PNCR insinuates ‘sweetheart deal’
…as motion to suspend Govt. sale of shares in GT&T defeated By Gary Eleazar A motion primarily calling for the suspension of the decision by Government to sell its 20 per cent shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company was last evening defeated in the National Assembly with the opposition condemned as having no [...]
Kwame McCoy dodges media over sex-tape allegations
Kwame McCoy, who is caught up in scandalous allegation that he solicited sex from a 15-year-old boy, is back at his desk at the office of the President. Yesterday dodged questions about the allegations. McCoy, who is the Information Liaison Officer to President Bharrat Jagdeo, has returned to work after taking two weeks leave in [...]
Taxi driver admits to being part of robbery gang
The taxi driver who was found with the abandoned car at Stewartville Old Road on Wednesday has reportedly admitted to being a part of the gang which robbed Bartica businessman Nezam Kassim on Tuesday. And in a strange twist, the mother of Kassim’s personal driver found a black bag in her yard. In the bag [...]
Colwyn King released on $100,000 bail
- GTU expresses support for accused president President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King, was released on $100,000 station bail yesterday as police continue to investigate allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenaged girl. King was released late yesterday evening after police investigators took him to be examined by a private doctor. Police have [...]
Sugar workers back to work
…GuySuCo/GAWU to resume ‘talks’ After a total shutdown of the sugar industry for two days, workers countrywide are expected to resume work today. The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) have agreed to resume wages and salaries negotiations on Monday. Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Errol Hanoman, [...]
Dem boys seh… Radio gun deh Wild West
Wednesday was a big day because all of a sudden nuff people believe that radio licence gun give away Wild West. Vieira get vex because de government refuse to give he a radio licence and he set up he own radio station. De government get vex because it didn’t want to give anybody another radio [...]
The significance of Diwali
Diwali is a unique Hindu Festival whose origin dates back to Satyug or the Golden Age. This festival is celebrated on Amawasya or the New Moon Day in the Hindu month of Kaartic. Diwali means a cluster of lights. Its significance is very deep and is traced to the worship of Lakshmi. The word Lakshmi [...]
No more importing of sugar – GuySuCo
Guyana has finally stopped the importation of sugar, with the last shipment being made during the first week of October. This is according to Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman, who during a press conference on Wednesday, told the media that a total of 14,000 tonnes of sugar was [...]
NAACIE and GPL begin benefits negotiation for 2009
With the year almost at its end the Guyana Power and Light Company has begun negotiation with the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees on fringe benefits for the year. According to General Secretary of the Union, Kenneth Joseph, the negotiations began on Wednesday and so far the talks are not favorable to [...]
Another Bond joins local Bar
Another attorney at law, Joann Alexis Bond, was admitted to the local Bar, yesterday. Ms Bond had her petition presented by attorney at law Nigel Hughes before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. The former Comenius Primary School student successfully wrote the Secondary School Entrance Examination in 1997. She gained a place at President’s College. She began the [...]
Gov’t procures $207M container scanner
Guyana has finally adhered to the calls by the American Government for containers leaving this country to be scanned. Yesterday, Government offered no objection for the release of $207 million for the scanner, which will be used as a formidable tool on the basis of exporting. In 2003, the American Government had threatened Guyana that [...]
Linden Bridge accident victim sustains spinal injuries
Wallick Liverpool, the uncle of Gavin Liverpool, said on Wednesday, that he watched petrified as a two by eight plank, measuring approximately 18 feet, slammed into his nephew’s head, knocking him to the ground, and rendering him unconscious for several minutes. This happened on the Mackenzie/ Wismar Bridge, Tuesday morning, shortly after10:00 hrs. The elder [...]
GRA reinforces ban on firecrackers, other explosives
Recalling last year’s squib-throwing incident on Deepavali night in Alexander Village, the Guyana Revenue Authority has reminded the general public that squibs and firecrackers are illegal. They can be fatal. The Enforcement arm of the GRA has an ongoing exercise aimed at monitoring the activities at ports and borders countrywide, and persons found smuggling goods [...]
City Council meeting to replace officers implicated in AG Report yields no results
An extraordinary meeting at City Hall yesterday intended to identify replacement officers to fill the positions of Town Clerk and City Treasurer came to a bizarre end as confusion reigned among some members of the council. The impromptu meeting was instigated by Acting City Mayor Robert Williams who in a bid to bring order among [...]
Gunmen hold up Banks DIH delivery truck
Two gun-toting youths, accompanied by another who was unarmed, stuck up a Banks DIH beverage truck yesterday afternoon, and relieved the driver of $80,000 in cash, one cell phone and a silver chain, before making good their escape through the Stevedore Housing Scheme. The incident occurred around 13:00hrs outside the business place of one of [...]
Bureau of Statistics launches DevInfo
…releases compact disk (GuyD_Info) The Bureau of Statistics is the central authority on statistics in Guyana. It supplies information on population, Crude Birth Rate, Labour Force, Net Enrollment Rate, Gross Domestic Product and Inflation Rate. Yesterday, on the occasion of Statistics Day representatives of the Bureau of Statistics, including the Chairman Ian Manifold, Chief Executive [...]
Cabinet offers no objection to eight new contracts
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced eight contracts that have attracted Cabinet’s no objection over the past week. At the time Dr Luncheon was addressing members of the media at his weekly press conference. He said that contracts were awarded in the area of sea defence and public works. The first contract [...]
World Food Day
…Persaud says ‘quality’ off food is on the decline As Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Food Day today, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is urging leaders to not only focus on ‘food security’ but also on ‘food nutrition security.’ In a press statement issued to the media yesterday, Minister Persaud [...]
Nation must call on Speaker to set up tribunal to investigate
…says Rights of the Child Commissioner Outside Public Buildings, yesterday, during the first sitting of the National Assembly after the parliamentary recess, protestors were seen with placards bearing slogans such as ‘Our Children Need Justice Now’, ‘Stop sexual violence against boys and girls now’ and ‘Select commission act now to protect our children’. The protestors [...]
Evan Persaud suspended
…until Special Committee finishes work A University of Guyana (UG) lecturer, under fire for allegedly hosting an unauthorized test off-campus and for using foul language in classes, has been suspended until a Special Committee can conclude its work. This was one of the decisions that came out of a UG Council special meeting Wednesday evening [...]
Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan’s lawyer not bothered by probation recommendations
- judge likely to follow pre-sentencing guidelines Diarmuid White, the attorney representing self-confessed Guyanese drug trafficker, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan is keeping an open mind ahead of the sentencing to be imposed on his client today.. Yesterday, White declined to speculate on the number of years judge Dora Irizarry would impose on his client because he [...]
Seven rescued from watery grave in Atlantic Ocean
…as T&HD vessel sinks trawler It was drama on the Atlantic Ocean about 23: 45hrs Wednesday when a Transport and Harbours Department passenger vessel MV Barima crashed into the right side of trawler, Regina 2, while it was en route to the North West district. All seven persons aboard the trawler (Regina 2) managed to [...]
THE AFC HAS BLUNDERED
There is now a real possibility that local government elections will be held next year. This is great news, not just because it would allow for local democracy, but because it allows for the political sails to be hoisted, the winds to be tested and the machinery of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to the [...]
Karate Federation hosts successful national camp
Twenty six karatekas recently benefited immensely from a national camp held at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), under the auspices of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF). The two days activity which was conducted by Sensei Amir Khouri (5th Dan) commenced on Saturday October 10 and concluded two days later. Khouri was ably assisted [...]
Digicel sponsored Honduras on the road to FIFA World Cup 2010 glory
First Digicel-sponsored team ever to make it to this far Kingston, Jamaica – In an exciting match in San Salvador on Wednesday night, the Digicel-sponsored Honduras team beat El Salvador (also sponsored by Digicel) 1-0 to put itself on the road to World Cup glory in South Africa next year. This is the first time [...]
