More soldiers caught in criminal activities
- one confesses to being part of Madewini shootout – Lance Corporal held in Essequibo robbery Just when it was thought that criminal elements in the Guyana Defence Force had been weeded out, two more ranks have been arrested by police following two separate robberies. One of the ranks, a Corporal, has reportedly confessed to [...]
Remigrant perishes in late night blaze
- Two houses destroyed, three homeless By Mondale Smith A remigrant perished Sunday night when fire destroyed his 31 Second Street, Success Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara home. Dead is 57-year-old Sundar Singh, called ‘Mootie’, who lived alone. His next door neighbours at 34 Second Street also lost their home. They managed to escape the [...]
Porkknocker’s body retrieved
… Kaieteur Falls mishap A team comprising soldiers, colleagues and relatives of 46-year-old Michael Leslie, the porkknocker who was swept over the edge of Kaieteur Falls on November 29, last, retrieved the body late yesterday afternoon. They then floated it down to Tukeit – about an hour’s walk away from the foot of the Falls. [...]
Dem boys seh… Cane cutters tun masquerade dancers
Is Christmas and things ain’t looking bright. Dem boys seh that money dry up because people hardly buying. Imagine even de shoplifters getting problem because how dem can walk out a store wid something and claim that dem pay when de cashier ain’t even mek a sale fuh de day and de cash register empty? [...]
GuySuCo seeking in excess of $30B from sale of land – CEO
…as company makes $300M payout By Gary Eleazar The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) after failing to meet its stipulated pay date, did not renege on its subsequent commitment, and yesterday handed out some $300M to its workers and critical labour contractors. This is according to the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Errol Hanoman, who explained that [...]
Three held after Corriverton robbery
Three men are in police custody assisting with investigations into a Sunday night robbery at Princetown, Corriverton, Berbice. The robbery occurred at around 19:45 hours, during which businessman Vikanand Narain and his daughter Natasha were attacked and robbed by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. According to the police, investigations have [...]
‘Wan wan dutty build dam’
- Climate Change boss tells Summit opening By Neil Marks in Copenhagen The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, plucked out of the Guyanese creole book the saying ‘Wan wan dutty build dam” as he opened the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen to push for a [...]
US$25M request outside realms of the law – Corbin
On Sunday, leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and Parliamentary Opposition leader Robert Corbin said that the majority of the requested US$25M by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has already been spent and the Parliamentary process was now only to rectify the books. The Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) Act of Guyana 2003 provides [...]
Guyana closes in on Colombian rice market
By Brushell Blackman The rice industry which has been experiencing less than favourable times may receive a shot in the arm with what appears to be Guyana’s securing of a Columbian rice market. This is even after relations between the two countries were relatively strained, after Colombia accused Guyana of shipping 1000 tonnes of contaminated [...]
Dem boys seh… Cane cutters tun masquerade dancers
Is Christmas and things ain’t looking bright. Dem boys seh that money dry up because people hardly buying. Imagine even de shoplifters getting problem because how dem can walk out a store wid something and claim that dem pay when de cashier ain’t even mek a sale fuh de day and de cash register empty? [...]
Porkknocker switched from drug addict to decent worker
Second Kaieteur Falls death… “He used to “smoke” (use drugs). He had a bad patch in life, but when we went up the mountains to look for gold, he changed his life around. He was at the end, an honest and trusty partner. He tried his best.” Those were the words of Dexter Buff, 34, [...]
Govt launches US$22M Citizens’ Security Prog.
By Brushell Blackman Months after the planned billion-dollar British Department For International Development (DFID) Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) fell through, the government of Guyana launched its own Citizens’ Security Programme (CSP) yesterday. The programme is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the tune of US$22M and will run over a three-year [...]
Digicel’s Merry Mansion in NA
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Berbicians were given the opportunity to search and find cash for Christmas last week when Digicel took the Merry Mansion Game Show to the Ancient County. The venue was the Little Rock Television Station in New Amsterdam. There, the first five persons to show up dressed in red were afforded the [...]
West Berbician succumbs with bullet in his spine
… Four years after being shot by a cop For four years, Anthone Moriah sat in his wheelchair hoping that someday the cop that shot him would be brought to justice. But he never lived to see that day. Moriah died on Thursday last with the bullet still lodged in his spine. A post mortem [...]
AFC attracts another economist
The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced that it has added another prominent economist to its team, Dr. Tarron Khemraj. Dr Khemraj will be serving on the AFC’s Economic Council and will function as an adviser on global, Caribbean and domestic economic and policy issues. Dr. Khemraj has over 13 years of experience as an [...]
GPHC receives more support from China
The Chinese government yesterday donated some $12M worth of medical instruments to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The items were provided by the Ministry of Health P.R. China and the Jiangsu Province and will be utilized at the Eye Centre and Centre for Laparoscopic Surgery. Ambassador Zhang Jungao in his remarks said that China and [...]
8-year-old still hospitalised
… Canal Number One accident Jasmine Ardin, the 8-year-old victim of an accident at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, on November 30, last, is still on life support and in an unconscious state at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The child’s father, Gavin Douglas, told Kaieteur News yesterday that the doctors have decided [...]
Cop charged for attempted rape, remanded
A now ex-police lance corporal was yesterday refused bail when he made a court appearance after it was alleged that he attempted to rape a teenage girl. It was also alleged that he indecently assaulted the same individual. He was dismissed last Friday after the allegations were made against him. Lennox King, 36, who was [...]
Focus on quality of audits
… Regional accountants, auditors gather in Guyana A high-level number of government accountants across the region are working to produce a manual that will ensure a standard quality of audits. The 10-day workshop at Cara Lodge will in essence produce a Quality Assurance Handbook that ensures that financial audits are planned, executed and documented in [...]
Ministry of Health, Chinese Govt commission new dorm for doctors
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China yesterday commissioned a spanking new dormitory for Chinese doctors who are stationed here. The building is situated between East and New Market Streets. Present at yesterday’s opening ceremony was Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Ambassador to Guyana for the People’s Republic of China, Zhang [...]
New NGO to assist less fortunate
“I started this foundation to honour the memory of my grandmother. She always gave to the poor and needy”. Those were the words American-based Guyanese Collette Medas-Forbes on the launching of a new non-governmental organisation, the Daisy St. Hill Memorial Foundation, which is named after her late grandmother. An ordained pastor and a lawyer by [...]
SILWFC demands promised wage increase
- Labour Ministry picketed, Nadir flays GAWU for illegal action By Leonard Gildarie In what appears to be an emerging spate of industrial action to hit Guyana in recent times, workers of the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee (SILWFC) picketed the Ministry of Labour yesterday accusing management of that body of refusing to pay [...]
Twenty Five Hundred students to witness K&S semis
- Bakewell/Min. of Education collaboration Leading bakery Bakewell has for the second year made it possible for thousands of students to witness Guyana’s Premier knock-out football tournament, the Kashif and Shanghai. Yesterday, Bakewell’s CEO Mr. Naeem Nasir handed over to the Ministry of Education a total of Two Thousand Five Hundred (2500) tickets to be [...]
PS Steve Ninvalle tipped as new Amateur Boxing head
By Michael Benjamin Boxing coaches and other stakeholders of the beleaguered Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will convene this afternoon at the Olympic House, High Street Georgetown, to elect office bearers for the current dispensation and from all indications, Parliamentary Secretary, Steve Ninvalle, may assume the Presidential seat vacated by Affeeze Khan a few months [...]
Yamaha Caribs Women play unbeaten
Yamaha Caribs females played unbeaten over the weekend at the Trinidad and Tobago Football Union Sevens Championships which was played, at the Queen’s Park Savannah. The Guyanese women first defeated Royalians 36-0 with nationals Andrea Lashley scoring 3 tries and a similar amount of conversions, while national Captain Sabola Gray, Trisha Munroe and T. Lara [...]
