Security Service for Housing Ministry attracts $32M
Bids for the Provision of Security Service under the Ministry of Housing and Water were opened Tuesday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). There was one lone bid for the drugs and medical supplies under the Ministry of Health.
Education Ministry launches manual to promote safe schools
The Education Ministry on Wednesday launched a Protocol for Safe and Secure Schools. The 35-page manual spells out the way forward in maintaining safe and conducive learning environments. The protocol is the product of a national stakeholders’ consultation on promoting safe and secure schools which was convened last year at the National Conference [...]
Toolsie Persaud Limited begins holiday season with paint donations
Hardware giant Toolsie Persaud Limited launched its Christmas season this year with donations to two prominent entities last week. The beneficiaries were the Kennard Memorial Cricket Club in Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice and the Cove and John Ashram, East Coast Demerara. Manager for Toolsie Persaud Limited, Mohan Harnanan expressed that the company [...]
TODAY IS THE DAY
Sometime during today, if you turn on your radio, one of the most knowledgeable Guyanese on cricket will remind you about the significance of today, November 28. He will no doubt inform you that this is the day in which two of the greatest fast bowlers that the West Indies ever produced, Michael [...]
Who should I vote for today?
Dear Editor, Mr. Seeram stated some facts accurately but misguidedly positioned them as substantiation of his political opinion. Unfortunately, Mr. Seeram’s selection of facts reflects his clear bias. His opinion therefore becomes absurd from an intellectual point of view. Principles, culture, truthfulness, honest in public affairs, trustworthiness, hope, discrimination, domination against objective critics, animosity against [...]
As people of faith let’s pray for peace and oneness
Dear Editor, THE New Jersey Arya Samaj/Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission, Inc., calls on all our Religious Leaders, people of faith, brothers and sisters of our nation to intone their voices in prayers for peace, harmony, respectability and oneness in our nation at this very important time in our election. Let us turn to [...]
VIDE-HOS AND REBUTTALS
My uncle Bem was not noted for his sense of humour. He was a stern-faced man who ran a recreation club in the village of Carapichaima in central Trinidad. In fact, even though he had a recreation club he never made sport and was not the sort of person you could fool with. [...]
Democracy in Action
Guyana goes to the polls! No matter how “alienated” the pollsters have pronounced the Guyanese electorate has become, it is our considered opinion that voters will be coming out in their numbers today to exercise their franchise. We have not reached the ennui of the “developed” democracies, where less than half of the eligible voters [...]
AFC claims 135 polling station agents locked out at Region Five
Contesting party in the November 28, 2011 General Elections, Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed grave concerns towards what they call an unjust locking out of its Polling Agents. The party stated that 135 of its polling agents had initially been restricted from entering polling stations in Region Five. However, by mid-morning the matter [...]
Few hiccups at East Bank Demerara polling stations
East Bank Demerara residents turned out in their numbers to exercise their democratic right at several polling stations including the Diamond Secondary and Primary Schools, Herstelling Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Providence Primary School, Covent Garden Secondary School, Peter’s Hall Primary School, Eccles Primary School, and Houston Secondary School, among others. Operations commenced at 6:00 am, [...]
Two presiding officers sacked on the spot
Kervin Crawford, Election Agent of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), said, today, “So far we’re having a fair turnout”. She added that the party encountered some hiccups in the morning. One involved a Presiding Officer, Mrs Pamela Mootoo, who was fired on the spot by the Returning Officer, Alfa Mohammed for “deliberately issuing [...]
Confusion mars Ramotar vote
It was no smooth sailing for Donald Ramotar, the Presidential Candidate of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic, when he went to cast his ballot at the Plaisance Polling Station, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning. Plaisance is a community that is not known to have supported Ramotar’s People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which is seeking [...]
Opposition call in OAS observer over polling day campaigning by PPP/C
Election agents of A Partnership for National Unity in Region Nine engaged the attention of international observers over the reported campaigning by People’s Progressive Party/Civic Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues, during Election Day, yesterday. The party reported that Rodrigues met with a woman’s group at the St Ignatius Multi-Purpose Centre and reportedly promised them [...]
Republic Bank not putting any money in Marriott Project
…was approached to prepare investor friendly package—says source For several years now Kaieteur News has been raising questions about the various projects that have been and are being undertaken by the administration. One such project is the proposed Marriott Hotel that is slated to be built in Kingston. Among the first of the controversies [...]
Guyana Goldfields considers selling Aurora operations
One week after being granted licence… Almost a week after being granted a licence to start mining operations, Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. has signed confidentiality agreements with six parties interested in buying the company and its Aurora gold project, Chief Operating Officer Claude Lemasson said. “We have been on the radar of many [...]
Vendor wrongfully arrested as ‘trunker’
….screams at police, gets immediate release A vendor wrongfully arrested Friday with two alleged ‘trunkers’ is demanding an apology and justice. According to Hilary Alexander, 37, whose photograph was published yesterday on the front page of Kaieteur News along with two alleged robbers, he was released four hours after his arrest and [...]
Dem boys seh…Guyana got a commander in thief
De Waterfalls Boss Man hear bout Bar Rat and he plan. De plan was fuh de Americans tek way de Boss Man visa. That is why Bar Rat guh pun de platform and talk how de Boss Man was into Backtracking. But dem boys seh the Embassy people got brains and dem is not [...]
Trade Unionist Norman Semple is a ‘Special Person’
Pull Quote: “I enjoyed it, because for one thing, it was satisfying to me to help those workers who were unprotected, despite the fact that the law was there. Having laws on the books doesn’t mean you have protection, unless you can enforce those laws. The laws were there, but for a [...]
India, West Indies in exciting draw
Mumbai, (AFP): Indian spinners Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin plotted a sensational West Indies collapse before the third and final Test ended in a thrilling draw with scores level on the last day on Saturday. Left-arm spinner Ojha finished with 6-47 and off-spinner Ashwin with 4-34 as the West Indies were dismissed for 134 [...]
“We have certainly seen and identified new talents in table tennis”
-GTTA President reveals at Schools C/ships Presentation By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene believes that the just-concluded Schools’ Championships served its primary purposes, which were to decentralise the sport and identify new talents. Greene made the observation yesterday at the Police Officers’ Mess [...]
Amateur boxing’s ‘best cornerman’ comes to the rescue
President Jagdeo gives $2M for team to travel to Barbados event Described by President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, as ‘Amateur Boxing’s best cornerman’ President Bharrat Jagdeo has again shown his support for sports with a $2M donation to ensure a team of boxers and officials travel to Barbados for [...]
Two international outfits competing for 22nd edition K&S accolade
By Michael Benjamin Eighteen local football teams will join two international outfits, Caribbean United and Caledonia AIA of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago respectively in highly anticipated duels that eventually nets the best unit the top prize when the 22nd edition of the Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza gets underway from December [...]
Live boxing show suspended as ProAm boxing extravaganza resumes
Ever since the inauguration of the Friday Nights Boxing extravaganza on February 24, 2010, boxing buffs, unable to attend the live shows, have witnessed 101 professional bouts and a further 77 amateur contests to date, compliments of the live television action on the National Communication Network (NCN) television. This arrangement, made possible through [...]
Mayor Green birthday football fiesta ….Group of 16 battles intensifies for Body Max, Eddie Grant cash prizes
Play in the 77th Birthday Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout football fiesta for Mayor Hamilton Green continues on Saturday December 3 at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda. Four heated matches are scheduled with the first starting at 6:00PM with Alexander Street and Mocha. The second and third matches will be contested [...]
Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket…Shailendra Shameer snares 8 for 28 for RHT Bakewell
Highlighting the latest round of matches in the Memorex Enterprises sponsored Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 two-innings cricket competition was the outstanding bowling performance by former Guyana Under-15 and Berbice Under-17 all-rounder Shailendra Shameer who, playing for Rose Hall Town Bakewell took 8 for 28 from 18 overs in Port Mourant’s first innings to [...]
