Dem boys seh…Dr Leslie got to ban liquor
Was sheer accident over de weekend. Car crash by Banks DIH, photographer kill man pun Sheriff Street, man drive overboard and dead. Dem boys want fuh know if is some demolition Derby wid car playing. And wha got people worried is that most of dem who getting in accident drinking like if dem is fish. [...]
Jagdeo’s criticism of GAWU president ‘harebrained’
– AFC The Alliance for Change has charged that President Jagdeo’s remarks towards President of the Guyana and General Workers Union, Komal Chand, at the Enmore Martyrs memorial ceremony were unbecoming and ‘harebrained’. The AFC’s comment came during its weekly media briefing last Wednesday when the party also challenged statements by the Amerindian Affairs Minister, [...]
GPHC installs system to process biomedical waste
The long-awaited Hydroclave system at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) which is said to bring international-quality processing of biomedical waste at the GPHC and other health facilities around Georgetown, has finally been fully installed. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, told Kaieteur News that biomedical wastes from private hospitals and private doctors will also [...]
Drag racers impress at International Meet
Local and overseas drag racers set the South Dakota Circuit alight yesterday as they thundered their machines down the track in the quest for supremacy in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ Drag Meeting. Fans enjoyed the competition with one full-fledged drag racing machine from Trinidad and Tobago creating quite [...]
US Matoury crowned Inter Guiana’s Club Champions
Alpha United lose final game 3-1 to Gelder de Kourou Despite losing their final game to Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe 1-0, top French Guiana Club side US Matoury was crowned champions of the 4th Inter Guiana’s Football Club Championships at the Dr. Edmard Lama Stadium in Remire Montjoly on Saturday evening last. Leading Guyana Club side [...]
Teen placed in lockups for over 18 hours
- denied food, water, phone call A mother is furious at police ranks who allegedly detained her 18 year old son for over 18 hours without food or water, and not allowing him to make a phone call. Rawle Carter of Fort Ordance Housing Scheme in East Canje was arrested two Sundays ago and detained [...]
GASA hosts Olympic Day Activity at Colgrain Pool
The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) on Saturday observed Olympic Day with an activity aimed at educating students about the Olympic Movement in general and swimming in particular. The activity was held at the Colgrain Pool, through funding from the Guyana Olympic Association, Igloo Ice-cream and Farfan & Mendes. Participants were drawn from Christ Church [...]
Local lotto winners still publicity-shy
- security fears remain If you won the lottery would you want your details in the news? Within the past three years, only one lottery winner in Guyana did not have any qualms of being publicized. The trend of concealing the identity of winners began with the escalation of violent crime in Guyana, including the [...]
Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Junior Badminton tourney staged
The Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Junior Badminton Tournament was played off at the Queens College Badminton Courts on Saturday last with several young players displayed their abilities led by Narayan Ramdhani. The Under-15 Tournament attracted players from schools around Georgetown and the Tournament saw Narayan Ramdhani once again emerging the Triple Champion Winner, winning [...]
Ramsammy refutes UN report on Guyana’s maternal deaths
- says information outdated Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has debunked statements emanating from a recent UN report claiming that Guyana has made insufficient progress towards improving maternal health. Dr. Ramsammy stressed that the data utilized to compile the report is outdated owing to the fact that at no time since the early 1990s [...]
Overseas-based Guyanese support Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club continues to enjoy the confidence of overseas-based Guyanese in New York, USA. Secretary/CEO of the Club Hilbert Foster who was recently in the United States used the opportunity to meet with several supporters of Guyana’s leading Youth & Sports Club and was successful in obtaining sponsorship for [...]
Berbice selects squad as U-19 Inter-county cricket championships get underway
Cricketers from the ancient county of Berbice will don whites from this morning when officials in that county stage the one day U-19 Inter-county cricket tournament at the National Stadium, Providence starting from 10:00hrs. In today’s encounter Cell Link Berbice will tackle Essequibo followed by another game on Wednesday where Demerara will oppose Cell Link [...]
Accounting for AIDS: A look at the HIV/AIDS Programmes in Guyana
Every year billions of budget and donor dollars are set aside for HIV/AIDS programmes. But who tracks how these dollars are spent and the value that is gained in return? This was one of the issues raised at a recent press briefing of the National AIDS Committee. Earlier this month the United Nations held their [...]
Man dies after being set alight by reputed wife
- suspect on the run By Latoya Giles Police in the hinterland area are hunting for a 40 year old woman who allegedly set her reputed husband alight after dousing him with gasoline last Friday. Reports are that Malcolm Lancaster 45, of Rosignol Berbice and of Durban Street Lodge, was cleaning “gold” over the fireside [...]
Protected areas law coming
- violators may face jail time Guyana may soon have demarcated areas that are protected by law, with violators being subject to fines that can go as high as $2M followed-up by a maximum five years in prison. Also, once a person is fined by the court and continues to offend, a penalty of $100,000 [...]
EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY THESE REPORTS
The law needs to take a serious position as regards kidnapping and abduction. Over the past week we have had a few cases whereby individuals claimed that they were abducted. It is being reported that one of the cases may have been a staged event. In another instance, there was a report of an abduction [...]
THE NEEM OF THE GAME
I remember when I first heard the term “forefathers” used. I was at elementary school in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, preparing for what was then the College Exhibition (later Common Entrance) Examination when our teacher ventured into the complexities of “Civics” and said that our forefathers came from many lands far away such as Africa, India and [...]
We came to Guyana to save lives…not exploit patients
Dear Editor, We, the members of the Cuban Medical Brigade who work in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, in the Diamond Hospital, in the Health Centres of Georgetown, in The West Demerara Regional Hospital, in the Leonora Cottage Hospital, in the Suddie Hospital, in the Mahaicony Hospital, in The New Amsterdam Public Hospital, in The [...]
No major government corruption case has even gone to trial
Dear Editor, PPP presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Ramotar, in his latest comment on corruption, said that if persons are found guilty of corruption, the law should be allowed to take its course (Kaieteur News, June 26). The problem with this statement is that despite the Auditor-General’s annual reports and many horror stories, sometimes accompanied by [...]
Young Warriors Cricket Club clears the air
Dear Editor, The YWCC is not in the habit of public debates or dispute. However, we are forced to clear the air on article stated on caption. First of all, the club does not understand the motive of the writer and his complainants to drag the respected Regional Chairman, Mr Zulfikar Mustapha into such a [...]
Bishop Edghill needs to investigate Thomas
Dear Editor, Response is made to the call by Mr. Evan Thomas for Bishop Juan Edghill to censure Dr. Ravi Dev (KN Jun 19) — but for what? We don’t have an answer. Thomas suggested “an evil intent” about Dev writing about the use of flour in Hindu ceremonies. So I went back and read [...]
The State of the State II
Yesterday we began our examination of Guyana’s position on the Fund for Peace’s 2011 “Failed States Index” – 99th of 177. With the higher the ranking, the more stable the state, overall Guyana was in the top half of the ranking – but with quite a way to go. We continue with disaggregating the political/ [...]
Cops foil $50M kidnap plot
- four suspects detained Police have reportedly foiled a plot to kidnap the son of a wealthy Parika, Essequibo, sawmiller and to extort a $50M ransom from the family. Kaieteur News understands that investigators have detained four men who have been implicated in the plot and are looking for a fifth suspect. The detained men [...]
Student staged her kidnapping
- to face court tomorrow Loretta Persaud, the computer student who was feared kidnapped, is alive and well and has admitted to staging her own abduction while demanding a $300,000 ransom for her release. Persaud was located at around 02:15 hrs yesterday after a joint services team forced their way into the Lot 2065 Mittleholzer [...]
Kara Kara – one of the obscure places
The preponderance of blooming flower gardens that greets one upon entering this relatively small and obscure community is like a breath of fresh air, after the usual stinking garbage heaps that besiege the nostrils on a daily basis in too many places. Here, no garbage mars the landscape; instead beautiful flower gardens whisper welcome. Almost [...]
