Bandits hit police headquarters
- cash, uniforms, boots stolen While significant attention is being paid to the fire at the Ministry of Health headquarters on Brickdam, police now have to shift some of their focus to determine who carried out a daring break-in at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Early yesterday morning it [...]
NBS $800 Million contract manipulated to Dr Gopaul’s friend
- Christopher Ram Eminent Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, has lashed out at Chairman of the Board of Directors at the New Building Society, Dr Nanda Gopaul, calling his remarks a combination of unprofessionalism and misinformation. According to Ram, during a recent interview with this newspaper, Dr Gopaul’s statements reek of a man drunk with power. [...]
Corbin losing his marbles
- Donald Ramotar …reiterates that PPP is against all forms of torture General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, yesterday reiterated that his party was against all forms of torture. In an invited comment in relation to the brutal beating inflicted recently on Troy Small, allegedly at the hands of GDF ranks, Ramotar [...]
Four more arrested
Health Ministry fire… – Joint Services raid C/ville, South Ruimveldt homes By Michael Jordan Joint Services ranks yesterday detained three Campbellville residents and a South Ruimveldt man during pre-dawn raids for alleged suspects in the Health Ministry arson probe. The three Campbellville family members were released late yesterday evening, but Kaieteur News understands that their [...]
Security forces seem to be manufacturing evidence using torture
Ministry of Health fire… – Robert Corbin Although the Head of State has said that there would be no casting of blame until the investigations into the Ministry of Health’s fire is completed, recent reports suggest that the $25M reward may be insufficient, since the security forces are in the process of manufacturing evidence using [...]
House burns down…Man sets self afire, plunges through window
A young businessman is clinging onto life after setting himself alight in an early morning blaze which destroyed his Lot 41 Virginia, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara business and house, yesterday. Nazim Khan, a former policeman and a former foreman at the Enmore Estate, sustained third degree burns all over his body and collapsed in [...]
Gov’t needs to pay more attention to the elderly
– medical watch doctor Dr. Saruabh Mehta, a Pharmacist attached to the Guyana Watch team has said the government needs to pay closer attention to the elderly population in Guyana in an effort to treat their long term chronic diseases. In a comment to Kaieteur News yesterday during their medical outreach in Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast [...]
Man dies in Lethem motorcycle crash
A 22 year old rehab assistant from the Rupununi succumbed in a Brazil hospital on Saturday night following a collision between two motorcycles on the Lethem airstrip road. Clinton D’Oliviera, of St. Ignatius Village, Central Rupununi, succumbed to massive head injuries after he was flung from his motorcycle at around 19:00 hours. Another man, Jermaine [...]
Laboratory tests at Regional facilities to be improved
– Dr Roach As part of its mandate to improve the quality of laboratory tests available within the public health sector, the National Public Health Reference Laboratory has commenced a technique sharing programme. And this initiative, according to the Director of Reference Lab, Dr Colin Roach, is geared at ensuring that the same high quality [...]
Who’s to be blamed?
Two drivers are at war as to who caused an accident which occurred yesterday in Meten –Meer–Zorg, West Coast Demerara. According to Kumar Bissoon, the driver of the car PLL 6256, he was heading west along the road, when the car, PFF 9392 slammed into him. “I driving towards Parika coming and all I hear [...]
Security guard killed by mini bus in Linden
An early morning accident yesterday, at Half Mile Wismar, opposite Dellie’s Nightspot, has left one man dead and a mini bus driver in police custody. Dead is Wilton Craig, 58, of 51 One Mile Extension, Wismar, Linden. According to reports, Craig was on his way to work at Bosai Minerals, where he was employed as [...]
Children escape injuries as house crashes down
Three children, aged eight, five and fours years old escaped serious injuries on Saturday night, as they managed to run to safety before their house came crashing down in De Groot, Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara. The children’s mother, Pamela Harrinarine, told Kaieteur News yesterday that the house was leaning to one side for quiet a [...]
King, Vieira, Rahaman outstanding
Group 4 champion Andrew King obliterated the field to reign supreme as the second leg of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club National Race of Champions Meeting which ended yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit. King taking full advantage in the absence of Mark Vieira, crushed the opposition to record three wins from as [...]
Amateur boxers entertain Albouystown residents
The Harpy Eagles Boxing Club was transformed into a hive of activity yesterday afternoon when the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), in association with several boxing enthusiasts, staged the second edition of what will now be a regular feature, of the Inter-Gym boxing championships. The tournament is a direct response to the outcries of boxers for [...]
Berbice triumph over Essequibo
Shemaine Campbell lashed an unbeaten 123 to pilot Berbice to an emphatic victory over Essequibo after the latter team won the toss and invited the former to take first strike, when play in the Senior Inter-County Female 50 overs cricket competition continued at the Police Sports Club Ground, yesterday morning. Campbell was supported with [...]
We must stop operating like boy scouts when it comes to the nation’s future
Dear Editor, Our leaders are running on the spot shouting from the top of their voices about REDD and low carbon initiatives wasting good money again; yet the one project that can make a difference in the lives of the Guyanese people in this area is silently being positioned for parking with the lame excuse [...]
The age of reason, common sense and truth will wipe out all traces of these two political ‘dinosaurs’
Dear Editor, The recent exchanges between Mr. Ramkarran and others, in the letter section, shows that these writers are all caught up in the past, especially Ramkarran. He claims that the PNC should apologise for its years in office and David Hinds has the nerve to criticise President Cheddi Jagan’s book, The West on Trial. [...]
Parents seeking transfers have the wrong perceptions – Minister Baksh
Candidates of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) drawn from out-of-town schools cannot be transferred to top city Secondary Schools if they have not acquired the requisite marks to do so. This notion was emphasised recently by Senior Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh. His remarks came in wake of several complaints made by some parents [...]
City Council and delinquent rate payers
Dear Editor, I have noticed in your paper of July 23rd, a notice from Mayor and City Council of Georgetown which identifies delinquent rate payers and a request for them to check with the city treasurer. Sir, there exist 34 North Road and King Street, 34 Robb and King Streets and 34 King Street. I [...]
Women need to fight back and maintain their dignity
Dear Editor, Permit me a few reflections on an article I read in the print media recently, coming from none other than a Caribbean legal mind. I think, Ms. Tracy Robinson, senior lecturer from the Law Faculty at UWI, adds dimension and purpose to the unheard voices of our women who suffer silently in the [...]
Corentyne chamber honours top performers
ALBION, CORENTYNE – Five of the top performers from Region Six, at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, were honoured by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was done during the opening ceremony of the Berbice Expo and Trade Fair on Friday at the Albion Sports Complex. The top five in East Berbice [...]
Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers
Dear Editor, Many years ago, I taught voluntarily at the David Rose School for the Handicapped and those children were adorably loving and kind. I spent from childhood to adulthood with a foster mother and we had shared a bond of mother and son although we were not biologically connected. Shame on the sons who [...]
West Canje to be permanently sealed
LOCABER, WEST CANJE – Rehabilitation work is to commence in the vicinity of a breach at Locaber in West Canje later this week. According to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, a $5.4 million contract was recently awarded to B.K. International. The job is expected to wrap up within 10 weeks. The project would be monitored [...]
The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP
The recent suggestion that Local Government Elections may not be possible this year is a serious blow to local democracy and a lifeline to the main opposition, the Peoples National Congress Reform, now going through serious internal travails. Ironically, the ruling Peoples Progressive Party is likely to be extremely pleased by the delay. Had Local [...]
One of the most horrible moments of my life
Is Guyana a failed state? I believe it is. Mr. Jagdeo’s business-friends who are putting up tall buildings, would say no. One would like to think that these business people have a more than passing familiarity with political theory. When scholars describe a state as a failed country, they certainly do not use [...]
