Two die in multi-vehicle smash up
FYRISH VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Two more lives were lost on the Corentyne Highway yesterday. Dead are 13-year-old Ashnie Williams, of 39 Fyrish South, and Salim Mohamed of the Corentyne. According to police reports, at 15:00 hours yesterday, there was a four-vehicle smash up involving motor car, PDD 8816, owned by Faizal Mohamed of Nigg, and [...]
Clico agents lash out at management over payment discrepancy
The frustration at the Colonial Life Insurance Company’s (CLICO) Guyana Head Office, is ever growing, given that the agents attached to the company are increasingly peeved at what can only be described as being robbed with little or no recourse. This, after the agents had to wait for months without being paid their commissions and [...]
650 US military personnel for Guyana exercise
- Construction, medical training exercise slated Nearly 650 soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are preparing to take part in New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise starting July 1. It’s an operation slated to cost US$9 million and is scheduled to last 75 days. It includes two major construction projects , one school [...]
Rusal (Guyana) announces cost cutting measures
As fresh wages negotiation start The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), part of RUSAL, has announced key cost cutting measures to keep operations afloat in the face of the global economic downturn and the need to increase competitiveness in the industry. BCGI, on Friday, said that the company plans to optimise fuel consumption and [...]
Schoolboy stabs classmate, disappears
An 18-year-old schoolboy from the East Ruimveldt Secondary School, was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing several stab wounds inflicted by a classmate. According to reports, the lad, Orlando Dover, of 19 Walker Terrace, was stabbed just outside the school’s compound. At the Georgetown Public Hospital, yesterday, Dover had a large tube [...]
Admirable versatility and a nationalistic vigour
Terence Ormonde Holder is a ‘Special Person’ “It gives so much satisfaction after working hard for five days a week to give up the weekends to go into a community and bend the back to mark a traffic sign on the road or paint a building…The satisfaction comes when you see people benefit [...]
GT&T’s Yog Mahadeo launches first book
Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Mr. Yog Mahadeo, on Friday evening, launched “A Garland of Pearls”, the first volume of a twin-volume series of inspirational stories he has compiled. The event, which was held at the Monument Gardens, was lauded by many in attendance for being well put together and depicting [...]
Miss Guyana Universe contestants revealed
The Miss Guyana Universe organization, yesterday revealed 12 of 13 contestants who will take part in this year’s pageant to select a representative from Guyana to compete in the international pageant. Miss Universe 2009, which will air live from the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas on August 23, is a joint venture between [...]
1000 entries received for GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition
Over 1000 entries have been received by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company which is gearing for the first round of auditions in the 2K9 GT&T Cellink Jingles and Song Competition. The Georgetown contestants will be auditioned there until June 7. The event is slated for Duke’s Lodge, Kingston from Friday. Auditions for Berbice are slated [...]
Rwanda genocide survivor moves audience to tears
At St John’s University graduation… It is hardly ever that a person comes face to face with someone who tried to kill them, or find out that marauding thugs and criminals have killed one’s entire family. Immaculée Ilibagiza, had those experiences. Years later, she faced her family’s killer and told him to his face, “I [...]
Second man from squatting area held
Police yesterday expressed optimism of solving the murder of R.K security guard, Simone Coleridge, after holding a second man from the Tucville squatting community that is located near to Uncle Eddie’s Home. The man was being grilled yesterday at CID headquarters, Eve Leary, and a source indicated that investigators have made significant progress in their [...]
PPP loses Wakenaam stalwart
Hundreds turned up at Wakenaam on Friday, to pay their final respects to one of the most outstanding personalities of the island. Mr. Sarabjeet Ramlakhan M.S., popularly known as Tanna, passed away two Saturdays ago at the Suddie Hospital after a brief illness. He was 72. Ramlakhan, had been a staunch activist of the [...]
Look at future differently
– President Jagdeo to Caricom …‘there has been a patent neglect of agriculture in many regional countries’ By Tusika Martin The Caribbean Community (Caricom) needs to look at the future differently, but in doing this, regional governments must ensure that agriculture is part of those sectors that will lead the community to greater prosperity. This [...]
Enmore CPG gets $4.1M vehicle
- Do not be dissuaded by judicial deficiencies, says Rohee Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has expressed disappointment at the rate of “too many” adjournments in the local courts, but is encouraging community policing groups (CPGs) to not be dissuaded by judicial deficiencies which allow arrested criminals to be out on bail and commit repeated [...]
After five years only two countries accept CCJ as final appellate court
By Oscar Ramjeet The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) entered its fifth year on April 12 since it was inaugurated at a lavish ceremony in Port of Spain, which was attended by nearly all the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as well as most legal luminaries in the region. The Court was, [...]
WNTD ushered in with awareness exhibition
Today is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), a day designated to raise awareness on the dangers of smoking. WNTD is being observed under the theme ‘Tobacco Health Warnings’. It was ushered in, locally, yesterday, with a Tobacco Awareness Exhibition at the City Mall, located at the corner of Camp and Regent Streets. The exhibition was [...]
Theatre Guild yet to be paid Carifesta fees
…launches 2009 outlook The Theatre Guild, which has found itself in a financial quagmire, says it is still owed $1.5 million by the government for performances held at the Guild Playhouse during the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta). The disclosure came Friday evening as the Guild made a passionate appeal for help in the forms [...]
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean decline this year
By Odeen Ishmael Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) living in the more developed countries will send back to their home countries US$64 billion in 2009, US$4 billion less than in 2008. Nevertheless, this total represents more than the sum of foreign direct investment and official development aid combined. As the global economic [...]
What is the natural law for mating?
Dear Editor, Justin DeFreitas ends his rebuttal of my studied proposal that “Homosexuality portends the fall of modern civilization” (Kaieteur News, May 25th) by urging me to “lighten up… Gay folks are just an acorn…The sky is not falling” (“The Gay Armaggedon – The end is nigh?” GC May 27th). First of all, I am [...]
A publicly open plot?
Dear Editor, Pastor Daniel Singh continues his attempts to demean the work of science in his May 29th (GC) letter, “Looks like aunt ‘Ida’ was an imposter”. He says the “plot thickened” when it was “discovered” that the fossil nicknamed, “Ida” was bought from a private collector. This is the first “plot” I know of [...]
GHB stages youth hockey marathon
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) staged a Global Youth Hockey Marathon yesterday in keeping with the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) mandate to facilitate the event in every affiliate country on the same day. President of the GHB, Phillip Fernandes told Kaieteur Sport at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, where the activity was held, that the [...]
Potential of Guyana’s agricultural gateway
Dear Editor, Guyana is poised to take off economically with the development of it agricultural sector and the opening of the Takutu Bridge which links us to Brazil is the first step in opening up new economic activities that can benefit both countries. This can be followed by a paved highway from Lethem to Georgetown, [...]
Collins into overdrive, assumes lead
The race to find out who will be the two players to face off in the final of the National Open Scrabble Championship is still unknown after two of the three preliminary rounds were completed yesterday at the Bank of Guyana. What is confirmed is that defending champion Frederick Collins, who was third at the [...]
What exactly, must the PNC apologise for?
Dear Editor, The SN headline dated May 24, 2009 and captioned, “There should be apology for past wrongs – Van West Charles says,” has opened the door for some serious debate, particularly within the PNCR organisation. In the article Mr. Richard Van West Charles, Former Health Minister under the PNC administration, and PNCR leader hopeful, [...]
Uprising, Conquerors start with convincing wins
When the Trix Under-17 football league kicked off yesterday morning at the GFC ground, jumping into the lead with 3 points each were Uprising and Fruta Conquerors who won their respective games easily. Uprising behind a hat-trick from their captain, Stephon Dickson hammered Pele 5-1 while Conquerors thumped Santos 3-1. After taking the lead in [...]
