Ramotar appointed presidential advisor
Former General Secretary and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Donald Ramotar has been appointed political advisor to President Bharrat Jagdeo. This disclosure was made at a news conference yesterday by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, at the Office of the President. Ramotar was recently selected to lead the ruling [...]
Black bag recovered, two more detained
Two more persons have been taken into custody, bringing the number to three, as police intensify their investigations into the brutal murder of Crown Dam, Industry, East Coast Demerara businessman, Bedi Ramjewan. They also reported that they had found the black bag that was taken from Ramjewan when the gunmen attacked him. The 40-year-old businessman [...]
Miners association boss chopped, robbed on seawall
It started out as the customary early morning exercise but quickly turned into a nightmare for President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Charles Da Silva, who was chopped and robbed on the Liliendaal seawall by two men, one of whom was armed with a cutlass, around 06:00 hours yesterday. The attack [...]
Dem boys seh…Buckingham Palace refuse to invite Bharrat
A lot of people running to de bank fuh prove that dem live somewhere and it surprising how much people got bank account. Teachers, police, office workers and everybody got a bank account. Is nearly two years de bank was asking people fuh come in but just like how people does wait till de last [...]
Police Wives Association celebrates 58th anniversary
The Guyana Police Wives’ Association is presently observing its 58th Anniversary with a programme of activities between Wednesday last, and next Sunday, under the theme “Empowering our women for a brighter future”. The observances commenced with a Church Service which was held at the Police Officers’ Mess Annexe, Eve Leary, on Wednesday, where the officiating [...]
Huge quantities of Guyana cigarettes, alcohol seized from Suriname supermarkets
(Dewaretijd) Suriname – Authorities on Wednesday seized a large quantity of alcohol and cigarettes from several supermarkets. It is reported that the items may have been smuggled from Guyana. No taxes were believed to have been paid, media reports quoted District Commissioner Laksmienarain Doebay as saying. Officials were unable to immediately give a value to [...]
Pacesetters withdraw from GABF Finals
By Edison Jefford Courts Pacesetters Basketball Club has withdrawn from the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Final against Ravens this weekend, citing the poor planning, method of communication and the federation’s general nonchalance as their primary reasons. A communiqué from GABF President, David Patterson via email to the media yesterday settled on tomorrow night as [...]
City Hall faces budget deficit
- Unable to pay staff, contractors owed $70M City Hall continues to suffer from an advanced budget deficit, a development which could see garbage contractors for the umpteenth time withdrawing their service from the municipality. This newspaper has been reliably informed that the municipality has not been able to make payments to the contractors for [...]
Barton describes visit as overwhelming success
By Rawle Welch Describing the trip as an overwhelming success, former national player and Pele Captain Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton in an interview with Kaieteur Sport said that the club’s 40th Anniversary celebrations have gone well so far. Barton, who along with a host of former Pele stars are in town to participate in a host [...]
Costly tilt!!!
Inmates injured in separate brawls at N/A Prison
A convicted prisoner and a prison officer were both injured during a fight between two prisoners on Wednesday at the New Amsterdam Prison. According to information, around 06:15 hrs a fight broke out between convicted prisoner Chris Rampersaud, a former taxi driver who is serving a two-year sentence for waiting to commit a felony (break [...]
One committed to stand trial, other discharged
One of the two persons, who were charged in connection with the murder of policeman Jamal Clarke, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court, after a prima facie case was made out against him. Charged for the murder was Al Wilson, 18, who was a sixth form student at St. Stanislaus College. [...]
Teams experience mixed fortunes as Camptown football classic concludes
Football buffs turned out in their numbers and were thoroughly entertained when a team of footballers comprising New York players opposed a GT All Stars team at the Camptown Ground, Campbellville moments after another team comprising present day players from Sunburst Camptown opposed their counterparts of the past when the organizing committee of the Camptown [...]
Region Three kicks off Vaccination Week observance
Region Three has recorded a close to 100 percent vaccination coverage of children, according to Regional Health Office, Dr Ravindranauth Persaud. “Even though during our scheduled vaccination programme we have been able to cover about 98 percent of children, we still have an ongoing activity to continue to ensure that our people are immunised,” Dr [...]
No president enjoys any immunity from upholding the Constitution
Dear Editor, What this government is getting away with under the pretext of a presidential immunity, the framers of the constitution, including Forbes Burnham, never envisaged or executed. Never before has this country seen such rapacious, lawless and abusive management under the falsely bandied about notion that such is protected under an immunity article. The [...]
Policewoman walks free on charge of allowing prisoners to escape
The case of neglectfully permitting person/s in lawful custody to escape against ex-Police Corporal, Diana Chichester, was dismissed Wednesday after Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry upheld a no case submission by the defence. The matter first engaged the attention of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on August 3, 2009. Police Inspector, Stephen Telford was the prosecutor. Defence [...]
Let Granger speak for himself
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter written by ex-GDF Major Ian Fraser, “Granger was too junior in 1973” Kaieteur News April 27. After reading the letter, it is obvious that Mr. Fraser had no clue of the immense power invested in David Granger in 1973 as the Political Liaison Officer to the [...]
Scrabble players to battle for Labour Day trophy
Moen Gafoor, Orlando Michael and Colin Chichester shared the podium prizes when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged the Insurance Brokers Lien championships merely five days ago. The three will join several other players to compete for honours when GASP stages the Labour Day Open Scrabble Tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club on [...]
Guyana is not a fractured or divided society
Dear Editor, There has recently been a diversity of views on the issue of race relations in Guyana. I would like to share some thoughts on this issue which it would appear is conveniently used by some people to promote a particular political agenda at the expense of truth and objectivity. The more I listen [...]
A worthy example
Dear Editor, Ours is a relatively young nation and an even younger democracy that got fractured during the PNC era of party paramountcy and institutionalized rigged elections. The national elections of 1992 and afterwards marked a new chapter in the history of our country and once again the embracing of democratic norms. A new and [...]
Stag & El Dorado Softball play set for this weekend
The Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide softball cricket tournaments are set to continue on Sunday and Monday with the competition entering the final preliminary stages. Memorex, Celebrity Times and Albion Masters have already qualified for the male knockout stages with the Essequibo Zone and Demerara Zone to be decided this week. Fixtures for [...]
New campaign financing laws unlikely before elections
- AFC slams timing of Ramotar’s appointment as Presidential Advisor By Leonard Gildarie An opposition motion to introduce measures to bring more transparency into the way political parties handle campaign financing was yesterday sent instead to a special parliamentary committee, effectively ending hopes that it could be law before this year’s General Elections. The motion [...]
The AFC will count many less votes that they got in 2006
Dear Editor, The letter by Dominic Gaskin is the usual nonsense which the AFC letter writers, and there’s a batch of them, are trying to peddle to the citizens of Guyana; they might complain that I write many letters, but every day, one of them is peddling AFC nonsense in the letter sections of Kaieteur [...]
The benefit package for teachers is indeed a ‘giant leap forward’
Dear Editor, Our teachers are the educators of Guyana’s future generation. It is they, who are responsible for educating the nation. Teachers, however, have remained on the lower end of the income bracket for a long time. Subsequent salary increases by the government have helped to better this, but there still remains, many challenges that [...]
Whatever happened to these cases?
Dear Editor, I am indeed elated to learn that 10-year-old Stefan Walcott has returned home, even though his story about sleeping in an empty house does not make much sense And since we are on this subject about missing 10-year-old, what ever happened to the other 10-year-old, who months ago became missing from outside DEMICO [...]
