Investigate if CLICO (Guyana) was allowed to flout Law
…Conflict of interest for van Beek to manage embattled company – AFC Alliance for Change Leader Raphael Trotman has called for an independent investigation into whether Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana was allowed to flout the law following the recommendations from the Commissioner of Insurance more than a year ago that it repatriate investments [...]
$20M in cocaine seized in Wakenaam
…one arrested Joint Services ranks unearthed 20 kilogrammes (44 lbs.) of cocaine from a house in Ridge Village, Wakenaam during an early morning raid on the island yesterday. The ranks found the cocaine wrapped in 20 separate packets weighing one kilogramme each. The cocaine is worth an estimated US$100,000 locally, and would be sold for [...]
Buxton Mash tramp sizzles
The main event may have passed, but Buxtonians were not prepared to be left out as they tramped through the village yesterday in their Mashramani celebrations. They were joined by Opposition Leader Robert Corbin, who had his hands full when a group of young women clung on to him at the junction of the Railway [...]
Cutlass gang attacks truck on highway
- three held, getaway car impounded Police have detained three suspects in connection with a robbery on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, in which a gang of men with cutlasses and knives attacked a Geddes Grant delivery truck at around 13:00 hrs on Thursday. According to reports, the driver and porter were returning from Linden when the [...]
Man stabbed to death at wedding house
Police on the West Bank of Demerara have detained a man to assist with investigations into the stabbing death of a Pouderoyen resident. Reports are that 30-year-old Anil Persaud of Bella Dam, Pouderoyen, died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital some time around noon yesterday. According to the dead man’s wife, Robina Persaud, [...]
Libyan company explores investment possibilities in Guyana
The Libyan Trade Investment Agency has expressed interest in investing in Guyana, and has highlighted several areas of interest. A delegation from the Agency met with Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad on Thursday. Also present at the meeting were representatives from the Forestry Commission, the Guyana Rice Development Board, GOINVEST, the Guyana [...]
Dengue situation under control
– Dr. Leslie Ramsammy The number of dengue cases has reduced across the country, and the Ministry of Health has assured that it has the situation under control. Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said that fogging exercises are still ongoing in Georgetown and Lethem. These exercises will soon commence on the East Coast and East [...]
5% of global bailout money would assure achievement of MDGs
- ACP-EU representative Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Glenys Kinnock, has said that just five percent of the global financial bailout would pay for all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved. Her comments came at the third regional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly which was held last week at [...]
Pensioner waiting to receive benefits from NIS
20 years after accident… A husband and wife say they are at their wits’ end with the treatment that is meted out to them by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Laelawattie and Roopnarine Ramrattan of Saffon Street, Charlestown yesterday visited Kaieteur News to highlight their plight. According to Laelawattie, her husband, who would be 61 [...]
Final cost of conservancy relief canal still unknown
…will be determined based on study by engineers – Persaud By Gary Eleazar The final cost of the construction of the Hope Conservancy Relief Canal will have to be determined following the technical study to determine the design. This is according to Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud who, when it came to the scrutiny of [...]
Car/bus collision at Robb Street leaves several injured
Traffic along the Avenue of the Republic was disrupted just after 16:00hrs yesterday when a route 44 minibus (BLL 2225) slammed into a taxi (HB 1966). The collision occurred after the bus which was travelling east along Robb Street failed to stop at the Avenue of the Republic, slamming into the taxi which was travelling [...]
25 more dentists graduate
… $700M spent on training every year – Dr. Ramsammy The dental sector has been boosted with an additional 25 persons who graduated from two training courses hosted by the Ministry of Health. The students who graduated from the Community Dental Therapist and Dentex Certificate courses have been undergoing training for approximately a year. The [...]
Mc Kay tops field at 12th Cheddi Jagan memorial road race
Largest turn out ever By Franklin Wilson Continental Cycle Club’s (CCC) Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay won his second Cheddi Jagan memorial cycle road race in three years yesterday in the Ancient County, out pedaling Robin Persaud (Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club) and junior Geron Williams (CCC) to win the exhausting event in a time of [...]
Guyana need another 287 to win with 10 wickets in hand
‘We are going for a win’ says Coach Seeram By Sean Devers Set 311 to win, Guyana ended the penultimate day of their eighth round WICB regional four-day cricket match against the Windward Islands at the Guyana National Stadium on 24 without loss and Guyana Coach Rabindranauth Seeram insists his batsmen will be [...]
‘Battersea Bomber’ tames roaring ‘Lion’
By Michael Benjamin Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman employed all the tricks in the book and eventually tamed Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes when they faced off in a catchweight affair at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Sunday night last. Eastman’s two-fisted attack had Gilkes at sea for the most part of the fight, underlined by [...]
Toucan Industries Inc. Mash Junior Squash tournament concludes
The 2009 Toucan Industries Inc. Mash Junior Tournament came to an exciting conclusion yesterday at the Georgetown Club courts. After five days of stiff competition winners were decided in the six skill level categories with Oliver Downes, Kayla Jeffrey, Lee Fung-A-Fat, Akeila Wiltshire, Rebecca Xavier and Travis Whitehead emerging the winners of the various categories. [...]
Khan wins Oasis Café Chess tourney
Sham Khan came from behind to capture the Oasis Café monthly chess tournament title, which was held last Saturday at the Oasis Too on South Road. After trailing Stanley Ming and Sheriffa Ali for most of the day, Khan drew with Ming in round six and defeated Ali in the final round. Ming headed into [...]
Demerara defeat E’bo by 5 wkts.
Defending champions Demerara defeated Essequibo by five wickets in the second round of the Castrol 50-overs under-15 Inter-County cricket competition at the Anna Regina Ground on the Essequibo Coast yesterday. After the first game was abandoned due to rain on Saturday with both teams collecting a point, the players finally got a chance to showcase [...]
GNIC defeat MSC by 69 runs to lift O-40 title
GNIC led by half centuries from Captain Orin Hutson (57) and Andrew Kingston (52) romped to an easy 69 runs triumph over Malteenoes Sports Club to capture the final of the Steve’s Jewellery / Georgetown Cricket Association Over-40 30 overs Cricket Competition yesterday, at the DCC ground. Taking first strike, GNIC closed on 210-7 off [...]
GuySuCo and DDL need to extend their work on alcohol consumption
Dear Editor, The moves made by GuySuCo and DDL to address alcohol consumption in Guyana are welcomed. DDL has sought to reinforce the legal restrictions on underage drinking by asking their retailers to commit to following the law. A few years ago, Demerara Tobacco had done a similar exercise with preventing the sale of cigarettes [...]
Canadian aid to lessen, but Embassy remains open
Dear Editor, I agree with Freddie Kissoon’s article that some aid has been cut off from Guyana by the Canadian Government, but disagree that the Canadian Embassy will close. A dozen countries on the previous list produced by the previous Liberal Government are gone from the new one entitled to Government aid, eight of them [...]
Empowering our young school children with breakfast
Dear Editor, I refer to an article captioned: “Union calls for changes to the secondary school system” of 23 February 2009. This letter is inspired by the said article but not based on it. Many years ago my father, F.W.E. Case, probably Guyana’s greatest educator and educationist, told me that in developing countries like Guyana [...]
UG Tain Campus – a far cry from professional!
Dear Editor, I grew up in a home where it was drummed into my conscious thinking that “education is the key to success” and without it one would not be able to accomplish anything worthwhile in life. My parents would unrelentingly preach to me on a daily basis about the various educational opportunities they had [...]
Rose Hall Town Club Mash celebration
ROSE HALL TOWN, BERBICE – The Rose Hall Youth and Sports Club successfully pulled off their second annual Mash Parade last week. This year the event saw nine schools in the Lower Corentyne area participating. Some 500 students from the J.C. Chandisingh, Port Mourant and Lower Corentyne Secondary Schools; the Corentyne Comprehensive High School; Rose [...]
Isaacs should take his own advice and remain silent
Dear Editor, Donald Isaacs has proved the truth of the old saying which he quotes: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and erase all doubt”, which he should have followed. I refer to his letter in Kaieteur News of Saturday, February 28, 2009 captioned, presumably by [...]
