Three bidders for $B supply of 27,000 laptops
The bids for the much talked about One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of 27,000 units for the programme. There were only three bidders for the supply of the now controversial laptops. Each of the bidders had to supply the tender [...]
Gunmen snatch cash, gun, hijack car
Four heavily armed gunmen escaped with a canister containing an undisclosed sum of cash at around 17:45 hrs yesterday after holding up a vehicle containing a female security guard and employees of a company at the junction of the Ogle Airstrip Road and the Railway Embankment. According to reports, the vehicle was being driven along [...]
NY-based ex-cop, 77, fatally shot for chain
- bandits seen riding away on bicycle By Latoya Giles A 77-year-old ex-policeman was shot dead at his one of his properties yesterday by two bandits who made off with his gold chain. The incident occurred shortly after 11:00hrs at Freeman Street, East La Penitence. Benjamin Nurse, a New York-based Guyanese who had only returned [...]
Serial abuser, 62, jailed for wounding lover
Charles Goodluck, a 62-year-old security guard of East Canje, Berbice, who was previously charged with murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, assault and wounding, among other charges, all committed on former female partners, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail by magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. Goodluck was jailed for the felonious [...]
Govt. insists nothing secret about concessions
Government yesterday insisted that there was nothing secret about a recent granting of forest concessions to an India’s coffee-making company last year. Amidst swirling questions in the media over the transaction, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, yesterday said that Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc. (VHPI), a subsidiary of Coffee Day Limited, through a transparent process, was [...]
Fire destroys Christianburg courthouse
Linden’s oldest functioning landmark, the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, was early yesterday morning destroyed by fire. Shock and dismay gripped the community as news of the raging conflagration spread, and many persons hurriedly left their homes to get a last glimpse of the historic and imposing wooden edifice before it was reduced to smoldering debris. The [...]
Dem boys seh…Bharrat and Kwame deh pun stupidness
When dem boys start fuh hear bout slipshod wuk and corruption dem decide to call de Waterfalls paper. Now that dem boys done wid corruption dem getting even more things to talk about. Bharrat tell de nation how he want put a computer in every house. That is a good thing but he also got [...]
Rebuilding a team for World Cup reason for Sarwan’s non-selection for ODI team
Chanderpaul asked to retire from ODIs By Sean Devers At age 30 and with an ODI average of 43.20 from 166 matches Guyanese middle order batsman and former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has been left out of the West Indies team for the first two ODIs against Pakistan after also being ignored for the [...]
River Plate arrive for CFU Football clash
Visitors expect ‘physical’ game from Alpha United By Sean Devers Puerto Rico’s champions, River Plate, arrived in Guyana yesterday afternoon where they oppose Guyana’s two times defending Super League Champions, Alpha United Football club, in the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday from 20:00hrs [...]
CARIFTA Games team need another $1M
The bugbear of corporate funding for national teams has once again raised its ugly head when the President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, disclosed yesterday that a further $1M is needed to send the CARIFTA Games team to Jamaica. Boyce told Kaieteur Sport that the AAG is in possession of $500,000 [...]
Karran all round heroics guides ECI to victory
A fine all round performance by Vinhood Karran guided ECI to victory last Sunday at the National Park over Farnum’s XI in a tapeball 20/20 contest. A day after being outclassed by the powerful Bravados XI, ECI’s gentlemen were keen to amend their loss. They won the toss and decided to strike first on the [...]
Central Police Station Youth Club Day of sports set for today
With its recent success in staging their 20/20 competition, which was won by the Guyana Fire Service, the Central Police Station Outreach and Community Enhancement Programme under the leadership of Station Sergeant, Jairam Ramlakhan, continues today with the staging of a day of sports at the Central Police Station Recreational Hall and the Central Police [...]
Suicide granny did not have financial problems
Relatives of 75-year-old Shairoon Ali are angry at a news report which stated that she committed suicide because of a debt she owed for groceries. The relatives claimed that there is no way that the woman would have been indebted since she, as well as her immediate family, is well off. They insisted that she [...]
PM/GTC #1 win Trophy Stall round robin open Volleyball competition
The youthful and energetic Guysuco Training Centre #1 team brushed aside all opponents to cart off the Trophy Stall first place trophy when the BVA held its round robin one day open competition at the GTM hard court in New Amsterdam. Playing in very humid and blistering conditions where the stamina and fitness of the [...]
Jacobs takes Man-of-the-Match on T&TEC debut in Trinidad
Says standard is far higher than Guyana’s club cricket Queen’s Park Cricket Club boosted their advantage atop the Trinidad and Tobago Eastern Credit Union Premier Division standings after thrashing CLICO Preysal by 174 runs in round five at the Queen’s Park Oval, while T&TEC continued their impressive debut season with an outright victory over Alescon [...]
Boxing officials convene today as GABA stages coaching clinic
The amateur boxing sector will receive a timely boost to its pool of trainers when Terrence Poole, a level one boxing coach affiliated to the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), hosts a 4 days coaching clinic for persons interested in improving their knowledge and skills of the intricacies in this department. Activities get underway at [...]
Regatta Football 2K11 officially unveiled last evening
Four teams to collide for top prize By Franklin Wilson in Bartica The 2011 Bartica Regatta Football tournament kicked off last evening at the Bartica Community Centre Ground after being officially opened by Regional Chairman Holbert Knights. The opening, which was also attended by PNC Member of Parliament Judith David-Blair, Bartica Football Association President Carlos [...]
Facts should be the key not poor ethics
Dear Sir, The Bartica Football Association would like to respond to various erroneous statements that have been printed by sport reporters and in the letter column of the daily newspapers accusing the Bartica Football Association of being inactive and not carrying out its mandate as it relates to organizing football competitions at all levels, inefficient [...]
8.5 percent of all deaths in Guyana linked to diabetes – Health Minister
A high percent of TB patients are also diabetics in the population, according to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. In fact, he had revealed that a recent study has shown that persons living with diabetes have a greater than 80 percent chance of dying prematurely. He also pointed out that diabetes is a contributing factor [...]
GPHC gears to improve critical nursing care
Critical nursing care at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is poised for immense improvement. According to Coordinator of In-Service Education for Nurses, Mr Owen John, training in this area is expected to officially commence in August, a venture which will be supported by Operation Renewed Hope, a charitable organization of North Carolina, United States. [...]
GT&T holds out hope for West Dem. internet users
A delegation comprising residents of West Coast Demerara recently met with the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Yog Mahadeo, at the entity’s Brickdam head office. The meeting was to discuss the status of the new “e-magine” service and to bring the price down for DSL service. The delegation was told [...]
Burglars “take all” from Tech Media
Burglars carted off more than $7M worth of electronic gadgets from the Tech Media, a store located at Robb and King Streets. Kaieteur News understands that the intruders entered the store by smashing a large hole in a wall near the ceiling. Store manager Renita Ramgobin told Kaieteur News that she arrived at the store [...]
Pensioners yet to receive monies
More than one year ago monies which were to be paid out to police pensioners were stolen from the Force’s Finance Office and to date the senior citizens are yet to receive their money. Earlier this year the Commissioner of Police had told this publication that the monies were available for payment. However when pensioners [...]
UG in a mess? Whose Fault is it?
Dear Editor, Too often have been the occasions when the PPP Government has been blamed for the current decline (a mess really) that is a feature of the country’s premiere educational institution. In fact, in ‘Kissoonian’ parlance, Mr. Jagdeo is guilty of ‘micro-managing.’ Now it seems as though that very accusation, if true, would have [...]
Another PI commences for ‘Cobra’
Tyrone Rowe, popularly known as ‘Cobra’, Amad Lallchand aka Rondy and Dwayne Critchlow were all charged for the offence of robbery under arms, allegedly committed on Troy Collins sometime last year. But unfortunately lawmen were unable to apprehend Critchlow who is still at large. The two accused who did appear were unrepresented, and were not [...]
