Exposing corruption puts you in the opposition camp
Govt. will be brought to account for its misdeeds – Greenidge
“Project seems headed for another scandal of immense proportions” “With every passing day, the PPP/C Administration’s contempt for the people of Guyana reaches new heights.” This opinion was expressed yesterday by Presidential hopeful for the People’s National Congress Reform, Carl Greenidge, who was at the time addressing media operatives during the party’s weekly press briefing, [...]
Students’ sex video circulates in President’s College
- Fifth formers suspended The administrators of President’s College have suspended two Fifth Form students following the circulation of a video of them having sex in the school’s Home Economics Department. The shocking video was brought to the administrators of the school by fellow students who managed to obtain it clandestinely by downloading it from [...]
Guyana not contacted by investigators – Crime Chief
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said that the serial numbers on the passports found in the possession of a jailed Indonesian tax official and his family were not Guyana passport numbers. “We have no such numbers,” he told this newspaper yesterday. The Crime Chief was responding to reports in the media that Indonesia’s National Police had [...]
Talks underway for C/wealth observer mission
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is engaging the Commonwealth Secretariat over the possibility of an observer group to monitor the upcoming General Elections. According to GECOM yesterday, key issues associated with the upcoming General and Regional Elections were discussed between Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Commission and Mark Stevens, Advisor and Head of the [...]
Couple charged with abducting Scotiabank seize-man
A couple, who allegedly abducted a bailiff for Scotiabank as he attempted to repossess a vehicle, was yesterday charged with the offence of wrongful confinement. Earl Fredericks, 32, and his reputed wife Janet Johnson, 41, of A-61 East La Penitence, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. They are alleged to [...]
Dem boys seh…Beware of dem official call cards
Call cards is something that important people does give out because dem want people to contact dem. Is not something that dem does share out wild, because dem same card can lose dem value. Ministers and big ones does got these cards and when dem meet certain people dem does share. Well de other day [...]
Enterprise taxi driver murder trial commences
- Jury empanelled, opening statements set for today By Latoya Giles A mixed jury was empanelled before Justice Winston Patterson, as the murder trial for a man accused of killing Enterprise taxi driver Vivekanand Nandalall, started yesterday. On trial is Bare Roots, East Coast Demerara resident Shawn Richardson called “Jungle Commando” who was charged back [...]
Ithaca wife killer pleads guilty to manslaughter
Gladstone Williamson, the man accused of butchering his reputed wife and maiming her daughter and her niece on May 8, 2009, at the woman’s home at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and two counts of attempted murder. He appeared before Justice Franklyn Holder and a jury [...]
Gajanand Singh replaces injured Johnson in Guyana squad
But no cricket expected at waterlogged Bourda By Sean Devers Leon Johnson has been replaced in the Guyana squad by fellow left-hander Gajanand Singh due to a finger injury but the possibility of any play in their Regional four-day second round match against the Leeward Islands scheduled to commence today is very remote due to [...]
Bissoon Singh faction prohibited from performing DCB duties
GCB to look at issue today By Sean Devers Justice James Bovell Drakes yesterday issued an order in the High Court prohibiting the Bissoon Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) from performing any duties of the DCB. The ongoing saga began in May 2009 when three of the four DCB area Associations planned [...]
Avon heist suspects to face armed robbery, gun possession charges
The three suspects in Wednesday’s $1M heist at the Beauty and Home System have been positively identified and are likely to appear in court today. A police official said that the men were picked out from a police lineup yesterday. They are to be charged with robbery under arms and unlawful possession of arms and [...]
New President/Secretary to be installed as Netball Association stages its AGM
A new executive to conduct the affairs of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) will be elected when the various clubs cast their ballots for the next dispensation on Sunday February 27. When activities get underway from 14:00hrs on that day, a new President and General Secretary will emerge from the process as incumbent President Dr [...]
Guyanese boxer creating waves in the USA
On verge of world title shot By Michael Benjamin February 18th 2001 would forever remain indelibly etched on the minds and hearts of all Guyanese. It was on this date that Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis defied all odds and pounded American James Page into submission to register a seventh round technical knockout victory. Most importantly, Lewis [...]
PNCR wary of ERC Chairman’s involvement in election process
The PNCR has written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) expressing its concern over the involvement of the “purported Chairman” of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), allegedly, on its behalf, in matters relating to the forthcoming General and Regional Elections. This was disclosed yesterday by party leader Robert Corbin who told media operatives that the [...]
Queens College host Inter-Form TT tournament
- NSC Mashramani challenge starts today On the heels of the annual National Sports Commission (NSC)/Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani tournament, which starts this afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, a group of players from Queens College had internal preparations. Queens College commenced an Inter-Form Table Tennis (TT) tournament earlier this week with [...]
City Hall concerned about effects of rainfall in Georgetown
Over the last 24 hours, Georgetown experienced in excess of four inches of rainfall. This combined with the incidence of a high tide and indiscriminate littering served to allow overtopping in several parts of the city yesterday. According to Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown Municipality, Royston King, the embarrassingly large amount of garbage in [...]
If this trend continues the remigrant programme will suffer
Dear Editor, Everyday I log on to read the News online out of Guyana, and everyday, the stories are predictably the same: The government is accused of misusing taxpayers’ money; a road or bridge that was recently built, is now broken and in need of repairs; a motorist is killed recklessly speeding or kills some [...]
Guyana Sevens ready to seize big chance
Guyanese Rugby is readying itself for another quantum leap forward tomorrow, in terms of both competitive action and spreading the Rugby gospel. When Theo Henry and his countrymen stride out at tomorrow’s USA Sevens in Las Vegas, they will be competing in only Guyana’s second tournament in the history of the Series. Last year’s maiden [...]
The media and political parties have failed to unite the nation
Dear Editor, As I read the Editorial, (Kaieteur News, 05-02-11) captioned, “Getting Left Behind”, I found myself asking, what is the purpose of this piece of writing’ and as I got to the end, I was still asking the same question. My understanding of an editorial is that it serves to highlight a current problem/conflict [...]
GFF 2010 list of honorees – part 2
Kaieteur Sport is pleased to feature two more of the five honorees that were recognised by the Guyana Football Federation for exceptional service to football over the years. We first featured Professor Aubrey Bishop; today we are pleased to feature former GFL and GFA Secretary Ivor O’Brien and Ms. Allison Peters who was also a [...]
Choosing a presidential candidate in a democratic way
Dear Editor, The PPP has issued a release saying that so far five of their prominent members have offered themselves as presidential candidates. The easiest, most democratic and acceptable way of choosing a presidential candidate is as follows:- Any eligible and serious candidate should be allowed to offer himself/herself. It seems that some forces behind [...]
We need our own clinical standards for diagnosis
Dear Editor, Every so often, it is reported that our health care cost is getting higher. One of the reasons for this could be the prescription of too much of unnecessary medications. We are following the trend of the developed country whereby there is a drug for any conceivable ailment. We need to stop being [...]
“Fatboy” sentencing postponed
- Probation report not ready Sentencing has been postponed in the case of 32-year-old Taijpaul Nankishore called “Fatboy”, since the probation report which was ordered had not been completed. The Foulis, East Coast Demerara resident is before the court for the death of his younger brother, Seepaul Nankishore called Ramesh, on May 7, 2008. On [...]
Alpha to host Antigua’s Bassa Sports Club; Milerock play Suriname’s Intermoengatopoe
With the kick off of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship just over one month away, the fixtures have been released by the CFU. Top Guyana side Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will square off with Antigua and Barbuda’s Bassa Sports Club while the second Guyana club competing in the championship, Milerock, is set to [...]
