Letter to the Sports Editor…The End of Klass’ Reign
Dear Sports Editor, My late mother, who was always a strong advocate of Christian values, had always remonstrated, “The mill of God grinds slowly but also grinds exceedingly fine,” albeit, to the extent that a sieve is not needed to sift the grain. As a consequence when I received a text message at [...]
Raphael Trotman wields a forked tongue
Dear Editor, Writing in the AFC page, the leader of that party Mr. Raphael Trotman said, “Dismantling the establishment founded on race, reward and revenge will not be easy. It has to start with an acknowledgement that race politics has caused Guyana to go backwards for the last forty years, followed by a [...]
Cleanliness and Citizenship
Dear Editor, Saturday 17 September, 2011 was Inter-American Cleanliness and Citizenship Day or DIADESOL. This day was instituted in 2002 and held simultaneously in Latin American and Caribbean countries during the third week of September, on the third Saturday. DIADESOL is a “celebration for cleanliness and citizenship” in the Americas and is promoted [...]
The contractor flopped
Dear Editor The Ministry of Housing and Water notes the article in your newspaper of Saturday September 24, 2011, under the caption “Mother of two frustrated at snail’s pace of Government Construction”. We wish to acknowledge that the contractor who was awarded the contract to construct 17 of the core houses has not [...]
A breach of contract
Dear Editor, I have been forced to resign my position as the Driver/ mechanic at the Port Kaituma Hospital due to the atrocious running of the administration of Region One, particularly the personnel section. From 1999, I had been attached to that institution and have worked under the supervision of nine different medex [...]
VASSAN TO PNC/APNU: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WIN ME OVER!
Dear Editor, Now that Malcolm Harripaul who was previously PPP and ROAR (defunct) has now finally (?) found solace and wisdom within PNC/APNU he wants me to join his bandwagon for I think, freedom, racial equality and whatever. My good brother Malcolm with whom I have always had a close relationship for many [...]
Slavery was abolished long ago!!
Dear Editor, I would be grateful if my letter can be published so that the Ministry of Labour can intervene into the working facility of some businesses and how underpaid many workers are getting. There’s an Internet cafe at the Harbour Bridge Mall where the staff has to work from 9am -9pm Monday [...]
Non-payment of NIS benefit
Dear Editor, I am very annoyed and disgust with the manner in which NIS Bartica has been operating for the past months. I am a Government worker and was on maternity leave for three months. I’m already back to work and to date I haven’t received a penny from NIS. All I’m been [...]
READ THE WIKILEAKS CABLES!!
Dear Editor, I thank Harry Gill for his letter, “Two Rotten Peas in the same pod,” (KN 09-26-11). Harry has long been slinging dirt at critics of his new political masters and in the process he has got much mud on his hands and face. However, today we have the WikiLeaks cables to [...]
Transportation is a nightmare
Dear Editor, This matter must be treated with very much urgency. I live in New Diamond Scheme. Going out is a nightmare in the morning. We leave at 7:00 a.m. and get on the Public Road for half my journey. Later on I take another forty five minutes to town. Before school closes [...]
GPL projects 25,000 new customers in five years
– US$100M-plus plugged in power company within recent years The state-owned power company, Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), says that growing demands will see almost 25,000 homes and businesses receiving new services over the next five years, with government plugging over US$100M during recent times to fund capital projects. This was disclosed [...]
Chemicals, field supplies for GLDA attract two foreign bids
Four bids, including two US-dollar submissions from foreign companies, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Board (NPTAB), for the supply, delivery and testing of field supplies and chemicals for Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA)’s eradication campaign (tuberculosis, brucellosis and rabies). This project falls under the Ministry of Agriculture Sector Development Unit and [...]
Bel Air heist suspects make another court appearance
Persons charged for the brazen multi-million-dollar heist at the Bel Air Park home of businessman Malcolm Panday on July 12, last, made another appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday. The seven accused, Panday’s mother –in –law Chandrada Rampersaud; Hardatt Kumar, 23, of Owen Street, Kitty; ex-policeman Shawn Hinds, 40, of 552 East Ruimveldt [...]
Defaulting taxpayers…M&CC offers final 100% waiver on interest today
Taxpayers are today given the final opportunity by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to capitalise on its 100% waiver of interest on all rates owed, as the first 14-day amnesty period concludes. According to Royston King, Public Relations Officer, the Council will be disappointed if corporations and home-owners do not take full advantage of [...]
51 parents prosecuted for neglecting to educate children
…between September 2010 to July 2011- Snr. Welfare Officer Every child has the right to an education and those who prevent this must be prosecuted. The Ministry of Education acting under the laws of Guyana took 51 parents who neglected to educate their children to court during the period September 2010 to July 2011. [...]
Pediatric Ward kids receive $500,000 donation from COURTS
Children in the Pediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will now enjoy a more “child friendly” atmosphere after receiving a donation worth $500,000 in the form of educational charts, bookcases, furniture and stationery from Unicomer Inc. (COURTS). The presentation was made yesterday afternoon, at the ward, by executive members of the [...]
October 10 is deadline for crime prevention proposals in C’bean
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Center for Public Safety Studies (CESC) of the Public Affairs Institute of the University of Chile and the Open Society Institute have announced that the deadline has been extended to submit proposals to contribute to the prevention of crime and violence by promoting best practices in Caribbean and [...]
G/T hospital dialysis centre nearing completion
Staffers are being trained and infrastructural works being finished as the completion date of the first dialysis centre at the Georgetown Hospital draws near. Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday told Kaieteur News that works are expected to finish by monthend. The minister explained that all the parties involved had met to discuss several areas [...]
80% attendance rate for students countrywide
– Ministry says The Ministry of Education yesterday honoured over 1,600 students from several Georgetown schools for their attendance rate of 98 percent for the last school-year. Meanwhile, the attendance rate of students across the country is 80 percent. The Ministry is working towards achieving the attendance rate of 90 percent, says Education Minister [...]
Man on trial for raping 12-year-old
A man accused of having carnal knowledge with a 12-year-old on three occasions is currently on trial before Justice James Patterson at the High Court. Charged with the offence is Carl Alleyne Wren. Prosecutors Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and Teshana James-Lake are representing the state while attorney at law Adrain Thompson is standing for Wren. As the [...]
City duo jailed for crime in Berbice
Two city residents who attempted to rob an employee of the Stretch ‘D’ Dollar Supermarket in New Amsterdam last November were yesterday sentenced to two years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they appeared before her and were found guilty of attempting to commit a felony, to wit, robbery on Kerry Boucher. The [...]
Miner found dead with bullet hole in chest
A team of detectives has been dispatched to the Omai area to probe the murder of 23-year-old gold miner Jahave Browne. Browne of Helena, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was found on Monday afternoon, lying on a trail at a location called Bonehead, situated near the popular gold mining site, with a bullet hole in [...]
Venezuelan Rumbles
It would seem that not all is quiet on the western front. Just when we might have thought that the Venezuelan land grab to two-thirds of our territory had receded to just an ugly footnote in hemispheric realpolitik, reports out of Venezuela suggest that the controversy might once again erupt. It all began with a [...]
Breaking News ….Jagdeo denies one-year suspension for Sharma TV…as mystery document surfaces (story to follow)
$350M sluice, pump house for Black Bush Polder
-Agri Ministry inks $567M contracts Contracts to the value of $568M for the agriculture sector were yesterday inked with flood-prone farming area at Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Berbice geared to receive a $350M sluice and pump station. Agriculture officials, among them Minister Robert Persaud, disclosed that the eight contracts, which included two animal quarantine [...]
