The passing of a friend who was more than a friend
I rarely ever feel bad at the passing of an individual because I know that everyone of us will one day leave this earth. That is a given that is more certain than sunrise the next day. And indeed I have my share of presiding at the funerals of family members, relatives and friends. However, [...]
GPL was offered same plant for $600M less
15.6MW plant for Guyana… …proposal also included immediate delivery The Guyana Power and Light was offered the exact Wartsila Generation Plant last November for the supply and immediate delivery of a 15.36MW plant for US$15M but the power company opted for a contract with a different supplier for the same plant to be delivered eight [...]
Jagdeo challenges Corbin to identify legal advisors
Third term allegation… Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo has challenged the leader of the Parliamentary Opposition and Peoples National Congress Reform Robert Corbin to identify the legal advisors which he purportedly sought assistance in finding out how to extend his stay in Office. Jagdeo said that Corbin must do this if he wants people to [...]
More stalls demolished
In the wake of Wednesday’s explosion that killed one and injured 19 at the Stabroek Market; all persons who vended on the perimeter of the Stabroek Market bus park were removed. The Ministry of Public Works, yesterday, conducted a massive demolition campaign. In addition, the police force has tightened up on security in the area. [...]
224 blackouts hit Berbice last year; 20 less than 2009
Even though statistics show that there has been some reduction in the number of blackouts in Berbice, statistics collected over the past two years have shown that power outages by the Guyana Power and Light Inc are still high. There were 224 blackouts in Berbice last year compared to 244 in the previous year, a [...]
From runaway lass to legendary showgirl – Pita Pyaree is a ‘Special Person’
By Neil Marks “It may not be the best action in some situations, and I understand that. But if I hadn’t run away from home when I did, I certainly wouldn’t have achieved what I did.” Now 93 years old, Pita Pyaree peers through the window panes in her Georgetown home to observe daily life [...]
Dem boys seh….Clem name call
Clem gone and he still ain’t talk. When he been pun de TV he always threaten to call de names of all dem scampish people. De man use to expose things like wrongdoings and he always threaten to expose dem by calling dem names. Dem boys seh that he come and dead and he still [...]
LCDS ‘opt-in’ mechanism to be fine tuned with Amerindian communities
- Pauline Sukhai The mechanism through which Amerindian communities can opt into the government’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has not been developed as yet, but the Amerindian Affairs Minister, Pauline Sukhai says Amerindians would be involved. Sukhia told a recent press conference that the opt-in mechanism would be fine-tuned and developed with the Amerindian [...]
Three-year-old drowns in Canje River
The life of three-year-old Omesh Williams initially from Aroaima Berbice River was snuffed out on Wednesday last after he was left unattended on a boat in the Canje River. The child died by drowning. According to reports, the child’s mother, Sharon Roberts, who hails from the Berbice River and his stepfather, Rampersaud, are employed with [...]
Five months later, mother and relative await word from police
Soesdyke Sandpit fatal accident… On July 30, last, 10-year-old Derrick Paul Deonarine left his home unknown to his parents for a swim at a nearby sandpit with friends. Little did he know that that would have been his last outing with his friends. Some time later, news of Deonarine’s death rang through his home village, [...]
Family learning programme to be on stream tomorrow
–Ministry of Education A family literacy programme is to be introduced by the Ministry of Education to prepare every child and adult to succeed in his/her environment. The Literacy Unit in collaboration with the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), CARICOM, the Ministries of Home Affairs and Human Services [...]
Inefficient medicine leads to spread of malaria
– Minister Ramsammy Measures have been engaged to address the spread of malaria, a problem which had during the past year negatively impacted the progressive fight in this regard by the local Health Ministry. And the increase in the malaria epidemic has been attributed to the fact that many people are not taking effective medicines, [...]
Freedom of Information Act can guarantee a lot
By Michael Benjamin Life is replete with contradictions yet these very contradictions make life interesting and some may even say, meaningful. During adolescence I had developed a penchant for poking my nose into other people’s business. I believe that no man is an island and that everything someone does can have either a negative or [...]
Cartoon. Sun. Jan. 09, 2011
Govt. looking at public/private partnership for some medical services
Although strides have been made by the public health sector to provide a comprehensive set of renal diagnostic and treatment services for free, including peritoneal dialysis, there is still need for other services for end-stage renal diseases. Among these are dialysis and transplant services which according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy, must be [...]
Mother’s Union fetes NOC residents
Members of the Regional Dioceses of the Mother’s Union in Essequibo, yesterday, donated personal hampers and treated the inmates at the New Opportunity Corps to lunch. The annual feature is normally executed in December but Regional Officer of the Mother’s Union, Corleen Steaman, said that they were forced to push back the occasion to a [...]
Drop-out levels to be curbed with more SCCP at 14 more schools this year
- US$9.6M allotted by CDB for technical and vocational institutions In curbing the drop-out rate at secondary level, the Ministry of Education will be introducing the Secondary Competency Certificate Programme (SCCP) in 14 more schools this year. Education Minister Shaik Baksh at a recent forum has pointed out that the programme has been making a [...]
Search on for Miss Guyana India Worldwide contestants
…Guyana queen to compete in Dubai Apsara, the entertainment group, is seeking contestants for a local pageant to select a Guyanese to compete in the Miss India Worldwide pageant in Dubai this April. Apsara previously sent two contestants to the pageant, dubbed one of the most glamorous Indian events in the world. A local competition [...]
Project to reduce maternal deaths at risk of collapsing
- Former Medical Council Chairman quits after conflict with GPHC officials By Michael Jordan A project to reduce maternity deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital has been dealt a major setback after a physician who was playing a major role quit abruptly. Kaieteur News confirmed yesterday that former Medical Council Chairman, Dr. Galton Roberts, left [...]
Gov’t officials continue campaign to relocate itinerant vendors
Following the horrific disaster at the Stabroek Market area, whereby a fragmentation grenade exploded in the ‘shopping arcade’ that accommodates unregulated vendors both day and night, the administration is cracking down with a view to regularising and removing the illegal vendors. With one person dead and many more innocent persons injured, law enforcement authorities “swooped [...]
Doctor leaves scissors inside Essequibo woman
A 29-year-old mother of nine, of Ondeerneeming, Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital and is being carefully monitored by a local doctor. The woman had to undergo a second surgical intervention at the Suddie Public Hospital to remove a pair of surgical scissors left inside her for 10 days. [...]
US Sports Company +One partners Kashif & Shanghai
Twenty-one and counting the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation continues to lead the way as regards the further development of football in Guyana. At the presentation ceremony for the last tournament held on Friday evening last at the Sleepin International Hotel Poolside, Co-Director Kashif Muhammad in his remarks informed the gathering that international sports company, USA [...]
Puran Bros to restart works tomorrow
Puran’s Bothers will be undertaking the road project at ‘Aproo’ Street aka Sukhai Street, Friendship, East Bank Demerara to the tune of $3.1M. Manager of Puran’s Brothers, Kalesh Warpuran, said that the project will recommence tomorrow. Frustrated residents had complained of the state of the road works in Friendship and had called on the Government [...]
Unidentified body found hanging in unfinished building
Yesterday, shortly after noon the body of an unidentified man was found hanging from a building that is under construction located at lot 56 Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The body which was clad in pink shirt, khaki slacks and black sneakers was found hanging from a pink rope by three persons who were walking along the [...]
Make 2011 truly the Year of Redemption from our modern oppressors
The PNCR extends New Year greetings to all Guyanese at home and in the diaspora. In his New Year address to the nation, during which he named 2011 as the “Year of Redemption”, the Leader of the PNCR and Opposition, Mr. Robert Corbin reminded Guyanese that 2011 is significant in many respects for Guyana and [...]
