Three shot in fracas outside night spot
- man held with unlicensed gun Three men were shot yesterday during an early morning fracas outside the New Court Yard nightclub, and police later detained a driver with an unlicensed gun. He was taking one of the wounded to hospital. Police said that Erasto Roberts, 30, of Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, was shot in [...]
Maria van Beek is a professional
CLICO assessment… - Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo says that he is confident that Commissioner of Insurance and now Judicial Manager Maria van Beek will conduct herself professionally in her dealings with Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana. The President was responding to the fact that van Beek’s husband, Patrick van Beek, shared a work relationship [...]
Teenage gold miner takes deadly plunge
A 19-year-old gold miner plunged to his death at around 14:00 hrs on Saturday while attempting to bathe in an abandoned mining pit in Mahdia. Police said that Rawle Baird, of Albouystown and two friends were in St. Elizabeth Backdam, located at Mahdia, when they decided to bathe in a flooded and abandoned gold mining [...]
Health Minister ‘unaware’ state media boycotting his press conferences
While stating that he is unaware that the state media have been banned from covering any events relating to his ministry, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has admitted that their absence does not help his cause in reaching out to the public. “I think the state media is doing a disservice to the people [...]
Allegations of prison beatings continue
“I do hope my son is still alive when I next get to visit him” - inmate’s father By Dale Andrews Roopnarine Singh did not expect that after he willingly turned in his son to the prison authorities that he would have to be hoping that he is still alive by the time his next [...]
Still some concerns about carbon credit
- Jagdeo The possible apprehension by countries to purchase carbon credit in light of the global financial crisis is of concern of many developing countries including Guyana. This is according to President Bharrat Jagdeo who told the local media last week that this is one of the concerns he had raised, fearing that some countries [...]
Police heartened by legislative strengthening
- more focus on training Officers of the Guyana Police Force have expressed their appreciation for the strengthening of the legislative arm through the passage of a number of laws aimed at enhancing the fight against crime and traffic lawlessness. Judging from the significant strides made by the force over the past year, the new [...]
‘Medical school’ head still to have entity registered
- Ramsammy Persons desirous of establishing medical training institutions must be registered by the Ministry of Education and comply with the directives of the Ministry of Health in order to operate legally. Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy made this disclosure on Saturday when he hosted a press conference at the Health Ministry’s Brickdam headquarters. The [...]
Truancy committee to be established to address absenteeism in school
Efforts to ensure that students remain in school in order for the incidence of truancy to be reduced can only become a reality if there is an active multi-sectoral approach. This notion was emphasised on Thursday last when the Minister of Education hosted a workshop under the theme ‘Keeping our children in school: strategies and [...]
Wedding goes on despite murder of best man
Two days after gunmen killed her eldest son, the mother of slain taxi driver Keith Bowen stepped into a church to attend the wedding of her younger son. It was reportedly a somber ceremony that was held on Saturday, with only a few of Bowen’s close relatives attending. “We are in a state of mourning [...]
‘Tiger’ roars to unbeaten century as Windies level series
Sarwan leads supporting cast By Sean Devers From the Tivoli Gardens in Jamaica to the Shiv Chanderpaul drive in Georgetown, West Indies fans were celebrating yesterday as the regional team exorcised the memory of Friday’s blunder by Coach John Dyson with an exciting 21-run series leveling win against England in the second ODI at [...]
McKenzie own goal gift Tempete draw against Alpha 1-1
By Franklin Wilson An own goal by defender Kelvin McKenzie in the 71st minute handed Haiti’s Tempete FC a draw against Alpha United in their first leg match-up of the Caribbean Football Union’s Champions Cup tournament on Saturday evening at the GCC ground, Bourda. In unfortunate circumstances, Tempete were awarded a penalty after their robust [...]
Fernandes settles for runner-up spot at Swiss Open Squash tourney
Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes ended her quest for top honours in the Guardian Wealth Management sponsored 36th Swiss Open 2009 Squash tournament at the runner-up position yesterday. France’s Camille Serme took the ladies title with a superb example of how to use a drop shot, beating Nicolette Fernandes in what was reported as the best ladies’ [...]
All-time Berbice Under-19 XI announced
Percival named Captain Former West Indies skipper Andre Percival was named Captain of an All-time Berbice X1 at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCBC) Second Annual Awards Ceremony at State House in New Amsterdam recently. Head of the three-man selection committee, former Guyana under-19 and senior Berbice off-spinner Sean Devers said picking an all-time Berbice side [...]
Reply to Ms. Gail Teixeira on ROCC nominations
Dear Editor, Ms. Gail Teixeira MP, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee, has responded at length to the criticism by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) of the procedural flaws in the nominations process for candidates to serve on the Rights of the Child Commission (ROCC). Her comments are so wide of the mark that she [...]
‘Medicine man’ to practice craft in jail for five years
Magistrate Chandra Sohan did not buy Kamal Khan’s story about being a medicine man who used marijuana to practice his craft, so he sent Khan to jail for five years. The Smythfield, Berbice resident had accepted ownership of five kilograms of cannabis, which were found in his Liverpool, Corentyne house. Khan appeared at the Whim [...]
Damaged regulators to be repaired
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Region Six Administration is soon to award contracts for the rehabilitation of regulators in some sections of East Berbice /Corentyne. This is according to the Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha. Work is expected to commence in April on three of these regulators at Crabwood Creek and four in the front lands between [...]
Windies ODI loss at Providence
Dear Editor, I have listened keenly to staunch West Indian supporters talk about our loss to England on Friday. I desperately tried to call in to the Digicel programme on NCN, (featuring Neil Barry, Clive Lloyd, Mark Harper, Colin Croft and Lance Gibbs – I stand to be corrected if I missed anyone) on the [...]
Why is the Bureau of Statistics not eligible?
Dear Editor, Sometime ago President Bharrat Jagdeo made an announcement to this nation with regards to ‘Temporary Tax Cost of Living Allowance’ which will be payable to all public servants whose salary is below $50,000. Further a circular # 4/2008 dated May 9, 2008 was sent out by Mr. N Rekha, Finance Secretary within the [...]
Better to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem
A few weeks ago a report in the newspaper indicated that the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) was no longer keen on participating in the promotion of teachers by the Teaching Service Commission (TSC). The TSC is a constitutional body, which was created to insulate the employment, promotion and dismissal of teachers from direct political influence. [...]
Public health institutions do not test for typhoid – Ramsammy
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says that no Public Health Institution tests for typhoid and the purported test conducted at private institutions cannot indicate if a person is afflicted with the dreaded disease. According to Ramsammy a blood culture has to be developed. Information available online suggests that the list of diagnostic tests mentioned [...]
The dangerous symbolism of the Providence Stadium
I heard two cricket commentators, one West Indian, Fazeer Mohamed, and the other, English, David Lloyd, commenting yesterday during the cricket on how nice the Providence Stadium is. Both men were in full praise of the structure. I thought immediately of the propaganda machinery of the Government. They would use those judgements to shout out [...]
Adventure Training College set for re-commissioning
ADVENTURE, CORENTYNE – The Felix Austin Police College in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force stands ready for re-commissioning on Friday March 27th. Commander of the Division, Assistant Commissioner, George Alexander Vyphuis indicated that Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and Police Commissioner Henry Greene are among those to grace the occasion with their presence. [...]
Mr. Green is guilty of the same sin
Dear Editor, Mr. Hamilton Green was quite right when he said that the appointment of Mr. Kwame McCoy to the Rights of the Child Commission is akin to indecency (Kaieteur News 15/3/2009). But there is one small hiccup; he does not have the moral authority to say it. It therefore loses its weight because Mr. [...]
“Howie do it” will make up
Dear Editor, I was absolutely clueless about the behind the scenes production cost and no commercial offer available of carrying the Link Show 25 on a television broadcast as pointed out by the Producer in the SN report 3.20.2009. Don’t despair, but with the 2010 production and a possible broadcast, the marketing committee might need [...]
