US$10B nowhere close to what is required – Jagdeo
…Guyanese leader urges poor, developing nations to remain focused on bigger picture By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo told regional and international media operatives yesterday during an impromptu press briefing that the stakeholders in the mitigation and adaptation against climate change should not be distracted by the proposed US$10B but must [...]
Girl, 5, hospitalised after being raped by stepfather
Police at Lethem are hunting for a 25-year-old man who brutally raped his five-year-old stepdaughter causing her to be hospitalised. The man disappeared after the child’s mother, his reputed wife, left their home to report the matter to the police. Kaieteur News understands that the child was bleeding profusely from her vagina, forcing medical personnel [...]
Dem boys seh… Robeson run into trouble in Trinidad
Friday night de Queen feed all dem Heads who go to Trinidad fuh de Commonwealth Summit. Dem boys seh that de lady sit down and she watch dem during de meeting and she realise that all of dem hungry. Was a powerful menu and waiters serving wines. Dem boys decide to find out if is [...]
“Third Term” billboard removed
Following scathing criticisms from different quarters, a controversial poster calling for a Third Term for President Bharrat Jagdeo has been removed. While it is unclear when the removal occurred, the structure was still standing yesterday at the empty lot at Robb Street and Avenue of the Republic, minus the artwork. On Thursday, Cabinet Secretary, Roger [...]
An unmatched penchant for sharing and caring
Bernice Mansell is a ‘Special Person’ “The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them, a man may live long yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years but on your will.” By Jenelle Carter [...]
Magistrate’s lawsuit against JSC to continue
The action against the Judicial Service Commission by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond is expected to be called up in the Berbice High Court this week. According to lead attorney for Magistrate Chandan-Edmond, Nigel Hughes, on Tuesday, the plaintiff would be presenting a sworn affidavit. Representing the Judicial Service Commission is Senior Counsel Ashton Chase. The magistrate [...]
Armed bandits nabbed after quick police response
The Guyana Police Force received high praises after ranks apprehended three armed bandits who had just robbed a Den Amstel resident on Friday night. Angela Austin, of Fellowship, West Coast Demerara, was robbed of a gold chain. When contacted, Austin told Kaieteur News that she and a friend were heading home when they noticed a [...]
Dennis de Caires presents ‘Pictures for Georgetown’
By Neil Marks Still-life painting as an independent genre first blossomed among Dutch Europeans in the early part of the 17th century; fast-forward 400 years later and you will find Guyanese artist Dennis de Caires holding fast to that tradition. It comes as no surprise as de Caires was educated in European art practice, notably [...]
Immigration ‘B’ wins GPF’s Smellie Cup competition
By Andrunie Harris and Jamal Scott After several rounds of competitive displays of first aid skills, the Immigration ‘B’ team emerged victors of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) 2009 First Aid Competition for the Smellie Cup. The competition, held at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, was used to assess the first aid skills the ranks [...]
Private hospitals must comply with safety laws
By Fareeza Haniff While Guyana is fortunate to have among the most advanced occupational health and safety laws, many workplaces including the private and public health sectors are not in compliance. This was noted by Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy during his address to participants at the occupational health and safety workshop organized [...]
Controversial Duke Street property not sold yet – Luncheon
As questions continue to swirl over the proposed sale of the property next door to Duke Lodge, in Kingston, Government says that it has not yet sold it. According to Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon, while there are ongoing talks with the bidders, Cabinet has ‘instructed’ the Ministers in charge of the sale to meet [...]
Stay focused, committed says UN Secretary General
…as Commonwealth finds consensus heading to Copenhagen Climate Change talks By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad By way of the Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus or the Commonwealth Climate Change Agreement, leaders representing some one-third of the world’s population, including both the developed and developing world found common ground yesterday, and have signed on [...]
Rice farmer challenges MMA-ADA land reallocation
- accuses Authority of fraud A dispute over rice land had led to Justice Diana Insanally granting an order directed at the Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud for him to show cause for a decision to take away 60 percent of a plot of land from a rice farmer and give it to another. The plot [...]
Education Ministry introduces Guidance and Counselling Unit
…as efforts are intensified to address unsavoury practices in schools By Sharmain Cornette In order to combat the prevalence of unsavoury practices found within some school environs, the Education Ministry has introduced a Guidance and Counselling Unit. Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, said that his Ministry is currently selecting the most suitable applicants to manage [...]
Linden has the ability to significantly advance beyond this irritating situation
Dear Editor, A depressed community, a town that has fallen on hard times, the once prosperous mining town; these are a few of the phrases that are now attached to the sentences of some who endeavour to describe the town of Linden. Long before the global economic melt-down (2008-2009), Linden has been struggling with its [...]
Good cannot and will never come at NCN
Dear Editor, The National Communications Network CEO visited Berbice last Sunday (22-11-09) to host a live call-in programme to discuss NCN Berbice with the general public. Well, in fact, the greater part of the programme was about discussing Radio’s Needy Children’s Fund and Red House in Georgetown. The regular promises for improved services in radio [...]
Ravens, Pacesetters on First ‘D’ collision course
Georgetown’s top seeds show clear superiority By Edison Jefford Courts Pacesetters ensured that their qualification for tonight’s First Division final was an automatic decision when the number one ranked Georgetown club defended against those threats of the Beepat’s Scorpions Friday night. Pacesetters needed to surpass Pepsi Sonics’ Thursday night’s winning score to avoid final destination [...]
The opposition’s failing via the ‘dossier’ route
Dear Editor, The PNCR has a history of trying to gain political power through the back door and creating camouflages to conceal their weakened political status. The latest example of this chicanery is their usage of a dossier with the aid of some acolytes to support their degenerative line of thinking; and at the same [...]
The dossier speaks beyond Roger Khan
Dear Editor, I attended the launching of the dossier of human rights abuses on Tuesday 17 November and left with a copy. The response from the Office of the President is as predictable as their defence for all other matters including Ramsammy, Lindo Creek, Kwame Mc Coy and now the collective guilt of the Administration [...]
Amerindians must contribute…but positively
Dear Editor, I was elated when I saw the caption “Excuse me; I have a view” in Kaieteur News of November 21, 2009. The caption was what stirred my interest to read on as I was expecting some new thoughts or concepts that can change our society. As I read along I realised that it [...]
Bishoo takes 14 wickets, George hits ton as DCC head for win against Lusignan
NL Cavaliers, MSC locked in tight battle for full points By Sean Devers National under-19 left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun befuddled the batsmen yesterday at the DCC ground and his 14 out of the 17 wickets that have fallen for Lusignan have left the home team in an almost impregnable position to win outright on the [...]
Player to watch – Aderemi Simon (Old Fort, Guyana)
Aderemi ‘Dove’ Simon’s wiry stature and quiet demeanour seems to contradict his status as leader of the Old Fort side where he controls both the attack and defence. It was Simon who scored the spectacular winning goal for Guyana at its most recent international outing to wrest the Bronze medal from Jamaica in the Caribbean [...]
Less backbiting needed
One of the most debilitating features of our fractured political landscape has been the insistence that nothing good can come from the “other side”. Thus even if a particular initiative or idea may have positive implications for the benefit of the country at large, there is a seeming compulsion to reflexively oppose and even tear [...]
Forehand Connection win KDTTL premier title
<<<Teams awarded at simple ceremony Friday >>> Forehand Connection won the premier Division ‘A’ title in the seven-week Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis League (KDTTL), which wrapped up Thursday night at the Malteenoes Sport Club. The presentation ceremony for the event was held at the same venue the following day and Andrew DeAbreu, son of the [...]
The Baccoo speaks
The police are going to get a big break in a recent murder and the main suspect would come as no surprise. People sometimes talk when an incident affects them and this is going to be the case on this occasion. The manner of the killing is what would shock people some of whom would [...]
