Chancellor refutes charges by Sita Ramlal
Embattled Supreme Court Registrar Sita Ramal could face another legal challenge this time from Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, over a letter she had written to the Head of the Presidential Secretariat. A release from the Office of the Chancellor stated that Justice Carl Singh is both pained and disgusted at what is [...]
Government distributes 700 house lots on West Demerara
President Bharrat Jagdeo said, yesterday, that the local housing project is the best when compared to models in other countries. He also boasted that Government has distributed more than 12,000 house lots since it acceded to office in 1992. He committed his government to distributing a further 17,000 over the next three years. Mr. Jagdeo [...]
Bride-to-be found with throat slit
Police and army ranks are hunting a suspect in the murder of 20-year-old bride-to-be, Naiomi Singh, whose body, with throat slit, was found behind her parent’s home at Morashi, East Bank Essequibo on Friday night. It is believed that an intruder attacked Singh, who was scheduled to marry next month, while she was speaking with [...]
Global financial crisis impacting workers in the region – CCL
…labour movement not as equipped as it ought to be General Secretary of the Caribbean Council of Labour (CCL), Lincoln Lewis, in his May Day address to the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) rally highlighted the impact that the global financial crisis is having on workers. “As far as the labour movement is concerned, we [...]
CHI undertakes first Myxoma Resection
…as it continues its heart surgeries By Sharmain Cornette Adding to the list of inaugural operations undertaken at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) since its commissioning some years ago, Myxoma Resection, was yesterday for the first time performed in Guyana. Head of the CHI, New York-based Guyanese, Dr Gary Stephens, along with a team [...]
An intense dedication to religion and promoting youths’ involvement
Shri Prakash Gossai is a ‘Special Person’ “Gone are the days when these religious institutions are only places of singing, chanting and poojas. They must now be higher institutions for higher learning. This is where we must instill human values in our people. The child must understand that God is an important factor in [...]
Man goes into hiding after giving daughter poison
A Black Bush Polder man who gave his daughter poison after beating her for money and accusing her of knowing that his wife was unfaithful to him has gone into hiding. Kaieteur News understands that on April 27, around 15:00 hours the 13-year-old child Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder was at home while her mother was [...]
Laparkan offers special rates to customers
Given the current economic challenges, families both in Guyana and in the United States have less disposable income. Laparkan has therefore introduced a special offer for the shipment of boxes and small packages via both ocean and airfreight. In a release issued yesterday the shipping company announced that with the offer, envelope-size packages could be [...]
GT&T Cellink Jingles Competition returns with a bang!
After a one-year hiatus, the much anticipated GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition is returning, and with a prize tag bigger than ever before. According to word coming from the telecommunications giant, the event was not staged last year since all Guyana was involved in preparations for Carifesta X and for the Christmas festivities that [...]
Coup D’État is a must read for all Guyanese
By Michael Benjamin Forty years ago, in 1969, Theodore J Raffudeen departed Guyana for the United States of America in pursuit of academic accolades in the field of business. Five years later, after experiencing severe bouts of nostalgia, he re-migrated and decided to conform to the inner voices within that urged him to take up [...]
GMR&SC race Meet King takes pole
Reigning Group 4 Champion Andrew King registered a blistering 35.96 seconds to grab pole position for today’s feature race at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club season opener which will be held, at the South Dakota Circuit, starting from 09:00 hrs. King will be joined on the front of the grid by old rival [...]
Geography teachers take a field trip
Georgetown Geography teachers were recently privy to a preliminary field trip to Linden and its immediate environs where they were allowed to practise what they teach in the classroom and have a better understanding of their jobs. Warren Mitchell, Coordinator of the Geography Subject Committee, facilitated the excursion. The trip, which occurred on Wednesday, last [...]
Prepaid meters to be installed by August
Prepaid meters are already in the country and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently involved in community engagement. Kitty, North Ruimveldt, Stabroek and Bourda Markets and Black Bush Polder are the target areas. GPL is hoping to install just over 2,000 of these meters by August. Chief Executive Officer of GPL, Bharat Dindyal, said [...]
Soldier shot at Coast Guard HQ
Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital were last night battling to save the life of army Private Howard Willis, who was shot shortly after 20:00 hrs at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Ruimveldt. The victim, who hails from the North West District, reportedly shot himself in the face with a rifle. Reports indicate that Willis was [...]
Silent tragedy of pensioners in Guyana
Dear Editor, As our lawmakers and leaders now seek to ensure that their retirement years are very, very comfortable, it may be a good time to bring to the fore the silent tragedy of pensioners in Guyana. Most pensioners in Guyana are enduring the terrible scourge of mendicancy as they battle the daily indignities of [...]
NCN’s ‘Morning Show’ can be better
Dear Editor, I am appalled how a rookie broadcaster is put on the air and left on her own to anchor an important show like the Morning Show without any regard for the listening public. The current host seems to be playing music to entertain herself, has no idea what the format of such a [...]
Disappointed with management of Leonora Mandir
Dear Editor, We are a few dedicated devotees of Leonora Mandir, who wish to speak out against the ill treatment we have received and have been receiving at the hands of the management of the temple. We recently read an article in your newspaper whereby a devotee was calling on the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sahba [...]
Abortion is another form of violence
Dear Editor, Queen Victoria would have wanted the men who were protesting against domestic violence to protest against the killing of innocent babies every single day as well through abortions. I make that statement in light of them shown in a photograph standing under the statue of the 19TH Century monarch in the SN. While [...]
Janet Jagan was unfairly treated and a victim of misconception and misrepresentation
Dear Editor, Now that her death is all done, every ember form the pyre burned cold and the thoughts and wagging tongues – some slowly, some quickly fading and dying as is the way with all deaths – great and small, high and low. And so too as the excitement, buzzing and controversy that it [...]
A multi-cultural nation
The observance of Arrival Day as a Public Holiday by the nation on Tuesday should remind us that we are a multi-cultural society since each of the group that arrived into this country brought distinct cultures with them, aspects of which survive to this day. There are still some misunderstandings as to what “multiculturalism” means [...]
The Monica Reece Murder Mystery
By Michael Jordan “One of these days, I gun tell you something about Monica Reece that gun shock you,” the senior police official said to me. It was December 27, 1993, eight months after Reece had been murdered and this policeman, who had at one point been at the forefront of the investigation, was about [...]
THE BENEFITS TO FORMER PRESIDENTS ARE EXCESSIVE
There are many ministers who are performing functions beyond their capability; they are simply not ministerial material and ought never to have been so appointed. Similarly, with each passing day it is becoming clear that the PNCR should never again be entrusted with political power. The latest example of this concerns the controversial advertisement that [...]
AFC flays Foreign Affairs Ministry over Takatu Bridge
The Government and Ministry of the Foreign Affairs have mishandled the acceptance of the gift of the Takatu Bridge from the government and people of Brazil, and have reappraised our excellent relations with that nation, said the Alliance For Change. Indeed it may have been inappropriate for the Brazilian authorities to proceed to open the [...]
Some children have no chance
Last week I edited a story about a 13-year-old girl who attempted suicide because she felt hurt by the comments her alcoholic mother kept making because a relative took in the child. Prior to the so-called adoption the child slept wherever night caught her, even in the cemetery. At thirteen, a child is just beginning [...]
