Third bandit identified as Paradise youth
Almost the entire Dazzell Housing Scheme, Paradise, East Coast Demerara, is in a state of shock following the revelation that one of the gunmen killed in last Friday’s shootout at the Cromarty, Foreshore in Berbice was Cranston Hugh Gill. Gill, 21, of Eighth Street, Dazzell Scheme had told his parents and other relatives that he [...]
Police hunt two armed sexual predators in Linden
Police in Linden are in pursuit of two armed sexual predators, who terrorised two Linden families for at least a half hour Friday evening. Recounting the incident yesterday, one of the affected families told this newspaper that she and her 17-year-old niece went in to South Amelia’s Ward to uplift some things from another family [...]
‘Aunty Gerty’ – A special person
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word ‘special’ as someone exceptional in quality of degree, and distinguished from others of the kind by a particular quality or feature. A ‘hero’ is described as a person admired and venerated for his or her achievements and noble qualities in any field. Whatever you choose to call them, [...]
$10,000 for negative HIV/AIDS result
…Investigation still ongoing It has been one month now since the story broke about an individual accepting bribes from people in order to give them a test result stating that they are HIV negative, although they would have tested positive for the virus. However, to date the investigation into the allegation, which was [...]
Archaic Land Law facilitates fraud
By Gary Eleazar Two attorneys have signaled their intention to wage a campaign aimed at updating the Local Land laws with a view to making it mandatory for an agreement of sale to be recognised as having a vested interest. Attorneys-at-Law Anil Nandlall and Manoj Narayan said that in Guyana the system of Land Law [...]
Meeting with PUC meaningless, entity degutted of powers
- AFC The Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) proposed meeting with the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) will be meaningless given that the former has been completely degutted of any authority of the GPL’s tariffs. This is according to Chairman of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, who noted that when the PUC was established [...]
More fire stations needed in Demerara
The recent opening of housing schemes along the Demerara coast has prompted calls for additional fire stations to be erected in places where these new schemes exist. Over the last few months there seemed to have been an upsurge in the number of fires throughout the coast and many of these structures have been destroyed, [...]
New rest house for Kaieteur National Park
- Operators complain of poor condition of facility atop Kaieteur A new rest house and warden building is being constructed at Tukeit in the Kaieteur National Park, even as tour operators complain about the poor condition of the guest house atop Kaieteur Falls. A grant agreement was recently signed for the construction of the rest [...]
Region Three to observe World AIDS Day with Youth Rally
With major emphasis on ensuring that school children are aware of the scourge of the dreaded HIV/AIDS, a grand youth rally is scheduled for tomorrow at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground as part of Region Three’s observance of World AIDS Day. The activity, which was planned by the Region Three Regional AIDS Committee, will commence [...]
A very challenging year ahead for the forestry sector
…growth will be determined by recovery from global financial crisis The forestry sector in Guyana has had a very challenging year and adding to that is the rippling effects of the current financial crisis. Several countries, particularly Canada, are facing severe hardships in this sector as a result of the global financial crisis. Chief Executive [...]
Renal failure patient still needs money
Abdool Raffi-Khan, 43, is still appealing to the public, especially to the Muslim community, for assistance to continue his dialysis treatment. The treatment costs some $108,000 weekly for the family, money that the family says that it does not have. Khan, along with his wife, explained that he was diagnosed last May with chronic renal [...]
Kaneville residents ‘fed up’ with Housing Ministry’s inaction
Residents of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara have expressed their frustration with some officials at the Ministry of Housing, whom they noted have failed to effectively respond to their dilemma as it relates to the construction of a house on the main access road in the community. On Monday, some of the residents met with officials [...]
Paediatric Heart Surgery to be conducted at CHI by next year
- even list for adult heart surgeries increase By Sharmain Cornette Plans are apace to have paediatric heart surgery be done right here in Guyana for the first time at the Caribbean Heart Institute by mid next year. This disclosure was made yesterday by Head of the Institute, Dr Gary Stephens, who said that the plans [...]
ACDA launches mentorship dimension of Youth Leadership Programme
On Friday November 21, 2008, the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) launched the Mentorship dimension of its IDB Youth Leadership Programme that is jointly funded by the Inter American Development Bank. The launching, which was held at the ACDA’s Thomas Lands office, was launched with Rhonda Johnson and Debra Boodie of Guyana Telephone and [...]
Former Clico employees await court ruling on pension payout
The hearing into the alleged non-payment of pension to former employees of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) is slated to continue on Tuesday, even as efforts are made to highlight circumstances that led to the situation. The disgruntled employees for a second time on Friday last staged a picketing exercise outside of the Camp [...]
Hijacked car recovered in Berbice
- four held trying to arrange sale Police in Berbice have arrested four men following the recovery of a car that was hijacked last Wednesday night on Mandela Avenue. Police say that the men arrested were arranging a sale for the car. According to a source, at about 11:00 hours on Friday, police received a tip [...]
12-year-old requires urgent assistance to remove eye tumour
When it comes to her health there is no doubt that 12-year-old Tionne Jones has been dealt a bad hand, a dilemma her family hopes could be reversed with financial assistance from caring members of the public. It was just last year, according to Tionne’s aunt Karen Trapp that the child’s health had diminished severely [...]
The economy is fuelled by taxes
Once more the critics, having run out of things to talk about, are talking about the value added tax which was introduced to ensure that the government collects its fair share of revenue from people who earned substantially more than the working people of this country, but who, unlike the workers in the public sector, [...]
Guyanese Literature Junction
by Petamber Persaud Within minutes of each other, on Wednesday August 20, 2008, two new Guyanese books arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri; one was brought by its author, Sasenarine Persaud and the other found its way into the hands of its eagerly waiting author, Petamber Persaud. Both books came off the press [...]
GT&T mulls legal action against ‘biased’ regulatory body
By Gary Eleazar Director of Rate Making at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Gene Evelyn yesterday confirmed that the company is gearing toward taking legal action against what it call a biased regulatory body, namely the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The PUC recently forced the telecommunication company to suspend its most recent promotional [...]
Fruta EBFA under 13 League…
Grove & Timehri Panthers post opening day wins Grove and Timehri Panthers posted early wins as competitive football made a welcome return to the East Bank of Demerara after almost two years when the Fruta sponsored Under-13 League kicked off yesterday, at the Providence ground. Grove hammered Bagotstown 5-1, while Timehri Panthers edged Samatta Point [...]
Come Home – our best hope
INTRODUCTION: I have met Guyanese citizens overseas and it is always pleasant to gaff about things in Guyana. As the global financial crisis continues to affect people around the world, there may be an opportunity for our brothers and sisters living outside of Guyana to re-engage the possibilities of how they can help our nation [...]
I did say that some gunmen would be confronted and would come out the worse in the confrontation. There will be more of the same but not to the extent of Friday’s confrontation. And this time around, the environment would be more populated. The public would be in for a surprise because of the identity [...]
Multi million dollar facilities to be unveiled at Port Mourant Turf Club
The management of Port Mourant Turf Club on the Corentyne Coast has left no stone unturned in ensuring that the Sunday, December 7 Race Meet will be one of the best to be staged. To maintain the club’s top billing, the Directors took members of the public and the media on an inspection tour of [...]
