Housing Ministry draws down US$33.5M in two weeks
“Minister Ali obviously doesn’t feel this House deserve details…should have had project profiles…clearly he has no regard for this house.” – Corbin By Gary Eleazar The National Assembly yesterday approved some $3B (US$15M) in additional expenditure for the Ministry of Housing and Water, but not before the opposition had to endure several evasive answers from [...]
Bandits unearth $4M while ransacking Alberttown house
Bandits meticulously combed an Alberttown house to unearth a whopping $4M in the latest armed robbery to hit the capital city. The bandits, who were carrying two guns and a knife, had attacked the Fourth Street home of a city pharmacy proprietor and held his four children at gunpoint while ransacking the property, which is [...]
GAWU lashes out at Agri Minister
- asks if “turn-around plan” is being turned around The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has lashed out at the Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud over his comments on the sugar industry. Persaud on Tuesday blamed worker absenteeism and strikes for leaving almost 500,000 tonnes of sugar cane uncut in the fields. The Minister [...]
Army private gets 90 days for losing AK-47
Private K. Belfield was sentenced to 90 days in confinement after a court martial in a military facility by the Guyana Defence Force. Pte Belfield of Infantry Battalion, Base Camp Stephenson, was charged with losing service property on the Del Conte Trail, Essequibo, between October 18 and October 19, last. The service property in this [...]
Dem boys seh…Jumbie nearly close down Brickdam
Dem had a big scare in de Brickdam lock-ups. A jumbie end up in de place and all dem prisoners get frighten. Dem boys seh that dem hear people calling fuh dem mother and some begging fuh come out and how dem wouldn’t behave bad again. But before all that, dem same prisoners use to [...]
State of dumpsite is a management problem – Robeson Benn
“If there is a stench coming from the Le Repentir dumpsite, in my opinion it is coming from City Hall,” said Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, when he commented on the state of the burgeoning city dumpsite yesterday. Given the inability of the municipality to manage the facility properly, Government was recently forced to [...]
Shabazz’ New Year’s message to Guyana’s Footballers
“The new Generation of Guyana players must come out from under the comfort of their mother’s bossom and go out into the football world and shape their fortunes.” This is the advice of Former Guyana Technical Director Jamaal Shabazz in an invitation from Kaieteur Sport to give a New Year’s message to the footballers of [...]
Keith Foster led BCB elected for another term
The cricketing community of the County of Berbice on Monday last expressed their total appreciation on the development and progress of the game in the Ancient County by re-electing the Keith Foster’s led Administration for another two year term. Seven of the eight Executives were returned in block based on a motion that was passed [...]
Rusal Bauxite Company backs K&S for 5th year
Final to be streamed live on the internet Rusal Bauxite Company yesterday made their customary donation to the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for the fifth consecutive year. Chief Financial Accountant Andrey Gurin who handed over the cheque to Co-Director Kashif Muhammad at their Foreshaw Street Queenstown Office told the Media that they have been supporting [...]
Agri Research and Extension Institute Bill passed in Parliament
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute Bill 2010 was yesterday tabled and passed in the National Assembly. This Bill, it was contended, intends to “promote greater efficiency in the crops and agricultural product industry and to provide enhanced services in Agricultural Research and Crop Protection and to establish the National Agricultural Research And Extension [...]
Five robbery suspects in custody
Police have arrested a number of persons, including a prime suspect, in connection with a robbery, committed recently, on vendor, Shennia Yusuf, at Charity. According to police, the men were arrested at West Coast Demerara, some time yesterday. They are currently at the Anna Regina Police Station. On Monday, last, in the vicinity of Hog [...]
Sukhai unaware of Amerindian land demarcation complaints
Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai says she is unaware of complaints regarding the government’s programme for the demarcation of Amerindian lands. Over the past year, three communities were demarcated, namely Shulinab, Toka and Three Friends. Sukhai said that the process cost $40 million and that was all the money that was allocated for land [...]
Waiting time remains bugbear at public health facilities
Although continuous efforts are being made within the public health sector to reduce patients’ waiting time, there are still occasions when it seems that waiting is imperative. There have been repeated complaints from persons utilising the service of public health facilities that they are forced to wait for prolonged periods before they can receive any [...]
FITUG throws support behind sugar workers
- Says GuySuCo’s practices influence absenteeism The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), Guyana’s major Trade Union grouping, has thrown its support behind sugar workers. The Federation said that while it is saddened over the deteriorating relations between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the workers’ bargaining agent, the Guyana Agricultural and General [...]
Police are overall MHA Inter Agency Domino champs
Following six rounds of exciting domino action between the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Guyana Fire Service (GFS) and the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs Inter Agency competition, the spoils were shared equally with each entity winning two games each. A final game had to be organised to determine the overall [...]
Govt. threatens arbitration, says company disrespectful
- union accuses administration of ‘cat and mouse’ games By Leonard Gildarie Government yesterday blazed RUSAL, a Russian-owned bauxite company, for refusing to attend a key meeting Wednesday with its workers’ union and threatened possible arbitration. Additionally, Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir, yesterday accused the company of supplying ‘incomplete and possibly inaccurate or misleading information” [...]
Victim’s mother express frustration over probe
The mother of 29-year-old Jermaine Jones, who was stabbed to death at Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara, almost a month ago, is pleading with the police to ensure justice is served. Joylyn Simpson recently visited this publication and related that on more than one occasion information was passed to the police about the suspect’s whereabouts, but [...]
I repeat; “dance to Sarah Brightman tonight”
In 2005, in my article for this time of the year, I suggested you ask the DJ to place Sarah Brightman’s phenomenal song composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, “The Perfect Year.” I repeated that call in my 2008 column. I am doing so for the third time. It is the perfect song to dance to [...]
24 killed in worst year for industrial deaths
- Labour Ministry collects $30M from errant employees Industrial deaths recorded a horrible year, with 24 persons killed to date, and with more than 50% of them from the mining industry alone. This is compared to 14 deaths recorded last year and would be a worrying 400% increase from 2007, the Ministry of Labour disclosed [...]
The PPP has always conducted contested elections by secret ballot
Dear Editor, Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s breathless fulminations are a marvel to behold. It is not the falsity of the conclusions based on analyses of manufactured “facts”, at least in relation to me. It is the passionate and daily vehemence sustained with such fervor for so many years that sets Mr. Kissoon apart from other columnists. [...]
IDB approved 170 projects in 2010- President Moreno
- Estimated $12.9 Billion spent The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a record number of 170 projects in 2010 totaling an estimated $12.9 Billion, as the entity continues to boost its efforts to help the Caribbean and Latin American combat poverty and inequality, and promote sustainable growth. According to a release, this is up from [...]
BCB Educational Award Scheme attracts sponsorship from RHTY&SC Cricket teams
For the fourth successive year the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has maintained sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board Annual Educational Award Scheme. The Club’s Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17, Pepsi Under-19, Gizmos & Gadgets Under-23, First Division and Metro Female Teams on Thursday handed over $200,000 worth of educational and [...]
Let’s be brave and make the change
Dear Editor, Since the announcement by Robert Corbin that he will not be the presidential candidate and the push by the Murray camp at the last General Council for a date by which the presidential candidate of the PNCR should be identified many have announced their intent by going to the public domain. The resolution [...]
Harbour Bridge requires over $900M injection in 2011
The aging Demerara Harbour Bridge, proving a major challenge for the government with increased traffic and maintenance, has forced its management to ask for in excess of $900M next year to carry out critical rehabilitation works. Despite seeing revenues increase eight percent to $395M so far, critical works which include the construction of two new [...]
MAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2010
I have been invited to select the Personality of the Year Award for 2010. My choice was made simple by the lack of a competitive field. Had the overwhelming winner been deleted from the shortlist, my task would have been made more difficult; far more burdensome than pulling a wisdom tooth. However, there were hardly [...]
