GuySuCo sacks senior officials
By Leonard Gildarie Two senior officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have been sent packing as the corporation tightens its operation following a disastrous production performance last year. Kaieteur News understands that Director of Agriculture Research, Dr. Harold Davis, was sent off late last week by the Board of Directors. Also gone is Henry [...]
Second shipment of aid leaves for Haiti
Guyana’s second shipment of aid to Haiti worth $45 M left port Georgetown yesterday, in 11 containers. This shipment which is scheduled to arrive in the earthquake shatter island within another 14 days, left the John Fernandes Wharf late yesterday afternoon. This shipment includes two containers stocked with 1,650 bags of rice which the committee [...]
Strike rocks Government Technical Institute
Part time workers at the Government Technical Institute (GTI) are entering their fourth day of strike action today to force management to make a determination on the payment of increase in salaries. Chairman of the Board of Governors, Norman McLean, had written to Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, pointing out that the increases were needed [...]
GECOM embarks on new territory with local govt’ polls – Surujbally
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally, has said that the Commission is in the process of embarking into new and relatively unknown territory in implementing the newly legislated mixed electoral system for Local Government elections in Guyana. Dr. Surujbally was speaking to participants at the interactive public education session with members [...]
Post mortem fails to show gunshot wound
Taxi driver murder… As relatives anxiously await the DNA test result to confirm whether or not the remains found last Wednesday is that of 39-year-old Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, a post mortem examination is inconclusive. The post mortem was done last Friday by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh. This newspaper was told that given the state of [...]
Berbician with enlarged heart needs public help
(By Mondale Smith) Berbician Sean Springer, 25, is an average sports nut. Anyone who knows him knows he is a basketball and football fanatic. However, the New Amsterdam Multilateral school graduate, though full of promise and with aspirations to be a fitter machinist, is now in a race against time to save his life that [...]
Gunmen strike but nabbed soon after
About 17:30 hours yesterday, two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, kicked open the door to a house at Duncan Street, Campbellville, and held the two occupants, Joseph Phillips, 30, of King Edward Street, Albouystown, and Albert Kelair, 49, at gunpoint. They then took away $85,000 from their victims and escaped in [...]
KN pressman was drinking shortly before crash – police
Police sources have confirmed that Kaieteur News senior pressman Ashim Rafeek was imbibing alcohol shortly before he crashed his motorcycle into an oncoming car, resulting in his instant death on Tuesday night. Divisional Commander, Colin West, told Kaieteur News that he had received information that Rafeek, 24, was imbibing at a shop at Crane, West [...]
GRA accuses KN of poor journalism
…newspaper stands by its story The Guyana Revenue Authority yesterday responded to an article this publication carried titled ‘Sattaur’s absence from PAC lands GRA in ‘hot water’ calling it appalling with poor journalistic and unprofessional ethics. However, Kaieteur News insists that the absence of the Commissioner General of the GRA Khurshid Sattaur, frustrated the Public [...]
Supermarket bandit remanded to prison
Despite his continued denial, 21-year-old Randolph Jubhan was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbery under arms. Jubhan, of Logwood, Enmore, is accused of robbing Mahaica supermarket owner, Samdeo Singh, last Saturday night. At the time, Jubhan was reportedly with two other men. [...]
Chimney fire at Brazilian restaurant sparks panic
A ball of fire which gushed out of the chimney at the popular Pepper’s Brazilian restaurant in the city sparked panic for residents nearby. An official at the Regent Street restaurant said that the fat from the meat being cooked caused the fire to spew out the chimney. Nearby residents grew fearful and decided to [...]
DIGICEL rewards customers with D’FREE ZONE combo
Digicel Guyana on Monday launched D’ Free Zone Combo, a new promotion which gives customers a chance to get free weekend credit, talk and text. Digicel Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James, said D’ Free Zone is a combination of value for dollar offers as part of her company’s ongoing aim to deliver innovative products and [...]
Coconut product found to kill mosquitoes
An alternative method of reducing malaria vector densities is by using the biological control agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis aka BTI which can be produced in whole coconuts. BTI is a bacteria used as biological control agents for larvae stages of certain insects, including mosquitoes and flies. It occurs naturally in the environment. Scientists have isolated [...]
Telecommunications forum touts technology for economic advancement
The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO) on Sunday evening opened their 26th annual general meeting with technological advancement in telecommunications within the region being high on the agenda during the three day meet. Chairman of the regional body, Ian Blanchard, urged the delegates to consider what technology can do to facilitate national and [...]
Another taxi driver loses motorcar
When taxi driver Ramesh Geer picked up a passenger from the Bourda Market last Monday night, being hijacked was the furthest thing from his mind. After all, the man had a bag of greens and looked very much a family man who just wanted to get home. But Geer was wrong. Today he is desperately [...]
Danger lurks at GWI Central Ruimveldt Treatment plant
Guyana Water Incorporated, GWI, is concerned about recent and on going acts of trespassing at the Company’s Central Ruimveldt Water Treatment Plant, which is currently in the final stages of completion. Having made several attempts to stop this practice that can prove harmful to human life and limb the company says that it is now [...]
Torture, Kwame, and yes, low carbon
…The battle for the calypso monarchy By Neil Marks The themes could have been predicted, and already sound a bit boring. And you can sit and dream all you want that Ras Marcus will plug one of the notoriously cantankerous calypsos he is known for. Once calypso time comes around, you can almost guess what [...]
Caricom committed to Haiti’s long-term development
The Caribbean Community has signaled its assistance towards the long-term recovery and reconstruction of the earthquake ravaged member state of Haiti with the establishment of a special unit. CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, yesterday told the Thirteenth Meeting of the Budget Committee that the Secretariat has moved to establish a dedicated unit to co-ordinate the short [...]
Decomposed organs frustrate post mortem
The police have handed over the remains believed to be that of 49-year-old Davenand Singh, to his relative following the post mortem examination which was done yesterday by Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Sources close to the case told this newspaper that the cause of death is undetermined since all [...]
AFC assists Mocha fire victims
Daughter of late GDF Lt. Col. cops Chief of Staff Award
The Guyana Defence Force yesterday presented a cheque to the value of $150,000 to Miss Zonel Hartley for her outstanding performance at last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination. Miss Hartley, the daughter of the late army officer Lieutenant Colonel, Alonzo Hartley, was also presented with the Chief of Staff Award for Academic Excellence. [...]
UG Optometry programme officially launched
In anticipation of its introduction this September, the Bachelors of Science Degree in Optometry was officially launched by Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Lawrence Carrington. The launching occurred on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Council for the Blind workshop at the Princess International Hotel Tuesday evening. The workshop [...]
Linden Police lock-up members of community policing group
Members of the Central Amelia’s Ward Policing Group have condemned the attitude of the police of E Division based at Mackenzie, Linden, who threw three of their members into the lockups, after a fracas with suspected criminal elements ended with one homeowner’s glass door being smashed by one of the gang members. According to Mokesh [...]
GDF resuscitates honey production
The Guyana Defence Force has resuscitated its honey production activities and initial harvesting has already amounted to two gallons. The bees are being reared at the Force’s Garden of Eden farm and are currently being housed in 12 apiaries which are kept in an area of the farm with abundant flowers facilitating shorter travel for [...]
The obsessive traveling of President Jagdeo
It may be too strong a statement to make; that Mr. Jagdeo has a fetish about visiting foreign countries. But surely, it cannot be denied that for a country that hardly makes ripples on the world stage, Mr. Jagdeo is one of the world’s most extensive traveling rulers (comparatively speaking, of course). It has reached [...]
