Robin Persaud tops field to win feature 35-lap event
By Franklin Wilson Robin Persaud in a time of one hour 28 minutes 39.6 seconds out peddled Christopher Persaud and Berbice based Turhan Harris to capture the feature 35-lap race at the 7th Hand in Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Company sponsored 11-race cycle meet which took place at the National Park yesterday. The [...]
Weather, new housing schemes drive up electricity demand – Brassington
By Fareeza Haniff As Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is in the process of completing the New Kingston Power Plant and putting it in operation by the first week of November, Chairman of company, Winston Brassington has said that the power outages are expected to continue until then. During a tour of the plant yesterday, [...]
Robeson Benn demolishes Tuschen Kissing Bridge
…attractive but unsafe, illegal – Benn By Gary Eleazar and Andrunie Harris Minister of Public Works and Transport, Robeson Benn, when asked to comment on the demolition of the Double Day Hotel’s Kissing Bridge at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, said that while the structure is attractive it is unsafe and illegal. As such, according to [...]
$2.5M in shares bought for motherless boys
In order to maximise the generous financial support offered to four young boys following the death of their mother, Mary Sandy, almost five months ago, substantial shares have been procured on their behalf from the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL). The four boys, seven-year-old Andre, five-year-old Mark, three-year-old Anthony and the baby, Andrew, lost their mother [...]
He has been hailed as Guyana’s most popular comedian and described as this country’s “Ambassador of Comedy”
Habeeb Khan is a ‘Special Person’ “Extremely good looking. You see I had lots of money. My father left me $96,000 when he died. I got a lot of things for women…gramophone, bicycles, children. A lot of respectable women in Georgetown got houses too.” By Leonard Gildarie It is difficult to start writing something about [...]
Dem boys seh…World Bank people does tek bribe?
Dem boys seh that when rain falling and thunder clap, children does run and hide under bed. Christmas time when boys and even big people let off squib, dogs does run and hide. Some of dem run away and get lost. Some run in fear and car knock dem down but de smart ones run [...]
Diwali motorcades begin
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabdha has begun a series of countrywide motorcades to celebrate the Festival of Lights – Diwali. The motorcades were first started in 1974, after the Sabha’s president, Reepu Daman Persaud, thought that the festival of Diwali was too significant an occasion to just be restricted to the lighting of diyas on [...]
THE MERMAID’S REVENGE
Part One and Two By Michael Jordan You may wonder why the date August 18, 1997 sticks in my head. I’ll tell you why. It was the day that me and Maxie did a terrible thing, though we hadn’t meant to hurt anybody; we were just two 12-year-old boys enjoying the long holiday, but nobody, [...]
Post Mortem inconclusive – further testing to be done
While many have concluded that the three persons who were found in Parafait/Harmonie died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, the police are awaiting the test results to prove this. On Friday, a post mortem examination performed on the remains of 54-year-old Verbina Garraway, her seven-year-old grandson, Orette Garraway, and her daughter, Abiola Josiah, [...]
Linden boat service hangs on despite economic downturn
Life without boats in Linden you say? Well, that is well nigh impossible- at least in the foreseeable future anyway. And the reason is quite obvious- the community is split through the middle by the Demerara River. So not even the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge that spans the divide, can replace the services rendered by the ‘ferry [...]
Guyana launches Michael Jackson, international basketball stamps
The French Government established the first postal service in British Guiana in 1783 with Adrian Loncq as the first Post Master for Demerara. However, after the colonies were taken over by the Dutch, the Post Office was abolished and remained non existent between 1784 and 1795. During this period, mail was sent through the government [...]
D’Urban Park Lions target eye care
The Lions Club of D’Urban Park would be observing its annual “Lions World Sight Day” tomorrow. On the occasion, the club will be hosting an eye clinic at the Guyana Cricket Club for primary school children with a focus on eliminating preventable blindness and improving sight. Special sight-related projects include vision screenings mainly for students [...]
Music cart owners claim police harassment
…police say they are nuisances Since Mark Benschop took to the streets with the controversial sex tape allegedly with the voice of Kwame Mc Coy, music cart owners have said that their livelihood is being affected. According to some of the owners who solely depend on this trade, they are being targeted by ranks of [...]
Coast guards assault speedboat captain
Mark Hendricks, 25, of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast, a speedboat captain, was assaulted on Friday allegedly by Coast Guard ranks when his vessel arrived at the Parika stelling. According to Hendricks who came to Kaieteur News, after visiting the Georgetown Public Hospital where he received a medical certificate, “On Friday around 17:10 hrs I left Buck [...]
Losses in excess of $100M and counting
(By Mondale Smith and Brushell Blackman) The losses from Friday night’s Regent Street blaze are believed to be in excess of $100 M and while Shaheed Hamid and family are aggrieved, the man says that he will be retaining his staff “to do other things.” Yesterday, he met with Fire Chief Marlon Gentle. At the [...]
Kumaka Landing squatters have to move -Benn
By Gary Eleazar Persons occupying the government reserves at Kumaka Landing, Mabaruma, have no other choice but to remove. This is according to Minister of Public Works Transportation and Hydraulics yesterday while giving an update. Persons continuing to occupy the land will worsen erosion in the area, increasing the threat to a stelling/wharf. A team [...]
Dry weather: Gov’t monitoring cassava production
In light of the El Nino like conditions, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, says that Guyana is monitoring closely its cassava production and availability given its importance to hinterland food security. According to the Minister, several of the already on-going El Nino response interventions are targeted at the cassava crop and there will be a [...]
Duo continues quest to promote Transcendental Meditation
In their continued quest to promote the Transcendental Meditation Technique of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Richard and Janine Robertson, who have been teaching in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe over the last 30 years, are back in Guyana and are geared to offer free public lectures this week. The husband and wife team has [...]
Guyana has highest migration rate in region – Corbin
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, has said that the recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on Guyana reflects the harsh reality under which Guyanese are living. At the time the party leader was addressing members of the media at his party’s weekly press conference at Congress Place, Thursday last. Corbin [...]
200M H1N1 vaccine for the Region
Approximately 200 million doses of H1N1 vaccine will be made available to the Caribbean, thanks to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Revolving Fund. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who on many occasions had made it clear that if the Region did not get the assistance of these [...]
Police band can’t get worse
Dear Editor, Each year, four times per year I have to sit in my chambers and be assaulted by the Police Force Band as they play and march to and from the High Court at the opening of the Criminal Session. Mr. Editor once before I have written about the quality, or lack of it, [...]
All is not well at Guyana’s High Commission in London
Dear Editor, I visited the Guyana High Commission in London on Thursday 8, 2009, with the intention of renewing my passport which expired late last month. I got to the High Commission at about 2:10 PM; the High Commission closes the passport section at 2:30 PM. There were two customers waiting to be seen, a [...]
Introduce $5,000 and $2,000 bills
Dear Editor, A myriad number of anxious voices among the business community and even among the ordinary man/woman in the street are now calling on the Hon. Minister of Finance to give serious consideration, erelong, to make available for general convenience and security $5,000 and $2,000 bills as legal tenders, for trading and payment of [...]
Disposing of garbage
Dear Editor People feel that they have a natural right to throw away as much stuff as they like. That has led Georgetown and its vicinity to be unsightly. Scientists inform us that ‘rotting waste produce methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming’. There is need to invest resources [...]
Attacks on Alexander Village Mandir
Dear Editor, The Alexander Village Mandir, located at the corner of Third and Cross Streets, has a long history of serving the village and beyond for more than 100 years. One of the most auspicious times for the Mandir and villagers is Diwali. This festival is one that the Mandir became famous for because of [...]
