If the Government gags the media, the people are next
My column has always been from an observer’s point-of-view. I have long been an observer of Guyana on many fronts, but especially concerning the social and political issues. I have written numerous “Stella Says” columns from my safe desk, in central Texas. The Guyanese culture is unique and intriguing, so much so that those who [...]
US trafficking in persons report is ‘crap’ – Govt.
The government yesterday reacted angrily to Guyana being placed on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US government annual report on trafficking in persons. “We are friends with the US, but this kind of reporting is hurting our friendship and really I believe is based on sheer ignorance and eye-pass and this report could, [...]
Slain Patentia Secondary School lad laid to rest
…police awaiting Doctor’s report on PM Residents of Patentia, a West Bank Demerara community, were in a very solemn mood yesterday as one of its youngest members who was killed under questionable circumstances was laid to rest. That victim was 16-year-old Kelvin Anthony Fraser who was shot and killed by a police rank one week [...]
Police Sergeant remains in custody over armed robbery allegation
Up to press time yesterday, Police Sergeant, Rajendra Major, remained in police custody as investigators await advice from the Director of Public Prosecution. In the meantime, sources close to the investigation said that the sergeant of police is yet to give a straight story about being in a car without a number plate and having [...]
Govt. never purged State apparatus hence source of corruption- Ramotar
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, whilst conceding that there is some level of corruption in Guyana, has said that it is blown out of proportion. He also seated blame at the fact that when the ruling administration acceded to the seat of government it did not purge the state’s apparatus’, adding [...]
Chlorine gas leak at GWI’s Shelter Belt
- no danger to nearby residents says water company Residents of Bel Air Park, Georgetown have complained that a chlorine leak at the Guyana Water Inc. Shelter Belt occurred sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, and there was no way of informing the water company since the emergency lines went unanswered. According to the [...]
Dem boys seh …Hotel try fuh mek foreign women sex slaves
When people go to a strange place dem like to walk about suh that when dem lef dem can seh that dem see de place. People does go pun vacation just fuh walk li’l bit and tell de world that dem been here or dem been there. Well dem foreigner who running de Princess Hotel [...]
Questions abound over the purchase of $19m boat for Police
- Home Affairs Ministry, Police tightlipped Just who is responsible for dealing with the botched $19M purchase of a river craft allocated to the Guyana Police Force Maritime Unit? This question has arisen after officials of both the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Guyana Police Force remain tightlipped about the purchase. The craft, which [...]
Linden woman gears to release first book
The love affair started when she was a little girl, oblivious to the cares of this world. She would become lost in her own, experiencing the joys, contentment and total fulfillment that only true love could bring. And she grew and the love became a passion, until it was too much for her. So she [...]
Beni Sankar elected head of aquaculture association
Businessman, Beni Sankar, is the new President of the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) following the body’s fourth Annual General Meeting last week. According to a statement from NAAG, Kris Jugdeo has been elected Vice-President; the Secretary is Lloyda Angus; Dr. Leslie Chin is the new Treasurer while the Assistant-Secretary Treasurer is Tejnarine Geer. [...]
Sugar, charcoal, rum production up significantly
- bauxite, forestry down By Leonard Gildarie The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is reporting that Guyana’s production for the first quarter of this year is showing steady signs of improvement with sugar, small shrimps, charcoal and shandy beverage doing remarkably well. However, the forestry sector and bauxite industry are both taking a beating. In its [...]
Gun robberies in Berbice decrease
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai is assuring Berbicians that crime is on the decrease. But many residents are of the perception that this is not so. Fresh on residents’ minds are the recent incidents that unraveled. On May 9, the charred remains of [...]
Wakenaam gets $35M excavator
Wakenaam’s drainage and irrigation infrastructure yesterday received a major boost after Government handed over a $35M long-reach excavator. A $24M drainage structure at Amersfoort was also commissioned and another $20M sluice is to be built, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, told residents of the island. The excavator was a commitment made by President Bharrat Jagdeo [...]
Terry Bacchus’s relatives deny removing assets
The battle for the multi-million dollar estate of executed businessman, Terry Bacchus, is continuing, with Bacchus’s relatives denying claims of removing assets and collecting monies which he had on the night he was gunned down. Further, a Court Marshal has so far been unable to serve a court order on the woman who was first [...]
Guyana examines regional ‘fast ferry’ service
Guyana is examining the possibilities of introducing a regional ‘fast ferry’ service to Guyana that would greatly reduce the dependency on air transport. Already, a consultancy firm, Footprints Advisors, has been hired by CARICOM to conduct a feasibility study which is expected to be completed this month. Neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago has already introduced the [...]
US-based cocaine trafficker jailed, fined $5.4M
Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have yet again made another interception of cocaine destined for the United States of America. According to reports, around 14:00 hours on Saturday, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, a man who is said to be a citizen of the United States was about to board flight [...]
US places Guyana on Tier 2 Watch List for Trafficking in Persons
Guyana has been ranked on the Tier 2 Watch List on the annual report on Trafficking in Persons prepared by the United States Department of State. The 2010 report, released yesterday, names Guyana as a source country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and forced labour. [...]
Victim refuses to testify, stepfather freed of carnal knowledge charge
Kurt Fontinlen, 44, a man accused of having carnal knowledge of his 13 year old stepdaughter, yesterday walked out of court a free man because the victim did not wish to offer any further evidence against him. The allegation was that Fontinlen, on October 10, 2006, at Farm, East Bank Demerara, had carnal knowledge of [...]
Man remanded on gunpoint robbery charge
One of the two men who allegedly tried to rob businessman, Oudit Seenarine, has been remanded to prison after he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. The man, Desmond Williams, 22, of Lot 1267 of B Field Sophia was yesterday accused of attempting to commit a felony. It was [...]
Guyana Appeal for Bahamian Supreme Court on Thursday
With the growing fears that Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana will stand to lose its entire investment in the Bahamas, there is a sense of renewed hope among some as the matter will be called up for hearing in the Bahamian Supreme Court. This matter is slated for Thursday and Friday but from all [...]
The WPA: Aging deceivers or aging revolutionaries?
There is an old saying – you have to know when to quit. It applies to most things. If you were once great, bow out before you get old, persist in doing what nature prevents you from so doing, and you continue to make yourself a fool in front of the world. Great people should [...]
TEN MORE JUDGES NEEDED!
The new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad- Bissessar, was quoted as saying that the criminal justice system was over-burdened, overwhelmed and under-resourced. She was speaking about her country, but her assessment could have well been applied to Guyana where there have for long been complaints about sloth, delays and backlogs within the [...]
GRFU REDUCES NATIONAL SQUAD TO 19
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday released the names of 19 players to continue preparations for the upcoming CAC Games which will be staged, at the National Stadium on July 24-25. Chairman of Selectors Mike McCormack announced the names of the players who will go forward from the original squad of 24. Those retained [...]
Champ Squires on show today
The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association has released the fixtures for today’s round of matches in the GBTI Open Tournament which is set to continue at the Bank’s Sports Club. In Men’s Singles action- Defending national champion Phillip Squires goes up against Gairy Myers, while Leyland Leacock takes on Adam Alves. In Ladies play: Krystal Sukra [...]
Kings crowned LABA League Champions
- reign supreme after low-scoring final Kings dominated Wismar Pistons with a strong second half offensive performance to ensure that they are crowned the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) League Champions at the end of a low-scoring final at the Mackenzie Sports Club court. After being affected by three postponements owed to inclement weather, patriotic [...]
