Health Ministry boosts stock of deworming medication
As the Ministry of Health continues with its deworming exercise in the country, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, as part of its commitment to that programme, has donated of 18,000 doses of Albendazole worm syrup to the programme. The medication was acquired at a cost of some $6 million by the Adventist Development and Relief [...]
Calls for ‘breakthrough’ at UN Forum on Forests
“We must achieve a breakthrough in this Forum,” Boen M. Purnama (Indonesia), new Chairman of the United Nations Forum on Forests, has emphasized in reference to its task of moving the landmark 2007 non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests from the realm of concept to that of practical reality. Speaking after his election [...]
Cleon Grant Memorial Volleyball set for Sunday
Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Grant family will tomorrow stage the fourth Annual Cleon Grant Inter Club Memorial Volleyball competition at the GTM court, at Lad Lane and Strand New Amsterdam. Some 10 teams are listed to participate in the one day competition which gets on the way at 09:30 hrs. [...]
Ivan Madray passes on
Berbice Cricket Board extends sympathy Former British Guiana, Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman and leg break bowler Ivan Madray who played two Tests against Pakistan in 1957-58 played his final innings Thursday. Madray, who was born on 2nd July, 1934 at Port Mourant, Berbice, was on vacation in Guyana. According to a Berbice [...]
Guyana Bar upbeat about time limit legislation
President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Teni Housty, says that GBA supports any effort aimed at enhancing the machinery through which justice is administered in Guyana. His comment came in the wake of the passage of the Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Bill, on Thursday. However, the Bar hopes that this mechanism that has [...]
US Ambassador touts aid packages to Guyana
United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Jones, said that the recently concluded Summit of the Americas was a very successful one but cannot say as yet what Guyana will benefit from it. Mr. Jones is of the opinion that Guyana has to keep up with its ongoing programmes which deals with sustainable development and assistance. [...]
Let better sense prevail
By Rawle Welch The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the management of female distance athlete Alika Morgan have both been caught in an entanglement caused by the apparent lapse they made to send her to the recently concluded Carifta Games with an ankle injury. The news of her disappointing performance has caused much rumpus [...]
Divide and trade
There has been some publicity in the state media on the invitation proffered by President Obama during the side meeting of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas to the Heads of Government of CARICOM to “meet with him in the United States later this year”. During the said side meeting, among other issues, [...]
Courier services take flak for diminished service
In light of complaints against local courier companies, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, yesterday held a meeting to address the issues. Minister Prashad said that there are complaints of poor services by the couriers. But the couriers have said that this is due to flight delays, customs clearance and the fact that [...]
We care and that is why we continue to fight to save the NBS
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Concerned Members of the New Building Society, I write in response to the statement of the directors of the Society carried in yesterday’s Kaieteur News. While welcome, the statement confirms our concerns about the developments in the Society and most especially the quality of governance and expertise at the [...]
Unity among unions to be emphasised on May Day – Duncan
There is need for unions to forge a sense of unity if the rights of the working class population are to be adequately represented, said General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union, Carvil Duncan, yesterday. Duncan is optimistic that harmony would be effectively highlighted come next Friday (May 1) when Labour Day will be observed. [...]
Carnal knowledge accused walks free
A 12-member jury yesterday unanimously found carnal knowledge accused, Kenroy Fraser, not guilty. After approximately one and a half hours of deliberation the jury returned to say that after examining the evidence they found him not guilty of the offence and as such he was released. The presiding judge, Justice James Bovell-Drakes told Fraser to [...]
If I had only known
DEAR EDITOR, Noise nuisance seems to be the order of the day in some areas. In Enterprise, on the East Coast of Demerara, residents know no peace and quiet, all day there is the sound of a ransome working and also a bobcat, as one individual is misusing his lot (which according to his title [...]
Globe Trust, Clico (Guyana) have something in common
There should be a commission of inquiry into CLICO (Guyana) and since the government supports an investigation, the onus is on the government and particularly the President of Guyana to use the powers vested in him under the Commission of Inquiry Act to have such an inquiry. The collapse of CLICO (Guyana) represents the greatest [...]
We need to put this question of drainage in the proper context
Dear Editor The letter written by Charles Sohan titled, “The City needs a plan of action quickly to deal with flooding” is useful, and provides helpful information for, the Council, citizens, the government, the international community and all who are concerned for the welfare of our Capital. The writer ought to be commended. However, he [...]
Decent, honest, hard-working Americans fought for freedom
I was appalled by a line in Peeping Tom’s article on Thursday in dealing with the Freedom of Information Act. The writer observed that; “Freedom of Information does not improve public access to information; it is merely a façade used by western governments to bolster their credentials as a free society.” This is a gargantuan [...]
Security measures at magistrates’ homes should be physical and electronic
DEAR EDITOR, Let me first state that I am in support for any increase in security which will reduce the incidence in crime. However, I am following this story in the newspapers since it happened. In your article in the Tuesday 21st April, 2009 issue, you showed a photograph of Magistrate Hawke’s home and in [...]
New approach to addressing mental health – Health Minister
A paradigm shift looms within the public health sector as it relates to the way mental health services are offered to the general public. According to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, mental health programmes should be introduced as an everyday part of the local public health programme and social welfare programme in Guyana. The Minister’s [...]
Parliament passes law to make judges work
By Gary Eleazar The National Assembly yesterday unanimously agreed that the Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Bill was long overdue and was born out of a lack of diligence in the Judiciary. The Bill was tabled in the House by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Charles Ramson, who explained that the [...]
NBS denies bailing out CLICO
Public statements being made by ‘concerned members’ of the New Building Society are described as slanderous, libelous, misleading and mischievous. The Board of Directors of the company, in a statement issued yesterday, said that the entity has always and will always act in accordance with the Rules of the Society and good governance practices. Speaking [...]
Taxi dispatcher shot, driver robbed
Bandits shot a 17-year-old taxi service dispatcher at around 20:00 hrs last night in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, after robbing a driver he was with of a gold band, ring and $8,000 in cash. Emmett Hinds, of Sophia, was shot in the neck as he sat in a vehicle that was parked across the road [...]
Refined money laundering legislation complete
By Gary Eleazar The Parliamentary Special Select Committee that was tasked with refining the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter the Finance of Terrorism Bill has completed its job. The report was tabled by Chairman of that committee, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, yesterday during the opening session of the National Assembly and made public. The report, [...]
Shoplifter filmed in action
Eulex Cosbert, a city resident, did not cater for security surveillance cameras when she traveled to the Ancient County to conduct her shoplifting trade at a New Amsterdam supermarket. The woman, of East La Penitence, was caught red handed placing a bottle of El Dorado 15-year-old rum in her bag. She eventually attempted to leave [...]
Man slashed with champagne glass, attackers remain free
A woman said that she will not rest until she sees justice is served for an incident involving her bother, who was seriously wounded on Monday last at Bartica. On Monday last, some time around 1:30 hours at First Avenue, Bartica, 29-year-old Shane Timmerman was slashed across his face, on the left side, with a [...]
Bad luck lands ganja trafficker in jail
A Middle Road, La Penitence man was jailed for three years by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Fifty-year-old John Barker pleaded guilty to two charges of narcotics possession. On March 25, last, at Middle Road, La Penitence, he had in his possession 2.7 kilograms of cannabis for the purpose [...]
