EU sweetens sugar industry with $5.6B
- A further $22.3B by 2013 The European Union (EU) and Guyana have signed a Financing Agreement which will provide up to $5.62 billion (Euro 18,805,000) this year to support the sugar sector in the framework of the accompanying measures to the changes in the EU trade regime with Sugar Protocol Countries. A further $22.35 [...]
Two 8-megawatt generators arrive
- cost US$18.3M By Leonard Gildarie Two Wartsila engines, costing US$18.3M, and which authorities hope will reduce the current spate of power outages being experienced, yesterday landed in Guyana. But government officials are warning that despite the addition of the crucial 15.6 megawatts (mw) by August, things will remain “tight” until the middle of next [...]
‘Trunker’ critical after shot by vehicle owner
A 44-year-old man believed to be a neighbourhood thief was yesterday morning shot twice by an employee of the Pereira Mining Company, after he was caught trying to steal from the man’s vehicle. Kaieteur News understands that the man who gave his name as “Ali Stevens” was shot just around 11:00hrs yesterday at Premnaranjan Place, [...]
Govt. promises $300M in severance to Diamond Estate workers
President Bharrat Jagdeo told sugar workers from the Diamond Estate yesterday that government will intervene and assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) with funds accumulating to $300M to ensure that the 375 workers receive their long-awaited severance pay. The Head of State made the announcement at the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara (EBD) at [...]
ERC Chairman sues C.N.Sharma, Vieira
- seeking damages in excess of $50M Chairman of the Ethnic Relation Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill has filed a constitutional motion against television owner Chandra Narine Sharma and popular commentator and former Member of Parliament Anthony Vieira. Through his lawyers Anil Nandlall, Euclin Gomes and Manoj Narayan, the Bishop filed his lawsuit yesterday which [...]
Skeldon factory showing an upward trend
- Jagdeo In spite of his telling sugar workers yesterday that operations at the Skeldon Sugar Factory continue to be problematic, President Bharrat Jagdeo said he no longer intends to take a hands-on approach to management of it because the state-of-the-art facility is making a turnaround. The President told this newspaper that the performance of [...]
Flavio Camacho dies at 73
- country mourns loss of metrication pioneer Mathematician and the main individual behind introducing Guyanese to the metric system, 73 year-old Flavio Camacho has died. According to reports, Mr. Camacho died while being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit at around noon yesterday. His wife, Bibi, told this publication that about six [...]
Education sector under tremendous scrutiny
- Baksh The fact that the education sector has been under tremendous scrutiny over the last two years has served to help bolster progress as it relates to the delivery of education. Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, made reference to this notion recently, even as he voiced his belief that“…a day does not pass without [...]
GTA conducts successful Schools Training Programme in E/bo
- participants come from as far as Pomeroon With participants coming from far flung areas such as the Pomeroon and in one particular case as much as 50 miles up river, the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) organised Schools Programme which was held yesterday, at the Kayman Sankar Rice Complex, Hampton Court, Essequibo could be described [...]
Judge rules Bissoon Singh’s DCB was illegally registered
By Sean Devers Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the Bissoon Singh led faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) was illegally registered under the Friendly Societies Act. The court deemed that the DCB led by Bissoon Singh did not have sufficient members since the laws of the Friendly Societies Act states that an [...]
If Chanderpaul does not buy into Gibson’s team plans ‘Then that his problem’ says Coach
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has had his say to star batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and has left the ball in his crease. Public criticisms by Chanderpaul of West Indies Cricket Board CEO Dr Ernest Hilaire and the coaching staff dominated the headlines ahead of the first Digicel Test match between the Windies and Pakistan in [...]
GFF First Annual Ordinary Congress set for May 27
Klass, only nominee for President; Major, King, Hutson & O’Jeer to contest other positions When the First Annual Ordinary Congress of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) comes off next Friday, no doubt, the elections for the three available positions (President, Vice President, Executive Member) will be the high point. The incumbent Colin Klass is the [...]
Guyana Hockey Board Season opens with Farfan & Mendes first division
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) opens its 2011 hockey season on Friday May 20 with the premiere outdoor competition of season in the Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league. The opening match will be held at the GCC ground from 4:45PM and will test the skills of a resurgent Old Fort hockey team [...]
Dem boys seh…Ash-Knee going in he friends bank account
In times of war everybody does keep a secret. Dem British had a saying, “Sealed lips save ships.” Dem big ones in Guyana tekking this secret thing too far. If you ask dem whether dem does drink water, dem gun tell you is a secret. De commissioner of police sick and what he sick with [...]
Vieira partners with Sunburst Orange Juice
Local Super bike champion Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira is promising a stellar year which could start as soon as next Monday during the opening leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship, at Dover Raceway in Jamaica. Vieira, who has been the most outstanding rider in Guyana for the past three years opens his quest for [...]
‘Golden Jaguars’ to play Barbados on Friday and Sunday
Alpha face Linden All Stars on Friday Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ will play the visiting Barbados National team two Friendly International matches this Friday and Sunday. The Guyana Football Federation had initially said that the two nations would have been facing off on Sunday only but another game has now agreed to by the countries with [...]
We must look to win Digicel Test Series 2-0 – Coach Gibson
Georgetown, Guyana – West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson has congratulated his team on their remarkable victory in the First Digicel Test against Pakistan and has urged them to put in the same effort in the Second Digicel Test, which opens on Friday at Warner Park in St Kitts. Speaking after the 40-run win at [...]
Cricket Cracks
Far be it for us to throw a damper on our WI cricketing fans’ exultation in the team’s win over Pakistan at Providence. A win is a win; especially for a team that had not accomplished this feat since 2009. But it would be foolhardy to ignore the cracks – some may say yawning chasms [...]
GPL runs short of wallaba posts
- suppliers want more money The country’s power company says it is short of some 11,000 wallaba poles as suppliers demand more money. Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Bharrat Dindyal yesterday admitted that current maintenance and project works are behind schedule. On Monday, GPL met with four suppliers of [...]
14 players travel to St Kitts in preparation for 2nd Digicel Test
Basseterre, St Kitts – The West Indies 14 man squad has travelled to St Kitts in preparation for the Second Digicel Test starting on Friday May 20 at Warner Park. The squad: Darren Sammy, Brendan Nash, Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shiv Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh [...]
British diplomat admits UK’s historical responsibility for anti-gay laws
The British High Commissioner, Simon Bond, yesterday encouraged the government to make good on its commitment to hold consultations on the decriminalisation of sex between males, and other laws which discriminate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. Bond’s call came with an acknowledgement that the British government bears historic responsibility for such legislation [...]
Early treatment with anti-HIV drugs stops transmission between partners – Study
Even as Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean gear to realise the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), researchers have reported yet more tantalizing data that the antiretroviral drugs doctors currently used to treat HIV infection could also be effective in preventing transmission of the virus. The notion that the [...]
Scottsburg United upset Tucber Park to win championship
Scottsburg United of Skeldon rose to the occasion to overcome the challenge and underdog status to defeat Tucber Park of New Amsterdam by 28 runs to win their first ever cricket title at the junior level when they carted off the Ricks & Sari Agro Industries / Berbice Cricket Board Under-13 competition. The victory has [...]
The Crime Chief offers a shield to killers
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News headline dated 05/17/2011 and captioned; “Slain EX-BOXER HAD TIES TO DRUGS AND GUNS” – Crime Chief, has again exposed a sorry line of thinking in the upper level of the police force and the government of Guyana. In the news report, Mr. Seelall Persaud, the Crime Chief commented that ex-boxer [...]
Bids opened for water network, roads at Mon Repos, Good Hope
- six wells also to be drilled Several bids including the building of roads and installation of pure water distribution networks at Mon Repos and Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, were yesterday opened by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). Also opened were bids for the drilling of six water wells. A number [...]
