Dead man found in empty lot
The Police are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of man, whose body was discovered in an empty lot at the corner of Camp and Lamaha Streets yesterday morning. The dead man, who up to press time had not been identified, was discovered by employees in the Guyana Consumers Association building, which is [...]
DCC tackle Floodlights XI tomorrow night
Survival Travel Agency Trophy at stake Tomorrow evening for the very first time at the DCC Ground, Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown the Floodlights Squad will be playing a very powerful DCC Select side with some present and past national players in a feature 25 overs softball match starting at 6:00pm. DCC will be skippered by [...]
Amelia’s Ward edge Half Mile/1 Mile on penalties
Amelia’s Ward secured a 3-2 victory over Half Mile/1Mile in Tuesday’s action of the Linden leg of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football championship. The sides played to a 0-0 stalemate in regulation time, necessitating penalty kicks to separate them. The key contest had seen former sharpshooter and national player Brian Joseph, [...]
GCB senior 4-day cricket to start on September 22
Rest team to compete against Dem, E’bo and B’ce The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday announced that a Rest team will compete against county teams Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo in an ‘experimental’ senior 4-day cricket competition from September 22. GCB head Chetram Singh said that last year a 42-man squad was divided into 3 teams [...]
Trix U-17 League high achievers receive prizes
Bryden & Fernandes Inc. promises continued support to GFA By Franklin Wilson High achievers of the inaugural Trix Under-17 football competition organised by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and sponsored by Bryden & Fernandes Inc., local agents for the Trix Drink Mix, received their prizes yesterday at the sponsors Head Office following a simple ceremony. [...]
Christianburg, Bayroc register wins
Christianburg and Bayroc won their respective quarter-final matches in this year’s Upper Demerara Hand-in-Hand Second Division 50 overs Cricket Competition which continued, at the Bayroc Community Centre ground in Linden recently. In the first game, Christianburg defeated Uprising Young Stars by 7 wickets. Invited to bat after losing the toss, Uprising Young Stars were dismissed [...]
Your lyrics are off-key, off limits and they kill Caribbean peoples’ self-respect and dignity
Dear Editor, The news that singer David Brooks aka Mavado will be performing in Guyana comes as a shock after the ban imposed last year by the Minister of Home Affairs in Guyana, and following the trend in other Caribbean countries to reject the violence which is being perpetuated in popular music in the name [...]
City Hall offers defaulting taxpayers brief amnesty
In order to encourage defaulting property owners to fulfil their civic responsibility of paying their property taxes, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has introduced an amnesty initiative which will see taxpayers being relieved of accumulated interest. However this innovative service, according to Public Relations Officer, Royston King, will only be available until [...]
An unfair situation
Dear Editor, I would like to bring this unfair situation to the Minister of Education, other educators and the public. For several years many of the pupils of Cornelia Ida Primary School are being transferred to Leonora Primary School even though there is no change of address. This often occurs when most of the pupils [...]
Magistrate to rule in two weeks
Come September 23, Dwight Da Silva, who is currently before the court charged with several murders, will know whether or not he will be committed to stand trial for the murder of Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul. On Tuesday, Da Silva made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Nigel Hawke. During that appearance [...]
Head teachers should be sanctioned for unacceptable libraries – Baksh
In the opinion of Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, “Head teachers must be sanctioned if school libraries are not in an acceptable condition.” According to the Minister, over the past year the Ministry through National Centre for Education Research and Development (NCERD) has been trying to resuscitate school libraries some of which are not in [...]
Govt. made the right decision
Dear Editor, I read with great interest the developing story about the Mormons, reported in your esteemed newspaper and would like to comment as follows: 1) Once these people have broken our laws they should be deported forthwith and further, should not be allowed re-entry as they are likely to break the law again. Furthermore [...]
Suspected mastermind held
Police have detained a Kitty businessman who they believe was the mastermind of the kidnapping of the 21-year old Rorhema Dookie. The businessman was detained at his home yesterday morning after police obtained additional information during their probe. The arrest of the businessman occurred a day after police detained several suspects during an early morning [...]
Rohee explains lay person’s understanding of polygraph
Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is probably the only Government in the world which encounters opposition to its initiatives to ensure greater accountability and integrity in the conduct of public service. At the same time when some people who should be the last becomes the first in lecturing the Government about probity and the [...]
The sugar industry remains an intrinsic component of our economy
Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) views with grave concern the misleading and malicious assertions made by Lincoln Lewis, General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour in a letter entitled, “An open letter to Rickey Singh”, published in the August 23, 2009 edition of Kaieteur News. In that letter Lewis [...]
Health Ministry to focus on Body Mass Index
In observance of Caribbean Wellness Day, which will be celebrated on Saturday, under the theme, “Love that body, yours and mine,” the Ministry of Health will focus its attention on ensuring that every citizen knows their Body Mass Index (BMI). This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted that his Ministry [...]
Something smells at the Education Ministry
It never makes for interesting reading when one hears of teachers having to take some form of industrial action to enforce the regulations of a school. In the first instance, parents who have children at the school are left to worry about the education of their children. In the second case, the reason often exposes [...]
British helping Guyana find low carbon investments
The British Government is helping Guyana find low carbon investments. British High Commissioner Fraser Wheeler yesterday said the British Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) is supporting the new Programme Management Unit in the Office of the President, which has been set up to attract outside investment in specific low carbon sectors. He said it [...]
