Porknocker goes over Kaieteur Falls
- body spotted on rock below Less than a month after Aliya Bulkan went over the edge of Kaieteur Falls, another body was spotted lying at the bottom of the Falls late Friday. The body, said to be that of a male, is suspected to be that of Rennie Michael Leslie, 36, of 328 West [...]
Valedictorian says graduates need hope
By: Brushell Blackman The University of Guyana, under threatening skies held its 43rd Convocation Ceremony at its Turkeyen Campus yesterday. The exercise saw the attendance of President Bharrat Jagdeo, who had not graced the convocation in many years. Addressing the graduating class of more than 1,000, valedictorian, Loria-Mae Angela Heywood, an International Relations Major and [...]
A simple, but courageous grandfather
Cecil Nathaniel Exeter is a ‘Special Person’ By Michael Jordan This is the story of a simple man. This is the story of a man who endured unimaginable heartbreak that would have destroyed lesser men. This is the story of Cecil Nathaniel Exeter, and how his enduring love triumphed over evil. His story began on [...]
Dem boys seh… Ashni singing and Bheri talking
Is sheer music. Dem boys hear people singing carols and other things but dem get a surprise de other day. Ashni was singing calypso and it wasn’t ‘in search of a star.’ It wasn’t even Finance Christmas party. Was a case of singing because reporters want question him. Is de name of de song that [...]
Guyana-born woman arrested with false US Social Security number
LIVINGSTON – A woman who is a resident alien from Guyana and has been living in Queens, NY, has been charged with identity theft in the first degree in connection with a Columbia County woman. State Police at Livingston said a Greenport woman had trouble applying for a mortgage and that’s when State Police at [...]
Fogarty’s Santa parade brings children out
Fogarty’s annual Santa parade yesterday which started from Pegasus and move straight to Fogarty’s in Water Street, saw tremendous response from various organisations especially schools which lined the streets with their colourful displays and outfits. Santa came to the city not with a sled pulled by reindeer but in a new fangled Toyota Tundra. Children [...]
Govt. to scale down role in GPL operations
When Guyana Power and Light, on Friday, commissioned the US$30M Kingston power plant, Government signaled its intentions to scale down its involvement in the sector. According to President Bharrat Jagdeo, while government will continue to play a role, it is the hope that this will be minimal since the private sector will have to become [...]
New infrastructures, more professionals for improved health sector
– Dr Ramsaran In its quest to improve the delivery of health care service, a number of infrastructural works have been funded by Government. However, some of these works have not been spared the contractual works that leave much to be desired. Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, disclosed that the relatively new [...]
Two Brazilians exploit Linden/Lethem road link
To some it might not seem like much, but to the average Lindener, two tourists travelling overland from Brazil to Linden and back to their homeland, speaks volumes for the growth potential of the local tourism industry. During a brief stopover in Linden, the two Brazilian friends, David Tarrago and Oswaldo Castro, said that they [...]
18-year-old finds largest cash pool in Merry Mansion
Ranole Bourne, 18, of D’Urban Street Wortmanville missed a few hours of his prom night last week but has more than 100,000 reasons to celebrate nonetheless as Digicel is making his Christmas even merrier. He was one of five selected in the first batch to search the Merry Mansion for $1Million cash and managed to [...]
Shell goes to Linden
General Manager of SOL Guyana INC, Ken Figaro, on Thursday officially commissioned the Shell Linden Service Station, at the old ESSO facility on Republic Avenue Linden. Figaro declared, “Today we are extremely delighted with your presence here, to celebrate with us the official commissioning of SHELL Linden Service Station, with SHELL’s new image- the SHELL [...]
Diamond traffic lights to be operational soon
The Ministry of Public Works and Communication has announced that ongoing works at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, to ease traffic congestion, will be completed by December 15. Already, the traffic lights have been installed at the busy Diamond Housing Scheme entrance. The installation of traffic lights in the area is pertinent since there is usually [...]
Gunmen, Wireless Connections boss trade shots
While Maxwell Thom is recovering from the effects of the most recent Regent Street fire that destroyed his business, he has been the subject of a gun attack. Shortly after midnight Friday night, at Cadet Lane, South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, Thom, 41, was outside his home when several shots were fired at him. A Police [...]
Guyana to share US$627,000 for Caribbean Tobacco Control Project
Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will be benefiting from approximately US$627,000 for the Caribbean Tobacco Control Project. The Project is aimed at controlling and raising warning awareness of the effects of tobacco use in and around the Caribbean. This information was revealed by the Guyana Caribbean Tobacco Control Project Officer and member of [...]
17 years of PPP ineptitude, incompetence, corruption and destruction (Part 1)
We have been forced to reintroduce the weekly column in Kaieteur News. Some of the events and behaviour patterns of the government have not been in the interest of the people. As 2009 comes to an end it is most appropriate to begin an assessment of our achievements, successes or failures over the past year [...]
Rusal restarts Aroaima, Kwakwani operations
- letter indicates union accepted retrenchment of 75 workers By Leonard Gildarie The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.(BCGI), owned by Russia’s RUSAL, has announced that more than 200 of the almost 600 employees who were on strike have returned and work has resumed in some sections of operations at Kwakwani and Aroaima. A statement from [...]
Police issue wanted bulletin for septic tank murder suspect
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a woman whom they believe is the main suspect in the murder of Ram Kanaya. According to the police, Particksha Shaw is wanted by the police for questioning in connection with the murder of Ram Kanaya whose body was found in a septic tank at No.78 Village, Corriverton, [...]
Canada committed to negotiating trade agreement with CARICOM
…Ambassador tells gathering at GMSA award ceremony Canada is committed to supporting Guyana and the wider CARICOM and to negotiating a mutually beneficial trade agreement says Canada High Commissioner François Montour. Addressing a gathering at the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s annual presentation awards dinner ceremony, the envoy said there should be no doubt that [...]
RUSAL/employees imbroglio further illustrates need for FOI- AFC
By Gary Eleazar The current imbroglio that surrounds the bauxite industry, namely between RUSAL and its employees, further illustrates the need for Freedom of Information legislation in Guyana. This is according to Leader of the Alliance For Change Raphael Trotman who recently supported his party’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Ramsaroop who said that they could [...]
Unprofessional conduct of West Coast, Demerara Police
Dear Editor, I bring attention to the unprofessional conduct of police ranks on the West Coast, Demerara. I am really astonished by the unprofessional behaviour of the police, which borders on corruption, lack of respect for their uniform and disrespect for traffic and civil laws of Guyana. On Saturday November 28, 2009 at around 6.45 [...]
Corporate entities, overseas-based Guyanese company pitch in for PM race meet
Banks DIH, Republic Bank, Neal and Massy and Digicel have thrown their support the Port Mourant Turf Club’s one day Pre Christmas horserace meet next Sunday December 13. The sponsorship money has been upped to over $3M and can get even bigger as the organisers sort out a suitable package for the end of year [...]
Was this ‘trigger-happy’ cop disciplined?
Dear Editor, Two months ago Kaieteur News carried a heart wrenching story of a trigger-happy policeman shooting to death a dog nursing her litter of seven pups. From the story, the dog’s only crime was to be at home when the cop rudely intruded on the private property of the dog’s owner. Was the policeman [...]
Which organisation is really responsible for registration of nursing schools?
Dear Editor, I am not too clear whether it’s the National Accreditation Council Guyana (NACG) or the Ministry of Health. I recently took my daughter to register at a nursing school and remembering what took place last year with a nursing school. As a precaution I checked with the National Accreditation Council Guyana (NACG) to [...]
Newly constructed grand stand dedicated in memory of Deo Kharag
Administrators of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) have voted unanimously to dedicate the newly constructed grand stand to the memory of Deo Kharag, a former President of the Club from 1955-1976 when he migrated to the USA. A release from the KMTC credits Kharag with several developmental initiatives of the club including the expansion [...]
Not homophobia but plain sanity
Dear Editor, In response to Stephen Lewis’s (co-director of AIDS free world) speech and comments at the recent workshop, let me highlight a few corrections. Firstly, there is no where in the bill that it is stated that people living with HIV/AIDS would be persecuted in any form or manner. Uganda has been and remains [...]
