Year: 2013

Guyana Relief Council has raised the bar for charities – Yvonne Hinds

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The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) is celebrating 19 years of assisting victims of natural and man-made disasters, which according to its chairperson, Yvonne Hinds has been quite an achievement. She said since its establishment in 1994, the GRC has been able to make numerous interventions for persons. “I think we’ve done wonderfully and we’ve raised the bar for charities, because now we’re not only giving you a handout, we also help out with tools of trade and so on. We help people to get their passport and documents back. We’ve…

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Kissin fuh a livin

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Some people does wuk hard fuh a livin, while some don’t like to wuk at all. Some people does sell scandal fuh a livin and some does do backtrack fuh a livin. Then some does sell scandal and do backtrack at de same time fuh more than a livin. Ah didn’t call de Kocheur News owner name. A good set a people does be kissin fuh a livin. But which part a de body dem kisssin yuh could never know, because alotta de kissin does go on in private, but…

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The police can do better

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Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force will now focus attention on pedestrians who walk and text, and after arresting them, they will face disciplinary action by the police. This texting-and-walking thing was one of the very top concerns addressed by the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC), the police, and several stakeholder ministries. To all of these stakeholders, I have to ask what is the statistical backing in relation to accidents caused by pedestrians’ texting and walking? Even in big, busy cities such as Tokyo and London, texting-and-walking accidents are…

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No right to gag Minister Rohee

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Dear Editor, Regarding a news item on Clement Rohee chastising the opposition for gagging him as an elected member of parliament in the Guyana Times daily paper dated February 9, the minister is absolutely right. It is unprecedented that a parliament would punish an MP for not violating any standing order. So far, the opposition has not been able to cite any rule that Rohee violated to be denied his right to address the House or to be sent to the Privileges Committee for discipline. Also, the opposition passed a…

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Finally, a radio station that caters for the residents of Pomeroon

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Dear Editor, The residents of Kabakaburi in the Pomeroon would like to thank the management and staff of Radio Guyana 89.3FM for catering to the needs of our village. Villages like ours feel very left out when television and radio stations start broadcasting in Guyana and we do not receive their signal. At the moment, we only receive one channel from the Essequibo Coast and all others are foreign channels. I am a school teacher and I do not come to Georgetown often, but whenever I do I get the…

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Republic Day

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“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him” – Abraham Lincoln Despite being the shortest month on our calendar, February certainly seems to be one of the busiest. We have Valentine’s Day and then right on its heels, we have Republic Day coming up next week. (Then for me, my brother’s finally going to be a teenager. It may be easier dealing with him now rather than with…

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Heads of sectoral committees elected

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The National Assembly has moved closer to the fulfillment of its oversight role and function by electing last Thursday the chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the four constitutionally mandated sectoral standing committees. In a release, the Parliament office said the Economic Services Committee will be chaired by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Manzoor Nadir with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) MP Carl Greenidge serving as vice chairman. The Foreign Relations Committee will be chaired by APNU MP Deborah Backer, with PPP/C MP Bibi S Shadick as…

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AFC makes big promises to Berbicians

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Saying that it is fully convinced that more than ever the Alliance For Change (AFC) must fill the leadership vacuum in Guyana, the national executive council of the party met in Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Saturday. It declared that among other things it has the key to the future of Berbicians and the whole of Guyana. The party said together with all the peoples of this country, “we can move Guyana forward to realise its true potential as the bread basket of the Caribbean, the destination of choice for…

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Guyana’s foreign minister pushes peace message at Arab summit

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Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has reiterated Guyana’s position for peace between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people at the 12th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Under the theme “The Muslim World: New Challenges and Expanding Opportunities”, the summit was held in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt from February 6 to 7, where the minister spoke about the ongoing conflict between the two states. “As the first Caribbean Community (Caricom) country to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state based on its 1967 borders, and as a…

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Barefacedness run out fuh de cash man

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It got some people around who just can’t tell a lie. As soon as yuh look at dem yuh would know dem lie. But it got some other people who could really tell a lie. Old people seh dem bareface bad so yuh can’t know when dem tellin a lie. In fact, dem could lie and lie and get rich. So rich dat dem could buy plenty ting wid cash money. If dem want house in Miami, dem pay cash. If dem want printin press in New York, dem pay…

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