Ravens launch Inaugural KLM Basketball Championship
- Event set for Saturday at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Memories of Kevin Lawrence, the deceased former Ravens Basketball Club player, were rife at a formal launch of the Kevin Lawrence Memorial (KLM) Basketball Championships yesterday at the Windjammers International Hotel in Kitty. Family and players turned up for the launching of the event, which [...]
Three weeks after chopping incident, 70-year-old squatter not charged
…Police says file with DPP Close to three weeks after severing the arm of a man, 70-year-old squatter Milton Payne has not yet been charged. And residents are not too pleased with the situation. Payne, a PPP activist and former Mirror newspaper vendor, has been occupying a Government reserve in the Vryman’s Erven/ Smythfield area [...]
Brazilians remanded for ganja possession
Two Brazilians, Evilayaro Costa Mangabeira, 19, and his brother, Evandro Costa Mangabeira, 15, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. They were provided with an interpreter. Both of the accused through their interpreter declared their [...]
Stephenson at CONSANAT Youth C/ships
Jessica Stephenson, Guyana’s first representative at the CONSANAT Youth Championships 2011, Lime, Peru in eight (8) years began her quest to do her country and self proud yesterday morning when competition got underway. The T&T based athlete, who has been doing this country proud at the regional and International levels, is competing in the Girls [...]
Government and businesses are not going to throw money into endless pit
- says UG Berbice campus head The Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Daizal Samad, says that the friction between the UG administration at Turkeyen and the government is a serious one that has very important ramifications and implications. He alluded to students at Turkeyen who have expressed disappointment with the [...]
Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, Camptown remain on course
Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United FC underlined its dominance on the local football scene with a 8-0 drubbing of BV/Triumph FC and cemented a place in the quarterfinals when play in the Mayor’s Cup Football extravaganza continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground Tuesday evening last. Dwain Jacobs led the ‘Hammers’ charge with at hat-trick [...]
GABA stages trainers’ course as Novice boxing championship looms
Amateur pugilists are advised to heighten their training as the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) are preparing to run off the National Novices boxing championships from April 22-24. The tournament is opened to those boxers that have never fought in any of the tournaments above the junior level, organized by the GABA. Tournament organizer, Terrence [...]
Teen goes missing
The family and relatives of Fanizah Jamal, 16, of 1852 Diamond Housing Scheme, is still searching for their daughter who has been reportedly missing since 23 February, last, roughly one month ago. The teenager’s aunt, Khalidah Jamal, yesterday said that her niece was last seen on Republic Day clad in a green top, black jeans [...]
Minibus association defies Government, hikes fares
Several minibuses operating across the country defied a government call for no fare increases. At least one union announced that it endorsed a $20 raise since Tuesday. The United Minibus Union (UMU) yesterday also questioned the authority of Minister of Trade and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, who has urged commuters not to pay any increase. According [...]
GECOM has many options in doing its work
…Commission says work not being stymied The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that it acknowledges the concerns of the People’s Progressive Party and has noted the specific accusation that GECOM is not meeting, due to lack of quorum. The Commission, in response to the PPP, stated that they had agreed that consequent upon the abandonment [...]
Ferrier, Carmichael impressive in T&T Cricket League
Guyanese cricketers continued to turn in impressive performances in the Trinidad and Tobago 2-day Championship Cricket League. In a match between Aranguez and Cavaliers of Tobago, Cavaliers won the toss and choose to bat were bowled out for 161 with Deon Ferrier capturing 5-45 and Kellon Carmichael 3-43 bowling for Aranguez. In reply Aranguez reached [...]
Guyana vs Trinidad & Tobago moved to Providence
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has advised that the WICB Regional 4 Day Tournament match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, which was slated for the Albion Community Centre Ground, has been moved to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. The match will commence tomorrow Friday, March 25 along with two [...]
Gunpoint robbery accused denied bail
Leron Griffith, 23, a taxi driver yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer to the charge of robbery under arm. The defendant who was unrepresented, pleaded not guilty. It is alleged that on March 19, in Georgetown, the accused in the company of two others, while being armed with a gun, robbed [...]
Who is responsible for the governance of Ogle Airport?
Dear Editor, My sympathy goes to the relatives, friends and colleagues of the security driver, Solomon Burke, who was shot dead at the Trans Guyana facility at Ogle Airport. However, my condolences are mixed with the few enquiries related to the man’s murder, airport security and management at Ogle generally. I understand that Ogle, now [...]
Rice, pigeons, magistrates, jokes and lies
I was in Magistrate Sohan’s traffic court on Tuesday morning to get a new date for my trial on obstruction stemming from the episode at Le Repentir dumpsite. Our case is supposed to be called tomorrow but there was a notice in the newspapers on Sunday that informs the public that no magistrate will sit [...]
Why should President Jagdeo be taken to the ERC?
Dear Editor, The ‘race card’ will be played big time in Guyana today due to the upcoming election this year. President Jagdeo was simply alerting his comrades of the baggage David Granger carries. The president never said that the PNC is a ‘black’ party and that we should not support it simply because of this. [...]
Being good is being religious
Dear Editor, I wish to respond briefly to Kaieteur News columnist Stella’s, “Religion does not necessarily equate to a good leader,” (20-03-11), in which she sought to rebut my contention that Guyana needed a leader who stood on the side of religion and truth, (Kaieteur News 28-02-11). Stella’s argument was that today’s Christianity bore no [...]
IS THIS HOW YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE TO BE TREATED?
Minibuses in Guyana are not running at a loss because of the increases in the price of fuel, spares of lubricants. Minibuses make a great deal of money and even though the price of petrol has once again reached it highest level, the bus owners are not going bankrupt. They may not be making as [...]
How does Joey Jagan know the PPP has not changed its stance regarding America?
Dear Editor, The crisis in the Middle East, and America’s response, as captured in Dr. Prem Misir’s many letters in the Guyana Chronicle and Kaieteur News is, I find, very enlightening, as a student of international relations. Dr. Misir asserts in his letter that America’s traditional imperialist politics makes it incapable of genuinely intervening in [...]
A land where the tortured becomes the villain
Dear Editor, My four-year-old daughter Aishwarya is so fond of nature that she can hardly resist the opportunity to go to the park whenever the temperature is above 50 degrees. Saturday (19-03-11) provided us with such a day and we were both enjoying the pleasure of an early spring in our neighbourhood park, when my [...]
The road to Amaila Falls – trick or treat?
Dear Editor, There seem to be some inconsistencies and/or curious payment practices in the latest information from Synergy Holdings Inc. 1. The specification for the access road to Amaila Falls hydropower dam site has been repeatedly published by Kaieteur News and includes: “some 110km of virgin road through the forest as well as 85km of [...]
The quest for information
Each day it becomes increasingly clear that the government is serious about transparency but old habits die hard. Governments are not known to talk about its plans and programmes. In fact, Government sees all its actions as being in the realm of confidentiality. In Guyana, for example, if a leading politician becomes ill, the nature [...]
Man dies after falling from roof
A 50-year-old contractor, identified as Alwyn Alexander a.k.a “Charlie”, succumbed a few hours after being admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday last, after he fell from the roof of the SOL building, Agricola, East Bank Demerara. It was reported that Alexander’s brother was awarded the contract to conduct repairs and renovation [...]
The men who helped make Dr Cheddi Jagan
Dear Editor, On the anniversary of my father’s birth, March 22, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about two individuals who are still alive and who helped significantly in President Cheddi’s foray into national politics and the great success in the 1953 elections when my Dad was the first elected leader of [...]
Final price tag still open
Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project… – company says between US$650-$700M By Gary Eleazar At what was described as a “historic milestone” Senior Vice President of Sithe Global, Rafael Herz, yesterday unveiled to the media and members of the public the updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report (ESIA) on the proposed Amaila Falls Hydro Electric [...]
