Digicel invests more than US$60M in Guyana
… monopoly has restricted investment, stymied revenue inflow – CEO With a customer base exceeding more than 250,000 and investments in excess of US$60M Digicel Guyana now has coverage of some 95 per cent of the population, and according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dean, the company, “is truly the bigger, better network” [...]
Freddie Kissoon and Mark Benschop confined to lockups
Political activist Mark Bencshop and Columnist Freddie Kissoon were yesterday arrested by ranks of the Brickdam Police Station, reportedly for obstructing traffic along Cemetery Road and preventing ingress and egress at the cemetery. However, before police arrived at the location, Kissoon, who spoke with members of the media, said earlier in the day he and [...]
Dem boys seh…Love knows no bounds
It hard to separate some people. Dem boys seh that Benschop fall in love wid prison officers ever since de last time. Since he come out he doing everything to keep a date wid dem. When he fail he try other people. He try Witter and Lincoln Lewis, Dem spend two nights together but somehow [...]
Policy initiatives being reviewed to help improve education system
“I will not remain in the school system as Minister when children in the school system are failing and failing,” said Minister of Education Shaik Baksh recently as he addressed heads and other managers of schools across the country. The forum which was held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) was one [...]
Driver in Special Constable fatal accident remanded
While the relatives of Special Constable Marva McNabb are preparing to bury her remains, the driver of the car that struck her down was left to contemplate how he will spend his Christmas behind bars. Seodatt Harricharran, 35, of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus at [...]
Booker Tate action preceded GuySuCo lawsuit
Skeldon factory fallout… Former managers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Booker Tate Limited, are suing the state-owned entity, in excess of £664,000 (G$208M) for unpaid fees. According to court documents filed on September 30 by attorney Nigel Hughes, local lawyer for the UK-based sugar consultant, two separate actions were filed against GuySuCo. GuySuCo on [...]
Fire scare for Giftland OfficeMax
…as adjacent structure razed Christmas shoppers in Giftland OfficeMax had quite a scare yesterday when a fire broke out behind the store just after lunch. According to Roy Beepat, owner of the store, the alarm was raised at about 13:00hrs and trucks from the Guyana Fire Service were on the scene within 20 minutes of [...]
Digicel on board Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet
In another solid demonstration of its commitment to sports across Guyana, Digicel added its name to the list of corporate entities to support the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meeting when Public Relations and Events Manager Shonnet Moore presented a cheque worth $330,000 to Club Representative Justice Cecil Kennard in the Company’s Boardroom yesterday. [...]
Basketball Review: Part I, Linden
By Edison Jefford The basketball schedule in Linden began this year with Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) President, Abdulla ‘Zico’ Hamid announcing his support for the incumbent President of the national federation, David Patterson. Hamid had expressed his support for Patterson against the background that Patterson had been a serving member of the Godwin McPherson-led [...]
Lima and Walton Hall book place in final
Lima and Walton Hall will clash in what is expected to be an exiting final of the Caricom Rice Mill twenty/20 cricket competition at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground in North Essequibo. Both teams recorded victories in their respective semifinal matches played recently at Walton Hall cricket ground. In the first semifinal Lima got [...]
Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football continues today
Action in the Dr. Noel Blackman birthday knockout 7-a-side football tournament continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda. The tournament coordinated by Former national player and coach, Lennox Arthur, is in honour of the birth anniversary of another former footballer, Dr. Noel Blackman, who was also a Minister of Health during the [...]
Supenaam stelling could be ready by mid-2011 – Minister Benn
- material, equipment being mobilised for repairs By Leonard Gildarie Repairs to the troubled Supenaam stelling could be completed, with the facility being placed in use as early as the first half of 2011, government says. Already, a little more than $50M has been set aside to fix a number of flaws which saw the [...]
2010 was a historic year for Guyana’s Badminton says Ramdhani
By Sean Devers President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) and National Coach Gokarn Ramdhani told Kaieteur Sport that 2010 has been a historic year for Guyana’s Badminton and feels all of his hard work with the sport locally is paying off. “This is our most successful year ever, since for the first time we [...]
Another accident claims life on Grove Public Road
Shortly after 23:00 hours on Monday, last, a taxi driver who was travelling in his vehicle in a southerly direction on the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, collided with a minibus heading in the opposite direction, which resulted in his death. Dead is 56-year-old Clement Seabra of lot 33 Friendship, EBD, who was operating [...]
Ugly is as ugly does
While my oldest daughter, who is stunningly beautiful, was growing up, I always reminded her that no matter how beautiful she is on the outside, if she is ugly on the inside…then she is just plain ugly. Today she is a beautiful woman – on the outside and the inside. My hope is to convey [...]
National Reference Lab must keep improving – Dr. Ramsammy
The National Reference Laboratory has to be one that maintains accreditation and quality, as it is the lead laboratory in Guyana, says Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. But according to him, with achievement comes an additional burden which should see the facility striving not only to be the best in Guyana but the Region, [...]
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CRIME STOPPERS INITIATIVE?
For the Narine family of Surat Drive, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, there will be no bright lights or decorations this Christmas. The family has been thrown into deep mourning following a robbery which saw the patriarch of the family shot. He succumbed subsequently to complications that developed as a result of the injuries he sustained [...]
Perfume, gunplay, fireworks: Welcome to the Guyanese nouveau riche
I thought I would ask the editor to repeat for today, my column of November 4 captioned, “Gunplay at the princess ball in a failed state.” That article was about a nouveau riche birthday party held at the Princess Hotel. Two nouveau riche young men refused to behave themselves and when spoken to by security, [...]
Brazilian perishes in Parika boat mishap
Once again tragedy in one of Guyana’s rivers has claimed another life. This time a Brazilian, Rodrigues Dantos, a miner, is dead because the boat in which he was traveling, crashed after it hit a floating log some 200 meters from the Parika Stelling. The boat was heading to Bartica with about 20 passengers when [...]
Revetment works at Hope fail as road crumbles
- Craig repairs delayed by rains Emergency workers are battling to install temporary barriers on a shoulder of the road at Hope, East Bank Demerara, which collapsed some time ago after being continuously undermined by the nearby river. It has been a continuous battle that river and sea defense officials have been dealing with for [...]
‘Technically sound’, ‘feasible’ Hope Canal project delayed until mid-January
Works on the Hope Canal Project have apparently been stalled as a result of heavy rains. According to a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, undertaking the works has become dangerous under the conditions created by the recent inclement weather. Apparently the recent rains have been exacerbating the poor conditions on the ground [...]
Derecognisation threat to GAWU was a “tactic” – GuySuCo
By Leonard Gildarie A letter to the largest sugar workers’ union which threatened derecognisation was meant as labour tactic and in no way served to terminate the relations with Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), officials said yesterday. The letter has elicited several condemnations from officials and organisations with President Bharrat Jagdeo saying over the weekend that [...]
Fire destroys house in Pattensen-Turkeyen
With only four more days until Christmas, when many will be joyous and celebrating with a number of activities in and out of their homes, the Abel Family will not be included in this category. Sixty-eight-year-old Alva Minerva Abel and her 48-year-old son, Andy Edward Abel, are now homeless after a fire engulfed their two-bedroom [...]
Dem boys seh… Ashni and he people eat sour food
Tonight is de big night at de Waterfalls paper. De staff gun be feting and dem done decide “To hell wid de paper.” De boss man tell people to invite all dem friends and family. He invite all dem diplomats. He invite de Ambassador from Bolivia, from Chile, from Afghanistan and even de one from [...]
Drug user detained as Grove house burns down
Police have detained a drug user and a teenager following a fire early yesterday morning that left one Grove home totally destroyed and hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to neighbouring properties. Neighbours who were still reeling from the aftermath of the blaze accused one of dwellers in the home of using drugs and [...]
