Caribbean region needs to work together to deal with challenges, says Guyana president
November 20, 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday evening told representatives of participating countries at the Caribbean Development Bank/Inter American Development Bank (CDB/IDB), Civil Society Organizations dialogue not to allow themselves to be lectured into creating a set of values in the region which may cause them to lose sight of their challenges and their unique way of dealing with them.
He stated that the challenges facing countries like Guyana demand that the region work together to deal with these issues. Read more
Caribbean Airlines cancels flight after computer on plane malfunctions
November 20, 2008
Some one hundred and fifteen passengers were seriously inconvenienced and forced to remain in Guyana yesterday, after a Caribbean Airlines flight was grounded owing to the malfunction of a computer on board the plane.
General Manager of Caribbean Airlines, South America, Carlton DeFour told Stabroek News that flight BW424 to JFK in New York with a stop in Trinidad was scheduled to leave the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at 12:30 pm yesterday, but had to be cancelled when problems developed with a computer on the plane. Read more
General Motors,Chrysler and Ford should be allowed to go Bankrupt. No Bailout!
November 18, 2008
The following is no surprise to many of us who has had the opportunity to drive an American made vehicle as to one that is designed and produced by a foreign company; a foreign vehicle is better designed and has a longer lifespan than an American made Vehicle. It does not matter whether it is a Chevy, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Buick or Mercury or Cadillac , they are at a great disadvantage to Hondas, Nissans, Mercedes, BMW’s etc….you get the point.
Now that sales from General Motors, Ford and Crystal are in the toilet, bankruptcy is now a fast approaching reality. Should the United States government help these American Motor Companies out of the hole they have purposely dug into….NO! The reason why is that for the past twenty-five years foreign car companies like Honda and Nissan have been investing a lot of dollars in Read more
Drug trade on the rise in Guyana, says crime chief
November 18, 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Despite managing to seize some 60 pounds of cocaine and more than 74,000 pounds of marijuana this year, tackling the drug trade remains one of the major hurdles for Guyana’s law enforcement agencies.
This is the word from the head of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Seelall Persaud who Friday last revealed that at the end of October, police had destroyed more than 50 ganja fields’ totalling 44-1/ 2 acres, which amounted to more than 33,000 kilograms of marijuana. Read more
The problem in Guyana lies with the existence of ethnic parties which are committed to ethnic voting
November 18, 2008
I refer to Mr Hamley Case’s letter ‘Inspired by Obama Guyanese should seize the day’ (SN 15.11.08) dealing with the lessons learned from the American elections and applying them to solve Guyana’s political problems.
The lessons from Obama’s election victory are simple.
(1) He never appealed to race to win votes. He ran mainly an issues-based campaign.
(2) The overwhelming majority of approximstely 115 million voters decided they wanted “change,” as in change from the Republican to the Democratic party. (They were tired of the Bush war; deregulation (responsible for the financial meltdown); lack of an energy policy; need for universal health care, etc.)
(3) The great fear was that the majority of the American voters would not be able to overcome their racial prejudices and vote for an African-American candidate. But they did with flying colours. This process was helped immensely by the brilliance of candidate Obama himself – always calm and cool as a cucumber; always right on the issues; always presenting the arguments in a non-threatening way; always appearing confident and knowledgeable, etc. Read more
What Obama’s victory hasn’t changed
November 16, 2008
While the election of Senator Barack Obama does suggest that American politics has withstood the Bush years better than many had feared, his margin of victory in the popular vote – six percentage points – should give pause to anyone who believes radical change is coming to Washington any time soon. Six points is far from a landslide given that Obama ran against a party that led the country into two major wars (after deceitfully inventing premises for one of them), made torture into an official policy and mismanaged the economy into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Obama’s margin seems even narrower if you consider that his campaign possessed an overwhelming financial advantage, and the man himself displayed surer political instincts than any nominee since Bill Clinton. Even so, 55 million voters, many of them swamped by political attack ads and months of shallow TV coverage, were prepared to consider the McCain/Palin ticket as a serious alternative despite their chaotic, clownish often farcical ill-preparedness in the final weeks of the campaign. Read more
Calypsonian Black Stalin gets honorary doctorate from UWI
November 15, 2008
Published on Monday, November 3, 2008
By Oscar Ramjeet
Caribbean Net News Special Correspondent
Email: oscar@caribbeannetnews.com
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Well known calypsonian Leroy ‘Black Stalin’ Calliste, immortalised for his ‘Caribbean Man’ calypso, was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI).
He was the third calypsonian to have received an honorary doctorate from the UWI. The others were Slinger Francisco (the Mighty Sparrow), and Hollis Liverpool (Chalkdust).
The Trinidad Express stated that ‘Stalin’ urged young and upcoming calypsonians to remain dedicated to the art form and to work hard because, he said, “Hard work pays off”. Read more
Letter: A national disgrace in Guyana by Rickford Burke
November 15, 2008
Published on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Dear Sir:
I am happy that Guyana’s second largest opposition political party, the AFC, has come out in support of Adam Harris’ and Guyana’s former Chief Magistrate, Juliet Holder-Allen’s, crusade for their retirement benefits which the Guyana government refuses to pay. These benefits are owed, due and payable, and must be honored forthwith.
I know both of these individuals. They are decent citizens and Guyanese patriots who, over the years, demonstrated unmistakable patriotism and dedication to public service in Guyana. They stayed at home in Guyana and labored in the most depressing, politically unstable circumstances imaginable. Read more
Chanderpaul’s hundred in vain as Pakistan clinch series
November 15, 2008
ABU DHABI (AFP): Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a fighting century but couldn’t stop Pakistan winning the second day-night international by 24 runs here on Friday, securing an unbeatable 2-0 lead.
The 34-year-old left-hander notched an unbeaten 107 — his ninth one-day hundred — but failed to get much support at the other end as Pakistani bowlers kept it tight to dismiss the West Indies for 208 in the 49th over.
Pakistan were also restricted by some disciplined deliveries by Jerome Taylor (3-38) and Daren Powell 3-50, with the team eventually bowled out for 232 in 49 overs on a slow Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch.
The third and final match is on Sunday. Read more
Corentyne Nickerie’s Crossing - A Comedy of Errors by Harry Bissoon
November 15, 2008
The recent tragedy on the Corentyne river, which included friends of mine, and the owner of a well known, long established, speed boat service from Guyana to Suriname, raises questions that verge on the ridiculous and speaks in no uncertain terms about the attitude and ineptitude of those in charge of overseeing travelling to and from Nickerie. As a matter of fact, travelling and working on the Corentyne river is largely dependent on the whims and fancies of the Surinamese govt, despite the fact that the river is home to Guyanese who travel and work the turbulent waters.Guyanese fishermen have to be licensed in Suriname before they can fish in the Corentyne waters, and they could be jailed in Surinamese prisons if they fail to comply. Read more
Jonestown Documentary on CNN, My wholehearted concerns and opinions…
November 15, 2008
I’m sure you have heard about Jim Jones and the massacre at Jonestown that occurred on November 18, 1978. As stated on the site, CNN did a documentary 30 years later with survivors of this horrendous incident. Jonestown’s incident is known as the worst mass murder/suicide in the entire Western Hemisphere. What was said, that 909 people died that day. 1/3 was children. 400 of those people who were not identified were flown to Oakland, California and buried in 1 large grave, isn’t that what we call humanity? Not only were these people forced to stay with a hideous leader and then during their final rites, buried in a giant hole.
Firstly, I’m quite outraged that CNN went to Guyana, South America and never even thought of speaking to any Guyanese authorities, residents and or politicians (and we know how those Guyanese Ministry of whatever-his-face loves camera time). How was this kept so exclusive that only Americans were filmed? Read more
Re-Calling the Diaspora
November 12, 2008
INTRODUCTION:
The new role of the 21st century Third World immigrant has significantly changed from the last 50 years. This change has become necessary because of the transformative nature of the global economy and the ultra competitiveness of those of the developed countries. This discussion serves to do three things: highlight the reasons for the change, demonstrate the necessity of a new strategy, and identify the tenants of said strategy. Read more
Review: My Honest Opinion about Twilight, the novel…
November 11, 2008
So, I’m sure many of you have heard of the new upcoming movie Twilight, based on the 4 book series by Stephanie Meyer. I want to let you know this blog is not going to tell the complete story the book – you can simply read it yourself and if you’re lazy, read the plot on some online article.
I have read the first book [Twilight] and in the process of reading the second, New Moon. To be honest, I wasn’t going to but my 11 year old cousin, Lauren urged me to. At first I seriously thought it would be such a juvenile read. Actually, to my surprise, it was insanely addicting to read. The book is based on Edward Cullen and Isabella (Bella) Swan. Edward is of course a vampire and Bella, a girl he finds interesting. They are both teens in high school, where they met and fall madly in love. Read more
Review: FedEx Provides better shipping service than DHL
November 11, 2008
Over the past few years, I’ve used both FedEx and DHL to ship internationally and time over time I’ve noticed that Fedex seems to get my package to the desired location on time unlike DHL which on many occasions could not locate my package within the shipping route. Moreover, the packages seem to get there a few weeks or days later with DHL. On one occasion, I sent a letter size envelope with DHL from Guyana to the United States and was told that the envelope would get to the destination in about five business days. How about one month later? DHL for some reason could not locate the package within the tracking system and thus I spent painstaking hours on the phone with DHL international helpline trying to locate the package. After about three weeks, they were able to locate the package in Trinidad and Tobago Piarco airport customs. After that incidence, DHL and I ended our long standing relationship. Read more
Yes! He is Guyanese. Ghalee Khan granted US$200,000 bail on drug charge
November 11, 2008
Ghalee Khan, the 31-year-old businessman and promoter, who was busted last week after a cocaine drop was made at a New York location has been granted US$200,000 bail by Justice Ramon E. Reyes.
Ghalee Khan
One of the conditions of his bail is that Khan, who is a US citizen, cannot make contact with his co-accused Danvor Griffith. The accused, along with four suretors, signed his bond. Read more