Looking at the possibility of death on Independence Eve
Mr. Sherwood Lowe, a lecturer at UG and one of the PNC’s analysts has published a letter that was carried in both independent dailies last Sunday. In his missive, Mr. Lowe complained about an anomaly he saw at the GRA building last week. In fact, I was in front of Mr. Lowe in the line. [...]
Dem Life Independence Golf tourney set for today
Golfers will tee of in the Independence Day Medal Play golf tournament sponsored by Demerara Life Group of Companies today at Lusignan Club. Club Captain Brian Glasford said the players are eager to compete in the tournament sponsored by Demerara Life Group, one of the oldest insurance company’s in Guyana and a regular sponsor of [...]
Mark Wiltshire and Lorraine 18-team Domino Competition on today
The Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire and Lorraine 18-team Independence Domino Competition which is set to be staged today, at the Girls Guide Pavilion on Brickdam. The competition carries a first prize of $100,000 and a trophy; 2nd $40,000 and 3rd $30,000 will see teams participate in both the male and female segments with two feature matches. [...]
GASA Independence Meet set for this weekend
The Castellani Swimming Pool, Homestretch Avenue is the venue for this weekend’s Independence Swim Meet organised by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA). The leading swimmers in the land, male and female are expected to collide from tomorrow until Sunday as they seek glory for themselves and clubs. According to GASA, this Meet will also [...]
NO PARKING, PLEASE!
One day a man is late for a meeting. He is looking for a parking place, and cannot find any. In desperation, he looks to the heavens and prays, “Lord, if you find me a parking place, I promise to never drink, smoke or be adulterous again.” Miraculously, a place opens up just in front [...]
Trotman quits Parliamentary Committee on Security
Alliance for Change Member of the Parliamentary committee on National Security, Raphael Trotman, has resigned because the party wants Government to facilitate people in stress. It is also questioning where the country is in relation to ethnic animosity since independence. At its weekly media briefing, yesterday, the AFC also expressed support for descendants of the [...]
These unwarranted arrests leave more questions than answers
Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News headline titled: “US denies allegations surrounding cleric’s arrest”, has once again exposed the lies and deceptions of this current PPP/C administration. It is clear the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was used as a weapon by the authorities to justify the unwarranted detention of the Cleric, Mr. Akbar Muhammad, Mr. Simon [...]
Sunburst Camptown U-12 tourney ends today
Camptown, Grass Roots Academy, Fruta Conquerors & Pele ‘A’ to collide In an effort to promote junior football, Sunburst Camptown Football Club will conclude their Under-12 six-team competition today at the club’s First Street Campbellville, Ground. Played on a round-robin format on Saturday last, Camptown, Pele ‘A’, Grass Roots Academy and Fruta Conquerors emerged as [...]
UG to participate in 5th Annual Inter-Collegiate 20/20 Cricket Competition in Barbados
A thirteen-man team will represent the University of Guyana (UG) at the 5th Annual Inter-Collegiate 20/20 cricket competition scheduled from May 27 to June 3, 2011 at the University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus, Barbados. The team’s combined talent captured bronze for the University of Guyana at last year’s competition in Barbados. This year [...]
Revisiting Guyana-Venezuela relations
Dear Editor, As we celebrate our independence, we should reflect on some of the things which transpired during our 45 years of Independence. On October 12, 1966, Guyana discovered that Venezuelan military and civilian personnel had occupied the Guyanese half of Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River. Apparently, the Venezuelans had begun developing an airfield [...]
WI failures continue and no one seems to have an answer
Dear Editor, The condition of West Indies cricket is enough to make their most ardent fan laugh and cry at the same time, laugh at the celebration of an isolated win on a helpful wicket, laugh because the struggling captain was awarded the man-of-the-match who would in my opinion could never command his place in [...]
The time is right for our politicians in the opposition to come together
Dear Editor, It is reassuring to finally see that decisive steps are being taken by a few opposition parties at forming a meaningful coalition to contest the next general election. What is even more appreciated is the way in which this grand coalition is to be formed, packed and presented to the Guyanese people. It [...]
Ram accepts invitation from Agri. Ministry and GuySuCo
DEAR EDITOR, I note in an article (Kaieteur News, Wednesday May 25, 2011) captioned “GuySuCo details US$12.5 expenditure on packaging plant”, statements emanating from Mr. Robert Persaud MBA, Minister of Agriculture and the Guyana Sugar Corporation. Both parties were reacting to a Kaieteur News article of the previous day, in which the newspaper raised questions [...]
Owen Allen’s youthful indiscretion is why voters must be reminded of the PNC
DEAR EDITOR, There are a few variations of this famous quotation, but I believe the earliest version of this can be credited to the poet and philosopher George Santayana., who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I thank Mr. Owen Allen for his letter: “Tired of Harry Gill’s biased [...]
Govt. focus on developing renewable energy
DEAR EDITOR, I love my country Guyana, but let us call a spade a spade. Georgetown and its environs have nothing captivating, bearing in mind the clustered sidewalks, clogged drains, piles of garbage, foul language, reckless and discourteous drivers, shacks and stalls, dirty and dilapidated food centres, non working traffic lights and the list goes [...]
A frightening crime situation
Crime is insidious. It seems that at every turn there is some criminal waiting to pounce on a hapless victim. People speak of walking home and of passing a group of men. Then soon after, one or more of the group members would attack and relieve them of whatever they may possess. For example, a [...]
Breaking News!!! Another woman killed
Within less than 24 hours yet another gruesome murder has been recorded, this time at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. Around 09:00 hours today 38 year-old Susilla Latchman, called ‘Devika’ of Lot 48 Garden of Eden was brutally chopped to death by her husband, 45 year-old Satichitanand Latchan. After chopping his wife, the man [...]
Doctor’s wife found dead in pool of blood
- head bashed in The wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay, was found bludgeoned to death at around 16:30 hrs yesterday in the bottom flat of the couple’s Echilibar Villas, Campbellville home. Police said that the body of 58-year-old Sharanie Doobay, was lying in a pool of blood near the kitchen of the two-storey [...]
Sleeping children perish in blaze
Two small children left at home alone perished at around 06:15 hrs yesterday in a fire that destroyed their family’s shack at Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. Julius De Clou, six, and his four-year-old brother, Josiah, were reportedly asleep when the blaze – which is believed to have been caused by a lighted kerosene [...]
GuySuCo details US$12.5M expenditure on packaging plant
- invites KN, Chris Ram to conduct audit A Kaieteur News report which questioned the cost of the recently-commissioned US$12.5M sugar packaging plant at Enmore has come under attack from the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the government. Both the Ministry of Agriculture and GuySuCo issued separate statements, with Minister Robert Persaud inviting Kaieteur [...]
REO refutes claim that toilet cost $11.7M
- says money also spent on other projects Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Eight, Ishwar Dass, yesterday refuted the claim that the toilet which was on the front page of the KN edition dated May 15, 2011 and read that the facility was established at a cost of $11.7M, stating that the money did [...]
American gets four years for cocaine trafficking
A 29-year-old American citizen was yesterday jailed for four years and fined $30,000 by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Kerwin Dimmott, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, had attempted to smuggle 2.14 kilogrammes of cocaine to his homeland on Sunday, last. He was [...]
Boy, 13, breaks neck while performing wrestling stunt
A 13-year-old student of Lower Corentyne Secondary School plunged to his death from a balcony after trying to imitate professional wrestlers on television. Cranston Bennett, of Liverpool Village, Corentyne, and his cousin were playing at home last Friday when the two became involved in mimicking wrestling moves from their favourite wrestlers. According to the boy’s [...]
Nurse charged, fined for disorderly behaviour
Nurse Midwife Elizabeth Austin, 37, of Lot 1 Sandvoort Village, West Canje, Berbice, was on Monday fined $10,000 or an alternative of 20 days imprisonment by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when she appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, and pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour. Austin was also charged with threatening behaviour to [...]
$688M being spent on 1,300m of sea defence
A total of $688M is being spent to construct 1,300 metres sea defence infrastructure in Leguan, Region Three as well as Brahn and Abary in Region Five, says Geoffrey Vaughn, Chief River and Sea Defence Officer of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications. Vaughn noted that the contractor, M&B Company, is currently executing rip-rap [...]
