Year: 2012

“Seize opportunities from oil and gas sector to help develop Guyana”

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– Canadian envoy urges private sector Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, David Devine said open and transparent mechanisms to manage the gains of the oil and gas sector in Guyana in an equitable manner is crucial if citizens are to share in the wealth this sector could bring. Devine was at the time addressing members of the Central Corentyne Chambers of Commerce at their dinner and awards ceremony held last Saturday. Devine said Guyana is on the cusp of potentially discovering significant quantities of oil and natural gas, and with…

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Ultimate chutzpah

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Ultimatum The opposition has served an ultimatum on the government. Unless Rohee retires within “48 hours”, they’re coming out in “mass protests” in the city. Both APNU and AFC made the threat. Well, Nigel Hughes, chairman of the AFC, did – leader Ramjattan and Deputy Chairman Nagamootoo were nowhere to be seen. Benschop substituted. Guyanese should know by now what ‘mass protests’ in Georgetown means. It’s a code for them to literally flex their muscles – with the street and criminal riff-raff sure to quickly take control. You should know…

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Supporting Guyanese pride

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Dear Editor, Our Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodriges-Birkett has said that Guyanese continue to be unfairly targeted by authorities in Trinidad. Recently, Guyanese in Barbados complained to the president and even the former president had his dose where complaining was concerned. The minister was dealing with the negative perceptions faced by Guyanese, travelling overseas and she singled out Trinidad and Tobago as an example. She said that despite various agreements, the Caricom sister state continues to target Guyanese unfairly, with visitors having to undergo repeated security checks, even when in transit…

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Keep up the fight against domestic violence

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Dear Editor, I always say that people must do what little they can and when they can. I may never be able to change the world, but I can help bring cheers to many lives by doing and being good, as much as I can. This is the idea in my mind when I read that the U. S. embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) donated a 32-watt generator to the Domestic Violence Counselling Centre (DVCC) in Region Six. This may be a ‘little and without fanfare’ gesture, but it will…

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Stories about drugs discovery have clouded good reports about CJIA

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Dear Editor, Recent news about the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has been mostly about drugs. In fact, reports about its expansion and upgrading work almost fell off the radar. Now there is a good turn and I think that I should make a few remarks. I like the staging of a partial emergency exercise at the airport facility. This is very vital. It involved a simulated aircraft crash at night at the aerodrome. This had to be a profitable experience. Even though I am hoping that accidents will be…

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GuyExpo is indeed a meaningful exercise to showcase what Guyana has to offer

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Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Kaieteur News of September 29, 2012 under the caption, “GuyExpo is a fairground,” attributed to a columnist writing under the pseudonym “Peeping Tom”. My initial response is the writer probably either ingested something which severely affected his or her judgment, wrote the said piece prior to the evening of September 27 when the curtain came up on this year’s GuyExpo, or focused attention on an event which he or she did not witness. But upon reflection, I thought of giving the…

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Urling says positive growth experienced over the years must be maintained

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The positive growth Guyana has seen over the last 16 years must be maintained and extended for the long haul, Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Clinton Urling told the government. The statement was part of a congratulatory message to the PPP/ C administration on the occasion of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the party in government at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal on Tuesday. Urling noted, however, that maintaining the momentum would require maturity on all sides of the political spectrum. Nevertheless, the GCCI head has little…

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A grounded career

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“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so” – Doris Lessing Well, this month is ‘Agriculture Month’ and my thoughts inevitably wandered to the five years of Agricultural Science I’d persevered through high school. People might look at me or any of my peers and think, ‘What could a bunch of kids possibly know about agriculture?’ If the truth be told, we know more than a thing or two. You’d be surprised at the excruciatingly detailed agricultural…

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Top of the world

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Satiricus is besides himself. Well, after jumping up and down from his sofa during Marlon Samuel’s knock, he might literally be so – in the blur that he probably presented to the rest of the gang looking at the game. How long had he waited for this victory? Happy days are here again for his beloved West Indian cricket. What was next? #1 in test cricket? 50 over World Cup champs? It was now time for the usual post-mortem. The fellas enjoyed this as much as the game. “I feel…

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Footsteps Mega Store opens doors

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– five-star restaurant, rooftop dining expected soon The multimillion-dollar United Centre Footsteps Mega Store at Camp and Regent streets, Georgetown will be opening its doors today (Thursday) to shoppers. The six- storey, 58,300 square foot building is being called the first contemporary shopping centre in Guyana. “We think that the United Centre is the first contemporary shopping centre in Guyana. We have amalgamated our stores, our Essential Shopping Centre stores, Footsteps, and our Home and Beyond stores and we have brought them together into one single environment which we call…

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