CLICO entities collapse in the region
… local branch insists that it is safe The Barbados Nation has reported that a High Court judge has granted an ex-parte injunction to the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) and the Colonial Life Insurance Company Limited (CLICO) preventing the embattled conglomerate CL Financial from conducting any local or international business with [...]
TUC not happy with Govt.’s take on CLICO Guyana
…authorities complacent – Witter The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has said that the union is dissatisfied over the callous manner in which the Government of Guyana and the opposition have been treating with the CLICO financial crisis given its implication for CLICO (Guyana). At a press conference at the Critchlow Labour College yesterday, General [...]
EPA discussions feature at ACP/EU confab
“We were pawns in these negotiations for the creation of a larger framework” – Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that there is still a very long way to go in implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). According to him, there are going to be problems with money to implement a lot of the [...]
Four held; sour drug deal may have led to murder
… Body under the Mon Repos/Triumph Bridge Four persons are in police custody assisting with investigations into the discovery of Munilall Mangru’s body, under a bridge at Mon Repos/Triumph, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday. Two brothers, who are suspected drug dealers, and who ply their trade in nearby communities, an apparent eyewitness to the [...]
‘Weakness fuh sweetness’ lands man in lockups
As management of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continues to address the problems within the company, the administration must now deal with people stealing sugar. Kaieteur News has learnt that one person is in custody following the theft of an undisclosed amount of sugar from a ship at the Demerara Sugar Terminal wharf. This newspaper learnt [...]
Possibly Guyana’s oldest twins are still inseparable after 88 years
At 88-years-old, Rictor and Hilda Edwards, may be the oldest living twins in Guyana, contrary to a report on another set of twins from West Demerara. It turned out that the previous twins fall far short of this claim by more than three years. The brother and sister from the village of Hopetown, West [...]
Police halt funeral and find that victim was murdered
Police on the West Coast Demerara on Tuesday halted a funeral after receiving information that the deceased may have been murdered. Reports are that 54-year-old Bissoondial Dhanpaul, of 224 De Willem, West Coast Demerara, died on Friday at his home. According to the dead man’s son, Nishaul Dhanpaul, on Friday morning he left the home [...]
STANFORD, a dishonest Sir and Sir
There is a particularly prominent Antiguan who holds a British knighthood which entitles him to be called “Sir” and also holds an Antiguan knighthood which (like the Barbadian knighthood) also entitles him to be called “Sir”. Some Antiguans, most I hope in joke, refer to him as “Sir Sir”. R. Allen Stanford (RAS) only had [...]
New military officers commissioned
- required to lead in changing and challenging times Leadership will become an extremely critical force on how we survive, and to this end, 39 new officers of the disciplined services were challenged to be a party against anything that can cause fragmentation in the society. The charge was delivered by Reverend Raphael Massiah [...]
TSC to make decision today as protest comes to a halt
… Berbice High School protest The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is expected to make a decision today on whether the teacher should be reinstated at the Berbice High School, following the accusation that she flogged 28 students in that school without adhering to the regulations. Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, President of the Guyana [...]
Cemetery situation a major concern for M&CC
The Le Repentir Cemetery was regarded as being in an “unacceptable and disgraceful state” on Tuesday when the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown met at City Hall to conduct their final statutory meeting for the month of February. At that forum it was pointed out by Mayor Hamilton Green that urgent measures must be [...]
All blood to be screened for Chagas disease by March 1 – Health Minister
By the first day of next month the local Health Ministry will be ensuring that all blood utilised in Guyana is screened for Chagas, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy. The Minister’s disclosure came yesterday when he presented remarks at the first awareness workshop on Chagas disease which was held at Cara Lodge, Quamina [...]
Crane man gets 4 years for robbery
A well known character will be spending the next four years behind bars. He was convicted of robbery under arms charge. The accused, 20-year-old Conrad Henry, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, made a court appearance on Tuesday at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Fazil Azeez. On February 21, last, Henry robbed Jankey [...]
DF&GIC & BCBC unveil U-19 inter-zone competition
Sponsor to outfit teams with polo shirts By Franklin Wilson The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) has continued its quest of ensuring cricket is played in the Ancient County more than ever before with the unveiling of yet another competition. Yesterday at the head office, High Street Kingston, the Diamond Fire & General Insurance [...]
Former B’dos PM to address Rotary dinner
Former Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, is scheduled to deliver the feature address at Rotary’s World Understanding Dinner tomorrow at the Pegasus Hotel. Mr. Arthur’s address before an anticipated audience of 250 representatives of government, business, civil society and other organizations, will examine the economic and social actions necessary for success of the regional [...]
Two U.S adventure shows feature Guyana
The U.S.-based television shows, Birding Adventures and Reel Adventures, recently aired five episodes that were filmed in Guyana in October, 2008. Three of the shows were on bird watching, while two were on sport fishing, the Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative (GSTI), which facilitated the productions, announced yesterday. Showing on FoxSports Net and ComCast in the [...]
Another batch of Peace Corps Volunteers arrives
Thirty-three Peace Corps trainees have arrived in Guyana, and represent the 21st batch to come to Guyana since 1995. The volunteers will be involved in an eight-week Pre-Service Training focused on providing trainees with opportunities and experience which would enable them to function effectively in the project areas of Community Health Education and Community Education [...]
Permaul (87*), Kanhai (4-12) spur Corentyne to title
By Sean Devers Veerapen Permaul stroked an eye-catching unbeaten 87 while National under-15 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai grabbed 4-15 to spur Corentyne District to an emphatic 112-run victory against Essequibo Islands Secondary in yesterday’s final of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-overs National Schools under-15 cricket competition at the Guyana [...]
Khalil siblings, Ali, Rodrigues win in Mash Badminton tourney
The Khalil siblings, Jason-Ray and Ashley along with Anissa Rodrigues and Nicholas Ali emerged the victors when the curtains came down last Sunday in the National Sports Commission Mashramani Junior Singles Tournament at the Queens College Badminton Courts with the Under 15 & 17 Singles Finals.Jason-Ray outhustled the talented Under-13 player Narayan Ramdhani, who turned [...]
Overseas-based Guyanese to spearhead free dental care in Connecticut
An overseas-based Guyanese, Dr. Emmett Wilson, who has been living and practising dentistry in Connecticut, United States of America, for 30 years, has decided to provide free dental care to hundreds in Greater Hartford, Connecticut, next month. Dr Wilson, along with the 25 other dentists of first Inner City Dental Mission, will provide free dental [...]
Exciting bout envisaged as ‘The Lion’ goes after The Battersea Bomber
By Michael Benjamin The highly touted middleweight bout between Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen and Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes scheduled for this weekend, has suffered a setback after Allen reportedly injured his hand during sparring sessions in Miami Florida, over the past week. ‘The Lion’ will now face ‘The Battersea Bomber’ in a fight that has [...]
Seine thief nabbed sleeping at crime scene
Windsor Castle resident Pradesh Lall, who admitted to stealing a quantity of seine, was jailed for two years by Magistrate Faith McGusty. He was sentenced to a further nine months for attempting to commit a crime. In both offences Lall entered a guilty plea after the matter was taken summarily. According to a police report, [...]
Guyana Music Festival being revived
A local group of musicians is making another effort to revive the Guyana Music Festival, which in its heyday was hailed as an important avenue for the development of local musical talent. The Guyana Music Festival Association, along with the Guyana Music Teachers Association, the Woodside Choir and the Evangelical Lutheran Church, plans to put [...]
Rupununi Mash sports activities concludes
Black Night Women’s Volleyball team prevailed over Gladiators when the Mashramani Extravaganza sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports concluded at the St Ignatius Ground Rupununi, on February 22 last. The Black Knights dropped the first set 14-25 but rebounded to take the following three 25-21, 25-11, 25-10. In the men’s game Tabatinga [...]
DCB Hand-in-Hand cricket final set for Saturday
McGill to meet Lusigan at Everest Lusignan Sports Club advanced to the final of the Demerara Cricket Board’s Hand-in Hand 50 overs second division knock-out cricket competition with a semi-final win against Transport Sports Club over the weekend and will now face McGill in the final at Everest on Saturday. In their semi-final, Lusignan, the [...]
