Georgetown Mayor under fire: No Govt. help for M&CC until PNCR taxes collected
“…the non-collection of rates and taxes must be seen as a conflict of interest on his part…”
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has found itself in more hot water.
This time, Government has threatened to withhold possible assistance unless the council collects over $100M owed to it by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).
In [...]
Gold production to date exceeds 2008 production
…increased price a real incentive - Norman McLean
Despite a seemingly elusive 2009 target of 300,000 ounces of gold, to date, production is already in excess of last year’s production of 256,000 ounces.
This is according to Major General (Ret’d) Norman Mc Lean, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association, in an address to the [...]
Govt. has paid Kids First Fund India bill
– Dr. Ramsammy
The Ministry of Health has authorised the payments off all monies owed to the Frontier Lifeline Hospital in Chennai by Kids First Fund. This is according to Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. Earlier in the year, this hospital prevented the 12 patients from leaving the Hospital without settling the bill.
It took the [...]
Dem boys seh….Bharrat got to do everything
Is only one man can do de government wuk in Guyana and everybody know that. Dem boys seh that it really sad because de amount of money dem other Ministers does get fuh doing nutten is really heartrending.
Imagine when is some international conference fuh money is Bharrat got to go. He understand de language suh [...]
Saving lives through sports
Hilbert Foster is a ‘Special Person’
“My greatest satisfaction comes from the role I play in guiding so many youths away from society’s ills and watching them become responsible adults
By Sean Devers
It has been said that God helps those who help themselves, and 40-year-old Berbician Hilbert Gardiner Foster is proving this true every day as [...]
Oops! We Apologise…
The devil must have been at work Friday. On page 19, under a story headlined “GECOM reaches decision on Local Government constituencies”, Chairman of GECOM, Dr. Steve Surujbally was inadvertently printed as Dr Steve Sourball. Also the name of Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall was printed as Kelowna Loll.
Kaieteur News unreservedly apologises for the [...]
Bata Boy now Payless Boy?
Guyanese Henry Prince cannot get over his love for shoes
By Dale Andrews
Many would recall him as ‘Bata Boy’ from the days when the name Bata was on everyone’s lips when it came to shoes.
And it would seem that Henry Prince has fallen in love with selling shoes, having given it almost 60 years of [...]
Christmas begins at Courts
E.B.D man wins $1m in Stash of cash
(By Mondale Smith)
Though there were some technical difficulties, a stage that seemed too small for the dancers and an overzealous Santa Claus, Courts Guyana Inc. ushered into the festive season in top notch style Friday evening.
Thousands of bright-eyed children and their parents along with others flocked to the [...]
Shot miner undergoes surgery
- claims he shot himself
The 20-year-old miner, who was shot last Thursday while working at Rat’s Mining Firm in Blackwater Backdam, an area close to Bartica, is still under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Brian Blackman, of 428 Block 22 Linden, is nursing gunshot wounds in his right hand and right thigh. He underwent [...]
Ansa McAl introduces Riunite Italian wine to Guyana
On Friday evening Guyana, through Ansa McAl has now joined 70 other countries worldwide to stock Riunite Italian wine on supermarket shelves.
Known for Carib Beer, the company officially entered the wine market to cater to the more sophisticated drinkers and those who enjoy the finer things of life.
Under the theme ‘Salud’ a selected few, numbering [...]
GPSU should show it occupied the land - President Jagdeo
The current land dispute between the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the Ministry of Public Works has incurred the forceful repossession of the land by the Ministry of Public Works and talk of the mobilisation of members of the GPSU to confront the “executive lawlessness by the government”.
At a press conference at the Office [...]
Education sector spends $18.3B from budget allocation
According to the 2009 Mid Year Report, the education sector was allocated $20.4 billion.
Of the allocated amount, $8.2 billion was spent towards the continued implementation of the updated five-year National Education Strategic Plan, in the first half of the year, approximately the same sum as last year.
According to the report, during the same period there [...]
Despite challenges, NIS will not fail - Luncheon
- entity working to correct registration woes
Government has assured that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will not fail despite facing many challenges and the entity is working hard to upgrade its registration records.
Officials of NIS appeared before a Select Parliamentary Committee on Friday to present a report following questions raised earlier this year following the [...]
Former First Lady says Jagdeo holding up land for children’s hospital
Former First Lady Varshnie Singh is claiming that her application for land to build a children’s hospital on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway is being held up by President Bharrat Jagdeo. But the Head of State denies the claim.
In an interview with Kaieteur News last week, Singh said that she had first applied for land at Turkeyen, [...]
Drainage and Irrigation works on schedule at Crabwood Creek community
Drainage and irrigation works are currently ongoing in Crabwood Creek and are well on schedule.
This is according to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha.
Yesterday, a team from the Region, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, the Water Users Association and others from the Ministry of Agriculture toured the area where works are ongoing.
The team visited two [...]
Making mischievous trivia from murderous, destructive intent
Dear Editor,
Frederick Kissoon’s “The day ‘Fineman’ flew a vehicle like a plane in the skies with red ants inside”, in Kaieteur News of Wednesday November 11, 2009, scaled new heights of public mischief by a private columnist with a well-known political agenda.
Kissoon has the right and freedom to share his views, compliments of this government’s [...]
Region Three observes World Diabetes Day with mini health fair
Under the theme ‘Education and Prevention’ World Diabetes Day was observed yesterday by the West Demerara Regional Hospital with a mini health fair at the Leonora Market. The activity was orchestrated by the first ever Region Three Diabetic Management Committee within the Region.
According to Chairperson Nurse Jean Bhagmania, the Committee came into being on October [...]
GPSU calls for interim 12% increase
- says govt already budgeted for it
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is calling for a 12 per cent interim salary increase for all Government workers.
The union, at a press conference yesterday, also called for increases of several allowances, which had remained the same for the past 10 years despite a steady rise in the [...]
Christmas has certainly come early
Dear Editor,
I am not a person who only highlights the negatives and things that go wrong. Though the negatives and “bad” things outweigh the good, it is always necessary to bring any good to light.
And I have used (many would think that I have abused) these columns to highlight the bad.
The blackouts of Guyana Power [...]
National institutions receive history of Queen’s College
During the recent alumni celebration at Queen’s College which saw the school celebrating its 165th anniversary, a number of persons and institutions were given complementary copies of the revised edition of Norman E. Cameron’s “History of Queen’s College of British Guiana”.
The awardees were Dr. Joycelynne Loncke, Mr. Laurie Lewis, who is the Chairman of the [...]
GASP stages successful draw of fund raising raffle
Players convene for championships this morning
In an atmosphere of festivity, and witnessed by droves of spectators, T. Daniels was pronounced the winner of the grand prize of one 6 cubic feet refrigerator when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged a public drawing of its fund raising raffle in front of the Courts Main [...]
Suicides are preventable
Dear Editor,
Guyana is teeming with suicides; the prevalence rate of suicide is up and up; suicide is preventable; some professions rush to claim an exclusive monopoly over the diagnosis, treatment, and cures for suicides; no profession should make this claim, including Psychiatry, or the Behavioural Sciences; for suicide is more than a mental health problem; [...]
Floodlights XI defeat Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports in softball clash
The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports (MCY&S) proved to be a good opponent as they lost to Floodlights XI in a very close softball match at the GCC Ground Bourda last Friday night.
After captain Alfred King won the toss and elected to bat first, they score a challenging 179 for 8 off 25 overs [...]
Khan bags 6-1 as Wakenaam beat Leguan by 98 runs
Fourteen year old left arm spinner Moin Khan bagged 6 wickets for one run as Wakenaam defeated Leguan by 98 runs in the District 16 (E’bo Islands) Inter Branch U-15 schools 40 overs cricket competition played recently at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground.
Wakenaam batted first and made 157 all out in 38 overs. National U-15 vice [...]
Study finds Vybz Kartel tunes to be a bad influence on teenagers
Dear Editor,
Jamaican DJ/Entertainer, Vybz Kartel is slated to perform at a show in Guyana on the 12th of December, 2009. This comes in the face of all the scorn and criticisms heaped on Government’s decision to rescind the ban imposed on another Jamaican artiste, Mavado, earlier this year.
To this date I am yet to hear [...]
