The principle of ‘ahimsa’ fashioned by Mahatma Gandhi is still a working model for the removal of oppressive regimes
Dear Editor, President Barack Obama, in a speech to the students and faculty of the University of Cairo in the summer of 2009, said: “The ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent [...]
Guyana needs a very special leader
Dear Editor, As Guyana approaches yet another election it is time to take stock of where we are as a nation. We are not a cohesive nation. We are divided along racial lines more than we ever were in the 1960’s. The competition for political power has left us devastated in all aspects of life. [...]
Vieira responds to the ERC
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Azeem Khan in both the Kaieteur News and SN over the last few days, I believe on Saturday 19, since I was told about it then. I was out of town and then on February 24, it was published in the Kaieteur News, which is the [...]
Recruitment of overseas teachers… Discussions at preliminary stage
- TSC Chairman Although the details have not yet been finalised, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has already started its own research as it relates to the recruitment of overseas Mathematics and Science teachers for the public education system. This disclosure was made by TSC Chairman, Leila Ramson, during an invited comment yesterday. Though unwilling [...]
Taxi driver murder trial postponed due to prosecutor’s illness
The Shawn Richardson murder trial has been postponed to Monday. Richardson is accused of killing Enterprise taxi driver, Vivekanand Nandalall, between October 2003 and March 2004. Kaieteur News understands that the case was postponed since lead prosecutor, Judith Gildharie-Mursalin, is unwell. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and Konyo Sandiford are repreenting the state. Attorney at law Clarissa Riehl [...]
Persaud is new champ; La Rose & Niles claim junior & veteran titles
The consistent Robin Persaud blazed the East Coast Demerara Highway on a raining morning Sunday last to win the 88th Birth Anniversary Cycle Road Race held in memory of the Late President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, Guyana’s first Executive President. Persaud, a member of the Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club has been in the top flight [...]
Countrywide flooding as heavy rains drench Guyana
…more showers, wet Mash expected Heavy rains drenched the country over the last 48 hours, leaving several communities under water and authorities hinting that the Mashramani celebrations tomorrow will be a wet one. Yesterday, reports from across the country indicated that communities like Black Bush Polder, Region Six; and Kwakwani and Coomacka, in Region Ten [...]
Uncertainty surrounds Marriott hotel project
Uncertainty surrounds the Marriott Hotel Project in Guyana eight months after Marriott International announced the project. Paula Butler, Senior Director for Global Communications at Marriott International told Kaieteur News that she had no updates to offer on the project. Butler told Kaieteur News via telephone that the only information she had is what was issued [...]
Barry Small’s wife remanded for smuggling cell phone in jail
“Myworship I have no idea of what is going on, I did nothing wrong” blurted out Marceline Basdeo Small, the wife of Barry Small who is charged together with his lover Bibi Gopaul for the suspected murder of Gopaul’s daughter. Marceline was slapped with the charge of smuggling a prohibited item into the Camp Street [...]
Prisoners brawl in court lock-ups
A fight involving Camp Street high profile inmates broke out yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court lockup. The brawl forced lawmen who brought high profile accused criminals to court to intervene. According to one of the officers, inmates from the Bartica double murder and other high profile accused who had apparently had previous problems decided [...]
Dem boys seh… King Liar wukking wid de govt.
Mouth open and story jump out. De other day Dr Leslie jump up and cuss de Waterfalls paper. If you see facts that he put out. He tell de world how he Ministry advertise de tender and that de Waterfalls paper wicked. Well dem boys hear a man come up and call he a liar. [...]
Man sets house afire, reputed wife homeless
‘He threaten this before’ – reputed wife An argument between 19-year old Shireen Alli, and her reputed husband, Steven Totaram, led to the fiery destruction of their home. Yesterday, around 05:00hrs Radica Alli, who lives in the same yard with her daughter, awoke to her daughter’s blazing house. Radica said that she heard a cracking [...]
Flooding wreaks havoc on livestock, residents in Number Two and Palmyra Canje
Residents of Number Two and Palmyra Villages, East Canje, bemoaned the inefficient services of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and the Number 38 Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), yesterday, after many of them suffered heavy loss of livestock. The residents invited the media to the scene at the same time Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha and his [...]
Mash float parade could be pushed back
- Firm decision to be announced today The government is considering postponing the annual Mashramani costume and float parade, because of the torrential rains which flooded the city and coastal communities yesterday. The rains are expected to continue over the next few days. President Bharrat Jagdeo, who toured flooded areas, announced that he was talking [...]
Regional official’s son, other suspect released
… Torching of RDC safe Police have released the Regional official’s son and another Lindener who were detained in connection with the heist at the Regional Democratic Council office at Linden. An official said that investigators have found no evidence to tie the men to the multi-million-dollar robbery. They had seized a welding torch gauge [...]
DDL kick-starts students’ assistant programme
Four students who performed well during the recent National Grade Six Examination are the first ever recipients of the DDL Foundation awards. The winners were announced Friday at a small ceremony held at the Demerara Distillers Offices in Kingston. According to DDL, first formers Chelsea Balkarran of Queen’s College, Fareeda Bacchus and Natasha Lonke of [...]
Audio visual testimony continues as London-based professor testifies
Despite a few technical glitches yesterday, the historic audio/visual land rights case got underway as Oxford Professor Audrey Butt-Colson was sworn in to give her testimony. The matter is currently being heard before Justice Roxanne George Wiltshire. The six village captains, representing the Arekuna and Akawaio people of Phillipai, Jawalla, Kako, Paruima, Waramadong and Kamarang [...]
Colin Jones’s alleged terror gang in court again
Despite the heavy rain yesterday, Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Basil Morgan, Anthony Watson and Jahfar Sampson made yet another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with a large police shield. Jones’s alleged terror gang appeared for the second time together before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry for the continuation of the attempting murder charges instituted [...]
Georgetown Prison is considered relatively stable – Prisons Director
After a recent discovery of a .32 round raid in Camp Street Prison which was found after police and prison officials carried out a routine search of the prison Saturday, the Director of Prison’s Dale Erskine disclosed yesterday in a release that the Georgetown Prison is considered relatively stable. The release further stated that the [...]
Women brawl ends in stabbing
Thirty-year-old Samantha Roberts, of Mora Camp, Bartica, is now assisting the Bartica Police with their investigations into a stabbing incident that occurred around 1:00 am yesterday at Mora Point. Colleen Gonsalves sustained two knife-inflicted stab wounds to her head during an altercation with Roberts. Sources indicated that on Sunday there was a family “get together” [...]
Truck slips into Essequibo River
The Adventure Ferry Stelling was the scene that encountered another mishap, Sunday evening. A Canter truck that usually distributes ‘Clear Water’ throughout the Essequibo Coast, slipped off the gantry and narrowly missed being submerged in the Essequibo River. The Canter truck, which is owned by businessman, Lloyd Singh, of Sparta Village, on the Essequibo Coast, [...]
GRA offers no compensation after wrecking Lethem taxi
Two months after one of its vehicles slammed into a taxi at Lethem, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is refusing to offer compensation to the taxi driver who faces financial constraints after the accident. Desmond Adams told Kaieteur News, yesterday, that after much running around and additional costs, including bringing his vehicle to Georgetown, the [...]
Kokers fully functional
- City Mayor As heavy rains continue in and around Guyana, Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Greene, has given all assurance that all the kokers around the city are up and running. In an invited comment yesterday Mayor Greene said that workers from the city council have been working around the clock at the nine kokers [...]
Speeding and reckless driving injures 11 passengers
Eleven passengers were injured after a hire car HB 1155 collided with a route 42 minibus BLL 8292 which resulted in the bus toppling three times before crashing into two parked vehicles PMM 9056 and BFF 9865 that were parked in front of Neal and Massy staff facilities at Ruimveldt yesterday. The injured were taken [...]
Action galore as GABA stages inaugural rural boxing extravaganza
By Michael Benjamin A good sized crowd turned up at the Anderson Sports Complex, Goed Fortuin WCD, and was treated to several exciting fights when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) staged the Mashramani U-16 boxing tournament at the afore mentioned venue on Sunday afternoon. Eight gyms battled for honours included the recently established West [...]
