Man alleges fraud by express shipping service
A citizen of the United States of America came to Kaieteur News frustrated and alleged that Eggi’s Express Shipping had robbed him of two fridges, four barrels and a box. He even blamed the government for seizing his merchandise. According to Dave Rodney, while he was in America he sent two fridges in 2008 and [...]
Drop box placed at GRA’s office for Employer’s Returns
A large number of Employer’s tax returns have still not been submitted and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has put systems in place to give businesses and others the possibility of doing so over this holiday weekend. GRA’s Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur, yesterday said that while taxpayers have responded positively so far to the statutory February [...]
Support slow in coming after EU sugar reform – Odeen Ishmael
The Guyana Government is concerned over the European Union’s slow pace of delivery of accompanying measures under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which replaced the preferential sugar protocol once enjoyed by the Caribbean. This is according to Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Odeen Ishmael. He said the strict conditions are restricting the disbursement of timely support [...]
The betrayal of the PPP’s stated ideology and Jagan’s legacy
Dear Editor, I was listening to the television broadcast of the budget speech when during the presentation of Basil Williams of the PNCR, as he was dealing with the wages of the working people, someone from the government side shouted that the PNC had 28 years to deal with it. Now this is not only [...]
Laws against homosexual and transgender activity exist for a number of good reasons
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by “UG-Student” in the Kaieteur News of February 25, 2010 captioned “The Negative Aspects of Homosexuality are due to Society’s Attitude”, and would appreciate the opportunity to respond. It is easily rebutted on several clear grounds. First, the letter raises the bar in the level of duplicity and [...]
Anthony B arrives
Ready to offer positive vibes at Mash Explosion tonight Jamaican artiste Keith ‘Anthony B’ Blair of ‘Tease her and please her’ fame has arrived in Guyana and is ready to create a post ‘Mash explosion’ at the National Park tonight. During an interview yesterday, the artiste who arrived on Thursday night said, “Guyana can look [...]
Guyana hosts Republic anniversary in China
The Guyana Embassy in Beijing hosted a 40th Republic Anniversary Reception and Guyanese Fashion Show on Tuesday, in Beijing, China. The event was attended by Mr. Li Jinzhang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China; Zhao Zhenyu, Special Envoy for Caribbean Affairs in the Chinese Foreign Ministry; as [...]
From Jamaica with love
The Pan-American Health Organisation paid a Jamaican consultant to analyse why Guyana’s nurses are on the move outside of Guyana. I suppose the lady meant well. After all, in the Caribbean group of family, Guyanese and Jamaicans really get along. That was my experience when I studied in North America. Her findings are confusing and, [...]
Memories of a Guyanese Phagwah
Dear Editor, Phagwah is being officially observed on Monday as a national holiday. I have fond memories about Phagwah while growing up in Guyana. The mood was joyful and the festival was celebrated with much gusto, zeal and enthusiasm. People of varied ethnicities and religions displayed love and affection for one another in playful jollification. [...]
When, boy when?
Guyana had elevators in the seventies. But not many people got to ride on these because they were not located in places in which large numbers of citizens frequented. Burnham’s blackouts soon decommissioned most of them. It was a huge risk riding in an elevator in the late seventies and early eighties. Should a power [...]
A change has got to come
Everyone talks about the need for a change among the people of Guyana; a change in thought, a change in attitude and even a change in perception. The world is changing at an alarming rate and people must change with it. Gone are the days when people smoked in any area, be it confined or [...]
Let us go back to basics, Dr. Randy
Dear Editor, I suspect one Dr. Randy Persaud was not clear on my public position that the 2010 national budget lacks inspiration and offers minimal benefits to the working class in Guyana. One cannot make such a statement easily unless one has done his homework and this letter clearly is designed to commence that process [...]
Brazilian cop killer faces jail time here
Police have informed that a 19-year-old man wanted for the murder of a Brazilian policeman will most likely have to serve his time in Guyana if he is convicted of simple larceny, for which he was held at Lethem. The man, William Da Silva, was arrested by the captain and residents of the Amerindian village [...]
Ramjattan apologises to National Assembly
…as Housing Minister refuses to speak further on contentious $4B Yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly commenced with an apology to the House by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan for statements made to this newspaper as it relates to the Parliamentary Hansard being tampered with “I have listened to the tape and listened to [...]
$600M in rice ‘saved by interventions’
Authorities mull waiver of taxes, D&I fees for farmers An estimated $600M worth in rice under threat from the dry conditions brought on by the El Niño phenomenon, has been saved from damage because of interventions, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. During a press conference to update on the interventions, Minister of Agriculture, Robert [...]
ND&S furniture store, house gutted
By Sharmain Cornette They were able to escape with merely the clothes on their backs and the keys to their cars before a massive conflagration gutted their home and place of business, nonetheless the Mahadeos of La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, are grateful to God for sparing their lives. The Mahadeos had already retired to [...]
Banks DIH, Digicel rule Mash Day road parade
There is yet to be an announcement of who is the designer of the year, but after all the revelry for the nation’s 40th Republic Anniversary, Banks DIH and Digicel emerged as the major prize winners for the 2010 costume and float parade competitions. Banks DIH copped four first place spots for the ‘Best Individual [...]
Republic Bank launches ‘Customer Panel’
Yesterday afternoon at their headquarters on New Market Street, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited launched a new customer-oriented service programme called the ‘Customer Panel’ as part of their efforts to “find new and innovative ways to understand what our customers want so that we can satisfy their financial needs” according to Mr. Edward Gooding, Managing Director [...]
Essequibo robbery suspect squeals on accomplices
Police have apprehended two men in connection with Monday night’s robbery of a Mainstay, Essequibo family. One of the men, 19-year-old Munesh Ramsaroop of Columbia Village, Essequibo Coast, was held in the Cinderella County, and it was he who implicated his accomplice Bonnie Meggins aka ‘Barnie’ who was apprehended in Georgetown last Tuesday. But there [...]
St Margaret’s Primary hosts successful Heritage Day activities
The staccato beat of African drumming greeted the ear from as far as two blocks away from St Margaret’s Primary School as teachers and students of the Grade Four Level of that institution celebrated Heritage Day activities. The teachers divided the students into six groups with each group depicting the cultural activities representative of their [...]
Final cost for Govt. fibre optic cable still to be determined – Dr Luncheon
By Gary Eleazar Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, during a post cabinet press briefing, stated that the final cost for the fibre optic to be landed in Guyana from Brazil by the Government is yet to be determined. Dr Luncheon said that the initial investment which was announced by Finance Minister Dr [...]
Burglars hit TEXACO gas station
Proprietor of the TEXACO Vlissengen Road branch, Steven Chung, told this newspaper that early yesterday morning he missed several calls from an employee and when he eventually did manage to answer, he was greeted with the news that his place of business had been broken into. Chung related that when he arrived at the location, [...]
Police destroy another ganja field in Berbice River
Police in the ancient county continued their crackdown on marijuana cultivation in the Berbice River with the destruction of a six-acre field at Gateroy yesterday The field comprised approximately 30,000 plants ranging from 1 foot to 7 feet in height, and over 100 pounds of compressed marijuana were also found. Four camps were destroyed while [...]
One more held, two released on station bail
One more person has been taken into custody, as the police continue their investigations into the murder of 65-year-old remigrant, Iswar Mithu, of Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. A police source yesterday told this newspaper that a handyman that lived at the residence briefly was arrested at a house in West Demerara yesterday. The source [...]
GSIP hands over safe injection project to GPHC
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday became the formal custodian for the Guyana Safe Injection Project (GSIP) even as plans for the over four-year venture phases out. GSIP which was kicked into motion in 2004 has been funded by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Managed by Initiatives Inc., the project [...]
