8-year-old heart patient benefits from the benevolence of BCB & National cricketers
The Berbice Cricket Board and several national cricketers from the Ancient County last weekend contributed $221,440 to eight-year-old Deepa Sahadeo of West Coast, Berbice. Sahadeo is suffering from Congenital Heart Defect (VSD with Aortic Valve Prolapsed) and is scheduled to leave for India next week where she would undergo treatment at the Max Super Specialty [...]
Office of the President lied
- denies buying twenty Lenovo computers – The three delivery orders received by OP Documents of laptop purchases by the Office of the President show that the Presidential Secretariat lied when it stated that it did not buy 20 Lenovo G550 laptops. The lie was an effort to accuse Kaieteur News of making false claims. [...]
Political clique blocks Cricket Board official from leaving Guyana
…man compelled to repay UG loan In what appears to be another twist in the ongoing Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) elections saga, former Public Relations Officer of the entity, Rovin Stanley, is alleging that certain officials not related to cricket used their political influence to deny him leaving the country. He was returning to Canada [...]
Unconditional love for humanity makes ‘Sister H’ a ‘Special Person’
“We were on a truck and of course I like to hug, and I don’t care what you look like, I don’t care if you’re red, yellow or blue or green. I come out and give you a hug and tell you that the Lord loves you and then I give you food. I just [...]
Dem boys seh….Dem OP scamp get ketch
Is a shameful thing when you get ketch wid you pants down. Is wuss when you get ketch wid you pants down and other parts up in de air. Gay people know about this. Last week dem boys peep a card and dem see that Office of de President buy 20 computers. Dem boys mek [...]
Slain taxi driver laid to rest
- cops baffled by failure to find bullet Slain taxi driver, Charles Caesar, was laid to rest yesterday as detectives continue to search for his killer and investigate what some said are puzzling aspects about the case. A post mortem revealed that the 24-year-old was shot in the region of the heart and it is [...]
University education critical part of development – AFC
“A university is but that cradle out of which we can have the jobs that our action plan talks about, the creative skills of a people that would produce more with higher productivity rates”, said Presidential Candidate of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan. He was presenting his party’s Action Plan on Thursday, at [...]
HOW MANY GUYANESE IN THE DIASPORA
From the Diaspora By Ralph Seeram This past week I received one of my greatest satisfactions since writing these articles. It came by way of an e-mail from a boyhood friend; a very close boyhood friend. We grew up together in Smythfield, New Amsterdam, shared our teenage adventurers together and drank our way into adulthood. [...]
GT&T loses over $50,000 monthly on each landline
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) says that it is losing between $50,000 and $80,000 monthly on each landline, even as it continues to take a beating from its international calls’ revenues from illegal bypass and other means. Speaking to reporters on Friday, GT&T’s Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo, disclosed that the company is [...]
16 Guyanese for open heart surgery in India
Sixteen patients will be leaving Guyana on Friday for India to undergo open heart surgery through the Three Rivers Kids Foundation. All the patients are suffering from congenital heart disease, Jeanette Singh, of Three Rivers said in a statement. The group will spend two nights in Toronto on the way to India. Three Rivers Kids [...]
Dance India Dance’s Nikkitasha Marwaha to visit Guyana
If you’re a fan of Dance India Dance on Zee TV, you would have seen her dance with a pot of rice on her head and then step into a thali (plate) to win the heart of the judges. Nikkitasha Marwaha, trained in Indian classical, Bhojouri, Kuchipudi, and ballet, is set to visit Guyana on [...]
The seawall murders
- is there a link between these two cases? By Michael Jordan Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that these two cases are connected. But some would say that it is stretching coincidence rather far for both men, with some similarities in their backgrounds, to end up being murdered in the same way, and [...]
Guyana claim 1st innings points
By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Jamaica Pegasus & Western Union Useful contributions from Guyana’s lower order helped them to a 33-run first innings lead against defending Champions Jamaica on the second day of their opening round Regional Four-Day cricket match at the Alpart ground here yesterday. Derwin Christian hit five fours and [...]
Guyanese found murdered in Barbados
- Victim had seven gunshot wounds to the head Barbadian police officials are currently investigating the brutal murder of Guyanese promoter and businessman, Aubrey Butin. Kaieteur News understands that the body of Aubrey Butin 42, (Tall Man) was found in his Cyrstal Heights St. James apartment some time yesterday morning with several gunshot wounds to [...]
“West Indies will have to do the impossible to win this tournament!”
Colin E. H. Croft The last time West Indies won ICC Cricket World Cup, dinosaurs were still alive. I took the last wicket then, back in 1979. Blood, sweat and tears have passed since. I expect many more in ICC CWC 2011! In that 1979 final, Joel Garner got 5 wickets to go with my [...]
Vagrants start fire in Croal Street building
Millions of dollars in valuables went up in flames yesterday as a two storey building on 106, Croal Street, Stabroek was gutted. Reports revealed that vagrants were last seen in the yard “burning something” which may have resulted in the fire. Police sources had confirmed that the fire may have been caused by “junkies” who [...]
Arrogant farmer’s chemical spray affects Vryman’s Erven family
Kurt Wynter, a resident of 128 Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, says that the health of his family is in jeopardy because a man who is squatting on Government’s reserve lands next to him has been spraying his crops with a chemical. Wynter said that the chemical emits an obnoxious smell that burns his wife’s nose [...]
From Friendship Methodist primary to Adelphi University
June Marcia Griffith was born to be a star Dear Editor, After dominating the local schools Athletic Championships June Marcia Griffith (Collison) was selected for her first Regional meet the (1973) Junior Carifta Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Although her performance was not spectacular the former Friendship Methodist standout returned to the land of the [...]
Veterans Beharry and Evans bowl Young Warriors to title
Young Warriors Cricket Club of Canje defeated Tamran Root Cricket Club of Hampshire by 31 runs to lift the 2010 New Building Society second-division 40 over title at the Cumberland Cricket Ground last weekend. Witnessed by a large and colourful crowd on Sunday last, the home team was indebted to fine bowling by the veteran [...]
Police not responsible for detaining juveniles under 14 – Minister Rohee
The Guyana Police Force is not the entity that detains children under the age of 14, according to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee who was at the time being grilled in the National Assembly about the detention of minors. Rohee said that the minister, under whose purview this falls, is Human Services and Social Security [...]
Berbice Bridge wipes out stelling vendors
Some three years after the opening of the Berbice River Bridge, persons who operated businesses and shops along Matthew Allen Road, New Amsterdam and at the Rosignol Stelling roads are feeling the squeeze even more to earn a daily living. When Kaieteur News visited the New Amsterdam side earlier this week, what used to be [...]
GUTTER-LIKE ABUSE OF STATE MEDIA: PNCR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROCESS ALIVE AND WELL”
The continued abuse of the State Media (NCN Radio and Television and the Guyana Chronicle) by the PPP dictatorship reached gutter-like proportions over this week-end by their deliberate attempt to spread vile propaganda and false information about the Presidential Candidate Process of the PNCR. The NCN Radio and TV carried an alleged news story of [...]
GVF tournament today to commemorate Shuffler’s Birthday
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in commemoration of its President Lenox Shuffler’s 72nd birthday anniversary will be staging a one-day Festival at the National Park, starting from 10:00 hrs. According to information received, teams from Berbice and Demerara will battle each other in friendly competition for the right to hold the lien trophy for one [...]
Linden Hospital staff vows prolonged sit-in
Staff of the Linden Hospital complex have vowed to continue their sit-in to protest several issues affecting them, especially the decision by the administration to make gratuity payments in March and September effective this year, on the advice of the Ministry of Health. According to the peeved workers, who commenced a go slow last week [...]
Stag Beer Inter Ward street football set to ignite Linden
Event to be launched on Tuesday The Bauxite Mining Town of Linden will come alive when the Stage Beer Inter Ward 7-a-side Street Football competition kicks off on February 14. The competition is expected to be keen among the many teams that are expected to face off for the top prize of $200,000. A second [...]
