Boy, 2, dies after drinking hydrogen peroxide
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of two-year-old Eason Patram of 154 Middle Walk Dam, Tempe Village West Coast Berbice, who reportedly drank hydrogen peroxide and died at the Fort Wellington Hospital on Tuesday. Reports reaching this publication stated that the child’s mother, Melanie Kendall, 32, had acquired the drug to treat an [...]
EARL TALK AND WINDBAGS
Guyanese are the most hospitable people in the world. Trinidadians of my generation are next. It is true that neither Guyanese nor Trinidadians extend themselves as much as the people of the Gilbert and Ellis islands in the South Pacific who, many years ago, selected a nubile young lady to provide solace to men whose [...]
Bouterse arrives Monday for one-day State visit
Officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Cooperation have confirmed that recently elected Surinamese President Desi Bouterse will be travelling to Guyana next Monday for an official State visit. It has been reported that the construction of a bridge across the Corentyne River and fighting drugs, crime and diseases are slated to [...]
Rotting corpse left at dilapidated New Amsterdam Mortuary
Residents within the vicinity of the Old New Amsterdam hospital are complaining of the indifferent attitude of the relevant authorities after a decomposing body was left at the dilapidated facility’s mortuary. The police were immediately contacted when residents noticed that the corpse was being taken into what is left of the mortuary which is void [...]
History is written by the victors
There is ongoing talk of how this party or that party is rewriting Guyana’s history. I did not study Guyanese history in school, so what I learn is from what I research on my own. In doing this research, I am always careful to consider the source as I determine the degree of credibility I [...]
Night spot manager doused with acid
- attackers flee on motorcycle The manager of the Sweet Water Lounge night spot had to be rushed to hospital on Monday night after a man posing as a patron threw a corrosive substance in his face. Lennox Benjamin, who owns the recently-opened D’Urban Street establishment, was attacked while sitting outside the premises. His assailant [...]
Three companies vie for lucrative medical equipment contract
Three companies, including one from Trinidad and Tobago, will have their bids assessed for the supply and delivery of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health. The bids were yesterday opened at that National Procurement and Tender Administration Board in the presence of that body’s members. The submitted bids were: Western Scientific Company Limited in [...]
Private sector to lend support to procurement of ARVs
Efforts by the Ministry of Health to procure the much needed antiretroviral drugs, to treat persons infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), is being bolstered by support from the private sector. According to reports reaching this newspaper, the support is likely to ensure the arrival of the much needed Efavirenz drugs before the end [...]
Here is the reason why the PPP will lose the next election
I was born in and spent my whole life in South Georgetown; Wortmanville to be specific. I migrated three years ago to Turkeyen. I have always maintained in my social commentary that if the thousands of South Georgetown residents turn up to register and go out to ballot for the opposition forces, the PPP will [...]
Computer savvy and the UG registration process
The car park just in front of the Centre for Communication Studies was lined with vehicles of all makes and sizes while the catwalk, recently devoid of activity was teeming with freshmen (first year students), some with puzzled expressions some with what appeared to be an air of confidence. Occasionally, one of them would stop [...]
Will Jagdeo keep his word this time?
More than one year after he promised that the Freedom of Information legislation would be in place and way beyond the deadline he set, President Bharrat Jagdeo is once more promising that the legislation would be enacted. He has said that the legislation would be in place this year. One has no reason to doubt [...]
SAME OLD STORY AGAIN
It rarely happens, even for two newspapers operating in the same jurisdiction and covering the same story, to run almost the exact headlines on the same day about the same matters. What is even rarer is for this to happen twice in the same edition. Yesterday, the Kaieteur News reported boldly on its front page, [...]
UK businessman blocked from leaving Guyana
- Former PNCR MP claims owed $100M A former Parliamentarian of the Peoples’ National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been granted an injunction blocking his former business partner from leaving Guyana over a money dispute. Businessman Kadim “Kads” Khan, in court documents claimed he is owed over US$500,000 ($100M), was granted the injunction on Friday by [...]
The silence of Fip Motilall is deafening
Dear Editor, In a court of law, the prosecutor meticulously chronicles the case against the defence. Some of the evidence were proven beyond reasonably doubt, and some derived purely by deductions; after all, if you wake up one morning to find snow on the ground, you must assume that it snowed during the night even [...]
Why don’t people respond to the call to give blood?
Dear Editor, Receiving an adequate supply of blood has always been a challenge for the Ministry of Health in Guyana and health facilities and organisations all over the world. Recently here, there has been a flood of public announcements on the TV and radio about the dire need for blood by the various hospitals. Sometimes [...]
One failure should not spell defeat for anyone
Dear Editor, Students who wish to continue studies at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination level ‘must have been under 18 years of age on January 1, 2010’ according to the advertisement in the newspapers. This is unfair to students who did not perform well the first time they sat the CSEC examinations. The Ministry of [...]
Support for new airline
Dear Editor, I am excited to read that foreign (Greek) investors (Kaieteur News August 31) are considering setting up a national airline to ply the Timehri/North American and Caribbean destinations. Another carrier is badly needed between Cheddi Jagan and New York and Toronto and it will be profitable once it is properly managed and patronized. [...]
Anonymous letter writers who bash other writers focus on personalities instead of issues
Dear Editor, I read the letter, “AFC’s brand of politics is no good for women, democracy nor Guyana,” (Kaieteur News, August 31), and must say I am not one to shy away from a healthy debate or discussion, but especially when the topic relates to the welfare of Guyana. Almost all my letters focus on [...]
Digicel hits 11 million customer mark
Digicel yesterday announced that it has hit the 11 million customer mark across its 32 markets worldwide. Since launching in Jamaica nine and a half years ago, Digicel has grown rapidly and today offers its special brand of best value, best service and best network mobile communications across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. [...]
An open letter to the Minister of Health
Dear Sir, The situation at the New Amsterdam and Port Mourant hospitals, as regards the free delivery of health care has really left much to be desired over the past few months. People would go there only to be told that no doctor is available or that the doctors are somewhere else. Favouritism is also [...]
Police to restrict slow moving vehicles along EBD
In an effort to reduce the congestion on the East Bank of Demerara, the Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that very shortly traffic restrictions will be in place. A release from the police public relations office stated that the public roadway from Houston to Timehri along the East Bank of Demerara will [...]
Murdered miner was “peacemaker”
Sylvester Simon, of St Ignatius, the miner who was stabbed to death on Sunday may have been the peacemaker. Clyde Bernibus, 21, who was stabbed once to chest explained that the incident started over a female that he (Bernibus) recently started dating. Yesterday when this newspaper visited Bernibus, who is a patient in the Male [...]
