The Ancient Mariner on the rampage
Today, I continue with the publication of my speech to the 93 returning graduates, who days before, were addressed by the little dictators. I remind readers that I sought to speak to the graduates after a part of the official presentation carried a judgement that there is a section of the media that wants to [...]
Victim tied, stabbed to death
… Murder in North Ruimveldt Yet another murder rocked a community in Guyana as 28- year-old Dexter Gaspar was found in his 2566 Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt home with stab wounds to the neck, mouth gagged and feet bound, yesterday. When the man failed to turn up for work yesterday his co-workers at Hand-in-Hand Insurance [...]
GuySuCo Pension Fund loses money in Merrill Lynch collapse
With the effects of the Global Financial Crisis that saw billions of dollars in losses worldwide, and with some countries feeling the effect, it has been learnt that the Guyana Sugar Corporation Pension was also a victim. The Sugar Industry’s Pension Fund, called the Sugar Trading Enterprise Pension Scheme (STEPS) suffered losses with the melt [...]
Fidelity takes over Everton bauxite plant
… financial details still to be finalized – Brassington The site of the Everton Berbice bauxite plant has been leased to Fidelity Investments Inc. and what is described as a Major International Cement Company and the duo have already commenced construction of a cement bagging facility but there is yet to be financial settlement on [...]
Dead prisoner dressed, hand- cuffed and taken to hospital
Officials at the Georgetown Prisons probably thought that they could conceal the death of a prisoner at the institution yesterday. So they dressed the body in the normal bright orange garb which is worn by inmates being taken to hospital with the hope of concealing the death. But when they decided to handcuff the dead [...]
Second Bartica double murder victim cremated
Yesterday, amidst a solemn ceremony according to Hindu rites, relatives and close friends of 50- year-old Ramdeo Deonarine bade their final farewells. Around mid morning yesterday, the man’s wife, who returned from the United States of America along with their two other daughters awaited the arrival of his remains at their Ruby East Bank Essequibo [...]
Dem boys seh… Prison warder bruck dead man hand fuh put on handcuff
Dem boys laugh till dem cry last night. A man dead in de Camp Street jail since two o’clock yesterday afternoon. De medic turn up at five o’clock and he come up wid a plan fuh mek de jail look good. He tell dem big ones that dem can dress up de man and mek [...]
Security of state not under threat
- Rohee tells Private Sector Despite what appears to be a spike in the crime rate, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has assured members of the business community that there is no existing threat to the security of the state. He also assured that the Joint Services were prepared to deal with any security threat [...]
Confusion surrounds Barama shredder’s death
- no signs of blood spatter By Leonard Gildarie How could the body of a teenager pass through a wood chipper machine with an opening less than three inches wide? Further, there are no obvious signs of blood in the immediate vicinity. These are among some of the issues puzzling labour investigators in the horrific [...]
Kaieteur News still awaits Govt ads
Despite the President’s acceptance of Kaieteur News’s offer to publish Government advertisements free of cost this newspaper is still awaiting the arrival of these ads. Initially made via a front page comment last Sunday, the offer was accepted by President Bharrat Jagdeo the very next day. Within the text of the initial offer was the [...]
Dental facility added to East La Penitence Health Centre
The East La Penitence Health Centre has been equipped with a modern dental chair, new dental staff and rooms to further augment the health centrer for better service to the environs. Present at the Centre, yesterday, for the handing over ceremony was Lieutenant Colonel Todd Furtado, Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, [...]
Criminals reduced to renting firearm
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, at a recent press briefing, disclosed that a Special Firearms Unit has been established with the aim of tracking illegal guns. The commissioner explained that the Unit which operates mainly out of the Criminal Investigations Unit has seen some success. He added that he was of the view that some [...]
Sarwan’s current fitness is not the issue says Hilaire
Selectors picked the players for contracts By Sean Devers As dashing West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan arrives in South Africa where he will hope to lead Guyana to the Champions League T20 cricket title, concerns over the reasons for his omission from the list of players given Central contracts by the WICB remain. [...]
M&CC begins drainage works
- 250 tons of garbage collected daily Drainage works are ongoing on one of the main canals in Tucville and on alleyway drains in the Lacytown area. And according to the Mayor and City Council, the council continues to undertake drainage works in different sections over the last two weeks. According to Public Relations Officer, [...]
Ansa McAl supports Michael Parris Open Boxing championships
As the nation’s top amateur boxers prepare once again for fistic duty, beverage giants, Ansa McAl has once again demonstrated a true corporate spirit when the executives of that company acquiesced to a handsome package that will assist in offsetting the huge expenses required to host activities. Yesterday morning, two of Ansa McAl’s employees, Public [...]
Watch out for Foo says Sarwan
As Amazon Conquerors adjust to S/African conditions By Sean Devers In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, Universal DVD Club, Forest Enterprise, Igloo Ice-Cream, Dave’s West Indian Grocery, Wartilsa Inc A day after the Guyana Amazon Conquerors arrived in Johannesburg via London, Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan told the world to watch out for Jonathon Foo [...]
Mahdia fire victims want Digicel donation
Chairman of the Mahdia fire victim Committee, Floyd Herman, is alleging that the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of that district received $500,000 from Digicel two months ago and none of the fire victims have benefitted to date. Herman said that when he confronted the REO he was told that the money was received in the [...]
Diamond sugar workers protest lack of severance pay again
…picket GAWU headquarters Diamond sugar workers downed tools and raised placards yesterday morning in protest of a decision that sees them being denied severance pay when their positions are terminated at the end of this – Diamond’s last sugar crop. Almost 100 workers converged out front of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) [...]
Cummings Electrical & BK Int. on board
The latest corporate entities to lend financial support to the upcoming International Friendly matches between Guyana’s senior ‘Golden Jaguars’ and Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘Soca Warriors’ are Cummings Electrical and BK International. Yesterday at the Water Chris International Hotel, Quamina and Waterloo Streets, Michael Cummings, Managing Director of Cummings Electrical handed over the contributions for both [...]
High tides cause more woes for riverain residents
Once again, residents of riverain communities especially those along the Demerara River are pleading with the relevant authorities to look into the issue of overtopping. In some areas they say that the sea defence works are being breached. For the past few weeks residents of Eccles and Ruimveldt have been complaining about their homes being [...]
Every obstacle had to be overcome to make participation in South Africa possible
Dear Editor, When on Friday, August 6, 2010 an emergency meeting of the executives of the Guyana Cricket Board was summoned, the sole objective was to seek to remove the threats to the participation of the Guyana team in the Champions League tournament in South Africa. Guyana had just won the West Indies Cricket Board’s [...]
St. Pius beat Region 2 in final
St. Pius defeated Region 2 by 34 runs in the final of the Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham Memorial Mixed Team Circle Tennis Competition which was played recently, at the Carifesta Sports Complex. Taking to the circle first after wining the toss, St Pius made 133-5 off the allotted 30 deliveries with Shane Allicock 76 and [...]
Overseas-based Guyanese suffer at the hands of thieves
Robbers escaped with hundreds of thousands of dollars from a 656 Section B Block x Diamond, East Bank Demerara residence, yesterday. According to an overseas-based Guyanese, Dr. Rudy Jadoopot, he came into the country Monday morning to celebrate his birthday and to attend a wedding. However, yesterday the house that he was occupying was attacked [...]
Six division one players recognised
Six outstanding First Division players from the Ancient County were on Saturday last recognised by the Berbice Cricket Board for their outstanding contributions to cricket. The six cricketers with a combined playing career of close to 100 years were honoured when the Board hosted its 2nd Annual Tribute to Retired Cricketers Programme at the Albion [...]
Dem Life Golf tourney set for Saturday
The Annual Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Medal Play Golf tournament will be played on Saturday at Lusignan golf Club, East Coast Demerara. Over 30 golfers are expected to compete in the 18-hole tournament in what is expected to be a battle for supremacy bringing together youth versus experience. Kishum Bacchus, Jerome Khan and [...]
