Police announce major reshuffling
- West Dem. gets new Commander, Merai heads to Berbice
In the wake of the shocking revelations of the torture of a 14-year old boy at Vreed-en- Hoop, the Guyana Police Force has effected changes to its high command with Divisional Commander Paulette Morrison being relieved of her duties on the West Demerara.
Morrison, who has now [...]
Jagdeo must not only understand CET for Rice, Sugar
… TCL Group CEO calls it a classic case of wrong and strong
By Gary Eleazar
President Bharrat Jagdeo must not only understand the Common External Tariff (CET) established under the Treaty of Chaguaramus when it is in relation to rice and sugar.
This is according to Chief Executive Officer of the TCL Group, Dr. Rollin Bertrand, [...]
Controversy erupts over govt. security contracts awards
Strategic Action Security Services has threatened legal action against the Government for a breach of contract, after Government announced the hiring of two other security companies to guard its facilities.
On Friday, Attorney-at- Law Mortimer Coddett, on behalf of the Strategic Action Security Services, wrote the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development warning that attempts [...]
Man’s body found in septic tank
…murder suspected
The police are investigating the apparent murder of Ram Kanaya, 42 years of No.78 Village, Corriverton, Berbice.
Kanaya’s body was found at about 11:00 hours yesterday in a septic tank at Grant 1806, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, with suspected marks of violence to the chest.
Kaieteur News understands that Kanaya was reported missing four days ago [...]
Suspected fowl thief shot dead
A licensed firearm holder of Number 70 Village Corentyne is currently in police custody assisting with investigations into the shooting death of a man who was founding lurking in his yard.
Reports stated that sometime after 02:00 hours yesterday, a man who has since been identified as ‘Nari’ was pronounced dead on arrival at the Skeldon [...]
Dem boys seh….Man get displace and is he fault
Was a time when man believe that he was king, that he was in control. He use to walk in de house and announce how is he wearing de pants and how is he bringing in de money. He use to puff up he chest and holler how when he talk no dog must bark.
Well [...]
Govt. rakes in considerably more money, spends less
Financial mid year report…
The Finance Minister’s recently tabled 2009 mid-year report contains figures that suggest that the Government has raked in a considerably significant increase in revenue.
According to the report, during the first half of 2009, Central Government revenues amounted to $48.4B which represent a $6.1B increase to the corresponding period last year.
The total Excise [...]
Woman nabbed with cocaine at Takutu Bridge
The predictions of the Crime Chief Seelall Persaud seem to be becoming a reality sooner rather than later as over the past two weeks law enforcement agencies have made two significant drug busts at the recently commissioned Takutu Bridge.
Reports indicated that around 10:00 hours on Saturday, ranks from the Police Narcotics Branch intercepted a Guyanese [...]
Albouystown man released, grilled about whereabouts of ‘General’
‘Terror’ probe…
Police have released 22-year-old Albouystown resident, Muammar Jabbar, whom they were questioning in connection with the recent ‘terror’ attacks at two police stations and other public buildings.
Jabbar’s father said that police had asked his son about the whereabouts of someone named ‘General.’
He said that his son told the police that he did not know [...]
Nine new prosecutors enter the courts
“You have not arrived” – Top Cop tells new prosecutors
The administration of justice by the Guyana Police Force has been significantly enhanced with the addition of nine newly trained police prosecutors.
At a simple graduation ceremony at the Police Officers’ Mess on Friday, the nine received their certificates to practise in courts across Guyana. They [...]
Diabetes treatment attracts $450M investment
By Fareeza Haniff
While approximately10, 000 new cases of diabetes are reported every year, with the majority occurring among women, the Ministry of Health has spent a total of $450 million for the third quarter of this year on medicines and supplies to treat the chronic disease.
Apart from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, all the medicines [...]
Early morning accident leaves man hospitalised
An early morning accident yesterday has left an East Coast Demerara resident hospitalised nursing injuries to his neck and right hand. According to reports, Oswald Clarke, 56, of President’s College Road Golden Grove, was riding a motorcycle on Regent Street when he slammed into a car. It is not clear how the man came into [...]
Deo wins Digicel Classic 2009 Golf Tournament
-Sukhram finishes as best female player
Vijay Deo, who started on a handicap 6 made a late burst on the final day to end the round with a low gross of 73 and a best net of 67 to cart off the Digicel Classic Golf Tournament which concluded yesterday, at the Lusignan Course.
Deo closed with an [...]
Kaieteur News on the lookout for ‘scam’ ads
“Penniless man seeking serious relationship…”
“Fifty-five -year-old overseas businessman seeks serious relationship with woman 25-60 years.”
“Company needs car to rent for two years, $100,000-$120,000 monthly.”
They may look like the millions of classified advertisements which appear in newspapers or the internet.
But that is where the similarity ends.
All the above ads, save for one, were supposed to have [...]
Guyana successfully defend Rugby Sevens crowns
Guyana Men’s and Women’s Rugby teams successfully defended their Sevens crowns in Mexico yesterday after, as they did on opening day Saturday, played unbeaten to keep a stranglehold on regional Sevens Rugby.
The Guyana men faced a stern test from Trinidad and Tobago in their final, but showed that they were made of championship material, edging [...]
Ulric Harris carts off inaugural Auto Tech Car Rental Scrabble championships
McDonald leaves for World Championships
By Michael Benjamin
Ulric Harris returned to the winners’ row with a bang when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged a tournament sponsored by the Auto Tech Car Rental Service, in the pavilion of the Everest Cricket Club Eveleary, yesterday morning.
The old master compiled five games with a [...]
Sales Department are Banks DIH football champs
Sales Department scored a 4-0 win over Soft Drink Plant to emerged winners of the Banks DIH Inter-Department football final played last Friday evening at Thirst Park.
Andrew Forde scored a hat-trick of goals in the 10th, 15th and 21st minutes of play while former Georgetown first division player George Miller converted the other goal in [...]
Singh’s hat-trick & 61* leave NL Cavaliers in sight of historic win
MSC, GCC, GNIC register outright victories
By Sean Devers
West Bank Demerara side New Line Cavaliers (NLC) are 60 runs away from beating DCC in their own backyard in what would be a historic win for the West Bank Demerara side playing in their first ever 3-day first division game.
When the penultimate day of their [...]
Crandons, Hicks back for Berbice final round match against Demerara
By Sean Devers
While Test left-hander Sewnarine Chattergoon is still unavailable due to an ankle injury, the Crandon brothers (Esuan and Royston) and ‘Keeper Delbert Hicks are back in the Berbice team for their final round Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 4-Day cricket match against Demerara which starts tomorrow at Everest.
The Crandon brothers and Hicks missed Berbice’s [...]
Police intensify traffic campaign for Yuletide Season
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Starting today, the eastern and western sections of Berbice are to witness heightened police traffic enforcement campaigns. This is in preparation for the Yuletide Season.
Last week, senior officials of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force outlined plans for the November 15th, 2009, to January 15th, 2010 period.
At the function which [...]
Legal Aid Clinic celebrates first anniversary
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE - In excess of 600 Berbicians have received assistance from the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic in Region Six, since the organisation opened its door in October 2008.
Heading the office is Attorney-At-Law Ian Anamayah, who hails from a family of lawyers; his father, Joseph Anamayah, and brother Adrian Anamayah are both in the [...]
LCDS is just one of several gambles by Govt. in the last 17 years
Dear Editor,
In response to your editorial, “That low carbon strategy,” (November 14), I think the writer meant well when s/he opened with this line: “Guyana made its mark when it championed the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS)”.
While I assume the writer used the recent agreement (for Norway to pony up to US$250 million to Guyana [...]
Too much suicides in Guyana
Dear Editor,
The suicide rate in our little country Guyana with less than a million people is very high. Last week I read of a very brilliant young lady Aliya Balkan, who jumped off the Kaieteur Falls killing herself; then about one month ago I read about that the Palms Administrator, Mr. Mohamed Yasin shot himself [...]
Lodge residents complain about profanity
Dear Editor,
I would like to draw to the relevant authorities’ attention an ongoing disturbing trend taking place at a taxi service and a vulcanizing shop in Lodge.
It seems the proprietor of the vulcanizing shop, dispatchers and drivers have interpreted freedom of speech to mean they can use as much profanity at the top of their [...]
Freddie Kissoon’s debunking of ‘The West on Trial’
Dear Editor,
I refer to Frederick Kissoon’s article in Kaieteur News on November 14, entitled, “The blind man and the black cat: A short history of fascism in Guyana.”
Short of saying the blind man wanted to kiss the black cat, Kissoon pulls out yet another phantom from his malicious, morbid mind as he doggedly gnaws at [...]
