GT&T contributes $43 Billion to national treasury since 2000
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has invested US$300M in Guyana since the beginning of operations. At present, the company is worth over $5B with 250,000 mobile subscribers and 130,000 wire-line consumers. Yesterday, Kaieteur News was told that the annual book earning per share is $195,859 and that the company has 20,625 shares. Of [...]
Ministry’s fire suspect… BRUTALISED
Visibly battered, shaking uncontrollably and unable to walk, Troy Small called ‘Cats’ was finally released from the Alberttown Police Station and was immediately rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for medical attention. Small, an alleged victim of torture at the hands of men believed to be members of the Guyana Defence Force, was released [...]
Olympic-size pool to cost $316M
By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s first Olympic-size swimming pool is set to be completed by the first quarter of next year according to Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony. The project, which commenced last year January, after all the paperwork – which started in 2007 – was concluded, came to a halt in [...]
Killer confesses to butchering lover’s mom
- leads cops to murder weapon By Michael Jordan Detectives listened yesterday as a 22-year-old bus conductor calmly related how he vented his fury at being spurned by butchering his girlfriend’s mother, Rajpattie Jagroop, with a kitchen knife, and stabbing her 17-year-old daughter. The deed was done on Tuesday night after he had sneaked into [...]
Over 300 tombs desecrated in Le Repentir
Even in their final resting place the dead are not resting in peace. Drug addicts continue to wreak havoc, damaging more than 300 tombs in the Le Repentir Cemetery in search of steel. At first the addicts targeted the elaborate grill work that surrounded some of the tombs but since that is now not readily [...]
US$26M Hope Beach wind farm no longer feasible
Hydropower plant will be aggressively pursued – Jagdeo By Gary Eleazar Guyana simply does not have favourable wind flow to justify the setting up of the intended wind farm at Hope Beach, East Coast Demerara. This is according to Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo during an interactive session with media operatives, yesterday. He emphasized that [...]
Correction
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) does not engage in fortnightly billing as was incorrectly stated in an article published in the Wednesday’s edition of this newspaper. Rather, the entity bills its customer on a quarterly basis, a change from its annual one-off billing approach. The article attributed the inaccurate statement to Chief Executive of the [...]
Police should not remove hire cars from Govt. reserve at UG road – Minister Benn
The public interest will override private agendas as the police are acting out of their jurisdiction to remove hire cars from the Government reserve at the University of Guyana access Road, Turkeyen. This is according to Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, who yesterday told the media that area that is referred to as UG [...]
Former student forges exams certificate
Ganesh Singh, a former Richard Ishmael Secondary student who is now 21, went to great lengths to get accepted into the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). He allegedly committed forgery. The lot 613 Diamond Housing Scheme resident appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, yesterday, to answer two counts of forgery. It is alleged that some [...]
Men remanded for stealing water tank
Leroy Pitt and Andrew James were both remanded on Wednesday when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, to answer larceny charges. Between July 18 and July 19 both men stole from Toolsieram Persaud one 400-gallon water tank. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. While both men provided addresses at which they claim [...]
Reifer (57) gives Bajans 46-run 1st innings lead against Guyana
Griffith hits attractive 53 to pass 300 runs By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, GSL, Pepsi, Smalta & Demerara Power Company Guyana were 95-4 in their second innings against Barbados at the end of the second day of their 4th round TCL Group Regional 3-day Under-19 cricket match at [...]
I repeat, the President is not above the law
I find it amazing that someone who admits that he has not read the post-2000 revisions that were made to the Constitution of Guyana, could have claimed, with some degree of alacrity and assertiveness that the President remains above the law. Unless one studies, carefully, the amendments that were made to the powers of the [...]
Jamaica defy odds to cart off Challenge Cup and League titles
By Michael Benjamin After four days of pulsating cricket where fortunes swayed from one team to the next, Jamaica rose from their dismal second round, bottom of the table standing, to claim both the Challenge Cup and the League Cup, when play in the 4th Regional Blind Cricket competition concluded at the National Stadium, Providence, [...]
Rahaman hungry for success
By Rawle Welch After a disappointing conclusion to the race season last year, Group 2B driver Kemal Rahaman told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that he is eagerly looking forward to this Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club ‘Round 2 National race of Champions’ Meeting, at the South Dakota Circuit. The one-handed speed merchant whose quest [...]
BCB / Poonai Drugs Store launch U-13 Inter Zone tournament
Four Zones to battle for bragging rights The development of junior cricketers in Berbice has gone a step higher with the launching of the first ever Under-13 Inter Zone Cricket tournament by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), sponsored by Poonai Drugs Store of Rose Hall Town. The tournament would be contested amongst four teams, namely [...]
Rudolph Mitchell aims for century mark as top race walkers gear up for action
The nation’s top race walkers will once again compete for honours, when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) stages another event, dubbed ‘the Soesdyke/Coverden Race Walk,’ scheduled for Sunday. The walkers would be sent on their way from the Soesdyke/Coverden NDC office, journey around the village and back to the place of origin. National [...]
Mohan, Younge are new FIBA referees
To develop clinic for local officials The Haynes Basketball Foundation confirmed yesterday that former national point guard, Lugard Mohan and former player Aubrey Younge are International Basketball Federation (FIBA) referees after completing the course. FIBA had informed the United States-based Foundation after it had written to inquire on the two officials’ status. Mohan and Younge [...]
Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy to start Monday
- 44 Under-15 & 19 players to attend The historic Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy, hosted by the Berbice Cricket Board bowls off on Monday at the Port Mourant cricket ground from 08.30hrs. The Academy, the first of its kind in Berbice, involves 27 Under-15 and 17 Under-19 players. Sessions would be conducted by senior [...]
It was just an illusion
By Rawle Welch After a somewhat promising start to the year, where it appeared as though some sports administrators were showing vital signs of regaining consciousness and their respective organisations would have discarded their old, apathetic outlook, recent evidence seems to suggest that the early scenario was just an illusion. Once again athletes are the [...]
John S.E. Hernandez Memorial Volleyball tourney to be staged Sunday
The third annual John S.E. Hernandez Memorial Volleyball tournament is expected to get underway on Sunday at 10:00 hrs, on the Volleyball Court at the National Park. This tournament is sponsored by the Hernandez family in collaboration with the Guyana Volleyball Federation. John Sheldon Elquemedo Hernandez was brutally murdered on July 19, 2006 in unexplained [...]
Monedderlust sweep Under-11 & 13 titles
- NAU 2nd, Rosignol 3rd Monedderlust FC, based on the West Coast of Berbice, showed their class at the junior level, when they captured both the Under-11 and 13 titles in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Youth Development Week competitions, played at the Blairmont CDC ground, last Thursday. Monedderlust squeezed past New Amsterdam United (NAU) [...]
Taylor bangs in five as Rosignol thrash Strike Force 10-0
When play in the Banks DIH Coca Cola Senior League continued in the Ancient County last Sunday, Rosignol’s Cornel Taylor found the back of the nets on five occasions to lead his team to a 10-0 thrashing of Strike Force in the opening game at the Number 5 Playfield. In the main event, former champions, [...]
Rosignol United emerge top team in BFA/Coca Cola U-15 competition
In a very competitive Under-15 tournament, Rosignol United tallied 10 points from four matches to emerge as the top team, in the Berbice Football Association Coca Cola sponsored Youth Development Week competition, which attracted five clubs. New Amsterdam United (NAU) ended as the second best team with eight points, Monedderlust two points back on six, [...]
Jamzone Summer Break Weekend launched
As has become a tourism/leisure tradition on the local shores, the stage is once again set for entertainment seekers to enjoy the Jamzone Summer Break. Three nights of music and a day of beach games and partying will conclude with the crowning of the ninth Miss Jamzone. There will be promised entertainment by the Hits [...]
Trial of ‘cop killer’ commences in Berbice
The trial of Dorsette Mc Cammon, who is indicted for the murder of policeman, Micah Cort, finally commenced at the Berbice Assizes on Monday. The start of the trial was delayed on Thursday last, when one of the jurors informed the Registrar that she was a relative of the mother of the accused. In light [...]
