NIS losing close to $1 million daily – Cristopher Ram
…as CLICO debacle ripples across financial sector As a result of the $6.9B investment in Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, the National Insurance Scheme is losing close to $1M per day. This is according to financial analyst and economist, Christopher Ram, who in an invited comment yesterday, said this is so, given that [...]
Exports down significantly
…company freezes employment – John Fernandes’ CEO By Nadia Guyadeen Chief Executive Officer of John Fernandes Limited, Chris Fernandes, says that exports are down significantly where his company is concerned. He added that imports, while down, are only down marginally but as it relates to the exports there is cause for concern. “Containerised export [...]
Bullet-riddled bodies and bloodstained boat found at Pomeroon
- father and son believed slain after returning from Venezuela The bullet-riddled decomposing bodies of a father and son, along with their bloodstained boat, were found at around 13:00 hrs yesterday at Iron Point, an area some 35 miles from the Pomeroon River mouth. Relatives said that Romeo De Agrella, 41, and his son, [...]
Woman electrocuted at Land of Canaan
Mystery surrounds the death of Ms. Ula Brown, also known as “Ms Brown”, a supervisor attached to the Secret Villa Hotel, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. Brown was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening after she was rushed to the institution under the suspicion that she may have [...]
Baby suffers fractured skull, four others hospitalised as man goes berserk
Four members of a Mahaica family, including a six-month-old baby who sustained a fractured skull, are hospitalised after a man went berserk when a case of domestic violence spiraled out of control yesterday. Those hospitalised are 56-year-old Lapatie, called Shirley; her daughters, Kaloutie Kumar, 21, and her baby Seema Rabarat, as well as her sister [...]
KN journalists turned away from OP
Kaieteur News Editor-in-Chief Adam Harris and reporter, Fareeza Haniff, were yesterday turned away from the Office of the President in Shiv. Chanderpaul Dr. because they were not in possession of their media badges issued by the Government Information Agency (GINA). Mr. Harris and Ms. Haniff were at the Office of the President to attend the [...]
Senna pod deaths due to dehydration, overdose
A post mortem preformed on the remains of five-year-old Afiena and three-year-old Aliyah Ramdeen, revealed that the two died of dehydration due to an overdose of a laxative. The post mortem also showed that the intestines of both of the children were swollen. Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, conducted the examination yesterday at the Georgetown [...]
HEALTH MINISTER’S WORLD TB DAY MESSAGE 2009
Today is World TB Day. It is an opportune time for me to remind Guyanese of my warning more than five years ago that TB is likely to become our greatest Public Health Challenge. This public Health Challenge is not unique to Guyana but globally. My warning more than five years ago still stands and [...]
UNAIDS committed to helping reduce TB/HIV co-infection
Significant progress has been made in the local Health Ministry’s fight against Tuberculosis (TB) which is evident in the fewer number of cases of the disease detected last year, according to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. He said that the public health sector has been able to manage and prevent TB deaths but noted that [...]
Court Registrar concerned about bias in conduct of investigations
Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes, in a letter to Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, on behalf of his client, Supreme Court Registrar, Sita Ramlal, says that his client welcomes a thorough investigation into alleged forged orders of court, the creation of which Ramlal is accused. According to the letter, Ramlal is particularly concerned about the manner and [...]
An apology to Patrick van Beek
Patrick van Beek, the husband of Commissioner of Insurance, Maria van Beek, severed ties with CL Financial in January 2006. He worked with a Caribbean Money Market Brokers Limited, a subsidiary of CL Financial, in 2005. Kaieteur News apologises for incorrectly reporting that Mr van Beek was still associated with CL Financial, and for implying [...]
Deworming exercise gaining results
As the Ministry of Health continues its national deworming exercise in the country, Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has said that so far there are indications that there is a significant reduction as it relates to persons who have ‘worms.’ The deworming programme was recently completed in Region Six where 29,299 households were visited as [...]
Ravens enforce Royal beating
emphatically take NLE title By Edison Jefford It is popular basketball parlance that there is always a sixth man on the court apart from a conventional starting five. Ravens proved that idiom true when they emphatically won an elusive Next Level Entertainment (NLE) Championship. The team that lost in the first NLE final three years [...]
Uprising stun Tigers, Conquerors swamp Thomas
By Franklin Wilson Day two of the 2nd annual Banks Premium Beer Cup produced the biggest upset to date when former division-one champs Uprising stunned the new division-one kings, BK International Western Tigers by the lone goal of their feature encounter on Sunday evening at the Tucville ground. The evening’s opening game turned out to [...]
Junior riders dominate Cheddi Jagan West Demerara 50-miler
Holder, back to winning ways, Lovell & Wilson also shine After finishing fourth to Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay on March 1st in Berbice, the first of three races this month, to commemorate the life of the Late President Cheddi Jagan, junior cyclist Christopher Holder returned to winnings ways in the second race on Sunday last [...]
Richards backs West Indies’ confidence
By Edison Jefford Sir Vivian Richards believes that West Indies’ confidence from winning the recent Test Series against England and the solitary Twenty/20 International will propel the team to further victory in the current ODI Series. Richards was speaking to members of the media at a Johnnie Walker campaign on Main Street Thursday where the [...]
Winners Connection beat Blue Berry Hill 2-0
Group ‘B’ favourites Winners Connection maintained their unbeaten run in the Netrockers Football Club Linden Town Week under-19 competition when they thumped Blue Berry Hill in recent play at the Bayrock Community Centre ground. Left winger Jamal Forde opened Winners Connection’s account six minutes into the game as they signaled early intentions that they meant [...]
Guyana pleas for entry into CAZOVA
Guyana’s request to play in the Caribbean Zonal Association (CAZOVA) will be up for discussion at the 62nd South American Volleyball Congress which is scheduled to be held on March 25 in Uruguay. According to Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) President Lenox Shuffler, approval from CSV will pave the way for Guyana’s qualification to play in [...]
Gregory Richardson’s official website launched
Garth Nelson, Manager of Guyana’s first Major League Soccer player, Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson on Saturday last, officially launched the Gregory Richardson website where fans and Guyanese around the world can follow the progress of Guyana’s most popular footballer. The website address is www.11GregoryRichardson.com. According to Nelson, who is also responsible for Randolph ‘Blackhead’ Jerome’s [...]
Uprising maul Beacon 11-0, Renaissance, Santos & Conquerors also win
Uprising’s Deon Alfred was the star of the latest round of Coca Cola under-15 action, blasting 5-goals against the hapless Beacon as Uprising fired their way to a whopping 11-0 win to establish themselves as a leading favourite to take the top prize. Alfred, one of the leading junior strikers in the city, was too [...]
National 16 and under Netball intensifying preparations
- Much improvement shown – Samaroo By Rawle Welch Manager /Assistant Coach of the Guyana National 16 and Under Netball squad Shondel Samaroo told Kaieteur Sport last Saturday that sessions have been going very well and the team has improved a whole lot since coming together over one year ago. Speaking at the Cliff Anderson [...]
New Court Yard proprietor objects to media reports
- threatens legal action against Chronicle The proprietor of the New Court Yard nightclub is refuting claims by a media house that the early morning shooting fracas in which three men were wounded on Saturday, occurred inside the club. The Guyana Chronicle reported that the incident occurred in the environs of the nightclub, but the [...]
Myths about HIV/AIDS still abound – YCG Programme Coordinator
“You cannot contract HIV/AIDS if you are an alcoholic,” was one of myths that Voluntary Counsellors and Testers of Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) had to dispel recently during an outreach in Wakenaam, Region Two. According to YCG’s Programme Coordinator, Germaine Watson, it is a situation of much concern when several persons in a single community [...]
Century very special- Chanderpaul
Guyana and West Indies star player Shivnarine Chanderpaul crowned a memorable weekend by smashing a century against England last Sunday, at the Guyana National Stadium. Speaking at the press briefing after the match, the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year, Cacique Crown of Honour recipient and who recently got a street renamed in his [...]
Lisa Bowman, Nedia DeFreitas shine in Phagwah Day cricket match
Sand Hills amassed 62 runs in 5.3 overs and lost just one wicket to defeat Low Wood when the two teams met in a 20-over female game at Dora, Demerara River, on Phagwah Day last. Batting first Low Wood amassed 60 runs in 14.3 overs. In reply Sand Hills lashed 62 runs in just 5.3 [...]
