Fiery administrative meeting links senior cops to drug dealers
-two senior officers exposed By Dale Andrews Damning evidence of links between senior police officers and elements in the local illegal drug circuit surfaced last week during a high level administrative meeting of the Force. Allegations of the close association of a Senior Superintendent and an Assistant Superintendent of Police with members of [...]
Winning bid to be announced this week
One Laptop Per Family Programme… Government is expected to give its no objections this week for a major contract to distribute 27,000 laptops to single parent households and other selected groups as early as October. It is the first phase of an ambitious project to equip 90,000 ‘poor’ families with the laptops or the [...]
Disgraceful ……Animals starve to death in police pound, left to rot
By Dale Andrews Just who is really responsible for the upkeep of the animals in the police pound? This question arose when this newspaper observed several jackass carcasses in the pound at the Beterverwagting Police Station on the East Coast of Demerara. From all indications, the animals died from starvation and they appeared [...]
Child dies every six minutes in Somalia famine
A child is dying from starvation every six minutes in drought-hit Somalia, shocked aid workers revealed recently. It means that around 250 malnourished youngsters under five die each day, according to United Nations aid agency Unicef. But callous Somalian warlords claimed yesterday that the famine was “a lie”. They said there was just [...]
Spain’s 85-year-old Duchess gives away billions$$$ for love
Spain (www.time.com)- You can say one thing for the Duchess of Alba: she gets what she wants. When, decades ago, she fell in love with a freethinking, defrocked Jesuit — hardly a suitable match for an aristocrat of her standing — propriety did not stop her from marrying him.Nor does it prevent her [...]
Marshall, Lion, Union Rep. and Life Deacon
Donald Thom is a ‘Special Person’ Pull Quote: “I must say that I have enjoyed life to the fullest. It has been eighty-five good years to date. I have played my little part in this beautiful country to the best of my ability. I am proud of that fact. Honestly, I can’t complain.” By Leon [...]
Dem boys seh…. Milk choke some fat cat
People seh that you don’t put cat fuh watch milk. De police force got nuff cat and dem same cat got to watch milk. De other day a man decide that he can push cocaine but he didn’t bargain fuh dem cat. De only difference is that de cat couldn’t see de milk and lef [...]
Guyanese aims to serve country through ‘Work, Calling & Human Dignity’
Dr. Dale Dan, formerly of Garnett Street, Campbellville, is the daughter of Ramnarine and Bebe Nysha-Dan, both now deceased. Her father engineered the building of many of the roads and culverts throughout Guyana while her mother, who owned Campbellville Commercial College (CCC), single-handedly trained and prepared over five thousand (5,000) ladies for the [...]
Building your home? (Applying for permission to build in the city)
By Leonard Gildarie Last week, we spoke of how far you should build your home from the boundary or fence areas. An NDC official made it clear that homes, and we are speaking specifically of the ones in the areas outside the city, are governed by different, more complex regulations than when constructing in the [...]
National Trust donates $200,000 towards Mission Chapel restoration
The National Trust of Guyana recently donated $200,000 towards the rebuilding and preservation efforts of one of Guyana’s oldest churches, the Mission Chapel Congregational in New Amsterdam. According to CEO of the National Trust, Nirvana Persaud, “our aim was to make a donation towards the maintenance of this historic church”. She said that the edifice [...]
WHY ARE WE LOOKING BACKWARDS
By Ralph Seeram The 1960’s were undoubtedly the darkest period in Guyanese history. The racial conflagration of the period resulted in arson, looting, murder and the displacement of thousands of Afro and Indo Guyanese. The ethnic violence caused many villages to remain either Afro or Indo Guyanese. The Indians were chased out of [...]
CSEC overall pass rate drops in 2011
… Mathematics still cause for concern On Thursday, last, results were released for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exams and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), both of which are administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). With those results, the Ministry of Education unveiled the statistics on the performance of Guyana [...]
A major epidemic or concerted action of the people is needed to bring the authorities to their senses
By Michael Benjamin Once again the garbage workers went on strike, forcing an unsightly mound of garbage all across the so called Garden City. Only this time some folks were prepared for them. A resident fell upon a foolproof plan and each day wrapped his garbage in gift paper and put it in a [...]
Students must not be debarred for non-payment of registration fees – Education Ministry
Parents are being urged by the Education Ministry to report schools that are debarring their children because of non-payment of registration fees. The reports should be made to the Principal Education Officer (Georgetown) Marcel Hutson, who can be contacted on telephone number 226-0146. The Ministry is again advising parents that only the Parent [...]
Physically challenged persons can be assisted to vote – Disability Act 2010
Physically challenged persons who are unable to vote independently would be allowed assistance by another person of their choice in voting at the National and Regional Elections, according to the Disability Act 2010. Presently the National Commission on Disability is tasked with sensitising the general public to the new legislation. The Disability Act, [...]
Kaieteur News highlights the rest of this year’s top CSEC performers
Ajay Persaud- Sixteen year-old Ajay Persaud of St. Joseph’s High School secured a total of 12 Grades One at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations. Speaking with this publication from his Ogle, East Coast Demerara home, Ajay said he was totally surprised at the news. When the lad received the telephone call from Kaieteur [...]
Substance found in Skeldon vehicle not cocaine – police
Police yesterday admitted to having erroneously detained two men who they thought were in possession of a quantity of cocaine. A release had stated that at around 19:00 hrs on Friday, a police patrol approached a car, HB8230, which was parked on the roadway at Number 79 Village, Corriverton, Berbice. The release stated that the [...]
Immigration TALK: Resolving Problems at the U.S. Port of Entry
By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram Since 9/11, there has been heightening security at the airports and U.S. port of entries. Though many travelers feel safer at the airports and on airplanes, there are a few travelers that are harassed at the borders and delayed during their course of travel. Some common complaints include watch list [...]
Caribbean Airlines craft finally removed from crash site
The Caribbean Airlines Limited plane that crashed at Guyana’s main port of entry, Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), on July 30, was yesterday removed at around 3:00 am from its wreckage site and stored in CJIA’s old GA 2000 hanger. This is according to Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn. The operation [...]
Woman seeks kidney donor
By Trevona Weekes Zell Doodnauth, 48 of Grove, East Bank Demerara is seeking a kidney donor. The single parent mother of two has been diagnosed with kidney ailment nine years ago. Doodnauth stated that due to her disorder, she has to take treatment three times daily and three times nightly. She explained that while the [...]
GT&T BIKER FEST to rock National Park tonight
Spine chilling Gravity defying events promised Dubbed the ‘Biggest Family Event’ in Guyana, the 6th BIKERS FEST Show is set for the National Park Tarmac today and fans are in for an entertaining, thrilling and unforgettable evening. Being held under the theme ‘Magic in the Sky’, BIKERS FEST 2011 the promoters have promised [...]
It’s Bishoo against Pollard in Jam Zone Masters’ Cup t20 Final tonight
Gayle in action in 3rd place play-off By Sean Devers A raucous crowd of close to 10,000 watched as Universal DVD Berbice Titians and the Gizmos & Gadgets Georgetown Pitbulls qualified for tonight’s Jam Zone Masters’ Cup t20 cricket final at the Guyana National Stadium. The Pitbulls got the better of New Line Cavaliers [...]
Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym has new executive
The Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym out of New Amsterdam Berbice recently held elections for office bearers as a new executive body was put into place to run the affairs of the Gym. The gym, which is based at the Central Police station New Amsterdam, was formed in February 2010 with an Interim Management [...]
Bakewell Nationwide Male/Female Softball Begins August 28
Flick Bowling is back Bakery giant, Bakewell of 5-9 Drive, Dr. Miller St., Triumph, East Coast Demerara has joined forces with the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) in sponsoring the next nationwide male/female softball cricket tournament. Games are set to start on August 28 throughout the country and will be played in three [...]
Boxers ink contracts in preparation for August ProAm affair
By Michael Benjamin It was just around 13:30hrs last Friday afternoon and the various boxers contracted to slug it out in the August Fight Night boxing card were in solemn, concentrated moods as they affixed their respective signatures to their contracts. Unbelievably, the forum was devoid of the boastful epithets that characterize these events [...]
