Clive Lloyd gives Guyana full support for Champions League
West Indies cricket legend Clive Lloyd is backing the Guyana team to do the entire region proud when they journey to South Africa for the Airtel Champions League T20 tournament. Lloyd, the outstanding former Guyana and West Indies captain, is throwing his full support behind the team as they continue their preparation for the September [...]
Players’ illness not major concern says Manager
By Sean Devers Kaieteur Sport yesterday reported that National Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, his West Indies teammate Narsingh Deonarine medium pacer Paul Wintz were hit by Dengue Fever but Manager of the team Carl Moore says the illness is not as serious as first thought. Moore, who will travel with the Guyana squad to South Africa [...]
Guyana Lottery Company to launch new online system in 2011
- US$2M invested The Guyana Lottery Company, which has enjoyed over 14 years of business in Guyana, is investing US$2M in a new telecommunications network across the country, which is set to be implemented during the second quarter of 2011. According to General Manager of Guyana Lottery Company, Tracey Lewis, when the lottery was launched [...]
Where is the evidence?
Dear Editor, The PPP keeps saying it has done more for Buxton than the PNC had ever done. Other than Donald Ramotar trading words back and forth he has not provided the evidence to prove that the PPP has done more. Mr. Ramotar or the PPP must provide the hard facts to prove it has [...]
Africanized bees kill farmer
By Jenelle Carter Standing and watch your lifelong partner draw their last breath is by no means an easy experience, but it was something, 65-year-old Iris Singh was forced to endure as she stood by helplessly watching a swarm of Africanized bees attack her husband of 48 years. Sometime after 13:00 hours on Thursday, 75-year-old [...]
A ploy to squeeze private newspapers
“It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the thrust behind the current position as it relates to Government advertisements being withheld from newspapers,” – Carberry Chief Whip of the Peoples National Congress, Lance Carberry says that it does not take a rocket scientist to understand the thrust behind the current position as it [...]
Sandpit victim was bludgeoned, strangled
By Latoya Giles A post mortem performed on the decomposing remains of Soesdyke resident Rafeek Khan has revealed that he was bludgeoned and strangled. Kaieteur News understands that Khan’s head bore a gaping wound, which is believed to have been inflicted by a very heavy object. A source close to the investigation said that the [...]
Chaos at Kingston stelling after ferry breaks down
- 300-plus passengers stranded for 30 hours The MV Kimbia which operates the Port Kaituma, Essequibo route, broke down Thursday evening, forcing authorities to tow it back to the city and a family to cancel a planned funeral. Chaos broke out at the Kingston stelling last evening shortly after 21:00hrs as angry family members and [...]
‘Pants thief’ appears in court pants-less
Appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday was Trevor Roland to answer the charges of breaking and entering as well as larceny. In a strange twist of fate, however, Roland stood in the docks clad in a T-shirt and no trousers, despite the fact that he was being charged with the theft of 32 pairs of [...]
Dem boys seh…Everybody thiefing
People does talk bout thief and dem have people who does accuse de government of thiefing. But de Ministers does get vex and dem does threaten to sue. Since people talk ‘bout court dem boys does get frighten. Well a man tell de government that it does thief wha other people wuk for. He talk [...]
US Senator taps Guyanese for communications job
By Bevan Springer NEW YORK – Errol Cockfield, who was born in Guyana and also lived in Trinidad before emigrating to the United States at age 10, will run communications for Democrats in the New York State Senate, beginning early September. Senator John Sampson, the Democrat Majority Conference Leader, who also has Guyanese heritage, has [...]
70, 000 ID cards still uncollected
- as GECOM gears for 2011 General Elections With $254M spent in preparing for Local Government Elections that were never held, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now getting in gear for national and regional elections which are due next year. In preparing for the Local Government elections (which the Commission was ready for on [...]
Woman found dead at Anna Catherina
A popular resident of Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara was found dead on the Public Road early yesterday morning. Reports are that body of 57-year-old Jasmine Persaud of Anna Catherina Railway Line was found sometime after 04:00 hours. This newspaper was told that the woman was found partly submerged in a nearby [...]
Insurance firm representing GNIC still to compensate victims
Two years after a transformer tumbled off a truck and killed a minibus driver and a passenger, relatives of the victims are still awaiting compensation from those deemed responsible for the tragedy. The truck on which the transformer was being carried is the property of Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC). Allan Johnson, the company’s Human [...]
Buxton brouhaha shifting focus from wider issue at hand- Corbin
“Today, it is fashionable for some idiots to say that Buxton is a criminal village; Buxtonians are criminals; Buxtonians are violent people of no worth. The People’s National Congress Reform and I reject this gross defamation of character of the people of Buxton-Friendship……And this village has made a huge contribution to the development and progress [...]
Is GT&T ripping us off with e-Magine broadband?
DEAR EDITOR, GT&T because of its monopoly continues to hold this nation to ransom with its extremely high broadband charges. Yes we have seen a vast increase in speed but no we have not seen a cheaper service. Why are customers still paying $9800, $20,000 and $30,300 when an even faster broadband service is available [...]
Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Act 2009
Dear Editor, I am taking this opportunity afforded by the columns of your newspaper to comment on The Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Act 2009, enacted recently by the Parliament of Guyana. The legislation was passed unanimously in the National Assembly prescribing a time limit for the delivery of judicial decisions. The unanimous approval of [...]
Regulators take on GPL over disconnections
- say company reneging on commitment Regulators of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) say that following several complaints over disconnections and bills, they are meeting with the company to find solutions. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which said that it is engaging GPL for bills distributed for [...]
The neglect of higher education in Guyana
Dear Editor, I respond to Dr. Prem Misir’s letter in Kaieteur News (22nd August, 2010) entitled: “Reforming higher Education with a reduced Budget.” In this letter Dr. Misir seeks to justify a possible reorganisation of the University of Guyana. The first sentence of his letter: “Today, fiscal crisis is taking a toll on many universities, [...]
MV Kimba breaks down
-300 passengers affected The MV Kimba which operates the Mabaruma, Essequibo route, broke down yesterday, forcing authorities to tow it back to the city and a family to cancel a planned funeral. Officials yesterday confirmed that the ferry, the MV Kimbia, developed steering and mechanical problems in the vicinity of Anna Regina, Essequibo coast. Reports [...]
I weep for my country while others pontificate from afar
Dear Editor, As one of our leaders said, “We have got an election to win, a people to foster, a country to develop, children to educate, old people to love and care for, the disabled to be made able, fields to be planted, mountains to be climbed, valleys to be explored, factories to be built [...]
ICN brings expertise to simplify Nurses’ Practitioner legislation
A manual intended to help guide the way nurses operate locally, in accordance with the proposed Nurses’ Practitioner Bill, is currently in the making and is likely to be completed within a matter of weeks. With assistance from the International Council of Nurses the process commenced earlier this week under the guidance of ICN’s Chief [...]
Samling refutes Norway’s state pension fund claims
Sarawak-based Samling Global Ltd. has refuted its former investor Norwegian Pension Fund’s (NPF) claims that the group had repeatedly breached regulations of its timber activities in Sarawak and Guyana, contributing to illegal logging and severe environmental damage. A company spokesperson said that Samling Global was disappointed with NPF’s public characterisation of the group, which was [...]
An appeal to East Indian intellectuals; try revisionism
There have been two letters recently in both independent dailies: one in brief reference to the sixties, the other on the nature of Dr. Jagan’s politics. Both analyses repeated long held mythologies about the sixties and Dr. Jagan, and both eschewed the application of the revisionist methodology. The first one is by a competent economist [...]
Unitary opposition slate at the next general election is a critical component
Dear Editor, Mr. Sasenarine Singh’s presentation (“Why blame the AFC for reading ….” Kaieteur News, 25/08/10) is essentially a rehash of the fundamentally flawed traditional PPP historiography, with its usual dash hyperbole, now deployed in the interest of the AFC. In a nutshell, the PPP account states that our democracy was thwarted in early 1960s [...]
