Inmates brawl in New Amsterdam Prison
Three prisoners from two different gangs who are on remand for a number of criminal offences were involved in a brawl at the New Amsterdam prison on Thursday, forcing officials there to summon the police. Two of the inmates were slightly injured. Kaieteur News understands that Vibert Junior Moore, 36, of Hampshire Squatting Area, who [...]
MMU validates KNs non-partisan stance
Despite Kaieteur News being labeled the ‘new opposition’ by members of the Executive, the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) highlighted the newspaper’s “… provision of a level playing field for the dissemination of the more important and contending political views to the reading public.” This comes from the first quarter report released by the MMU of [...]
Two senior officials transferred during probe
Millions of dollars in revenue has been lost as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has unearthed yet another fraud in which scores of containers were believed to have been released without any mandatory checks made by Customs officials. The Internal Affairs Department has been investigating, sources revealed yesterday. Kaieteur News was told that management at [...]
Shot Army rank under close arrest
A Guyana Defence Force rank, Errol Newton, is currently under close arrest while four other men are in police custody as investigations continue into a shooting incident that occurred on Friday outside of the Blue Iguana Night club. While reports are sketchy, this newspaper was told that the incident occurred sometime around 17:30 hours on [...]
No ransom demand for kidnapped boat builder
Two days after gunmen kidnapped him, police are still to trace the whereabouts of abducted boat builder, Fabian Gonsalves, and family members say they have received no ransom demand. Gonsalves was snatched by three armed men on Thursday night from his mother-in—law’s home at Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon, Essequibo. Relatives told Kaieteur News yesterday that they [...]
Dem boys seh….De government vex bad
Is a crime to read de Waterfalls paper. A man who does sell de paper get insult and then dem decide that dem would not give he a stall in de new market. De man didn’t know was a crime till dem had an outreach programme at Tuschen. Dem boys seh that dem man was [...]
Pulsating climax to Mayor’s Cup Football championships as Santos oppose GDF
After several weeks of pulsating action, the Mayor’s Cup Football championships climaxes to an action packed culmination when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) shoulders arms against Santos FC in an ‘if you miss it you miss half of your life’ encounter at the Georgetown Football Club ground tonight. Football pundits tracking the matches from the [...]
Businessman shoots intruder
A 45-year-old man is under police guard with a bullet wound to the neck after he was shot by a Soesdyke businessman whose premises he had allegedly broken into. Police said that Harold Anderson, of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, was shot and injured by businessman and licensed firearm holder, Deonarine Singh, of Chand Sand Road, [...]
City Hall intensifies inspection of food establishments in the city
- several not complying with rules and regulations Several purported reputable food establishment in the city have not been complying with basic public health and sanitation rules and regulations as prescribed by the Municipal Act Chapter 28:01. This state of affairs has been duly amplified by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) following inspections carried [...]
Guyana Law Association (UK) continues to support local justice system
Guyana’s High Commissioner to the UK, Laleshwar Singh, has commended the Guyana Law Association (GLA) of the United Kingdom (UK) for sending law books and materials to the Courts and the University of Guyana. Singh said the shipment of law books, law reports and other legal materials sent by the Association comes at an opportune [...]
Equitable placement of doctors high on Health Ministry’s agenda
– Health Minister Equity in the delivery of public health care is still high on the agenda of the Ministry of Health and much effort has been engaged in this regard, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. And this, the Minister said, will be achieved through the equitable distribution of doctors to all [...]
PPP condemns ‘bogus poll’
The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned a “poll” conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Service Inc. The party sees the poll as the beginning of a campaign by certain opposition forces to confuse and mislead the masses of Guyana. According to the PPP, the poll is reminiscent of one done by Dick Morris [...]
Docol helps Red Cross Hinterland Project
The Guyana Red Cross Hinterland community-based water and sanitation project has been given a boost by the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL). DOCOL has handed over one dozen 20 lbs cylinders of Tex Gas, complete with fittings to the organisation to assist residents in Region One. The programme is being funded through the European Union, [...]
Florida church freezes account of Enmore Children’s Home
- Administrator who raised concerns sent home Directors of the Hope Children’s Home at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, yesterday confirmed that the home’s bank account in Guyana was frozen by its Florida donor and that an Administrator who raised concerns was fired. These revelations come as allegations mount that the Directors of the home have [...]
Wounded gunman remains hospitalised
As the police continue their investigation into the shooting incident which left a gunman nursing gunshot wounds, they are yet to locate a second suspect. Up to press time yesterday the injured gunman, 27 year-old Enrico Innis of South Cummingslodge was still hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital under police guards. Sources close to the [...]
ERC engaged 160 communities in Consultations and Strategic Assessment
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) witnessed high attendances and full participation of stakeholders countrywide at various Consultations which commenced on May 17, 2010. The Commission engaged its Constituencies and stakeholders within the regions and in the process, conducted its Strategic Assessment. According to the ERC, the Commission has engaged approximately 340 persons from over 225 [...]
Doctors not convinced of suicide
Controversy still surrounds the death of Evelyn Daniels, 63, who was found with her throat slashed on Monday at the Amerindian Hostel, on Princes Street. Earlier reports coming out from the Hostel suggested that the woman committed suicide. However, two medical practitioners who spoke with Kaieteur News are not convinced that the woman committed suicide. [...]
Civic responsibility and reporting broken water main
Dear Editor, Last Wednesday (02-06-10) afternoon I was walking across my village of Mocha-Arcadia when I observed that the six-inch water-main at the Burnham Boulevard ‘four-corner’ was gushing water into the air and into the four-foot drain. Yesterday (03-06-10) afternoon when I happened to pass that route again I was surprised to see that the [...]
Broken criminal justice system needs fixing
Dear Editor, “Broken Criminal Justice System Denying Prisoners Their Rights.” This was the front page headline of the 28th May, 2010 and the article carried the comments of Her Honour Madame Justice Roxanne George whilst she was presiding at the gaol delivery at the Supreme Court. At the end of every Criminal Session the Director [...]
THE RUSAL/GB&GWU INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE: DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION BY PPP
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION IN MINISTER OF LABOUR The debate in the National Assembly on Thursday last, (June 3, 2010), on a Motion of No Confidence in the Minister of Labour, Mansoor Nadir, exposed the hypocrisy of the PPP Administration in dealing with the welfare of Guyanese workers; their obvious determination to violate the Constitution and [...]
Given the coalition trend in other countries can it be replicated here?
Dear Editor, Modern societies are built on science, not idle talk and inactions. In this regards social scientists strive to understand people and society by studying phenomena (i.e. observable facts), however sensitive or unpleasant. The beneficiary of this application is that science is not emotive; it is factual, thus better for arriving at conclusions and [...]
Another good man lost to the expedience of political hegemony
Dear Editor, When the two young police recruits, Paul Slowe and Winston Felix, at their swearing in ceremony pledged to “discharge the duties of their office without favour or affection, malice or ill-will”, theirs’ was not a ritualistic repetition of the words in that oath. Theirs’ was a pledge taken very seriously, very consciously, and [...]
RHTY&SC honours five more
Five (5) outstanding Retired Educators with combined teaching experience of 160 years were honoured on Friday last by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) under the annual Fogarty’s/Farouk Kudrath Memorial Tribute to Retired Teachers’ Programme which is in its 2nd year. The Programme was held at the Club’s Area ‘H’ Ground Head [...]
Fitness Paradise to host Health & Fitness Weekend
Set for Arrowpoint Nature Resort July 24-25 Fitness Paradise Gym, located on the roof of Brandsville Hotel, is committed to lifting the bar when it comes to exercising and being health conscious. The Gym owned and operated by Donald and Diane Sinclair will be hosting its first Health and Fitness Weekend on July 24-25 at [...]
The obsession for power and control over the weaker sex transforms men into beasts
Dear Editor, The drama of death, horrific and brutal continues to unfold as though the script was written in the woman’s blood, inked by man, with a lethal pen. The question had been asked, “Will it ever end?” and answered by another question, “how can it end?” The sad truth is “It may never end” [...]
