Really not five stars

Kaieteur News' Latoya Giles reports: "After numerous calls were made to the prison officials, the inmates, according to the source, broke off a piece of rotting wood which caused a hole in the wall."

A convenient paradox

There seems to be a big drive by the Government and its cronies to form some sort of alliance with the business community in an apparent effort to garner funds through various means. Keith Burrowes writing in the Sunday Chronicle "Revaluing the retired*" is suggesting that the private sector set up a fund to help our seniors. On the surface it seems like a wonderful idea. To support his idea he draws reference to the over reliance on Government. However, in the very same paragraph he still wants Government to facilitate the administration of the funds. The citizenry of this country should not put up with another scandal Mr. Burrowes or another fat cat to watch milk. Not that you are a fat cat or a cat for that matter. Your suggestion is conveniently flawed.

Mr Burrowes states...

"In this column, one of the issues I've usually written on is the over-dependence on government in too many areas. While government’s input is no doubt invaluable to the development of certain programmes, ownership of any initiative on the elderly needs to be at a national level. For example, one idea I would like to put forward is that of a sort of needs-based Pensioners' Fund, wherein government facilitates the administration of the fund which is supported by private sector contribution.

Related by purpose

Hello, I am Guyana Chronicle and today (Sunday January 31, 2009) I decided to dress like my brother in crime Guyana Times. My cousin is the Mirror and my step brother resides at Congress Place. You will meet more of my relatives during the third term campaign for my father, Bharrat Jagdeo.

Still alive...just like the third term-mobile

Be warned...we are still inclined to blog!

Run Kwame Run....

Kwame McCoy leaves town

October 1, 2009 | By KNews | Filed Under News

Information Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, who is embroiled in a controversy over a recorded conversation purportedly to involve him soliciting sexual favours from a 15-year-old boy, has left the city.

Yesterday he touched down at Lethem at the border with Brazil. He is heading to Brazil and is likely to end up in Venezuela.

However, Kaieteur News has been informed that McCoy, who boarded a Trans Guyana flight which left the Ogle Airport at 10:43 hrs yesterday, arrived at Lethem under an “assumed name” and not his known name.

Since news reports linked the adult voice making advances to the minor to McCoy, the President’s L:iaison officer proceeded on annual leave which was due to him.

McCoy reportedly went on leave last Wednesday. Permanent Secretary within the Office of the President Dr Nanda Gopaul did not return Kaieteur News’s call seeking confirmation on this.

McCoy was at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, on Monday when President Bharrat Jagdeo returned to Guyana after high levels meetings in the United States.

The President told reporters, soon after, that he would look into the McCoy matter and would make a determination on McCoy’s fate once he was fully briefed.

On Monday, activist Mark Benschop delivered a copy of the recording to the Office of the President.

When McCoy landed at Lethem yesterday, sources told Kaieteur News that he was picked up by an official of the ruling People’s Progressive Party.

McCoy’s departure from Georgetown came a day after Chief Justice Ian Chang dismissed an injunction McCoy had brought against Kaieteur News, Prime News and Capitol News, to prevent the media houses from “further publishing words or images that have the effect of insinuating or suggesting that Kwame McCoy is involved in acts of child molestation and sexual predation on minors until the determination of a summons to continue injunction.”

McCoy was also seeking damages in excess of $50M from each of the named defendants for what he calls libel.

Ann Greene calls on the community to protest McCow

CHILD Protection Week, observed under the theme ‘Caring communities raise caring children - Protect them now’, ended Friday, but Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency, Mrs. Ann Greene, maintained that community involvement remains a must for effectiveness.

Come on people follow Mrs. Greene and start an effective campaign to protect other children from venomous child predators the likes of Kwame McCow

Run lil boys run...

KN reports:

The group chanted slogans such as “run lil boys run, Kwame the predator is around”; “Shameful Kwame, wants protection from the judiciary”, “Kwame, you bring shame pun we country”, “God made Adam an Eve not Adam and Steve”, and “Kwame in the garden hiding”. The chanting went on for over an hour and caused drivers and passersby to stop and look in amusement.

Question it

Why is Dr. Randy Persaud anxious to promote Bharrat Jagdeo for a Nobel Peace Prize?

McCow must reign to Monkey Mountain

This Kaieteur News front page is glowing with colourful and interesting headlines, but the one that caught us is at the lower section of the Page. If Mr. McCow has any decency he would step down from all the state positions and allow for an investiagtion of some sorts. We will not debate the fairness of the investigation, but he must allow for one. Mr. McCow can go to Monkey Mountain for a while to ponder his actions.

If he refuses to do so, then the ball is in the President's court as other matters are being the micromanger he is. If Bharrat Jagdeo allows McCow to continue serving in his administration, then he would be in danger of exiting a morally broken Office of the President - one that supports abuse of our women and children, who are protected by numerous laws across the world. The incoming president will have a lot of work to restore respectability to the office. It is not impossible.

Life is fair in Guyana!

Mr. Evan Persaud makes sexual advances at students and he is fired as a lecturer at the University of Guyana, Kwame McCoy makes sexual advances at a little boy and he is allowed to continue serving. Both have political connections to the governing party. Isn't life fair in Guyana?

McCoy should reign...SASOD should lead the call

Phone records show that the infamous sex call was made from 226-1832 to 223-7502, a direct line to Kwame McCoy at Office of the President.The call started at 16:54:03 hrs and lasted for 20 minutes.

However, in the mico-management scheme of things, this little 15-year-old boy must wait until daddy returns from New York before a public paedophile is dealt with.

Kaieteur News reports...It was pointed out that in light of McCoy’s denial the unit has to wait until President Jagdeo returns to ascertain the likely course of action. What the fuck is this about. This makes a mockery of the Rights of the Child Commission and Guyana as a state.

Where is SASOD in all of this. Is forcing buggery on a child something that you condone. Certainly you do condone buggery and you fight for it to become law. Speak up, let's hear from you memebers of SASOD. The last time you spoke you accused the state of sponsoring homophobia. Will you now accuse the state of sponoring paedophiles?

Smart move!

We must applaud the fact that Mark Benschop took this bold move yesterday. We encourage him to take the cart to Berbice, Lethem, Esequibo and Linden. They too have not heard!

'Operation Koetai’

Guyana has made a mockery of its immigartion laws by attempting to deport a large group of mermons. That is agreed and accepted by most right thinking Guyanese. Guyanese throughout the Caribbean have been the constant target for deportation and are subjected on a regular basis to additional immigration scrutiny especially in Barbados and Antigua. Perhaps because these two islands are bursting with expatraite Guyanese, a large percentage working and living illegally.

It was only a matter of time before other Caribbean countries jump on their band wagon and started to deport Guyanese living and working illegally in their jurisdiction. Suriname has done so under "Operation Koetai". Bahamas has repeatedly held immigration sweeps which net Guyanese literally. Bahamas employs a less humane method to capture illegal migrants, but it depends on which side of the argument you stand. Guns and batons are hardly used in the Bahamas. Instead, they use large nets and often pounce on unsuspecting aliens like dog catchers.

We expect immigration operations to launched in St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Grenada and Trinidad. Guyanese continue to be driven out by political unrest and victimisation; insecurity and crime; lack of economic oppertunties and vision of the Government; and rampant corruption condoned by those in authority. Those elected are running around chatting about stark developments, yet Guyana is seen externally hovering above Haiti, considered the poorest country in the hemisphere. Until, the Government come to grips and accept the realities that confront this nation, Guyanese will continue to find ways to make hay in other countries. Life's lessons are simple and it teaches that for you to fix a problem, you must first find it.

There is a sense of hopelessness and dispair with a large percentage of citizens craving for an Obama-type leader to enter the fray. Faced with so many internal struggles, the Government of the day acted like morons when they jumped on those mormons who preach peace, love and togetherness.

We need an immigration policy that works better than the bandaid policies that have come on stream since 1992.

Timeka's upcoming project

When we heard about Timeka's newest project with popular danchall act, Busy Signal, we could not help but think when will she get down to writing and producing her own songs. Everyone else is busy, busy trying to write their own music while she is satisfied with joyriding on everyone's track.

Did we mention her slutty out of character roles she has been portraying in those videos? She is Guyanaese, but her aim should be above appearing in a few videos, rolling up in bed and grinding at the bar.

Hits and Jams which manages this young lady must sample the blame here. If you are a singer in the Caribbean, you will not make much money from cd sales. Your cds are promotional items for a stage show invite. Money is really raked in from tours and stage performances.

We ask of anyone reading this to rest you patriotism for a moment and ask what songs would Timeka excite a crowd at Summer Splash (since she is working out of Jamaica). The answer is pretty simple. Below is the teaser for her video with Busy Signal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZe6ys7elo

Oooh Oooh Haaaa...Monkey that..Evolution explained

First there were Monkeys

Then came evolution

Which resulted in dumb Presidential Advisors

Quote of the day

According to Ramjattan, the PPP/C has ‘out of the blue’ said that the Royal Mounted Police of Canada investigated him for backtracking.

“I am totally unaware of all of that…I want to mention that I have my visa to Canada, Britain and America…many of them in the PPP and in Cabinet don’t have that.”

Van West Charles officially pulls out of PNCR leadership race

Today marks an historic time in the history of not only the PNC but inGuyanese political history. Today, Dr Richard Van West Charles andWinston Murray will begin the process of changing the political culturein the party founded by Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham.

Dr Van West Charles, in a display of political maturity rarely seen inGuyanese politics will withdraw from the PNC leadership race andsupport former Party Chairman Winston Murray whom he believes is anexemplary candidate who has served the PNC and Guyana for the pastthirty years.

This move comes after many discussions over recent yearsbetween both leaders whose common fear is that under the presentleadership the PNC will soon fade into oblivion thus denying thousandsof Guyanese the representation against a repressive, racist, corruptand inept PPP.

An official press briefing will be held at noon today then both leaderswill depart for Berbice in a last minute campaign tour.

Stone her!

What kind of sick woman would do something like this. She needs to be dragged in front the Stabroek Market square and stoned!

Corbin slides into leadership race

Ending months of speculation, incumbent Robert Corbin yesterday officially announced his decision to contest to retain the post of leader of the main opposition PNCR, saying his primary motivation is the need to have stable leadership to make the party “fit for purpose.”

Flanked by supporters including PNCR vice-chairs Basil Williams and Volda Lawrence, Corbin told a news briefing that he accepted the nomination of the 160-odd groups which nominated him and emphasised that he would be part of a team concerned about the future of the party, and Guyana.

“I am part of a team that recognises that the enemy is not within but is the present administration that has been involved in several violations of our constitution and has indeed put Guyana in a parlous state at this moment,” he explained.

He said too that in order for the party to confront the current administration, it needed to build unity and strength. He acknowledged that there was a mammoth task ahead of the party in terms of conflict resolution, building harmony and ensuring that it was all inclusive to confront challenges that lie ahead. [link]

Chronicle paints Robert Persaud a liar

There has been a big flare up over Friday's meda inspection of projects being undertaken by the Agriculture Ministry. Persaud claims here that he was not moved to take the media by compelling reports and questions from Kaieteur News. He dispells the claim.

However, the Guyana Chronicle has proven that the Minister is lying about the reasons behind the media tour.

Chronicle claims " The inspection exercise was also in response to a number of queries raised by the local daily, the Kaieteur News, at press briefings and in articles, for specific information on these projects, and the representatives of that entity not only had the opportunity of having all its uncertainties clarified but were also provided with a map of the locations at reference."

The Minister certainly needs to explain how a paper friendly to him opposes what he stated. Robert "Backpeddling" Persaud has some explaining to do.