An ad hominem attack from a bereft politician
Dear Editor, Please permit me the space to respond to a bit of anonymous sniping in the Guyana Times (November 18, 2011), published under the title “Enfant Terrible Poseur”. I can realistically attribute the letter to the PPP since it is for the most part a verbatim amalgamation of comments made on a [...]
The end of the rope
Dear Sir, My grandfather used to tell me that the longest rope has an end. Well, that rope will end on 28 November, 2011. Guyanese should take note of the African proverb on Truth. “Truth is like oil. The more water you pour. on it ——The more it rises to the surface.” The truth [...]
Private Sector expresses confidence is GECOM for free and fair elections
With Guyanese scheduled to go to the polls in less than a week away, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has rejected claims that one of the contesting parties may be hatching plans to rig the 2011 elections and that the observer teams may not be credible. During a press briefing yesterday at the Private [...]
Man crushed by truck’s tray
A 32-year old man was killed after the tray of a Bedford truck he was driving fell on him. Dead is Leon Phillips called “Big Head” of Regent Street, Georgetown. The incident happened at the corner of Albert and Church Streets around 14:00 hours yesterday. Kaieteur News was told that Phillips had used a [...]
US Ambassador presents “Letter of Credentials” to Caricom Secretary General
United States Ambassador to Guyana, D. Brent Hardt, yesterday presented his letter of Credentials to Caricom’s Secretary General Irwin LaRocque at a simple ceremony at the Caricom Secretariat. This makes the Ambassador the official Plenipotentiary Representative of the United States of America to the Caribbean Community. Secretary General LaRocque said that the United States [...]
AFC, Robeson Benn at loggerheads over campaign banners
The Alliance For Change yesterday reported what it calls a calculated and vulgar assault by the PPP/C government on its election campaign. “As of Sunday evening, the AFC began receiving reports from various supporters and concerned citizens all across the country that its banners and billboards were being torn down and demolished…Initially, the AFC [...]
Four homeless after Albion fire
A family of four was left homeless yesterday after fire of unknown origin gutted their two-bedroom home at Lot 110 High Reef Albion on the Corentyne. The house was occupied by Rookmin Motielall, her husband, Latchman, and three children, who woke up just in time to flee the burning building. According to Motilall, [...]
Brothers survive knife attack by restaurant owner
Two brothers from Tabatinga, Central Rupununi are currently nursing stab wounds about their bodies after they were reportedly attacked by a bar owner and his staff. Reports reaching this newspaper stated that around 20:30 hours on Sunday last Oral and Linden Franklyn were attacked. The two men had gone to the bar to [...]
Leonora $427.5M Technical and Vocational Training Centre officially opened
The $427.5M Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Centre at Groenveldt, Leonora, Region Three, was officially commissioned on Monday last, by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. The institute has the capacity to house 250 fulltime students and 200 part-time. Prime Minister Hinds stated that educational development is being taken to every part of the country as [...]
GT&T Jingle and Song…Heat is on for English segment finals tonight
-Pregnant Lindener, 10-year-old still in the running By Leonard Gildarie After weeks of heartache, tons of makeup and hours of practice, it all comes down to tonight for 11 persons-one a 10-year-old student and another a school teacher-in the finals of the English segment of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Jingle and Song [...]
Canadian student jailed for four years for cocaine swallowing
A Canadian citizen was yesterday jailed for four years after he was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. He appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was convicted and fined $30,000 for trafficking in narcotics. Nicolas Joshua Prince, who appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, was found with [...]
Son steals shotgun from father, matter dismissed
A 25-year-old man accused of stealing his father’s shotgun escaped a possible jail sentence after his father said he was mentally ill. Christopher Da Silva was charged with simple larceny and appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after it was alleged that he stole a firearm belonging to his father, Lionel Da Silva. [...]
Marriott Guyana….US$51M investment cannot be supported
“Given the Govt’s perceived connection with the underworld and the narco-trade I wouldn’t rule out money laundering-” Pegasus owner Gary Eleazar The controversy has been brewing for years; the silence has been deafening but this past Sunday Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo along with other stakeholders turned the symbolic sod for the construction of a [...]
Police, army, prisons vote
– car slams into minibus transporting ballot boxes under police escort The 2011 General and Regional Elections kicked off yesterday with close to 6,000 members of the Joint Services casting their ballots at several polling stations throughout the country. Voting commenced at 07:00 hours and apart from some slight delays and concerns, the [...]
Brian Tiwarie, BK Int’l sues Kaieteur News
Local contracting firm BK International and its Chief Executive Officer Brian Tiwarie have moved to the High Court seeking damages in excess of $100,000 from the National Media and Publishing Company Limited, Publisher of the Kaieteur News, over a letter titled “Brian Tiwarie-Golden Arrow of cheating”. In a writ filed last week, Tiwarie, through his [...]
Accused motorcycle gunman on three charges of robbery under arms
…asked to post bail in excess of 1M After the court issued an arrest warrant for him one week ago and after he was requested in court since November 14, Randy Morris finally made his appearance in court yesterday. The wanted man was brought before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry at [...]
Nagamootoo fires back at PPP ‘King Liars’
…says it’s a “pussur-pussur lie” to claim he was not named a possible successor to Dr Jagan The charismatic Alliance for Change (AFC) convert, Moses Nagamootoo, has fired back at leaders of the incumbent People’s Progress Party (PPP), who have leveled serious allegations, or what he calls “lies” against him. Nagamootoo, who spent [...]
Weekend of insanity
I spent Sunday in Christianburg, Linden. It was a depressing sight. Christianburg in any other CARICOM territory would have been a tourist paradise. I want to write my memoirs and after visiting Christianburg, I would love to spend two years there alone with my wife, who happens to be my soul mate (while my daughter [...]
Republic Bank and that Marriott investment
The Marriott project is about to become a reality. The sod for the project has been turned and there seems to be no shortage of financiers. One of the largest would be Republic Bank Limited which is providing more than half of the money. It is not surprising that Republic Bank would be funding [...]
Dem boys seh…Marriott plan for Brazzy
When a bank decide to invest in a project is time to buy shares in that bank. Republic Bank putting money in Marriott and dem boys seh that it got to `be that de bank people looking fuh a hide away. When people got shares in a project like a hotel dem got to [...]
GUYANA IS READY FOR A RETURN TO THE CINEMA
Television destroyed the cinema in Guyana. But the saturation with local television, the fact that most of the movies shown are replays or pirated copies of new movies, means that Guyana is now ready for a return to the days when cinemas dominated. When television first came to Guyana, people were excited. Cinemas in Guyana [...]
India grants US$20M soft loan for Liliendaal hospital
Valued at some US $20M, the government of India has approved a soft loan, which will allow Guyana to commence construction of a Tertiary health care facility. President Bharrat Jagdeo made this disclosure yesterday when he commissioned the state of the art in-patient facility at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The President had [...]
Car slams into minibus transporting ballot boxes
-GECOM says nothing compromised Voting for the 2011 General and Regional Elections got underway yesterday with members of the Joint Services casting their votes. By nightfall there was a glitch to the exercise. A minibus transporting elections paraphernalia used at Brickdam Police Station for votes cast for that district toppled after a collision in the [...]
Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Pitbulls devour Young Conquerors to book last semi-final spot
The Gizmos & Gadgets Georgetown Pitbulls yesterday ruthlessly devoured Noble House Young Conquerors in a one-sided Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 Super-eight cricket match at Everest to book the last place in Friday’s Semifinal. Church’s Chicken Corentyne Titans’ Sewnarine Chattergoon and Elton Baker from the President’s X1 have recorded centuries in the [...]
Cell Phone Shack on board K&S train
In its persisting endeavor towards the mass development of local football in a developing country like Guyana, Cell Phone Shack, as has been the norm over the years, once again threw its weight behind the annual Kashif & Shanghai tournament. Yesterday at its North Road Main Branch, the entity presented an undisclosed amount towards [...]
