Pension Programme open to fraud – AG
… Ministry working to close loopholes. Although the amount of money the average pensioner collects each month may seem insignificant, for almost 50,000 senior citizens it means something. Pensions are managed under the Old Age Pension Programme which is administered by the Director of Social Services at the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social [...]
Republic Bank opens $560M Diamond branch
Republic Bank (Guyana) yesterday afternoon commissioned what is now its 11th branch in Guyana. The $560 million building sits at the new commercial plaza that has begun to take shape at the entrance to the Diamond Housing Scheme. The scheme which currently accommodates some 6000 house lots will yield the bank a market that is [...]
Legless, armless child defies the odds
…pastor ensures he gets and education By Yannason Duncan. Life for five-year-old, Edon Williams, who was born without both arms and legs and suffers from a rare disease called, Bilateral Transverse Terminal Hemimelia, could be considered challenging. However, the five-year-old, who is independent, moves about on his own. The child, who gets around by dragging [...]
Woman is first Soesdyke/ Linden Highway fatality for 2011
The Soesdyke/Linden Highway claimed its first life for the year with the death of 21-year-old Naiomi Nedd around midnight on Friday. Nedd, of 33 Stone Avenue, Campbellville, and also of Yarrowkabra, was a passenger in a car that was being driven by her mother, Carla Nedd, also called Judy, when the vehicle crashed into a [...]
‘Junkie’ shoots at businessman after stealing victim’s firearm
A brazen drug addict allegedly made off with a businessman’s licensed handgun around 03:00 hrs yesterday and then shot at the victim when he tried to recover the firearm. According to reports, the businessman, an auto dealer, was having an altercation with a female on Sheriff Street when his .32 Taurus pistol fell out of [...]
Facing the fire during a distinguished career – Bernard Rockcliffe DSM is a ‘Special Person’
By Michael Jordan “I so loved the job that I think that only death could have dragged me out of it. The primary job of a firefighter is to save lives and property and render humanitarian assistance. That is one of the reasons that I went the extra mile to help those in trouble.” Sixty-seven-year-old [...]
Dem boys seh….Is anybody can run this country
Don’t play dead fuh see wha funeral you gun get. Dem boys learn that de hard way. Dem was at a political forum and dem hear some people talking bout mekking a run fuh de office of president. Was joke dem was mekking but dem boys decide to tek dem serious. Next thing a man [...]
From the Diaspora… THE PPP COULD LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION
Yes, I know I must be crazy to say the PPP could lose the next election. Everyone I spoke with in the Diaspora and in Guyana spoke as if it’s a done deal. The PPP, they say, will win the next election. So why am I going against consensus? What makes me feel that the [...]
Rent not paid for six years – Govt. says
Government on Friday defended the cancellation of a land lease to Celina Resort claiming that it was forced to do so because of non-payment of rent. Commissioner of Lands and Survey, Doorga Persaud, in a statement, said that Bernard Yhun was issued a lease for land at the seawall at Kitty in 2003, but rent [...]
Many projections in 2010 budget never materialised
Some of the positives that were reported in the 2010 Budget presented to the nation last February are not expected to be a feature on Monday when Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh presents this year’s body. One such feature is that of sugar production that amounted to 233,736 tonnes in 2009 which was an increase [...]
National Library introduces reading club
- to help reduce illiteracy Under the theme ‘When we read we learn’, a reading club, which will target children both in and out of school and by extension help boost the country’s literacy level, was launched on Friday at the National Library. As a joint venture between the Library and the Ministry of Education, [...]
Minister fails to enforce labour laws
…GTUC wants compulsory arbitration for bauxite workers impasse President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress’ (GTUC), Norris Witter, yesterday wrote to Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir on the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union and Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. impasse, calling for him to enforce the provisions of the Labour laws. According to Witter, [...]
Review security cameras at Kitty Police Station
- ask robbery accused Asif Mohamed and Marvin Liverpool, two prisoners who were charged with offences ranging from robbery to escaping from lawful custody appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, alleging that they were brutalised by lawmen at the Kitty Police Station. They were brought before acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Beharry, unrepresented to answer to [...]
A lack of consideration
Corbin calls on Jagdeo to release footage of Buxton criminals and politicians
Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Robert Corbin says that he is glad to hear that President Bharrat Jagdeo is on record saying that there was an opinion sought at the level of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as it relates to extending his time in Office. Corbin further stated in response to Jagdeo’s statement that [...]
Cartoons Sun. Jan. 16, 2011
East coast murder… Friends still in police custody
The two persons who were arrested following the stabbing to death of Mon Repos conductor, Mark Parmeasar, on Friday morning are still in police custody assisting with investigations. Parmeasar, 22, of Lot 554 Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast of Demerara, was discovered lying partially in a gutter at First Street, Montrose, with stab wounds. [...]
The drive to protect Guyana’s coastline!!!
New UN report highlights
Eradicating global poverty while promoting sustainable development is the key challenge facing the world, as it becomes clear that economic progress based on the current pattern of production and consumption is increasingly harmful to the environment, according to a 2011 United Nations report. The report entitled “Objective and Themes of the United Nations Conference on [...]
Mother pleads for financial help for son with renal failure
Prior to last November, 25-year-old Jason Greene was a very active and skillful plumber who stopped at nothing to assist his mother and sister. However, after experiencing eye problems Greene decided to visit the Georgetown Public Hospital where his life was changed forever. After describing his symptoms to the doctor and several blood tests, Greene [...]
Gov’t to talk security, drugs with Venezuela, Suriname soon
…pastor ensures he gets an education The Guyana Government is soon to engage neighbours Suriname and Venezuela on security and drug trafficking. Last March, Guyana and Suriname hosted their second bilateral meeting. At that meeting, both countries agreed to cooperate in a number of areas, including exchange of information treating with piracy; trade in illegal [...]
Scrap metal dealers given March deadline to comply
Government inspectors are gearing to conduct exercises at scrap metal dealers countrywide later this week to ensure compliance. The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), which has direct oversight of the industry, on Friday said that despite a clamping down, there are still a number of persons conducting illegal operations. Under the Old Metal Dealer [...]
Berbice Cricket Board veteran writes and publishes book
Veteran cricketer and member of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Mortimer George, has just finished writing a book. The book ‘A Time in Our History: Berbice Cricket from 1939 to 2010‘, is a historical, informative and instructive work of literature and features the administrators of cricket in Berbice and four presidents of the Berbice Cricket [...]
Persons have already been disciplined by the CDIP
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on a recent article in the Kaieteur News titled “Wismar residents offended by D&I workers” dated Thursday, January 13, 2010. The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) along with the administration of the Community Drainage and Irrigation Project (CDIP) has already launched an investigation into the [...]
Junior Jaguars beat Western Tigers 2-0 in final warm up game
Leave for Suriname tomorrow confident of winning group Second half goals from Telson McKinnon and USA based Brandon Beresford guided the National Under-20 football team to a 2-0 win yesterday afternoon over BK International Western Tigers in the former’s final warm up game ahead of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, this week. The first half did [...]
