Let us oppose those laws which embrace the death culture
Dear Editor, Two Thousand and Nine, like 2008, seems to have started off on a very bloody note with a number of lives that were taken over the past week, even as we mark the first anniversary of the Lusignan attacks and would be marking the same for the Bartica attack shortly. Human life, we [...]
The Linden scene
Dear Editor, “Life goes not backwards nor tarries with yesterday” – K. Gibron. Anyone would much rather moving forward in an atmosphere of optimism rather than be harping back to the unpleasant. But what of a state of condition where things that should have been done or rectified, instead have been left unattended for whatever [...]
Futsal, basketball for MSC hard–court tonight
– as part of Rotaract Club of Linden fundraiser The Rotaract Club of Linden along with the Linden Amateur Basketball Association and Pioneer Construction Company will stage a fundraising basketball game and futsal clash at Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) tonight. The fundraising event, in aid of heart surgery for Mark Beckles in India, will begin [...]
CHILD ABUSE
Instances of abused children litter the pages of our newspaper with alarming frequency. It does not matter what school of psychology or sociology we believe in. All agree that it is not clothes but the child that “maketh the man”. Subconsciously, one’s childhood experiences, especially injuries, exert a great influence over one’s thinking as an [...]
BITTEN BY ITS OWN BUG
Can you imagine what it would have been like for the people of Linden had the PNCR motion been passed to allow for NCN to broadcast live and unedited the proceedings of the National Assembly? Already the people of Linden are fed up with the fact that the only station which they receive is NCN. [...]
GuySuCo continues to baffle Guyanese
Dear Editor, Kaieteur News article of 29th January 2009, captioned, “GuySuCo set to import sugar”, from Guatemala within the coming days is a cause for serious concern. It’s incomprehensible that a company that invests approximately US$200M in a new state-of-the-art factory would import sugar for local consumption. The last time that sugar was imported, I [...]
Annual Mayor’s Cup football postponed due to inclement weather
Tourney now set to start on Feb 20 The Organisers of the annual Mayor’s Cup 16-team invitational knockout tournament scheduled to commence today has been forced postpone the event due to the current weather pattern. The adverse weather has forced the postponement of the tournament since the persistent rain in the city has affected the [...]
Suspected thief, rape accused granted bail
After being incarcerated for the last four months, Tony Ellis, 24, was finally able to secure bail in the sum of $175,000 after a stirring bail application by his attorney, Sunil Scarce, on Monday. Granting bail was Anna Regina Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty. Ellis, a labourer from Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast, was charged with simple [...]
Another life lost on the Berbice roadway
NUMBER SEVENTY-TWO VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Thirteen-year-old Bibi Haniff of Number Seventy-two Village, Corentyne, was added to road fatality statistics after she was run over by a truck, GJJ 6819. The incident took place about 08:30 hours yesterday at the Number Seventy-two Village Public Road, Corentyne. The victim and her mother recently moved from Number Seventy-eight [...]
Guyana set to import sugar
Guyana, a sugar producing country, will be importing sugar from Guatemala, within the coming days. Kaieteur News has learnt that the move is to facilitate the provision of sugar on the local market since the 2009 sugar crop will commence later than expected. In a letter sent out by the corporation under the hand of [...]
Air traffic controllers to strike from tomorrow
The drama continued yesterday between the Air Traffic Controllers and the management of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority as employees served a notice of strike beginning tomorrow. Yesterday, there was no one in the flight information centre promoting a ‘Notice to Airmen’ (NOTAM) to be sent out to alert all flight crews that a service [...]
Bogus nursing school owner refunds students
Some 30 students of the bogus ‘Inter-America Nursing School’ which has been operating out of lot 5 Cummings Street and North Road, Georgetown, are now breathing a sigh of relief because some of them were refunded their money yesterday at the Brickdam Police Station. And the woman is still in police custody, even as [...]
$200M claim on Kalamadeen’s life insurance hits dead end in court
Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang, on Monday last, ruled that the Commissioner of Insurance and the Insurance Arbitration Board by themselves or agents be restrained from arbitrating the complaint made to the Board by the Estate of Mohamed Farouk Kalamadeen against Clico Life and General Insurance Co. (S.A.) Limited for denying the Estate’s death claim [...]
39 Cadet Officers promoted to Ensigns
After almost 10 months of intense training, 39 cadet officers from the Standard Officers’ Course #41 were yesterday decorated with their rank of ensign at a special ceremony which was held at the Guyana Defence Force Headquarters, Camp Ayanganna. Ensign Quincy Agard was adjudged Under Officer (best graduating student). The ranks, among whom were [...]
Inmate attempts suicide in Camp Street jail
Clive Gall, 51, who was on Tuesday convicted for the killing of his son and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, yesterday attempted to take his life in the Georgetown Prisons. Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine, said that prison officials discovered Gall in the bathroom at around 14:00hours with several wounds about his body that appeared [...]
Racing driver kills motorcyclist on West Coast Demerara
Early morning traffic on the Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, was brought to a halt at approximately 08:30 hours yesterday, when a motorcar (PKK 6105) slammed into a scooter, killing Daniel Damon. The 31-year-old Damon lived at Lot ‘R’ Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara. A police statement said that the motorcar was proceeding along the [...]
15-year-old girl at centre of murder probe
STANLEYTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – Police in Berbice are investigating a suspected murder and are questioning a 15-year-old female of 54 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam. The victim is said to be a two-year-old sister of the person being questioned. A source indicated that the teen told investigators a set of things, all pointing to the supernatural. Among [...]
Attorneys must have access to their clients in police custody – Greene
The need for attorneys-at-law to have access to their clients, including prisoners in the lockups, was one of the high points for discussion at the recently concluded inaugural conference for sergeants and inspectors of the Guyana Police Force. The issue was raised by Commissioner of Police Henry Greene during his feature address at the opening [...]
CHPA board to meet with residents on illegal construction
Following months of struggle by residents of Subryanville to stop the construction of a three-storey commercial building in the residential area, the board of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has finally decided to hold a meeting today with four residents from the community to listen to their concerns. The residents are slated to [...]
Walking Monk on Guyana journey
Bhaktimarga Swami, better known as the “Walking Monk”, is in Guyana to be part of the Hare Krishna Movement’s seven-day festival called Padayatra – the walking festival which began on Monday and ends this Sunday. Using drama, presentations, lectures, dances and Bhagans, the movement aims to preach the message of peace, unity and national wellbeing. [...]
Teen charged for Buxton murder
A teenager from Buxton was yesterday charged for the 2005 murder of Franklyn Talbot, called “Cochore”. The teen made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, without any family or social services representation. He was not required to plead since the charge was indictable. He was remanded to police custody and is expected [...]
GTUC demands drop in electricity rates
As the price of fuel remains low, the Guyana Trades Union Congress is calling for an immediate reduction in the rate of electricity. Speaking with the media yesterday, Acting General Secretary, Norris Witter, said that that other countries within Caricom such as Barbados and Jamaica have adjusted their tariffs to reflect the drop in fuel [...]
Family contends Guyanese woman was murdered in Barbados
Following the mysterious death of 38-year-old Bibi Hasim, who was found dead at her chicken farm work place in Barbados, her relatives are of the view that she was murdered. However, they could not say who would want to murder her. Kaieteur News understands that the woman was reportedly inside the chicken cleaning container when [...]
Republic Bank confirms dismissal of senior staff
Officials at the Republic Bank Guyana Limited have confirmed that three of its officers have been relieved of their duties as the police continue to investigate the alleged fraud involving more than $250M. Speaking to this newspaper yesterday, the bank’s Public Relations Officer, Jenelle Dummett, confirmed the dismissals but could not say definitively if the [...]
Sport Organisations need to have strategic plan, vision and accountability – Singh
-GT&T donate $1million to GRFU By Rawle Welch “Sport Organisations wishing to solicit our support must have a solid strategic plan, deliverables and a proper balance sheet,” Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) Major General Retired Joe Singh told the gathering that assembled at the Guyana Rugby Football Union’s (GRFU) [...]
