NOTHING IS EVER FREE!
No one expects the opposition parties to admit that Guyana is enjoying its best days ever and that the standard of living in Guyana is the highest it has ever been. True there are poor persons in Guyana. But there are also poor people in the United States of America. In fact, some 15 [...]
GECOM’s Code of Conduct…APNU wants campaign financing, state TV issues to be addressed first
– youth, hinterlands targeted The five-party opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity, says that it wants to study a Code of Conduct proposed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) before signing as several critical issues including campaign financing and equitable state media access need addressing. During its weekly press briefing, APNU said that [...]
IDB programme behind schedule
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded US$6.8M Transport Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme is behind its September month-end schedule. The Public Works Ministry is expected to set a new completion date, following recommendations from the evaluation report, says Sunil Ganesh, Bridges Engineer, Public Works Ministry. According to Ganesh, the Ministry in collaboration with the supervisory consultant Sheldia/ [...]
Expulsion of Mormons…Leaked US cables say Guyana sought to limit number of Mormon missionaries
The expulsion of several Mormon in late 2009 by Government was not met kindly by the local US Embassy which felt that a decision to limit the numbers of those missionaries was not based on Guyana laws. In September 2009, more than 50 missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, [...]
Rice industry grows almost 24% this year-Agriculture Minister
– Largest production expected this year Guyana is heading for its highest crop in the rice industry for 2011, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud revealed yesterday. He said the rice industry has grown almost 24 per cent this year, while figures from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has shown that rice production [...]
Schools technology, Science fair set for Friday
As Education Month 2011 continues, a grand science and technology fair and symposium geared at stimulating students’ interest in these fields is to be held on Friday at the Education Ministry Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds will deliver the feature address at the opening ceremony in the absence of President Bharrat [...]
Franklin does about-face on motion to criminalize willful transmission of HIV/AIDS
Opposition MP Everall Franklin of the Guyana Action Party has grudgingly admitted that the Government may have been correct to oppose the motion which sought to have the willful transmission of HIV/AIDS criminalized. In a letter published by Kaieteur News yesterday Franklin admitted that if the figures released by the Ministry of Health claiming [...]
PPP starts political rallies on October 2
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is set to begin its political rallies from October 2, 2011 at Albion, Berbice. This was disclosed by PPP Executive Committee Member, Robert Persaud, yesterday at a press conference at the party’s Robb Street headquarters, Freedom House. Persaud said that Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar and President Bharrat [...]
Man’s decomposing body found
Relatives found the decomposing body of Sewnarine Deonarine, 45, who according to media reports, killed his wife, Tessa Romascindo, last week at Rasta Town’ Laluni, off the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Kaieteur News understands that relatives were continuing their search for the man yesterday morning. The body was found in a clump of bushes about one [...]
Linden’s newest centenarian a feisty old girl
Linden’s newest centenarian is Charlotte Agatha Campbell, a feisty old girl who still gardens and climbs the long flight of steps to her home, sometimes two and three times per day. And her attainment, yesterday, had many of her visitors asking for the secret to her longevity. Yesterday Charlotte Agatha Campbell, well known as “Mammy [...]
Rupununi man fined $32,500 for two traffic offences
Paul Leo, a man from the North Rupununi, pleaded guilty to the charge of operating a motor tractor without being a valid motor licence holder and for operating the said machine while under the influence of alcohol. The prosecutor claimed that Leo was operating the vehicle along a hinterland trail that serves as a [...]
Food vendor remanded on drug possession charges
A food vendor operating at the corner of Hadfield and Cross Streets was yesterday brought before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry to answer charges of drug possession. Opaul Walter, a 42-year-old of 63 Cross Street, Werk en Rust, was accused of having in her possession three grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. It [...]
15.6 megawatt Wartsila generation…Commissioning date to be announced today-Dindyal
Today, Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is to reveal when its 15.6 megawatt Wartsila generation units are to be commissioned, according to Chief Executive Officer of GPL, Bharat Dindyal. GPL had missed its previous commissioning August 31 date. There was to be the commissioning of the two 7.8 megawatt generators which arrived last May. The [...]
Bill Direct, not Bill Express
In our Sunday September 18 edition of Kaieteur News, in a story headlined “GPL drops Bill Direct as payment agent”, it was inadvertently stated that Bill Express, another independent company, had signed an agreement with GPL and other utilities. This should have read Bill Direct. According to the Country Manager of Bill Express which [...]
Letter writer makes unsubstantiated, libelous claims
Yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News carried a letter captioned “All Hail the boy Emperor” which was written by one Sasenarine Singh. The letter contained some unsubstantiated statements, which were inadvertently published. The letter was edited but unfortunately the unedited version was mistakenly carried. We have noticed over a period of time that letters from [...]
