Three contract employees to earn $30.5M in 2010
Employees contracted by Ministries are always a bone of contention each year when the estimates of the budget are scrutinized. This year the National Assembly was told that of the 14 employees of the Attorney General’s Chambers three will be paid in excess of $30.5M. The total allocation for the 14 employees at the Attorney [...]
Huge quake kills 214 in Chile, triggers Pacific tsunami
CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) – One of the world’s most powerful earthquakes in a century battered Chile yesterday, killing at least 214 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami that threatened Pacific coastlines as far away as Hawaii and Russia. Buildings caught fire, bridges collapsed and debris blocked streets across swathes of central Chile, but [...]
Cycling coach/organizer, Hassan Mohamed MS, is undoubtedly a ‘Special Person’
… Having tirelessly served 14 Ministers of Sport … “The energy, commitment and dedication I possess, is to make young people happy and I get the required support from the parents. The cyclists are very cooperative … this keeps me going.” By Franklin Wilson The name Hassan Mohamed is well known in Guyana and the [...]
More than 1.5 millioninjections dispensed last year
About 70 percent of the injections utilised globally have been found to be unnecessary thus every effort must be made by health officials to engage this course of action only when it is essential. Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, made this observation recently when he commented on the local use of injections. According to him, [...]
Dem boys seh….Hide cocaine in Bharrat luggage
People getting desperate. Imagine that dem have all de traps and all de security and people still trying dem luck fuh smuggle cocaine. Two of dem lef England and come to Guyana, collect cocaine, put it in dem wig and fly back. Dem get ketch but if one didn’t talk de other woulda get away. [...]
Police Force budgets $24M to take care of corpses
…forensic lab structure to be completed by year-end – Rohee Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee in response to clarification of a $24M allocation in the Budget for the Guyana Police Force said that the money will be used to take care of “dead bodies” found by the Police. The Minister was at the time responding [...]
Guyana Classics – First fruits of the Caribbean Press
Twelve historical volumes of Guyanese literature were unveiled last evening at the Umana Yana by President Bharrat Jagdeo. These are the first products of the Caribbean Press, an initiative launched by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to provide an outlet for local and Caribbean literature. The press is also to make those works [...]
Mashramani Exhibition on at National Art Gallery
Mashramani, the celebration of Guyana’s attainment of Republic status, is often associated with sweaty, gyrating revellers with their costumed-companions and massive floats on the streets of the capital city. But, while all of that fits into the definition of the country’s culture, artists delve deep into the bowels of nationhood to portray life in all [...]
Corbin says Govt. Fibre optic cable to manipulate sector
…budget predicts project’s total cost at $8.8B While Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon has said that the real cost of the programme involving the Government fibre optic cable is too early to be determined the projections in the Budgetary allocations pegs it at some $8.8B. In the expenditures it is pointed out [...]
Policeman held in connection with gun and ammo find
The police in Berbice are to seek legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions on how to deal with the five persons including a policeman who are detained in connection with the discovery of a gun in a car. Four of the men were in the car when the weapon was found but they [...]
AFC boycotts Parliament to protest Minister’s refusal to provide answers
Contentious $4B Housing Allocation… – AFC “The Alliance For Change delegation did not fail to show up…We refused to show up and be exposed to the untruths, half-truths and obfuscation that has come to characterize the manner in which the government Ministers handle the questions posed on the estimates.” This is according to Leader of [...]
President calls for int’l trade reform
Rotary dinner… – small needs special treatment February 23 is singled out by Rotary International as the day marking the 105th anniversary of World Understanding and Peace Day. On Thursday, the Rotary Club of Georgetown hosted a World Understanding Dinner and Address at the Pegasus Hotel last where President Bharrat Jagdeo appeared as a guest [...]
Peter’s Hall masjid celebrates Youman Nabi
Yesterday the Peter’s Hall Sunnahtul Jama Masjid celebrated Youman Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. Present at the celebration were Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Moen ul-Hack of Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) along with other special invitees. According to a believer, “Youman Nabi teaches us that [...]
Gender equality needful in the delivery of education
– YCG It was in recognition of the paradigm shift as it relates to the delivery of education that Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG), a vibrant Non-Governmental Organisation, was forced to put in motion a Gender Awareness Training programme. The training targeted primarily voluntary teachers and Ministry of Education officials of Region Nine (Lethem, Rupununi) and [...]
Wakenaam man Caught with Cocaine in St Maarten
Philipsburg: — Customs on St. Maarten managed to arrest a man from Wakenaam, Guyana with five kilos of cocaine on Monday. Head of Customs, Anthony Doran, said that his vigilant colleagues conducting controls at the Airport detained a male passenger with the initials J.A.R. The man was born in Wakenaam, Guyana. The suspect arrived at [...]
Whew!!!- Temperatures rose in city last week as the El Nino condition continues to take its toll. However, these carpenters were barefooted and seemed not to mind the hot roof of this structure being built at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent Road.
Caricom Insurance expands
CARICOM General Insurance Company Limited opened a new branch at D’Edward Village, West Bank Berbice on Friday. Located near to the Berbice River Bridge, the office site is convenient for customers and potential customers, President of the Company Mr. Anthony Soares said. The new office will be fully online and will provide all the insurance [...]
Prison Reform
The announcement by the Minister of Home Affairs a while back to commit more resources to the maintenance and upgrading of the country’s prisons and the welfare of prisoners as part of a prison reform package was very welcome news, but the measures that have so far been outlined have not addressed the enormity of [...]
GT&T co-sponsors evening of Qaseedas
As the spirit of celebration after hard work permeates in Guyana in the post Mashramani moments, several Ministers of government, and President Bharrat Jagdeo, gathered at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Friday evening, to view “An Evening of Qaseedas and Ghazals.” This function was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph [...]
China’s porcelain heritage on show
It is no secret that China is one of the largest porcelain producing regions in the world, with a long and glorious history of the ceramic arts spanning over 3, 500 years. Through the ages, the varieties of clay, the types of glaze, and the variation in firing techniques practiced by individual kilns have brought [...]
Lusignan gets water supply boost with $63M Well
Residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, can now look forward to a better and adequate water supply as the newly completed $63.2M Lusignan Number Two well station located at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground, was officially commissioned Friday by Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali. According to Minister Ali, the new well will complement [...]
Local film industry may finally receive much needed support – President
Asking a member of the entertainment scene anything about the local film industry invariably gets the same response – What local film industry? Perhaps this may change in the months to come. Although a lack of adequate resources prevents many Guyanese artistes from expressing their creative talents through the medium of film this has not [...]
Residents allege widespread wrongdoings at NDC
* land was never advertised * govt.’s loader rented illegally to private company The attempted secret sale of playground at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara, which led to an Overseer being sent home, has prompted several other allegations of illegality at the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). Yesterday, sources close to the investigations said that [...]
Several injured as minibus turns turtle on Success Public Road
Several persons had to be rushed yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment after the minibus in which they were travelling turned turtle. Reports are that the incident occurred some time after 14:00 hours as the minibus BLL 9747 was heading toward the city. Eyewitnesses say that the minibus was travelling at a very [...]
Three contract employees to earn $30.5M in 2010
Employees contracted by Ministries are always a bone of contention each year when the estimates of the budget are scrutinized. This year the National Assembly was told that of the 14 employees of the Attorney General’s Chambers three will be paid in excess of $30.5M. The total allocation for the 14 employees at the Attorney [...]
