Chato’s land, the tragic land, and the killing fields 44 years after
We have achieved 44 years of Independence and if you want to see the state of the nation, then take a bus or plane to the interior and lime in Chato’s land. Chato’s land is the rich interior of Guyana where gold and diamonds make our balance of payment sheet look healthy. Chato’s land should [...]
Blind Society calls for improved educational equipment in schools
Yesterday a number of visually impaired persons from around Guyana gathered at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre where discussions were held on making their lives a little easier in their various communities. Colin Ault, Assistant Programme Manager Eye Care Guyana said that the participants at the forum were drawn from Bartica, Essequibo, Linden, East and [...]
Unlicensed driver in bizarre road death charged
Police have charged an unlicensed driver who was allegedly involved in last week’s bizarre fatal accident in Diamond Housing Scheme. But they are still trying to ascertain whether he actually caused the death of 53-year-old pedestrian Rudolph Latchman The driver, 20-year-old Khemraj Gobin of Nineteenth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, was charged last Friday with breach [...]
Corbin suspends errant party member
…matter reported to the police, criminal action to be pursued – PNCR Sherwin Benjamin, the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) member who assaulted an elderly woman at the People’s National Congress Reform’s recently concluded Regional Conference has been suspended. The incident has since been reported to the Police and criminal action would be pursued. [...]
Berbice River drug duo jailed for three years each
Two West Berbice men, who were caught with a quantity of drugs back in 2008 up the Berbice River, were each found guilty of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and sentenced to three years imprisonment by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton yesterday. The men, Wayne Mingo, 48, of Mc Rae Street, Rosignol West Bank [...]
Mason granted $150,000 bail on bodily harm charge
Twenty-five year-old Alfred Bradshaw of Princes Street, Lodge, was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Bradshaw, on May 19 unlawfully and maliciously wounded Martin Andrews with the intent to maim, disfigure or cause grievous bodily harm. He was not required to plead to [...]
There is potential for disputes between indigenous communities and the State
- World Bank official Land policy-making and land governance, particularly as it relates to REDD preparation is not yet an integrated function of the Guyana government. This is according to Senior Land Administration Specialist for the World Bank, Malcolm Childress. In a report prepared last month for the Annual World Bank Conference on Land Policy [...]
After 28 years, Cuyuni farmer still awaits lease
- pickets Lands and Surveys A Cuyuni farmer, who has been waiting 28 years for lease to his farmlands in the Cuyuni area, would be satisfied for now, if he can just get a document to stipulate his rights to the land. The farmer staged a one-man picketing exercise outside the Lands and Surveys Department [...]
Police refute boat purchase article
The Guyana Police Force has refuted reports that it has purchased a $19M twin-engine boat which has never worked. The report in last Thursday’s Kaieteur News alleged that the vessel, which was purchased last year, developed mechanical problems during its first trial run. But according to the police release, the vessel was never handed over [...]
Kenya’s unforgiving road to independence
Dear Editor, In the last century, there were many just wars for freedom, and one cannot help but recognise Viet Nam, Algeria, Afghanistan but to mention a few. Many people may not know about the events which surrounded the years leading up to independence in Kenya in 1963 but the facts are that the British [...]
Guyana’s Honorary Consul to B’dos Norman Faria is dead
Norman Faria, Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Barbados, passed away on Monday in a hospital in Barbados. Faria who had been admitted to the hospital during the course of a brief illness leaves his shocked family and colleagues behind to mourn his sudden passing. The diplomatic community has lost a member who has been serving Guyanese [...]
NDIA ‘not taking over koker management’
Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud has said that, “the NDIA is not taking over regional management of kokers, they are just supporting management for now.” Less than two weeks after the collapse of a koker at Garden of Eden flooded acres of land in the area, proper management of these coastal drainage structures is still [...]
Only in Guyana!
Dear Editor, Sorry to see you have become the victim of this vile, inhuman form of attack. I have heard that when in the vicinity of primates such as apes and gorillas you should watch out for this form of behaviour. And this is if they are provoked or threatened. Please do not get me [...]
Appalled by what happened to Mr. Kissoon
Dear Editor, I write to register my utter disgust and condemnation regarding what happened to Mr. Frederick Kissoon as reported in yesterday’s Kaieteur News (25-05-10). The people who did this are cowards and they must be caught and brought to justice. It is well known that Mr. Kissoon is a critic of the present administration. [...]
Miner was clubbed to death in hammock
- Commander lauds residents for arrest Dalton Prince, the miner who was slain at Ikawan, Cuyuni on Sunday, was clubbed to death as he slept in a hammock, police said yesterday. The motive appeared to be revenge for a recent assault on the 27-year-old suspect by the 40-year-old Prince. Both men had worked at a [...]
We have degenerated into bestiality, madness
Dear Editor, There are many things that Freddie Kissoon wrote I don’t agree with, and he isn’t someone I will choose as one of my friends. But if we are going to talk about democracy, independence, and press freedom, then attacking a man with the vilest indecency, it shows how far we have degenerated into [...]
DPP restricted from penning letter to the press
… Judges to make ruling next week Within a matter of days the judges in the cocaine in pinksuit case High Court matter will make their ruling on the matter involving the Director of Public Prosecution, Roderick Peterkin and Morris Smith. Yesterday the matter was called again before Justice, Roxanne George-Wiltshire and Justice William Ramlal. [...]
We deserve better leaders
Dear Editor, As I gazed at a video of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured British Petroleum oil well, all I could think is, “what a mess!” My heart wrenched when considering the loss of sea life and the long-term environmental impact of this mess. My next thought was that surely [...]
A lesson for the criminal minds
Dear Editor, I know it was with a heavy heart that Jamaican Prime Minister Mr. Bruce Golding rescinded his earlier decision to delay or avoid the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the notorious crime lord wanted by the US. The much anticipated chaos resulting from such a decision has started. Open clashes between the police [...]
Stopping the ‘brain drain’ – UG intends to do its part
A plug for the country’s brain drain may perhaps be in its formative stages as the University of Guyana steps up to the bat under Vice Chancellor, Professor Lawrence Carrington. The question of whether any part of the University’s recently revealed Strategic Plan addresses the pervasive issue of almost 80 percent graduate migration was posed [...]
It is time we resist voting on racial grounds
Dear Editor, I refer to an article in your daily newspaper on 13th May, 2010 under the headlined ‘Guyanese voters must judge their ruling politicians harshly’ written by University of Guyana Professor and Political Analyst Mr. Fredrick Kissoon. We should not be amazed of Mr. Kissoon’s article calling on Guyanese voters to judge their ruling [...]
Though politically independent, we are growing economically dependent on foreign help
Dear Editor, Perhaps there is precious less to actually celebrate, so let me say that as we observe the arrival of the day Guyana attained political independence from Britain 44 years ago, it is apposite at this juncture that we ask ourselves whether we are really better off as a result of being politically independent [...]
Fecal matter thrown in Freddie Kissoon’s face
… NCN claims to know attacker Kaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon has vowed that he will not be silenced by the attack on his person last night when a man threw fecal matters into his face. Kissoon had just emerged from Nigel’s Supermarket on Robb Street around 19:00 hours, and had already entered his vehicle [...]
President Jagdeo signs Sexual Offences Bill into law
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday assented to the Sexual Offences Bill 2010 at a special ceremony at the Police Officers’ Mess Annex. The public assenting to the Bill was attended by several Cabinet members, representatives of the judiciary and members of the diplomatic corps. There were also school children and other concerned citizens. The Bill which [...]
Front page comment… WE STAND BY FREDDIE!
Kaieteur News vehemently condemns the odious attack that occurred last night on our daily columnist, Mr. Frederick Kissoon. Faecal matter was thrown into Kissoon’s face as he left a popular supermarket. We consider this assault on the person of Mr. Kissoon an attack on free speech. It is our opinion that this was a premeditated [...]
