is the pre-eminent nation on earth. Where else on this globe would you find a country with a white population of over 75% elect a black man to be its President? […]
International Rice Conference was beneficial
I was pleased to be invited to the International Rice Conference as a farmer to participate in discussions and listen to presentations delivered by members of government and technical officers within the rice sector locally and abroad.
The conference has been really beneficial to me and my colleague rice farmers, as such, I would like to […]
U.S. civil rights struggles have borne fruit
BETWEEN 1964 and 1969 I struggled alongside our Afro-American brothers and sisters. Today we have seen the beginning of the fruits of the struggles of the 1950s and 1960s –the election of a black President, Barak Obama.
America today, I am convinced is a vastly different country. The imprisonment endured in 1967 and 1968, the danger […]
President Jagdeo’s Government does not condone torture
Amid the current praises showered on the life and times of Stabroek News’s Editor-in-Chief the late David de Caires, it is almost distasteful that Sunday Stabroek’s Editorial of November 9, 2008, would, out of force of habit, again incorrectly interpret the President’s remarks on a sensitive issue as “torture”.
According to the Editorial, President Jagdeo opined […]
Rice Festival underscores key role of rice
THE curtains came down yesterday afternoon on observances marking this country’s 100th year as a rice exporter, with more focus on the crucial role of the grain in Guyana’s economy and culture.
The closing proceedings at the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara, included an exposition featuring farmers and others linked to the industry and highlighting […]
