Robeson Benn should be fired for wasting $$B on substandard roads
“This Government offers a hodge podge of road and bridge projects but has failed to recognise that the role of roads and bridges is to be the infrastructural basis of, and contribute to, the wider economic development of Guyana, and therefore it has to be part of a wider development strategy.” Central Executive Member [...]
Guyana to assist Trinidad with security for Summit of the Americas
As Trinidad and CARICOM prepare to host the Summit of the Americas in April, Guyana is among several other CARICOM countries that will be assisting with the security arrangements. The summit which will be attended by President of the United States Barack Obama is slated for April. According to Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, Guyana [...]
Cheddi Jagan and history’s truths
Next Sunday in Berbice, in Port Mourant, PPP leaders will gather to observe the death anniversary of Cheddi Jagan. Sugar workers, fishermen, housewives and many others from the working class of Berbice will be there. Missing from the rally will be intellectuals with an objective mind to analyse who really this man was and what [...]
NSC Mash Badminton tourney continues
The National Sports Commission Mashramani Junior Singles Badminton tournament continued on Friday at the Queen’s College Courts with the Under 15 & 17 Singles Events. Several players recorded outstanding performances to highlight latest round of matches. Action was set to continue yesterday at the same venue. Results from the matches played off were as follows: [...]
RHT Pepsi ‘A’ advance to final, Scotsburg reaches semis
A brilliant all round performance by Berbice under-17 player, Terrence Madramootoo piloted Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ into the final of the Gilgeous Pawn Shop twenty20 competition. Madramootoo struck an attractive unbeaten 60 off just 26 balls and returned with the ball to claim 2-15 as the host team defeated Blairmont by 60 runs at [...]
The Giant House Spider (Tegenaria duellica)
The Giant House Spider is a member of the genus Tegenaria and is a close relative of both the infamous Hobo spider and the Domestic house spider. The bite of this spider species, according to researchers, does not pose a threat to humans or animals although like most spiders they possess quite a potent venom [...]
Guyana’s legislation inadequate to prevent TB spread — Health Minister
Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that the existing quarantine legislation that is in place to control the spread of Multi-Drug-Resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases is inadequate. Responding to a question by GAP/ROAR parliamentarian, Everall Franklin, Minister Ramsammy said that a new quarantine legislation is needed for several emerging and existing infectious diseases that [...]
Contract for highway lights to Timehri approved
- Ogle airport, electricity, social sector contracts also given green light Cabinet on Tuesday approved a contract to the value of $137.6M to facilitate the installation of highway lights to Timehri. The project will see the installation of lights from Providence, East Bank Essequibo right along to the country’s lone international airport. Once the project [...]
Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club host family fun day today
The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, which is committed to the development and advancement of Motor Sport in Guyana and the Caribbean, is hosting an family fun day today from 1:00 pm, at “Cosmos” ground, Thomas Road & Albert Street, Thomas Lands. According to a release from the GMR&SC, the centerpiece of the fun [...]
CARICOM Integration – but wait, what about elections? Part 1
By Clarence E Pilgrim In order to achieve the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) final objective of political union, there need to be an environment of public confidence in the functioning of major institutions, especially government. The democratic nations comprising the regional grouping have a specific process in which leadership is chosen, to govern its people. In [...]
Limitations in budgetary process for Opposition MPs expertly concealed
By AFC Vice-Chairperson, Sheila Holder, MP As I sat through the gruelling hours of the parliamentary debates on the 2009 budget it dawned on me that the long hours I had to endure night after night might be seen as poetic justice for the traffic inconveniences members of the public had to put up with [...]
NIS invests $6B in Clico – Luncheon
An estimated $6B (US$30 million) of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Fund is invested in the operations of Clico (Guyana), but the Scheme is not worried about the security of the funds, Cabinet Secretary and re-elected Chairman of the NIS, Dr Roger Luncheon, said yesterday. Speculation about the local operations of the insurance giant set [...]
CANU busts cocaine shipment through GPO
… sender uses fake ID, disappears The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit is hunting a man who presented himself to the Guyana Post Office as Anand Singh to ship three kilogrammes of crack cocaine hidden in chunks. The man went to the GPO on Tuesday with the drug hidden in the condiment and placed in a [...]
Students, parents lock teachers out, police intervene
QUEESTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – ‘We want Miss Jeanne back!’ and ‘We must learn. No Miss Jeanne – No school!’ were written on some of the placards carried by students of the Berbice High School yesterday. The voices of the students filled the air when their parents closed the school to protest the failure of Minister [...]
Delay in overseas surgery lands eight-year-old in hospital
The surgical operation for eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo of 42 Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, has been declared a matter of immense urgency, since the child’s life is very dependent on it. As was reported in last Monday’s edition of this newspaper, the father of the Grove Primary School grade three student, Mahadeo Etwaroo, said [...]
JP, woman held for sexually abusing 13-year-old girl
A Justice of the Peace and a 28-year-old woman are in police custody following allegations that they sexually abused a 13-year-old girl. Ranks from the Grove Police Station swooped down on the JP’s East Bank Demerara home at around 13:00 hrs on Wednesday, after being tipped off about the girl’s presence at the man’s residence. [...]
Crime Chief refuses to return miner’s millions
… despite order from DPP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rutherford’s Holdings Inc., Neville Rutherford, has brought a court action against Attorney General Charles Ramson and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, claiming in excess of $10M in damages. The action was filed after the police raided the home of one of Rutherford’s security officers, seizing currencies [...]
Cell phones, ‘jukas’, ganja, condoms found in dorms of ‘dangerous’ inmates at G/town Prisons
by Michael Jordan Police recovered cell phones, makeshift knives, marijuana, and even condoms in a dormitory that houses dangerous inmates during a pre-dawn raid yesterday at the Georgetown Prison. The items were all recovered in the ‘Capital’ section of the prison, which houses prisoners who are incarcerated for offences ranging from armed robbery to murder. [...]
Ramotar defends Government borrowing
…as PNCR Chief Whip dismisses budget as visionless By Gary Eleazar People’s Progressive Party’s General Secretary, Donald Ramotar, in his presentation to the National Assembly yesterday, told the House that the conditions in Guyana did not warrant a stimulus package, commonly called a financial bailout. Local banks were not collapsing, persons were not [...]
Opposition parties squandered golden opportunities to examine policy agenda – Dr. Ashni Singh
By Tusika Martin In a dramatic presentation, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday wrapped up the week-long debate in the National Assembly on the 2009 budget. Throwing hard and low blows at the opposition parties, Dr Singh yesterday said that he thought that they would have used the debate of the Budget to present alternatives, [...]
Berbice businessmen look to Bridge toll change
Businessmen from three chambers of commerce say they are optimistic that there will be a change in the current toll structure for crossing the recently commissioned Berbice River Bridge. The statement by the businessmen came after a meeting with officials of the Berbice Bridge Company yesterday. Representatives of the Upper Corentyne, Central Corentyne and Berbice [...]
Guyana to host regional police conference after 13 years
Come May 11 through May 15 the Guyana Police Force will be hosting the 24th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. The theme for this year’s conference is: “Police Reform – an Imperative for Quality Service”. Members of the media were yesterday briefed by Police [...]
Health Minister defends operations at GPHC
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, defended the operations at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during a fiery debate in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon. According to Dr. Ramsammy, the hospital has been significantly transformed into a state-of-the-art facility, as it now conducts surgeries that were once accessed overseas. But the Minister’s attempt to [...]
‘Mauby water’ and spiked hands greet Irfaan Ali’s Budget contribution
By Neil Marks His overreaching gestures and political platitudes threatened to overshadow his plausible arguments for job creation in the housing sector and provision of potable water to unserved communities, but Minister Irfaan Ali had his house in order and his energy flowing when he presented arguments in support of the 2009 National Budget Thursday [...]
PNCR sees need for hinterland police divisional relocation
Police Commissioner Henry Greene said that the separation of the largest police division in the country, E&F Division, and the relocation of its headquarters are under active consideration. The Commissioner was responding to a recommendation made by PNCR-1G Member of Parliament, Deborah Backer during the debate on this year’s national budget. Backer told the National [...]
