Caricom machinery cannot represent Guyana in Canada –Jagdeo
…AFC supports revamping of entity President Bharrat Jagdeo is adamant that the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) which recently concluded the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, cannot represent Guyana’s position on the upcoming trade talks with Canada. Jagdeo made the disclosure during a recent press briefing at the Office of the President, where he [...]
Dr.Van-West Charles free to challenge for party leadership – Corbin
Opposition Leader Robert Corbin has said that any member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is free to contest the leadership of the party, as long as the outlined procedures are obeyed. He was responding to reports of Former Health Minister Richard Van-West Charles’s indication that he will be challenging the leadership of the [...]
Flooding will affect export capability
President Bharrat Jagdeo has conceded that the flooding along the coastland will have a negative impact on the country’s ability to export some commodities, particularly rice and sugar. The President was, however, hopeful that the country would still be able to fulfill its first quarter commitments to regional and international markets. The targets will “definitely” [...]
Taxi drivers concerned as hijacking on the incresae
Over the past week, there has been a marked increase in the number of cases of carjacking in and around Georgetown. Two taxis being stolen within four days of each other. A senior police source noted that carjacking has been a trend in Guyana since the late 1990s. It was a copy cat crime that [...]
Search team to check new site for missing plane
Prometheus Resources Guyana Inc. is mobilizing a team to conduct ground searches at Eping, Cuyuni/Mazaruni, after aerial photographs indicated that the Beech King Air plane which went missing last year may have crashed there. Company official Shazadh Khan told Kaieteur News yesterday that the team is expected to reach the area by Monday. According to [...]
Guyana gets breakthrough in tackling HPV
…testing to begin in a few weeks By Melanie Allicock “The general public will be able to access the HPV rapid tests in the same way that they are able to access HIV tests,”—Minister Ramsammy Guyana is to record a landmark initiative, in another few weeks, with the introduction of rapid testing for the Human [...]
GLU to meet with M&CC to address pay increase for workers
- as GLGOU calls for improved management strategies A meeting to determine the way forward with regards to an increase in wages and salaries for the municipal workers represented by the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) is slated to be convened on Tuesday. And according to General Secretary of the Union, Carvil Duncan, it is his [...]
Digicel faces court action for call interference
THE row between Jamaica’s two telecom giants intensified this week when LIME took its complaint of call blocking to the Supreme Court, and was granted an ex parte injunction ordering Digicel to restore all connections between the networks of the two mobile providers. LIME’s claim also sought damages for breach of the Interconnection Agreement between [...]
Guyana achieves target in malaria reduction
Guyana has achieved its goal in the reduction of malaria for 2008. Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy had targeted having less than 10,000 new infections for last year; and in an interview with this newspaper recently, he divulged that the actual figure for the period under review was less than 8000. This represented a 25 [...]
GDF reaches out to Buxton
…gives stove to community club The Toucan II Multi-Purpose Club and the community of Buxton-Friendship were assured that the Guyana Defence Force was not going to give up on the community. The GDF presented a spanking new four-burner floor model Frigidaire stove, valued at $54,000, to the Club yesterday. This initiative is in keeping with [...]
South R/veldt Primary closed due to flooding
Students of the South Ruimveldt Primary are staying home from school until further notice, due to flooding in the area. The students were told to stay home as of Thursday. Kaieteur News was told that the school was yesterday awaiting a visit from a team from the Ministry of Health, but the team never arrived. [...]
Excavator cuts fibre optic cable on Essequibo Coast
A contractor employed to clear a drainage canal on the Essequibo Coast, in the vicinity of the village of Good Hope, yesterday damaged GT&T’S fibre optic cable, resulting in the loss of service to approximately 130 customers [WLL, FWA, CELLULAR] between Dartmouth and Charity. The company, when alerted about the cut, dispatched personnel to investigate [...]
GWI steps up campaign against water vendors
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is moving against those persons in the business of selling the water distributed by the utility. Those selling water do not have the permission to do so, said Rawle Aaron, GWI’s Public Relations Officer. According to GWI, all water vendors, individuals and companies engaged in the business of selling water, [...]
‘Monique’s Caring Hands’ completes successful year
Monique’s Caring Hands, as stated by Chief Executive Officer Dawn Stewart, has completed a successful year with every project and initiative it embarked on during that period. In an interview on Thursday, the USA-based CEO noted that the Guyana leg of her organisation still struggles to satisfactorily carry out its functions. The CEO stated that [...]
City Mayor vows to sustain viability of M&CC
…in the wake of halted restructuring process The process of restructuring, although very crucial to the improved operation of the municipality, has not been advanced in a manner acceptable to City Mayor Hamilton Green. And the mayor has attributed this challenge to the reluctance, at the level of the municipal administration and some aspects of [...]
Opposition to Top Cop’s appointment irks Luncheon
Government’s chief spokesperson, Dr Roger Luncheon, has suggested that Opposition Leader Robert Corbin put his money where his mouth is in challenging the appointment of Police Commissioner Henry Greene. Greene was sworn-in as Commissioner on December 31, 2008, after acting as Commissioner since July 2006. Corbin said that the appointment of a Commissioner of Police [...]
Justice Reform strategy could clear court backlog
The Justice Sector Reform Strategy will pave the way for strengthened linkages between judicial institutions. This newspaper understands that the reform strategy focuses on strengthening systems and linkages between the institutions in the justice sector, with a view to providing “joined up” justice. “In the civil justice system, for example, even if the courts are [...]
Daily health surveillance continues
- as rains persist Intensified health surveillance, engaged by the Ministry of Health some weeks ago, continues across the country, even as the flooding situation resulting from increased rainfall takes its toll in varying forms on residents of flood-affected communities. And although Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, up to two days ago, reported that there [...]
CDC to incorporate GDF for disaster relief
Shelters being set up for creek communities The Government has asked the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to assign soldiers to work with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to implement a disaster relief plan for flood-hit communities. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, who said that flooding is likely to continue over an [...]
Conductor slapped with assault charges
On Thursday, Yan Lickerish, 38, of 96 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of unlawful assault, causing bodily harm. It is alleged that, on December 18 last, the defendant unlawfully assaulted Ray Blackman. He pleaded not guilty to the offence. Lickerish, a conductor at the [...]
Clothes vendor placed on bail
Frankie Persaud, 40, a vendor by profession, must answer a charge of simple larceny. He appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face this charge, following the allegation that, last January 7, he last he stole one pair of jeans from Giftland Office Max. He pleaded not guilty to the offence. Persaud said that [...]
Warring in-laws bonded to keep the peace
Linton Allen, 28, of 111 Leopold Street, Georgetown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday to face a charge of assault. It is alleged that on Wednesday last, at the Leopold Street, Georgetown address, the accused unlawfully assaulted his sister in-law, Anita Allen, and her husband Leslie Allen, 33, who is the defendant’s [...]
78-year-old arson suspect, accused human traffickers remanded
While some elderly people are resting comfortably at home with family members, 78-year-old Walter De Goeas, of 2 Princes Street, Charlestown, would have to face the harsh reality of prison life. He is accused of setting fire to his home with the intent of causing harm to his wife, Cowari De Goeas, on January 5, [...]
Teenaged girl goes missing
Thirteen-year-old Shyon Rose is missing. Her mother, Jennifer Rose, said on Thursday, at her 14-14 Durban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown residence, that her daughter was last seen on Tuesday afternoon at around 15:30 hrs, when she left with her school uniform in a haversack to have it pressed at her father (Roger Hoppie’s) home at 2574 [...]
Employer accuses staff of theft
Surajdat Persaud, 40, of Fifth Field, Cummings Lodge Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, on a charge of stealing US$1242; TT$700; and one US driver’s license, property of Hemdat Kumar. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. According to the defendant, he worked with Kumar [...]
