OP pays consultant US$14,000 per month
…pays US$1000 for rental of Eccles property for Minister Following the expose on the controversial purchase of 20 laptop computers eyebrows are being raised over certain payments authorised by the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, Dr. Nanda Gopaul. At least two of the payments, which this newspaper has been privy to, deal [...]
Sacked OP employee flees to the US with plans to “tell it all”
- expresses fear for her life after threats by senior govt. official Marcelle Joseph, who was sacked by Office of the President on suspicion of leaking information to Kaieteur News, has fled to the United States of America, claiming that she fears for her life. Joseph arrived in the United States last Sunday, leaving her [...]
Thousands celebrate lively, colourful Mash 2011
They came out of the hinterland and churches and from beverage companies to phone companies, and some of the hearing impaired didn’t even have to hear to party in the celebration of the country’s 41st Republic anniversary yesterday. It was a colourful party in true Guyanese style. The country’s carnival-like revelry on the streets of [...]
Fibre optic cable to piggyback on GPL’s transmission lines – US$32M coastal project to rollout by June
Government says that it will “rollout” the US$32M ($6.4B) Coastal Programme that complements the Lethem to Providence fibre optic cable, by June. At the project’s conclusion, residents from Moleson Creek, East Berbice, to Charity, Essequibo Coast, will enjoy high performance, high speed internet with high density connectivity being made available in the most populous areas [...]
Magistrate chides police for abusing their power
…as man charged with pilfering bread from police station Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, accused the police of abusing their power, after an accused informed the court that he was held at the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups for over nine days without being charged. The court was told on Tuesday, [...]
Dem boys seh… Mash lef nuff problems
Nuff people tired. Nuff of dem gun tun up at de office wid sore foot and stiff joints. Some of de men gun have a king size hangover. De weather people talk bout rain but it was sun. Was like if de whole country challenge de elements. And de floats was nice. Dem gyal hardly [...]
Reduced prevalence allows Guyana to buy better quality drugs – Dr Ramsammy
Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that Guyana has worked hard over the past decade to tackle the scourge of HIV/AIDS. He added that with the reduced prevalence the country can now purchase better quality drugs to treat infected persons. Dr Ramsammy recently told media operatives that when Guyana wrote for grants years ago [...]
GRA, GWI offer multi-million tenders
The Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS) at the Guyana Revenue Authority will soon have a back up so that the work there can be more secure. That entity is seeking to procure some pieces of computer hardware and software to support the system. Bids were opened by members of the National Procurement and Tender [...]
Abduction accused has several aliases
Osafo Rodwell yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of abduction. The accused, who was unrepresented, was not required to plead to the indictable charge. Prosecutor Corporal Venetta Pindar said that on February 18, at Wellington Street, Georgetown, Rodwell abducted Tamika Samuels. During yesterday’s [...]
City Hall finalising 2011 budget
Although it is yet to be approved at the level of Council, City Hall is gearing to present its 2011 budget within a matter of days. This newspaper understands that the municipality’s budget is likely to exceed $2B. On Tuesday the budget preparation continued with a special meeting which ended with the consideration of estimates [...]
Body found in waters near GNIC Wharf
The body of an unidentified man was yesterday found in waters in the vicinity of the Guyana National Industrial Cooperation wharf. Ranks from the marine police station retrieved the body and took it to the station wharf at Riverview. The man, who is of East-Indian decent, was found clad in a black T-shit and a [...]
PTA head slams teachers on cell phones during classes
National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) Coordinator, Carol Benn, has called on teachers to quit being on their mobile phones during classroom sessions. The National PTA head, who was at the time addressing scores of parents at the Leguan Secondary School, said that the habitual conversing or texting by some teachers in the classroom during classes [...]
Harris Paints give back to its customers
As companies continue hosting a number of promotional activities to ensure they “give back to customers”, the Harris Group of Companies (Guyana) on Wednesday, last, made presentations to its two grand prize winners from the company’s Christmas promotion 2010. According to Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Luke Ticknor, the promotion which was held under [...]
Mr. Clean proud of historic achievement
- aiming to excel at Caribbean C/ships By Franklin Wilson There is the adage which says “Try and try again, you will succeed at last”, this is apt in describing the phenomenal achievement of Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney who became the first Guyanese to break the 800lb squat barrier. The date was Sunday February 20, [...]
Stelling View Market rehabilitation daunts prospective vendors
Rehabilitation works on Stelling View market pathways have not commenced as yet. Two weeks ago, Kaieteur News was at the market and vendors expressed concern over the state of the pathways. This was hampering them from transporting goods into their stalls and during bad weather, adversely affected the construction process as well. The relocated vendors [...]
Digicel title sponsor for Marley Charity game
AT a press conference held Tuesday to launch the Bob Marley One Love Charity Football match, Digicel was announced as the title sponsor behind the event which will raise funds for children at the three state-run homes across Jamaica. The announcement came only weeks after the telecommunications company announced a group-wide two-year partnership with the [...]
Overtopping leads to flooding at Seawell, and angry residents
Overtopping of the sea defence at Seafield in Region Five on Tuesday caused several sections of West Coast Berbice to be under flood waters. The areas most affected are Grove, #29, #28 and Number 30 Village/Union. The residents are furious at the officials of the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary/ Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) for not being as proactive [...]
Day of interaction held despite weather
It rained consistently on Saturday, February 19 and continued on Sunday, February 20, yet the first Day of Interaction conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission and the NDCs – Buxton/Foulis, Enmore/Hope and Grove/ Haslington on Sunday, February 20, was unstoppable. The event which saw hundreds of athletes, officials and [...]
Man drags woman down steps, slams her head to concrete wall
And the domestic abuse of women continues. This time Akeem Adams of lot 97 Pineapple Street, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, found him self in hot water before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry. He was there to answer to the charge of unlawful and malicious wounding. Police Corporal, Venetta Pindar, who prosecuted in the matter, told the [...]
Central New Amsterdam Police leads the way in community enhancing projects
looks forward for betterment in 2011 The Central Police Station in New Amsterdam amidst all the negatives that have been permeating the air about the police excess and other atrocities, one again had a relatively successful year in their community outreach and sports programme. This is even whilst their colleagues elsewhere struggle to keep their [...]
Pocket Rocket Inter Gym boxing competition washed out
Now set for Saturday March 5 The Inclement weather continues to wreck havoc with sporting activities in the Country. The ancient county has not been spared, one such activity in which the organizers will have to do it all over again was the 5th Annual Pocket Rocket Inter Gym Boxing competition which was slated for [...]
‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football Opening Ceremony set for March 1
The Opening Ceremony for the 3rd Annual Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football Tournament which is set to officially commence on March 8 will be held on March 1 at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. The Ceremony will see the March Past of all eight teams slated to participate in the competition and that will be [...]
Ogle Airport records highest water accumulation since 2005 floods
Like many other parts of Georgetown, East Coast and West Coast Demerara, West Bank Demerara and the Ogle Airport were not spared flood waters. And according to officials there the water level has been the highest since the 2005 floods. According to Uditt Jagdeo, Environmental Officer of the Ogle Airport, the water was some six [...]
Why should governorship of a territory be done by outsiders and not insiders?
Dear Editor, I refer to the published letter (Kaieteur News 22-02-11) captioned, “Kissoon and his anti- non-resident stance” by someone who gave his name as Brandon Samaroo. I take it that there is a real person by that name. It is asinine to the point of utmost stupidity for any person to compare the right [...]
The ERC will become a dangerous agent. It must be stopped
It is the view of many political observers that as the 2011 national election begins to take shape, Juan Edghill ( I chose not to use, Bishop), under the rubric of the defunct Ethnic Relations Commission, will attempt to silence views and analyses of state discrimination against certain type of constituencies since the PPP came [...]
