Amaila Falls Hydro Power Project…China’s currency appreciation impacts cost
Amaila Falls Hydro Inc. (AFH) has responded to the various press inquiries regarding the cost of the Amaila Hydropower Project stating that its upward revision is based on pricing from the China Railway, the building partner in the project. According to AFH, the current total project cost estimate of US$835M, announced recently by President [...]
Resident puts out fire at Sophia Primary School
Residents of ‘A’ Field Sophia on Sunday evening last averted what could have been a major disaster after fire broke out at the Sophia Primary School. According to reports, the fire was seen coming from one of the classrooms located in the bottom flat of the building shortly after 20:00 hours. A security [...]
Guyanese woman raped in Trinidad
(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old Guyanese woman was raped by a lone intruder who forced his way into her Cunupia home during the early hours of yesterday morning. After raping her, the man escaped with a quantity of cash, jewelry, the woman’s cellular phone and other valuables police said. Investigators said at around 3 a.m., [...]
Man charged with murder of 14-yr-old girlfriend
Satrohan ‘Andrew’ Mannaru, 21, was on Monday charged with the murder of 14-year-old Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo. The man appeared before Magistrate Fabio Azore at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, Tarlogie, Corentyne and was remanded to prison. He is required to return to court on November 1, 2011. Basdeo, a high school drop-out, of Lot 74, [...]
Dem boys seh…Kwame paying protesters
Now that everybody know when is elections dem start doing wha dem know best. Dem protesting. Kwame tek de state money and pay some women fuh guh outside CN TV station. None of dem know de reason. One woman when she hear that she protesting against Sharma, throw down she placard. She claim how she [...]
Jagdeo’s volte face: The reasons
Seven weeks before his use of the 1980 Constitution comes to an end, Bharrat Jagdeo most likely faced an ignominious defeat on a policy that was pregnant with possibilities of instabilities and disaster. I chose my words carefully here. I didn’t say retraction of a policy but defeat because it was a defeat on the [...]
FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014…‘Golden Jaguars’ face Bermuda today in crucial game
Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ riding high and already on a historical path have won three World Cup qualifying games in a row, will be involved in yet another tough battle today when they take on home team Bermuda at the Bermuda National Sports Centre from 19:00hrs in their fourth World Cup Qualifying game today. [...]
Work Force wins at Bush Lot United Turf Club one day horserace meet
Work Force of the Vibert stable and ridden by Daniel Flores put in a workmanlike performance to win the feature G class event and the $250,000 top prize and Banks DIH trophy when the Bush Lot United Turf Club on Sunday last held another successfully one day horserace meet at the club’s track, Bush [...]
The opposition parties must have access to all state-controlled media
DEAR EDITOR, Now that President Jagdeo has bowed to the pressure of the combined opposition and civil society (and Sharma is back on the air), I urge the organizers to keep agitating for change. First, the opposition parties contesting this year’s elections must have access to all state-controlled media. The elections commission must [...]
Women are the custodians of our fundamental values
Dear Editor, I have had cause to engage the late Janet Jagan with regard to some of her debatable actions. However, there is one thing she as President would never had ignored – sexual abuse of children. She loved the Guyanese children. Unfortunately, Guyana is in a state of widespread and constant sexual [...]
A strange observation
Dear Editor, Dr. Steve Surujbally, in his role as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, recently called on the media to practice their art in a fair way. So far so good. But I was struck by one statement in the Chairman’s comments. He said that “emotion is counter to lucidity. It is [...]
Why has there not been a single part-time Judge appointed?
DEAR EDITOR, Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall has given a glimpse of his vision for the judiciary in a Kaieteur News story. Most, if not all, of his views are shared by most members of the Bar and are as old as time, but have been resisted by the establishment he supports. However, when it [...]
The opposition’s failure to prepare is not the PPP’s fault
DEAR EDITOR, One of the hallmarks of a democratic polity is the extent to which political parties are able to contest elections that are free and fair and free from fear. No one can deny that since the introduction of democratic elections on October 5, 1992 all political parties were afforded the opportunity [...]
Liberalisation, a level playing field and the importance of urgent discussion
Dear Editor, With all the noise about liberalisation recently, I started doing some independent reading and I came across this comment on ATN’s website: “Over the last several years, an increase in competition has contributed to a decline in prices for communication services, including local and long distance telephone service, data services and [...]
Caymans Islands Prisons edge New Amsterdam counterparts in close encounter
The visiting Cayman Islands Prison Services Cricket team, which included a number of Players who represented the country in the Sanford Cricket Tournament including three Guyanese, edged past their Guyanese counterparts when the two teams collided in a feature 15 overs a side Hardball cricket match recently at the Cumberland Ball field in East [...]
Thirst Park Explosion…Atwell/Sandiford drafted in as Venezuelan opts out of Mandessa Moses battle
Women’s bantamweight pugilist Mandessa Moses was to have fought Venezuelan, Anys Cedillo in a six round bout on a special boxing card dubbed ‘Thirst Park Explosion,’ slated for the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground on October 29 next. However, the hard hitting, rangy fighter continues to be dogged by ill luck after the Venezuelan [...]
Upper Dem FA get cash donation from Arawai Plaza and C B & R Mining Enterprise
The Upper Demerara Football Association last weekend received a cheque for Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) from Arawai Plaza and C B & R Mining Enterprise for sponsorship of the 1st Prizes for both their 1st & 2nd Division Football Leagues commencing this month end. The cheque was received by the secretary of the [...]
Nascimento acknowledges President Jagdeo’s support
– blasts stance of Ministry of Sport After expressing gratitude to President Bharrat Jagdeo, who offered his support to the national team to the tune of $2million, President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento switched focus and castigated the Ministry of Sport for its uncaring stance towards the [...]
FIFA World Cup qualifying matches…Manager confident Golden Jaguars will defeat Bermudian counterparts
Four days after defeating Barbados 2-0 in their backyard in the return encounter of their FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, Guyanese ball weavers are confident of replicating the feat against Bermuda when they tackle that team in another return encounter in that country this afternoon. The players returned home soon after the Barbados match [...]
National Weightlifting C/ships set for Sunday
The Executive Committee of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) has set its National Senior Championships for Sunday at the National Gymnasium where the best lifters are expected from across Guyana to vie for supremacy from 12pm. A press release from the GAWA said that admission to the event is free and enthusiasts [...]
East Bank U-17 cricketers invited to meet at Farm Ground
The East Bank Cricket Board is inviting male Under-17 cricketers on the East Bank to a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5pm on the Farm Ground, East Bank Demerara. The meeting is geared at addressing several matters pertaining to competition and development.
The politics of Guyana
Guyanese are a people who for the greater part are dyed in tradition. Many would say that they cannot change because they have been doing something all their lives. And indeed when they do change, that change grabs the attention, sometimes for all the wrong reasons. At the rally hosted by the People’s [...]
Dutch Bottle robbery… Businesswoman who tackled armed bandit still hospitalized
-suspect died from perforation of the lungs, blunt trauma to the head Manager of the Dutch Bottle Café, Renata Chuck-A-Sang, remains hospitalized for injuries she sustained during Friday night’s robbery. Meanwhile, an autopsy raises more questions about the death of Kelvin Poonsammy, the teenage bandit who beat her. While the nature of her [...]
MUDSLINGING IS NOT HELPING THE PPP
For political parties which the PPP feels are not going to do very well in the general and regional elections, the ruling Peoples Progressive Party is paying a great deal of attention to APNU and the AFC. It is expected, of course, that the ruling party would wish to demonstrate that in its estimation it [...]
Minor adjustments can conserve energy and save money – GEA Head
A key feature of a low carbon future is one where the society addresses the developmental needs of its people while calculating habits to foster more effective and efficient use of energy. This notion has been emphasized by Head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Mahender Sharma, who pointed out that “minor adjustments in [...]
