Court paves way for continuation of sand-loading for export
Justice Rishi Persaud has issued a temporary order paving the way for businessman Joseph Bhaskaran to continue loading sand for export at the controversial Coverden, East Bank Demerara loading facility. The order came in the wake of moves by Bhaskaran’s former business partners, Rodrigo de Paula and Marco Siqueira, both Brazilians, to bar him [...]
GAWU ready to be part of GuySuCo’s board
…but wants to have final say on representative The main sugar workers’ union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it stands ready to be part of the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) but wants to have the final say on its representative. GAWU has been criticised in the past [...]
Cops haul in several vehicles at Providence
– majority heading to Jamzone with ‘fake’ passes Police detained several vehicles at the Providence Station compound on Sunday, after the drivers were reportedly found with bogus ‘out of zone’ passes. However, many of the drivers, most of whom were headed to the Jamzone event being held at the Splashmin’s Resort, claim that [...]
Laptop supply bids still being evaluated
The Evaluation Committee looking at bids for the supply of laptops under the one Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, has not completed its work, Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir said yesterday. Nadir has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of the project, under which the government intends to distribute 90,000 laptops to mostly poor [...]
Port Kaituma plane crash-landing…Investigating team returns to site today
A team of investigators is expected to return to the site at Port Kaituma where a Trans Guyana Airways plane crash-landed on Saturday last. According to an official from the Civil Aviation Authority, the team will determine whether or not the wreckage should be brought to the city for further examination. This publication was also [...]
Cops seek security guard in drug store owner’s murder
Police are trying to locate a security guard who may have vital information about the murder of 84-year-old drug store owner Harold Rachpaul, who was found strangled in his home last Friday. Kaieteur News understands that the guard had worked at a Robb Street establishment near Rachpaul’s Drug Store. Sources said that he was [...]
40 teachers receive training on health, family life education
In equipping students with the requisite knowledge and skills to sensibly confront the social challenges in society, 40 teachers yesterday participated in a one-day training workshop on the effectively implementation of the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) programme in schools. The training is a follow-up from a similar initiative held last [...]
Highway flip!
This vehicle ended up in a canal as its occupants made their way to Jamzone festivities on Sunday. The accident occurred at about 1pm on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. No other vehicle was involved. The driver claimed that he lost control after the front tyre blew out. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
Pensioner killed while sitting on donkey cart
A 65-year-old man became the country’s latest road fatality when he was struck by an out-of-control sports utility vehicle. Steven Coppin of Bengal Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Skeldon Hospital minutes after he was picked up from the Number 45 Village Public Road. Police said that around 19:45 [...]
Stalled $600M complex could be completed by year-end
- Nadir The multi-million-dollar complex being constructed at High and Princes Streets, where the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was once located, could be completed by year-end, Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir said yesterday. The building has been under construction for some three years. The original contract sum was $600 million. Construction was put [...]
Missing fishermen still not accounted for
The search is continuing for five missing fishermen who went out to sea since August 6. Up to press time they had still not been located. Missing are Khemraj Dhanpat, 42, called Manohar or Rajin, who was the boat captain and a married father of four, of Number 64 village; his brother Narine Dhanpat, [...]
Indian footballers here to tangle with ‘Golden Jaguars’ tomorrow at the National Stadium
The exploits of great Indian cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar’s and Mahendra Dhoni among others are a joy to behold and have established that country as one of the great cricketing nations. Hardly anyone would have thought that that Asian country is also a very important member of FIFA, the world governing football body. This reality [...]
Imran ‘Magic’ Khan has his eyes on an Olympic Gold medal
From street fighter to accomplished boxer Ten years ago, while liming in the ghetto, a skinny youth from that area became engaged in a brawl with one of his village mates. This was not the first such occurrence but it was so brutal that the young man’s father instructed him to join a gym [...]
Donut Prince Crowned King for Guyana Cup 2011
Jumbo Jet stable is champion stable By Samuel Whyte Donut Prince of the Colin Elcock stable had everyone shouting its name as most Turfites were left in awe and some in bewilderment at the conclusion of the feature C class Event (being downgraded from A) of the Fifth Annual Guyana Cup horserace meet which [...]
DCC commence second cricket camp
According to Calvin Roberts, Public Relations person of the project, the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), home of West Indies legends such as Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs, yesterday commenced their second annual two-week cricket camp under the guidance of head coach and former national off-spinner Gavin Nedd. In his brief remarks, the [...]
Malinga sets hat-trick record as Sri Lanka win
Colombo, (AFP): Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final one-day international on Monday. Malinga removed Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Xavier Doherty to become the first bowler to take three hat-tricks in one-dayers as Sri Lanka dismissed [...]
TSC advance to 2nd round with win against UG
GCA’s Queensway 50-over cricket Transport Sports Club (TSC) got the better of University of Guyana (UG) at DCC on Sunday in a rain-affected Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Queensway 50-over first round cricket contest to advance to the next round of the knock-out format. Overnight and morning rain caused a three and a half hour [...]
Windies U-19s undergo one week camp ahead of India tour
The members West Indies Under-19 squad has assembled in Barbados for a one-week camp as they prepare for a tour of India next month. The players will spend a week at the Sagicor High Performance Centre at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies. The players will be under the [...]
Firelinks, Leonora All-Stars, Young Bloods, La Venture through to Super Eight
Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills/GSL 10/10 Tape-ball Cricket tournament Firelinks on Sunday headlined a list of qualifiers for the Super Eight round of the competition in the heated Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Saw Mills and Guyana Softball League (GSL) Cricket tournament on Sunday at the Wisroc Ground, Linden. Based on the East Bank, Firelinks turned [...]
West Dem Table Tennis sub-association to hold elections September 4
The West Demerara Table Tennis Steering Committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association will be hosting a meeting at which election of its office bearers will be done at Good Fortuin Community Centre on September 4 from 14:00hrs. Meanwhile, coaching sessions will be in progress on Sundays at Uitvlugt Community Centre by levels one [...]
Chattergoon’s all-round performance leads Albion into quarters
Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills / GSL 10/10 Tapeball Competition A fine all-round performance from Ramnarine Chattergoon, who struck an unbeaten half century and then returned to capture two wickets was chiefly responsible for Albion’s march into the last eight of the inaugural Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills /Guyana Softball League (GSL) [...]
TIME TO TAKE BACK LAW AND ORDER
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has bitten the bullet and decided to declare a limited state of emergency in certain troubled spots in the country. Given the polarized nature of that country (which shares many similarities with Guyana) that is a most courageous decision taken by the Persad-Bissessar administration. The decision is likely [...]
Professor Wilson’s response and Guyana’s politics
If you decide to teach philosophy, even as a hobby, you will have to introduce your students to the mind of E. O. Wilson. Professor Wilson has now taken his place in history. Hate him or love him, he has to be read in the philosophy classroom, because what he has to say is [...]
Libya offers a good lesson in government
Libya has become the latest country to experience a change of government through a popular uprising that started about a year ago in Tunisia and soon spread to Egypt and other countries in the Middle East. These governments had been in place for a long time—some say for too long. In Tunisia, using the [...]
We have done well as a country to cushion the effects of the global financial and economic crisis
Dear Editor, We live in challenging times. The global economy is experiencing an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions. For the first time in decades the United States has lost its Triple A rating and has now been downgraded resulting in much turmoil and volatility in the global financial markets. US Vice-President Joe Biden felt [...]
