Kaieteur News halts Haiti Fund
The management of Kaieteur News took a conscious decision to halt its Haiti fund, yesterday, in the wake of unwanted attention from the Government. Earlier this week, a member of the Guyana Police Force, acting under the instructions of Police Commissioner Henry Greene and Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, visited the offices of this newspaper [...]
President, miners face-off
- Special Committee’s life extended, role expanded – Assurance given that mining will not stop By Leonard Gildarie Weeks of worry by gold miners over reforms in the industry came to a head yesterday as President Bharrat Jagdeo, in a highly anticipated meeting, said that mining activities will not stop even though the regulatory body [...]
Guard loses gun at Minister’s residence
Police have detained a female Special Constabulary rank whose weapon mysteriously disappeared on Wednesday last while she was on guard duty at the home of Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh. The weapon, a .38 revolver with six live rounds, vanished following a visit the rank made to the washroom in the compound of the minister’s [...]
Proposed local CIA is a dangerous development – Corbin
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, yesterday told media operatives that the setting up of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by the State must arouse suspicion and serious concern not only on the part of the party, but of all Guyanese. Corbin said that while much information is not currently available on [...]
Wife found guilty of manslaughter
- probation report requested Murder accused Michelle Skeete was yesterday found guilty on the lesser count of manslaughter when her trial concluded at the Berbice High Court, before Justice Winston Patterson and a mixed jury. The woman, a mother of four, of Cumberland, East Canje Berbice, was before the court charged with murdering her reputed [...]
Linden businessman nabbed in schoolgirl sex probe
Police are about to charge a popular Linden businessman for carnal knowledge of a minor, after raiding his home on Wednesday and finding two schoolgirls there. Sources gave the age of the girls as 14 and 13 and Kaieteur News understands that the younger girl has alleged that she has been involved in a sexual [...]
Dem boys seh…De spying start
Bharrat get vex yesterday and all because de WPA claim how he want to spy pun people. Last week, de government announce that it building a spy centre. Well that mek de WPA see red. It use to get spy on by de Burnham Government. Dem boys want to know why people got to vex [...]
G/T Children’s Mash prelims conclude on colourful note
By Mondale Smith Though there is obvious room for improvements in some areas at the school level, after four days of high energy competition, the Georgetown Education District Mashramani preliminaries concluded with much flair at the National Cultural Centre. Probably the most colourful of four days of rivalry, yesterday the youths individually, and in groups, [...]
Bus driver remanded for carnal knowledge
A 31-year-old minibus driver, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a girl under 15 years, was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Randolph Nedd, of Durban Street, Lodge, was not required to plead since the charge was indictable. He was represented by attorney at law Abiola Wong. The court was told [...]
PNCR nominates new MP
Dr. Faith Harding of the Central Executive of the People’s National Congress Reform yesterday announced that Party Leader Robert Corbin has extracted from the List of Candidates, Dawn Hastings, to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana created by the resignation of Anthony Vieira. It was confirmed that Ms. Hastings [...]
$15M budgeted for President’s College rehab
By Sharmain Cornette The rehabilitation of President’s College is likely to be completed by year-end with the allocation of $15M through the recently announced national budget. With the Education Ministry as the executing agency, works including the rehabilitation to roofs, block one and dormitories two and three, have been identified in the Capital Project Profile. [...]
Jagdeo orders crackdown on ‘drug blocks’
While Guyana is being labeled a major transshipment point for South American cocaine destined for North America and Europe, President Bharrat Jagdeo has admonished the local police for not cracking down on drug houses. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Annual Police Officers’ Conference yesterday, the President said that he is not satisfied with [...]
Public Health sector on course to retain nurses – Health Minister
By Sharmain Cornette Failure on the part of the Ministry of Health to create an environment allowing for the elevation of nurses has been directly linked to their emigration over the years. However, efforts to reverse this phenomenon have commenced and will be sustained as the public health sector seeks to improve its delivery of [...]
PNCR promises to expose budget deficiencies
…says no measures to deal with corruption announced Opposition Leader Robert Corbin yesterday told media operatives at the party’s weekly press briefing that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) will from Monday begin to expose the deficiencies and lack of vision in the 2010 Budget, which he says is replete with ad hoc allocations. Corbin [...]
Trotman stands by statement on Jagdeo’s travel expenditure
Describing his Office of the President source as impeccable, Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman says that he is standing by his story that the travel expenditure of President Bharrat Jagdeo over the past two and a half years is nearing $1B. Trotman was responding to a Government Information Agency (GINA) statement attributed to [...]
Reduction in road fatalities due to enforcement of rigid regulations – Top Cop
Police Commissioner Henry Greene has credited recent successes in the traffic department to the enforcement of rigid regulations and penalties. At the time the Commissioner was addressing the opening of the Annual Officers’ Conference at Eve Leary yesterday. The commissioner stated that in recent years the force has managed to keep road fatality figures down. [...]
We don’t need to spy on political opponents – President Jagdeo
- Police officers urged to intensify criminal intelligence gathering The Guyana Police Force has been assured of the provision of all the tools necessary to develop the process of intelligence-led crime fighting. This assurance was given by President Bharrat Jagdeo during the feature address of this year’s Police Officers’ Annual Conference, which opened yesterday at [...]
Floodlights A&B teams begin 2010 Florida Cup campaign today
Floodlights A&B teams will begin their quest for the 2010 Florida Cup 25-over softball trophy from today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The A team combination will face off with defending champions New York at the Brian Piccolo Park, while the B side will clash with South Florida. Both matches are expected to commence at 9:00hrs. [...]
THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS DEPENDENT ON THE DUTY TO BE REGISTERED AS AN ELECTOR
Is there a right of every citizen of Guyana to vote? Is this right provided for under the Constitution? And does this mean that someone who resides outside of Guyana and who is unable to cast a ballot where he or she resides can have the election annulled on the basis that this person’s constitutional [...]
Stage set for exciting 4th George Cumberbatch MS Memorial cycle meet
By Franklin Wilson Cyclists are in for a bumper weekend of competition and attractive prizes beginning tomorrow from 9:00am with the 4th George ‘Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch Memorial 11-race meet at the inner circuit of the National Park. Tomorrow’s activity, sponsored by George Humphrey of Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products and Clifford Johnson, a former President [...]
Elected dictatorship and semi-fascism in Guyana: A “Marxist” analysis
The argument to follow, if it is to be effective, has to be involved, meticulous and multi-dimensional. Space will not allow for that, therefore this essay should properly be considered as brief notes. Let me make a vital point before my contentions are outlined. It is important to distinguish Marxist scholarship from communist politics. The [...]
Boxers gear up for fistic duties as Inter gym/Pro/Am boxing cards loom
Local amateur and professional boxers are gearing up for fistic duties as several engagements loom. The first engagement would see amateur boxers battling for honours when the Harpy Eagle’s Boxing Gym (HEBG) re-opens its doors after a month long closure to facilitate renovation works to the ablution area, the general training area and the boxing [...]
Guyana to host CCB Games
Preparations rapidly underway Guyana will host the 2010 Caribbean Central Bank (CCB) Games on the Easter Weekend with preparations in the various disciplines rapidly underway for the successful staging of the central regional financial institution competition. Kaieteur Sport understands that nine disciplines will be contested with the national bodies responsible for them assisting the Bank [...]
Overseas sponsorship for this weekend’s golf tourney
The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) has landed another overseas sponsor for this weekend’s tournament. The sponsorship has come from Elisha Bacchus of Canada and followed on the heels of the Hibiscus Restaurant tournament last month. Once again most of the country’s leading players will be battling for the top prizes at stake in the Medal [...]
Mining must be regulated but not restricted
Dear Editor, I have been in the mining industry since 1950. Over the many decades, it has always been the contributions of small and medium scale miners who have kept the industry alive until the advent of OMAI. I do agree that measures must be taken to co-ordinate mining and forestry exploits in order that [...]
