The Rosignol Post Office is
Dear Editor, The present state of the Rosignol Post Office is deplorable. The walls are grimy, ceiling in terrible, window panes missing, just to mention a few. Whenever it rains, you are required to perform the balancing act, while crossing a very narrow piece of board. Sometimes I feel for the elderly who go there [...]
The return of the Kong in Guyanese politics
I get advice all the time about how to deal with the attacks that come my way from the failed leaders inside the PPP and the Government of Guyana and other critics. These polite but facetious offerings come from all kinds of Guyanese and trust me, Guyanese have an unbelievable sense of humour. Guyanese humour [...]
Accounting for expenditures of state
Hosting international events costs money—lots of it. Trinidad has put US$40 million into hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, money that some of its people feel could have been better spent. Some of this money went into erecting a flag atop a pole at a cost of a whopping TT$2 million. That’s about $60 [...]
Sarkozy announces $10B fund for poor, developing countries
By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad French President Nicholas Sarkozy, who was invited to the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to lend weight to the Climate Change position, has announced a $10B fund for poor and developing countries. This money, according to Sarkozy, will be made available from 2010 to 2012 and is being [...]
Woman delivers in pit latrine
A 20-year-old woman is in police custody after her full term baby died after it fell into a pit latrine during its birth. The mother who hails from Bush Lot Village, Essequibo Coast, had reportedly given birth early Thursday morning at her residence. The police who were alerted to the incident rushed to the scene [...]
Woman, daughter detained in connection with actor’s murder
Police have detained a woman and her daughter for questioning into the brutal murder of popular local actor Joel Fraser called ‘Sweets’. The woman and her daughter were detained last night, after they gave conflicting accounts of her association with the murdered actor. Fraser was found with his throat slit on the Liliendaal Seawall, aback [...]
T&T welcomes Queen Elizabeth in style
The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the Commonwealth and previously as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 independent member states. Most of them were formerly part of the British Empire. Every two years the leaders of Commonwealth get together in what they sometimes refer to as an informal retreat and [...]
Rehab instead of prison recommended for ganja users
There is a need to review the relevant law to allow for persons (users) found with small quantities of marijuana (a joint or ‘spliff’) to be sent for rehabilitation instead of prison. This is one of the recommendations coming out of the National Crime Prevention Conference which concluded on Wednesday at the Guyana International Conference [...]
Owner suspects arson in Sophia bond blaze
Arson is suspected to be the cause of a fire that destroyed the interior of a bond at Sophia early yesterday morning. The fire, which was discovered at around 02:15 hours also damaged an adjoining shop and a nearby house at lot 12 Dennis Street. The bond belongs to Felix Stanton who believes that the [...]
Fire Service Bill amended
- Tougher penalties for false alarmists, persons who seek to direct and/or assist fire fighters By Fareeza Haniff The Fire Service (Amendment) Bill was passed in the National Assembly last evening, without the attendance of opposition members once again. This legislation enhances the fines and penalties that are contingent on violations of the Fire Service [...]
Suspicious fires to come under greater scrutiny
By Brushell Blackman Suspicious fires will come under greater scrutiny with the passing of the Fire and Casualties Inquiry (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly yesterday. The bill stipulates that a magistrate can institute a public inquiry if there is enough evidence to suggest that it was an act of arson. In piloting the bill, [...]
Road accidents are the seventh leading cause of death in Guyana – Health Minister
By Dale Andrews If Guyana is to achieve its goal of reaching a life expectancy of 75 years by 2015, death by accident needs to be drastically reduced. This was the message to schoolchildren and their teachers by Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy during a special symposium at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday. The activity [...]
Another Geddes Grant robber captured
- found hiding in bathroom Andrea Carrington, 24, of Angoy’s Avenue who was wanted in connection with the million dollar Geddes Grant robbery which was committed on Thursday 2nd April at the New Amsterdam Branch of the store, was captured and subsequently remanded to prison. Carrington,who was on the run since the incident, was nabbed [...]
Cops check family members for traces of gunpowder
Forensic tests are being conducted on samples from the hands and clothing of persons who were at a Mahdia house last Tuesday when a five-year-old boy allegedly shot his baby sister dead. Police officials said that they are checking for traces of gunpowder residue to ascertain whether someone else fired the fatal shot. Kaieteur News [...]
DPP to advise on course of action for ‘ganja’ students
Three secondary students on the Essequibo Coast are currently away from school as the police and the Education Department have launched a probe into the discovery of drugs on their person. This newspaper was told that the three students, two females and a male, were at school on Tuesday with small quantities of marijuana. Reports [...]
HEALING THE MIND
You cannot heal the body without healing the mind was the note on which I ended my column yesterday. These words of wisdom have been echoed throughout history by psychologists and self- improvement experts, among whom is the world renowned expert Dale Carnegie. These experts have highlighted that bad habits cannot be removed without conditioning [...]
Dogs eat corpse while Guyana saves the world’s ecology
A few months back, an ugly episode occurred in Essequibo. Relatives of a deceased person came in from the US to cremate their dead. They found a rotting, smelly corpse and had to bury it right on the spot there and then. Now this was not a newspaper article from 1984. In 1984, Guyana’s economy [...]
Contracting company replies to allegations
The management of Courtney Benn Contracting Service Limited (CBCSL) has issued a response in relation to an item carried in last Sunday’s Kaieteur News in connection with an injured worker. Gavin Liverpool was severely injured while working for the company on the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge. He sustained major damage to his back. Liverpool’s relatives complained that [...]
Mohamed spurs Enterprise Busta ‘A’ to C/ship honors
First-Class player Zaheer Mohamed produced a Man-of-the-match performance to lead Enterprise Busta Sports Club ‘A’ to victory against Lusignan in last Saturday’s Busta 20/20 cricket final at the Enterprise ground. Mohamed, only a few seasons ago one of the best off-spinners in the Region, top scored with 51 as Enterprise made 145-7 off their allotted [...]
RHT Bakewell advance to Quarter-finals; Singh scores 124* for Blairmont
Rose Hall Town Bakewell defeated Rising Star in their final Zone ‘E’ preliminary round match of the 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Cricket Competition in Berbice to end as runners-up to Albion in that Zone and advance to the quarter-finals. Spearheading them to victory were their two Under-15 Inter-county bowlers, off spinner Loydel Lewis and [...]
Logos Hope is here!
… ship boasts over 7,500 book titles The Logos Hope is here! The 132.5-metre vessel docked at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf last Wednesday to the music of steel pans, and was officially launched yesterday. The Logos Hope is the successor of Logos Two, which had been sold after 20 years of service. [...]
Local Dirt Racing talent on show at Goed Fortuin
Come Sunday, December 6, the Goed Fortuin Community Centre ground will come alive when First Gear Promotions presents Round Two of its ten-event series which will see most of the country’s top grass track riders square off against each other on a day anticipated to showcase the talent of local dirt racing. Intense rivalry is [...]
Copenhagen: A deal is a matter of focus and justice
By Kamalesh Sharma The news on climate change from the Asia Pacific Economic Summit in Singapore has been sobering, mixed and disappointing. It means that expectations as to what can be achieved at the climate meeting in Copenhagen in December have clearly changed. We are told by some that it is too late to reach [...]
Top Karateka to conduct Grading Examinations
Master Teruyuki Okazaki 10th Dan Chairman and Chief Instructor of The International Shotokan Karate Federation (I.SK.F) will be arriving in Guyana on Thursday November 26th 2009, to conduct Grading Examinations for the I.S.K.F Guyana at The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday November 27th at 14:00 hrs. The examinations will be for students from Berbice, [...]
Leading economist warns developing Commonwealth countries to take action
By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad Leading world economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz is warning Commonwealth leaders to quickly take affirmative action and outline long term objectives in order to survive the current world economic downturn. Professor Stiglitz made the charge during a Pre-Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) undertaken by Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers who are [...]
