British request must be viewed with suspicion
DEAR EDITOR, The Government of Guyana, more so, the President and Head of the Presidential Secretariat must be commended for their stance in relation the UK’s demands for the training of British Special Forces officers on Guyana’s territory, and worst yet, in close proximity to Guyana’s South American neighbours, namely, Brazil and Venezuela. The British [...]
Suspects released on station bail
The two suspects who were held recently in connection with the brutal murder of the three crew members of the Island Princess were yesterday released on station bail. The men, a chicken farmer and a popular Parika businessman, were arrested Monday night after their names surfaced during the investigations. The men were placed on $100,000 [...]
Alleged wife killer remanded
Gavin Towler, 40, of 153 Middle Road La Penitence Georgetown was refused bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer the charge of murder. It is alleged that between October 13 and October 19, at Middle Road La Penitence the accused murdered Samantha Marks. Since the charge was indictable the [...]
De British gun get cat boil
Every day bucket does go to de well one day de bottom gun drop out. For years Guyana was always calling de shot when it come to foreign aid to de country. De Americans announce that they giving Guyana some money but dem would have strings. Guyana mek nuff noise and de Americans would suck [...]
Rockstone Fishing Competition was a disorganised, unfair event
DEAR EDITOR, I love fishing and our entire family has taken part in the Rockstone Fish Festival since the inception of a fishing competition. We have taken part in the competition as a team called Bass Tracker and have won most of the trophies every year. Each year has had its share of problems but [...]
Logging Companies are the only financial contributors to the LCDS
DEAR EDITOR, The recent hype and debate has only served to strengthen the notion that Guyana is a country of “so-called experts” who believe that anything from overseas is good and any local must be bad. Case in point is the neglect of the logging industry and their apparent exclusion from the Low Carbon Development [...]
Region Six steps up demolition of illegal structures
Region Six – East Berbice/Corentyne has stepped up its drive to rid the area of all illegal and rundown structures, particularly those on the government reserves. According to a source, the programme began two months ago. So far a number of persons have complied with the orders of notices served by the relevant agencies. On [...]
Rohee’s deduction has permanently damaged his Government
Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, adopted the Social Sciences methodology of logical deduction, applied it to the Hamid family and in the process exposed the Guyana Government in a way that it cannot escape. Whether Mr. Rohee will be disciplined secretly or be publicly dismissed should be of interest. Let’s see how Mr. Rohee’s social [...]
Sugar Wages
GAWU, the largest union in the sugar industry, and GuySuCo, are locked in negotiations over wage increases for workers in 2009. After a countrywide strike that may or may not have had anything to do with the impasse (depending on whether one asks the union – “no” – or the management – “yes”) the matter [...]
Victim sustained 30 stab wounds
A post mortem examination performed on the remains of the former Region Three Vice Chairman, Ramnauth Bisram, revealed that he died as a result of shock and hemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds. Reports are that the man’s body bore at least 30 stab wounds, 15 of them to his chest area and several others [...]
The Guyana Government was in bed with the Americans
The joint opposition should cease the charade about the government being in league with drug accused Roger Khan. If this were the case, the United States Government would have already signaled in more serious and calculated way its objection and would have long designated the regime as a rouge government. The United States would have [...]
Degutted bodies… Two more arrested
Two more persons were yesterday arrested in connection with the brutal murder of the three-crew members of the Island Princess. The men, a chicken farmer and a popular Parika businessman, were held yesterday by detectives after their names surfaced during investigations. A senior police officer yesterday told this newspaper that the Parika businessman was held [...]
UN says Copenhagen treaty not likely
…But Guyana optimistic By Leonard Gildarie Just weeks before a key international conference on climate change, the United Nations has admitted that a new treaty to slow global warming may not happen in December. But the Guyana Government says that it remains optimistic and will be monitoring the situation closely. The news will come at [...]
GEA to test fuel
Police are awaiting tests results from the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to ascertain if the fuel recovered during the arrests of three Coast Guard ranks last Sunday was legitimate. Investigators are working on the theory that the ranks were involved in the smuggling of fuel. Meanwhile, the ranks remain in custody. Police recovered four drums [...]
Two in-laws, resident detained
Police have detained the father-in-law, a brother-in law and a close male friend of former Region Three Vice Chairman, Ramnauth Bisram, who was found knifed to death in his Canal Number Two home on Monday. The in-laws were reportedly taken into custody yesterday, while the friend, who also resides in Canal Number Two, was reportedly [...]
ERC embroiled in allegations of corruption, nepotism
…Chairman says provocateurs at work The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) was the site of a protest yesterday over the non-renewal of the contract for Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Secretary Lt Col (ret’d) Christine King of the ERC. Other issues centered on neopitsm, victimization and corruption at the ERC. The protesters Norris Witter, General Secretary of the [...]
Dem boys seh … Guyoil replace GWI
Imagine things reach de stage wheh everybody decide that dem got to get smart. Dem got to mek money and it don’t matter how dem get it. And according to dem boys is dem who wukking wid de government that doing this thing—robbing people. Cars does wuk pun gasoline and everybody know that people does [...]
Carrington denies any move to license regional journalists
President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Wesley Gibbings, yesterday stated that during a telephone conversation with the Caricom Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, he was informed that the licensing of journalists has never been raised at any meeting of any official organ of the Caribbean Community. According to Gibbings, the Caricom Secretary General said he [...]
Divorce matters most prominent legal aid cases
According to statistics provided by the Guyana Legal Aid website, divorce cases take up 30 per cent of all cases presented to the clinic in Regions Two, Four, Five and Six between the period of January and September 2009. According to manager of the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic, Gaitrie Persaud, an average of 30 new [...]
Welder crushed to death on the job at John Fernandes
John Steele, 54, of Ice Road, Timehri was yesterday crushed to death while on the job at John Fernandes wharf, Water Street, about 14:15 hours. Steele, described as a jovial person, was welding when a wall of a bond packed with rice collapsed on him. Eyewitnesses said that he was welding a trailer nearby at [...]
UK cancels ₤4.9M Security Sector pact with Guyana
The BBC has published the decision of the UK Government to abandon the negotiations with the Government of Guyana on the ₤4.9M project on security sector reform. In Guyana, Cabinet secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, in a statement, noted that the position of the Government of Guyana is that indeed the decision is regrettable. “Guyanese would [...]
Thieves make merry on Essequibo Night at Charity
Three more Essequibo businessmen were robbed over the weekend. One suffered losses of two bags containing an undisclosed amount of cash, while another was relieved of cash, amounting to over $500,000. Kassim Bacchus, a tailor, and the third victim, suffered losses of almost $15,000. Looknauth Jaggernauth, a\k, Johnnie, a businessman, who resides and operates two [...]
Single-parent fire victim desperate for public’s assistance
Emilita Romohan is a single mother of five. On Sunday October 9, last, she lost all her earthly belongings in a fire in her modest apartment at Grove, East Bank Demerara. Since then she and her one-year-old baby has been seeking refuge at the home of a friend. Her other children whose ages range between [...]
DDL to increase exports
Modernised state-of-the-art bottling plant for commission today Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), a company that prides itself on being called the leading manufacturer of wines and spirits in Guyana, is set to significantly increase exports of spirits. To make this a reality, a new state-of-the-art bottling plant is set to be commissioned at the company’s Diamond [...]
Hit and run driver nabbed on Essequibo Coast
Tarrick Seemangal, 24, of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, is in police custody awaiting charges that are likely to be laid against him, after he was involve in a hit and run accident on Saturday last, at the La Belle Alliance Public Road. The accident has left pedestrian, Geewan Singh, clinging for life. According to [...]
