Vast disparity for Hope Canal Project
FTCS $335M, BK $660M BK International has submitted the highest bid to supply ‘geotextiles’ for use in the construction of the Northern Relief Canal for the East Demerara Water Conservancy, while Falcon Transportation and Construction Services submitted the lowest bid(FTCS) . This project was tendered for by the Ministry of Agriculture. Geotextiles are permeable fabrics [...]
CLICO properties up for sale again
Today, President Bharrat Jagdeo will meet with affected policyholders of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana to discuss the “way forward”. However, shadow Finance Minister Winston Murray said that this should not fuel any optimism. According to Murray the Government has in the past behaved as though it is in no big hurry to ensure [...]
Death penalty for Syfox as murder trial ends
- defence likely to appeal After almost two weeks of intense arguments put forward by Defence Counsel Bernard De Santos SC, a mixed jury nevertheless found his client, Lennox Syfox, guilty of the capital offense of murder yesterday. Syfox was found guilty of murdering his reputed wife, Roslyn Rodney, and also injuring his eight-month-old daughter [...]
M&CC withholds workers’ NIS, PAYE deductions to pay wages and salaries
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has been breaking the law in order to pay its workers their wages and salaries. City Mayor Hamilton Green admitted to this state of affairs yesterday when he addressed a press conference at City Hall. The municipality has been failing to pay over workers Pay As You [...]
Police hunt a third suspect in Sheema Mangar’s murder
- Two others still in custody By Latoya Giles Employees of the Demerara Bank last night staged a vigil at the scene where their murdered colleague, Sheema Mangar, breathed her last. Mangar died hours after she was dragged several feet under a car when she tried to retrieve a stolen cell phone from one of [...]
Dem boys seh…De Conquerors vex
De Amazon Conquerors vex because dem boys cuss dem fuh de poor performance. Dem got a right to vex because dem mek a whole country vex wid how dem play. People lose money and some get high blood pressure Sunday. De team struggle from de start and every ball de people in Guyana hope fuh [...]
Human Services Ministry faults media
- Not enough focus on women, children’s issues – says Manickchand Access to officials and availability of information became a talking point yesterday at a Ministry of Human Services report launch. The report titled ‘Media Trends: Representations of Women and Children in the Guyanese Media 2008 -2009’ is a joint effort between the Ministry and [...]
Strip bar security guard shot
A security guard attached to a popular Brazilian bar is nursing gunshot wounds he sustained after he prevented some known characters from entering without paying the admission fee. Marlon Shepherd, 29, was shot in the left arm and left knee when one of the men opened fire with a 9mm caliber weapon. Up to late [...]
Education Ministry awards students for attendance, punctuality
As Education Month continues under the theme “Child Friendly Home: Child Friendly Classrooms-Quality Education” the Ministry of Education distributed attendance and punctuality certificates and special awards to students of various schools, at the National Gymnasium, yesterday. In the category of Primary Schools, West Ruimveldt Primary was awarded for its overall attendance rate for the academic [...]
Guyana hope to extend Mumbai’s losing streak to keep semi-final hopes alive
By Sean Devers in South Africa In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, Igloo Ice-Cream, Forest Enterprise,Dave West Indian Imports (NY), Cops Security & Universal DVD Club Despite the experience of reaching the last IPL finals in South Africans conditions, the star studded Mumbai Indians has lost twice and are now almost certain to [...]
Mike Parris to help train Commonwealth boxers
Michael Parris won Olympic Bronze in Moscow in 1980, some 30 years later his feat has not been matched by a Guyanese at the Olympics. Parris is known to be a hard worker, disciplined individual and was a classy boxer in the ring. His experience has been sought out by the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association [...]
AAG national youth, junior, seniors on this weekend
The Athletic Association of Guyana’s (AAG) National Youth, Junior and Senior Championships will be held this weekend at the Police Sports Club, Ground, Eve Leary, where the crème of the crop is expected to be on show at the refurbished Sports Club. Speaking briefly with Kaieteur Sport yesterday, AAG President, Colin Boyce said that all [...]
GABA to aggressively market Pepsi Street Series
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Pepsi-sponsored Street Series will commence next weekend at the Burnham Basketball Court following a series of heavy marketing and advertising of the event that attracted corporate support. President of the GABA, Trevor Rose told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that the event will feature the four best teams from both the [...]
Fitzgerald on winner’s row
Reigning national champion Sudesh Fitzgerald easily disposed 2nd place finisher Anil Latchman by a 2-0 margin in the finals of the Open Singles, while Afeez Majid emerged third in the latest Darts tournament held on Sunday last at Granny’s Hangout Bar, Market Street, Better Hope. Fitzgerald had triumphed over Hubert Yearwood in the semifinals, with [...]
Teachers Union alleges ‘sinister’ motive in CPCE admission process
The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is demanding that interviews for teachers to gain admission into the Associate Degree programme at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), be stopped, unless it is involved. “Do they have some sinister motive?” Colin Bynoe, the GTU president asked yesterday as he protested the exclusion of the GTU from [...]
Private sector to engage City Hall
- intends to address issues of concern The inability to garner sufficient funds to adequately manage Georgetown is of immense concern to members of the private sector. This concern is the basis for a meeting that should be convened in another two weeks with relevant municipal officials. At a press conference at City Hall, yesterday, [...]
Floodlights team stage Fund-raising softball match tomorrow
Georgetown Floodlights Team will clash with East Coast Floodlights team in a fund-raising 25-over softball match tomorrow under lights at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda. The funds will go towards offsetting a teenage girl from Enmore, East Coast Demerara who will be travelling to India for an operation of a dislocated spine. Meanwhile, several [...]
East Bank Berbice wants help in post flood era
Residents of East Bank Berbice are pleading with the relevant authorities to review the situation that leads to flooding during spring tides. Almost the entire village of Light Town and Juliansburg, East Bank Berbice, experienced severe losses due to the flood. One concerned resident, Reginald Cort, told Kaieteur News that a large a number of [...]
Ron Legall weighs in on the Sarwan issue
DEAR MR.EDITOR, After I saw the caption RE- “Sarwan Snubbed “on the back page of the Wednesday’s Edition (September,1st,2010) of the Stabroek News Papers, I decided to read the article and whilst reading it ,I observed that the West Indies Cricket Board had announced that the central retainer contract for Messrs Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine [...]
Police probe non-action in death threat allegation
The East Coast of Demerara police are investigating reports that ranks at the Vigilance Police Station failed to take action following death threats to Deon Stephens, who was eventually stabbed to death on Monday night. The threats were allegedly made by Stephens’s reputed husband, who has gone into hiding after stabbing her several times about [...]
When Cush comes to shove
By Peter Della Penna When Guyana took on Royal Challengers Bangalore last Sunday, there was a tremendous amount of support from fans back home on the northern coast of South America. But because of one player in the team, that support also stretched across the Caribbean to North America as well. Lennox Cush, a senior [...]
Career thief Trevor De Souza (Slick Willy) heads to jail
Trevor De Souza, AKA “Slick Willy” of Lot 1Main Street, Cumberland, East Canje, was sentenced to jail on Monday. De Souza reappeared before magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to the charge of larceny. He was accused of stealing $17,000 from 58-year-old Dolly Lall. Prosecutor, Inspector Dayaram, told the [...]
Nascimento pleased with improved fitness
President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento speaking with Kaieteur Sport at the National Park yesterday said that he has seen much improvement with the team since last Saturday’s game simulations which was conducted, at the National Stadium. Nascimento was at the time overlooking the penultimate training session of the national team [...]
Venezuelan robbery/murder suspect dies
The 17-year-old Venezuelan suspect who robbed and murdered Guyanese miner, Michael Higgins, last week, died on Monday in the hospital where he was treated for gunshot wound to his leg. Reports reaching this publication stated that the teenager succumbed days after he was admitted to the hospital for a gunshot wound he sustained during a [...]
Amerindian village now planting rice
- 82 acres being harvested in pilot project In what is being described as a first for Guyana, a major project to grow rice in the Rupununi Savannahs, is literally reaping success, officials say. Some 82 acres of land in Moco Moco with another 12 acres of beans were planted earlier this year. Now the [...]
